Jerrold Ellner, MD
Enriched profileDistinguished Professor and Clinical Director; Director of Research Innovations, Center for Emerging and Re-Emerging Pathogens, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases · Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Jerrold Ellner is Distinguished Professor and Clinical Director; Director of Research Innovations, Center for Emerging and Re-Emerging Pathogens, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. OpenAlex indexes 485 publications with 20,694 citations (h-index 79); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 2 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Infectious Disease profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 14 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 2 Sept 2026
Jerrold Ellner, MD, is Distinguished Professor and Clinical Director at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases. The public record shows 485 publications with 20,694 citations (h-index 79), centered on HIV. It also documents an investigator role on 2 registered clinical trials, 13 NIH-funded awards (1999–2026).
- Top research focus: HIV
- 2 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
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indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 3 in PubMed.
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Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Updated 2 Sept 2026
Listed as an investigator on 2 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Expression of Tuberculosis in the Lung
Sponsor: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
- Safety and Effectiveness of the Vaccine ALVAC-HIV vCP205 in HIV-Negative Adult Volunteers in Uganda
Sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Industry payments
No payments involving this person were reported to CMS in program years 2021–2024. Why? →
NIH funding
Updated 2 Sept 2026
13 NIH research awards on record, funded 1999–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Biomarker Signatures of TB Infection in Young Children With and Without HIV
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
FY2026$1,003,889R01AI175315
Publications
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- Classification of early tuberculosis states to guide research for improved care and prevention: an international Delphi consensus exercise
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
2024 - Evaluation of a Rapid Molecular Drug-Susceptibility Test for Tuberculosis
New England Journal of Medicine
2017
Online presence
Updated 2 Sept 2026
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profiles.bumc.bu.edu/ProfileDetails.aspx
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Mentions by others
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tbcdrc.org
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reportinternational.org/congratulations-dr-ellner
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Background & recognition
Updated 2 Sept 2026
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Education
degrees and training on record- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →njms-web.njms.rutgers.edu ↗
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- Board certification
Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Director of Research Innovations
Center for Emerging and Re-Emerging Pathogens, Rutgers NJMS
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Division of Infectious Diseases, Rutgers NJMS (10-year tenure)
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TB Research and International Cooperative Centers (TB-RICC) / Director, RePORT International Coordinating Center
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Awards & honors
honors on the public record- Distinguished Professor
Rutgers University (effective July 1, 2025), awarded for five decades of contributions to TB/HIV research, direction of the RePORT International Coordinating Center …
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Institute for Infectious & Inflammatory Diseases (i3D)
Public Health Research Institute, Rutgers
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Media & interviews
press, podcasts and appearances- Featured/quoted expert
"Why Research on Tuberculosis Prevention and Treatment Is Even More Relevant Today," Rutgers Health News
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"Tuberculosis 2023: The Known Knowns and Known Unknowns" (University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center), YouTube
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