Alison Morris, MD MS

Dr. Morris’s research program has focused on the new and rapidly expanding field that explores the complex variety of microorganisms in the lung known as the lung microbiome, and the role it plays in health and disease. A better understanding of this microbiome could lead to new markers for improved disease diagnoses, as well as new therapies for a wide range of lung-related conditions, including HIV, COPD, cystic fibrosis, and long COVID. She also performs translational studies of the chronic impact on the lung of HIV, the role of colonizing infections and microbial translocation in lung dysfunction, and linking lung function abnormalities to systemic and lung inflammation.