Arjun Rustagi, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

arjun.rustagi@ucsf.edu

Dr. Arjun Rustagi is dedicated to understanding the early immune responses to infections, and the methods pathogens use to persist despite these responses, in order to inform new prevention and treatment strategies. His research has focused on viral pathogenesis and immunity.

He set up the respiratory viral biosafety level 3 (BSL3) program at Stanford in early 2020 in order to study SARS-CoV-2, contributing to several projects in SARS-CoV-2 virology including a study of intact in vitro lung tissue infection. He also protocoled the first peripheral immune profiling study of severe COVID-19. His ongoing interest is in the full spectrum of in vitro respiratory pathogen models, particularly those that recapitulate lung epithelium and mucosal immunity.

Awards

  • ReCAP (Research Career Accelerator Program) Scholar, Stanford University School of Medicine, 2023
  • Chief Fellow, Infectious Diseases Fellowship, Stanford University, 2019
  • Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Washington School of Medicine, 2014
  • Poncin Fellowship for Graduate Training, University of Washington, 2013-2014
  • Service Award, University of Washington School of Medicine, 2013
  • Travel Award, Keystone Symposia X7: HIV Evolution, Genomics and Pathogenesis, Office of AIDS Research Scholarship, 2011
  • Travel Award, American Society for Virology, 2010
  • Turner Society Endowed Fellowship, University of Washington, 2008

Education & Training

  • Fellowship Infectious Diseases Stanford University 2021
  • Internship & Residency Internal Medicine Stanford University 2018
  • MD with Honors University of Washington 2015
  • PhD Pathobiology University of Washington 2013
  • BS Biological Sciences Stanford University 2005

Interests

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  • respiratory infections
  • innate immunity
  • single cell transcriptomics
  • virology

Websites

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Grants and Projects

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Publications (37)

Top publication keywords:
CoinfectionNK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily KImmunization, PassiveAntibodies, ViralImmune EvasionMucolipidosesLysosomesImmunity, InnateFlow CytometryReceptors, Natural Killer CellBacterial InfectionsVirus ReplicationInterferon Regulatory Factor-3Pneumonia, ViralAntiviral Agents