Michelle Sabo, MD, PhD

Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Dr. Michelle C. Sabo, MD, PhD is an Acting Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington.  She received her MD and a PhD in immunology at Washington University in Saint Louis.  Her thesis work focused on the molecular mechanisms of antibody-mediated neutralization of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV).  Michelle completed residency training in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of Washington.  Her current research focuses on how the vaginal microbiome alters HIV susceptibility and cervicovaginal inflammation.

Publications

  1. Sabo, MC, Gharib, SA, Shah, JA, McClelland, RS. Reply to Yu et al. J Infect Dis. 2025;232 (5):e861. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaf283. PubMed PMID:40444321 PubMed Central PMC12614959.
  2. MacLean, F, Tsegaye, AT, Graham, JB, Swarts, JL, Vick, SC, Potchen, NB et al.. Bacterial vaginosis associates with dysfunctional T cells and altered soluble immune factors in the cervicovaginal tract. J Clin Invest. 2025;135 (10):. doi: 10.1172/JCI184609. PubMed PMID:40131862 PubMed Central PMC12077898.
  3. Sabo, MC, Mustafa, S, Saha, A, Oyaro, B, Fiedler, TL, Krueger, M et al.. Bacterial Vaginosis Is Associated With Transcriptomic Changes but Not Higher Concentrations of Cervical Leukocytes in a Study of Women at High Risk for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Acquisition. J Infect Dis. 2025;231 (6):1407-1424. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaf049. PubMed PMID:39874304 PubMed Central PMC12247804.
  4. Kwendakwema, CN, Sabo, MC, Roberts, ST, Masese, L, McClelland, RS, Shafi, J et al.. Sexual Violence, Genital Cytokines, and Colposcopy Findings: A Cross-Sectional Study of Women Engaged in Sex Work in Mombasa, Kenya. Sex Transm Dis. 2025;52 (1):29-36. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000002070. PubMed PMID:39235112 PubMed Central PMC11631680.
  5. MacLean, F, Tsegaye, AT, Graham, JB, Swarts, JL, Vick, SC, Potchen, N et al.. Bacterial vaginosis-driven changes in cervicovaginal immunity that expand the immunological hypothesis for increased HIV susceptibility. bioRxiv. 2025; :. doi: 10.1101/2024.07.03.601916. PubMed PMID:39005354 PubMed Central PMC11245000.
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