One Big Question: March 20, 2025
E8: Christina Gavegnano
Christina Gavegnano is an assistant professor in Emory School of Medicine and a visiting associate professor in Emory College of Arts and Sciences. As an Emory graduate student, Gavegnano made a discovery that is now contributing to a potential cure for HIV-1.
During the pandemic, Gavegnano developed a first-line COVID-19 treatment. When the royalty money came in, she decided to use it, along with her own savings, to fund the Gavegnano Drug Discovery Program (GDDP), a lab at Emory just for undergraduate students. The GDDP gives students hands-on research experience and a chance to participate in laboratory discovery, human trial design, and real-time collaborations with the FDA and pharmaceutical companies.
In this episode recorded in fall 2024, Emory President Gregory L. Fenves talks with Gavegnano about her life-saving research and how she is supporting a new generation of drug discoverers.
Related Media
- “The role of the HIV-1 gut reservoir in driving early cardiovascular events in people living with HIV," (Frontiers in Drug Discovery, Oct. 1, 2024)
- “Emory Convocation speaker Christina Gavegnano gives undergraduates access to groundbreaking lab research," (Emory News Center, Apr. 29, 2024)
- “New findings from Emory study offer potential breakthrough in HIV cure research," (Emory News Center, July 24, 2023)
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