Macarthur Rodger D

Rodger D. MacArthur received a degree from Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, in 1977, the M.A. degree from Columbia University, New York, in 1979, and the M.D. from the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, in 1983. He went on to carry out his postdoctoral training at University Hospitals and Cleveland VA Medical Center and Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is currently a Professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, and the Director of HIV/AIDS clinical research at the Detroit Medical Center, Detroit. His current research interests are in the field of HIV resistance and antiretroviral effectiveness. He has been widely published and many journal articles, abstracts, book chapters on HIV/AIDS treatment drugs, cardiopulmonary implications for HIV-positive persons, and HIV drug interactions have been accredited to him. He serves on the Scientific Review Committee of the Ontario HIV Treatment Network, and is a Journal Reviewer for the Lancet, Academic Emergency Medicine, and the Journal of Infectious Diseases, among others. Dr. MacArthur was the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including a Wayne State University School of Medicine Teaching Award in 2004. He has served as Chair or Cochair of several NIH/NIAID-sponsored clinical trials, including the recently completed CPCRA 058 FIRST trial.