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Naomi Aronson

Professor of Medicine and Director, Infectious Diseases Division

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0660-5695
1988 …2026

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Expert in infectious diseases, including neglected tropical diseases (leishmaniasis) and TB. 

Biography

Dr. Aronson's laboratory conducts translational research to better understand the risk of the parasitic infection leishmaniasis and to improve leishmaniasis treatment to deployed US military personnel. We are currently investigating novel treatments in a mouse model that may be translated to early human use as next steps. Additionally, we study the host immune response to Leishmania infection in both mice and man.

Our group also conducts clinical trials and is standing up a 2000 person RCT of BCG vaccine to prevent respiratory infection in high risk travelers, partnering with global health programs across the United States.

Education/Academic qualification

Infectious Diseases Fellowship

1985 → 1988

Internal Medicine Residency , Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

1981 → 1984

Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

1977 → 1981

Natural Science , Bachelor, University of Pennsylvania

1973 → 1977

External positions

Chief, ID Clinical Research , Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

1997 → 2000

Chief, Infectious Diseases Clinic , Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

1991 → 1997

Chief, Infectious Diseases Service , William Beaumont Army Medical Center

1988 → 1991

Chief, Medicine , 121st Evacuation Hospital

1984 → 1985

Keywords

  • R Medicine (General)
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions in Leishmaniasis
  • Development of Novel Therapeutics for Parasitic Infections
  • Translational Immunology and Vaccine Development
  • Global and Travel Medicine
  • BCG Vaccine as a Non-Specific Immune Enhancer
  • Military Medicine and Infectious Disease Readiness
  • One Health Approaches to Zoonotic Parasitic Diseases

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  • Human sand fly challenge elicits saliva-specific innate and type 1-polarized immunity that promotes Leishmania killing

    Abdeladhim, M., Teixeira, C., Ressner, R., Hummer, K., Dey, R., Gomes, R., de Castro, W., de Araujo, F. F., Turiansky, G. W., Iniguez, E., Meneses, C., Oliveira, F., Aronson, N., Lacsina, J. R., Valenzuela, J. G. & Kamhawi, S., Dec 2026, In: Communications Biology. 9, 1, 933.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • Leishmaniasis

    Aronson, N. E., Musa, A. M. & Satoskar, A. R., 28 May 2026, In: New England Journal of Medicine. 394, 20, p. 2026-2039 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

    4 Scopus citations

  • Development of a multiplex serological assay to detect immunoreactivity against a novel Bartonella species in military working dogs

    de Araujo, F. F., Safko, J., Bolton, J., Jiang, L., Cooper, E., Jenkins, S., Breitschwerdt, E., Aronson, N. & Bergmann‑Leitner, E., 7 Oct 2025, In: Microbiology Spectrum. 13, 10, p. 1-17 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
    1 Scopus citations

  • Effectiveness of the primary Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine against the risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and tuberculosis disease: a meta-analysis of individual participant data

    Pelzer, P. T., Stuck, L., Martinez, L., Richards, A. S., Acuña-Villaorduña, C., Aronson, N. E., Bonnet, M., Carvalho, A. C., Chan, P. C., Huang, L. M., Fang, C. T., Churchyard, G., Corral-Londoño, H. D., Datta, M., Espinal, M. A., Fielding, K., Fiore-Gartland, A. J., Garcia-Basteiro, A., Hanekom, W. & Hatherill, M. & 22 others, Hill, P. C., Huerga, H., Jones-López, E. C., Kritski, A., Mandalakas, A. M., Mangtani, P., Martins Netto, E., Mayanja, H., Mazahir, R., Murray, M., Rangaka, M., Scriba, T., Singh, J., Singh, S., Stein, C. M., Vekemans, J., Verhagen, L. M., Villalba, J. A., Wajja, A., Watson, B., White, R. G. & Cobelens, F. G. J., Feb 2025, In: The Lancet Microbe. 6, 2, 100961.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
    16 Scopus citations

  • Long-term safety of lentiviral or gammaretroviral gene-modified T cell therapies

    Jadlowsky, J. K., Hexner, E. O., Marshall, A., Grupp, S. A., Frey, N. V., Riley, J. L., Veloso, E., McConville, H., Rogal, W., Czuczman, C., Hwang, W. T., Li, Y., Leskowitz, R. M., Farrelly, O., Karar, J., Christensen, S., Barber-Rotenberg, J., Gaymon, A., Aronson, N. & Bernstein, W. & 46 others, Melenhorst, J. J., Roche, A. M., Everett, J. K., Zolnoski, S. A., McFarland, A. G., Reddy, S., Petrichenko, A., Cook, E. J., Lee, C., Gonzalez, V. E., Alexander, K., Kulikovskaya, I., Ramírez-Fernández, Á., Minehart, J. C., Ruella, M., Gill, S. I., Schuster, S. J., Cohen, A. D., Garfall, A. L., Shah, P. D., Porter, D. L., Maude, S. L., Levine, B. L., Siegel, D. L., Chew, A., McKenna, S., Lledo, L., Davis, M. M., Plesa, G., Herbst, F., Stadtmauer, E. A., Tebas, P., DiNofia, A., Haas, A., Haas, N. B., Myers, R., O’Rourke, D. M., Svoboda, J., Tanyi, J. L., Aplenc, R., Jacobson, J. M., Ko, A. H., Cohen, R. B., June, C. H., Bushman, F. D. & Fraietta, J. A., Apr 2025, In: Nature Medicine. 31, 4, p. 1134-1144 11 p., eabi8795.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    77 Scopus citations
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