UC Davis Medical Group Physician's Referral Guide

James R. Carlson , Ph.D. , Ph.D.

Title: Associate Professor
Director of Microbiology

Specialty: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

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Undergraduate Education:	California State University, Chico Chico, California B.A. 1974 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina M.S. 1975
Other School:	University of North Carolina: Chapel Hill, North Carolina Ph.D. 1979 , Ph.D. 1979
Fellowship:	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina 1979-1981
Board Certifications:	American Board of Pathology, Medical Microbiology, 1984
Professional Memberships:	American Society for Microbiology

Clinical/Research Interests: An expert in microbiology and diagnostic molecular pathology, Dr. Carlson specializes in HIV and AIDS testing, diagnosis and prevention. He has served as a pathology consultant to private business and congressional committees dealing with HIV-related issues. He also helped draft HIV testing criteria for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Carlson's research focuses on clinical microbiology, including pathogenesis of staph infections. He also has investigated immunodeficiency retroviruses in animals and humans, HIV vaccinations, pediatric AIDS, and practical disinfection techniques for intravenous drug paraphernalia.
Publications: Balaban N, Goldkorn T, Nhan RT, Dang LB, Scott S, Ridgley RM, Rasooly A, Wright SC, Larrick J, Carlson JR. Autoinducer of virulence as a target for vaccine and therapy development against Staphylococcus aureus. Science 1998;280:379 (Editorial), 438-440 Kral AH, Watters JK, Lifson AR, Carlson JR, Stanley M. Concordance of PCR and antibody results from HIV testing of injected drug users. Journal of AIDS Human Retrovirol 1995;10:381-385 Flynn N, Jain S, Keddie EM, Carlson JR, Jennings MB, Haverkos HW, Nassar N, Anderson R, Cohen S, Goldberg D. In vitro activity of readily available household materials against HIV-1: Is bleach enough? JAIDS 1994;7:747- 753 Hatcher LS, Trang QT, Teplitz RL, Carlson JR. Heteroduplex formation: potential source of genotyping error from PCR. Prenatal Diagnosis 1993;13: 171-177 Spear GT, Takefman DM, Sullivan BL, Landay AL, Jennings MB, Carlson JR. Anticellular antibodies in sera from vaccinated macaques can induce complement-mediated virolysis of human immunodeficiency virus and simian immunodeficiency virus. Virology 1993;195:475-480