Aimee Kirsch Zaas

Professor of Medicine

Medical education
Genomic applications for diagnosis of infectious diseases
Genomic applications for prediction of infectious diseases

Appointments and Affiliations

  • Professor of Medicine

Contact Information

  • Office Location: 2301 Erwin Rd, Box 3182, Durham, NC 27710
  • Email Address: aimee.zaas@duke.edu

Education

  • M.D. Northwestern University, 1998
  • Johns Hopkins University, 2001
  • Duke University, 2002
  • Duke University, 2004

In the News

Representative Publications

  • Zaas, Aimee K., Hamza Aziz, Joseph Lucas, John R. Perfect, and Geoffrey S. Ginsburg. “Blood gene expression signatures predict invasive candidiasis.” Sci Transl Med 2, no. 21 (March 3, 2010): 21ra17. https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.3000715.
  • Zaas, Aimee K., Minhua Chen, Jay Varkey, Timothy Veldman, Alfred O. Hero, Joseph Lucas, Yongsheng Huang, et al. “Gene expression signatures diagnose influenza and other symptomatic respiratory viral infections in humans.” Cell Host Microbe 6, no. 3 (September 17, 2009): 207–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2009.07.006.
  • Zaas, Aimee K., Guochun Liao, Jason W. Chien, Clarice Weinberg, David Shore, Steven S. Giles, Kieren A. Marr, et al. “Plasminogen alleles influence susceptibility to invasive aspergillosis.” PLoS Genet 4, no. 6 (June 20, 2008): e1000101. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000101.