Center for AIDS Research

P. Frederick Sparling, MD
Professor, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Director, NC Sexually Transmitted Diseases Cooperative Research Center
Director, SE Regional Center of Excellence in Bio-defense and Emerging Infectious Diseases (SERCEB)

Fred Sparling, MD is an internationally recognized expert in bacterial
diseases, and has played a major role in understanding the molecular
pathogenesis of gonococcal infections, as well as the basis of antibiotic
resistance and genetic exchange among gonococci. Dr. Sparling is a
Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology at the University of
North Carolina - Chapel Hill, and the Director of both the North
Carolina Sexually Transmitted Diseases Cooperative Research Center and
the Southeast Regional Center of Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging
Infectious Diseases.

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