Joseph Eron, MDEnriched profile
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases; Herman and Louise Smith Distinguished Professor of Medicine · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine
Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Joseph J. Eron, Jr., MD, is Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine. It also documents an investigator role on 6 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 8 companies, 9 NIH-funded awards (1995–2026).
- Top research focus: HIV
- 6 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 8 companies
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Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
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Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Public positionssourced statements on record
- Co-led NIH/ACTG congressional briefing on HIV treatment and prevention research
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington DC
2025verifiedCorroborated 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 →globalhealth.unc.edu ↗
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 6 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Safety and Immune Response of BMS-936559 in HIV-Infected People Taking Combination Antiretroviral Therapy
Sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
InvestigatorPhase 1CompletedNCT02028403 - Safety and Effectiveness of Raltegravir Plus Darunavir/Ritonavir in Treatment-Naive HIV-Infected Adults
Sponsor: Advancing Clinical Therapeutics Globally for HIV/AIDS and Other Infections
InvestigatorPhase 2CompletedNCT00830804 - Effect of Addition of Raltegravir (MK-0518) to PI- or NNRTI-Based ART Regimens in HIV Infected Subjects With Undetectable Viral Load
Sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
InvestigatorPhase 2CompletedNCT00515827
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
8 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCProgram year202515 payments$17,830openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Gilead Sciences, Inc.Program year20254 payments
- Shionogi IncProgram year20252 payments
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
9 NIH research awards on record, funded 1995–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Leadership and Operations Center (LOC), AIDS Clinical Trials Group
Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
FY2026$31,952,118UM1AI068636 - University of North Carolina Global HIV Prevention and Treatment Clinical Trials Unit
Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
FY2026$4,711,551UM1AI069423 - Leadership and Operations Center (LOC), AIDS Clinical Trials Group
Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
FY2026$755,409UM1AI068636
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Office address
130 Mason Farm Road, 2nd Floor, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Educationdegrees and training on record
- MD
Harvard Medical School
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Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
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Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
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Harpur College
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- Member
AIDS Clinical Trials Group (since 1993); former Chair, Optimization of ART Committee and Cure/HIV Reservoirs Transformative Science Group
1993verifiedCorroborated 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 →med.unc.edu ↗ - Vice Chair (co-Principal Investigator)
AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) / Advancing Clinical Therapeutics Globally
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ACTG Scientific Agenda Steering Committee
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
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Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
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Clinical Core, UNC Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
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UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases
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Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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- Doximity
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- LinkedIn
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