Faculty
Erna Kojic
Assistant Professor of Medicine:
Bio Med Medicine
Phone: +1 401 793 5961
Erna_Kojic@brown.edu
Read Erna Kojic's full Faculty Research Profile.
Dr. Kojic's current research is on HPV/HIV co-infection in women. She is currently studying anogenital HPV infections and related diseases of HIV in women and is chairing an AIDS Clinical Trial Group (ACTG) study on the safety of the Quadrivalent HPV vaccine in HIV infected women. This pilot research study seeks to assess the safety and immunogenicity of the HPV vaccine among HIV infected women with different CD4 counts and viral loads.
Biography
OVERVIEW:
Erna Milunka Kojic, MD is an assistant professor of internal medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She has subspecialty certification in Infectious Diseases. Her primary interest is in HPV/HIV co-infection in women. Her current area of research focuses on anogenital HPV infections and related diseases of HIV in women
BIOGRAPHY –
Erna Milu Kojic is the Director of the Immunology Center and the Co-Founder and Director of the HIV Menopause Clinic. One of Dr. Kojic's specialty area of interest is in the area of Human Papilloma Virus (HIV).
Dr. Kojic is a graduate of The University of Iceland having completed her Medical School training in 1992. She was accepted into the Brown University Internal Medicine Residency program in July of 1992. She was selected as the Chief Medical Resident at The Miriam Hospital upon completion of her internal medicine residency in July of 1999.
Dr. Kojic embarked upon an Infectious Disease Fellowship in July of 2000-June of 2002 at Baylor Medical College. During her ID Fellowship she developed a keen interest in research in the areas of HIV/AIDS and subsequently was accepted as a Research Fellow in HIV/AIDS at Brown Medical School/Miriam Hospital under the tutelage of Dr. Timothy Flanigan.
Dr. Kojic is a board certified physician in Internal Medicine and also board certified in the subspecialty of Infectious Diseases.
In 2004 Dr. Kojic received a promotion from Clinical Instructor of Medicine, Brown Medical School to Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brown Medical School.
Dr. Kojic is a co Investigator on a Centers for Disease Control grant Entitled: Study to Understand the Natural History of HIV and AIDS in the Era of Effective Therapy. (SUN).
Interests
Dr. Kojic was awarded NIH/NCI funding as part of the Brown University R25 cancer research training program. The R25 is a transdisciplinary cancer prevention and control training grant at the Department of Behavioral Medicine of Brown University.
Dr. Kojic is also involved in the Centers for Disease funded Study to Understand the Natural History of HIV and AIDS (SUN Study). This is an observational research study of the non-infectious consequences of HIV infection including complications of therapy and the development of malignancies. One of the primary endpoints of this research study is to collect data on the incidence of rectal, gynecologic and other cancers including an evaluation of HPV in the genital track and anal canal.
Degrees
MD
Teaching
TEACHING
Dr. Kojic is the Course Director of the Brown University Clinical Elective #308 HIV/AIDS
Dr. Kojic is the Course Director of the Brown University Internal Medicine #319 Longitudinal Ambulatory Clerkship in Comprehensive HIV Care
She is also the Course Director of The Immunology Elective offered to junior and senior residents throughout Lifespan.
Dr. Kojic has also been identified as a student mentor for the third year Brown Medical students.
Dr. Kojic is a course preceptor for the Biomed #301 Core Clinical Clerkship in Medicine.
