Personal profile
Research interests
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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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Tuberculosis Immunization to Prevent Infection (TIPI)
Nardell, E. A. & Aronson, N.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
19/09/13 → 31/08/16
Project: Research
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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 Access1 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, Feb 2025, In: The Lancet Microbe. 6, 2, 100961.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access8 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, Apr 2025, In: Nature Medicine. 31, 4, p. 1134-1144 11 p., eabi8795.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Update on Leishmaniasis
Aronson, N. E., Dec 2025, In: Current Infectious Disease Reports. 27, 1, 19.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Scopus citations -
Immune response profiles from humans experimentally exposed to Phlebotomus duboscqi bites
de Araujo, F. F., Abdeladhim, M., Teixeira, C., Hummer, K., Wilkerson, M. D., Ressner, R., Lakhal-Naouar, I., Ellis, M. W., Meneses, C., Nurmukhambetova, S., Gomes, R., Tolbert, W. D., Turiansky, G. W., Pazgier, M., Oliveira, F., Valenzuela, J. G., Kamhawi, S. & Aronson, N., 2024, In: Frontiers in Immunology. 15, 1335307.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Scopus citations
Press/Media
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A South Jersey man died after Penn doctors failed to diagnose him in time. A simple blood test could have saved his life.
12/02/26 → 15/02/26
2 items of Media coverage
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Studies from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Have Provided New Data on Leishmaniasis (Update On Leishmaniasis)
20/10/25
1 item of Media coverage
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USU Scientists Present Research Findings at Military Health Symposium, Focusing on Battlefield Care and Health Risks
Naomi Aronson & Jonathan Scott
12/08/25
1 item of Media coverage
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American College of Physicians Honors USU Faculty
Robert Goldstein, Naomi Aronson, Louis Pangaro, Eric Elster & PE Waterman
31/12/24
1 item of Media coverage
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