Sobieszczyk Lab

Location and Contact Information

Hammer Lab
650 W 168th Street
William Black Building, BB-1017
New York, NY 10032
United States
Hammer Sciences Building
701 W.168 St, 11th Floor, ADARC 10th Floor
New York, NY 10032
United States

Principal Investigator

Dr. Sobieszczyk’s major investigative interest is the treatment and prevention of HIV and SARS-CoV-2. The lab conducts investigator-initiated studies in HIV prevention, COVID-19, MPXV (monkeypox virus). Additionally, the Sobieszczyk Lab also provides research support infrastructure for clinical trials conducted under the auspices of the NIH-funded Clinical Research Networks: the COVID Prevention Network (CoVPN),  HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN), and AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG).

Select Publications

  • Sobieszczyk ME, Maaske J, Falsey AR, Sproule S, Robb ML, Frenck RW Jr, Tieu HV, Mayer KH, Corey L, Neuzil KM, Tong T, Brewinski Isaacs M, Janes H, Bansal H, Edwards LM, Green JA, Kelly EJ, Shoemaker K, Takas T, White T, Bhuyan P, Villafana T, Hirsch AI; AstraZeneca AZD1222 Clinical Study Group. Durability of protection and immunogenicity of AZD1222 (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) COVID-19 vaccine over 6 months. J Clin Invest. 2022 Sep 15;132(18):e160565. doi: 10.1172/JCI160565. PMID: 36106642; PMCID: PMC9479753. 

  • Falsey AR**, Sobieszczyk ME**, Hirsch I, Sproule S, Robb ML, Corey L, Neuzil KM, Hahn W, Hunt J, Mulligan MJ, McEvoy C, DeJesus E, Hassman M, Little SJ, Pahud BA, Durbin A, Pickrell P, Daar ES, Bush L, Solis J, Carr QO, Oyedele T, Buchbinder S, Cowden J, Vargas SL, Guerreros Benavides A, Call R, Keefer MC, Kirkpatrick BD, Pullman J, Tong T, Brewinski Isaacs M, Benkeser D, Janes HE, Nason MC, Green JA, Kelly EJ, Maaske J, Mueller N, Shoemaker K, Takas T, Marshall RP, Pangalos MN, Villafana T, Gonzalez-Lopez A; AstraZeneca AZD1222 Clinical Study Group. Phase 3 Safety and Efficacy of AZD1222 (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) Covid-19 Vaccine. N Engl J Med. 2021 Dec 16;385(25):2348-2360. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2105290. Epub 2021 Sep 29. PMID: 34587382; PMCID: PMC8522798. (** contributed equally)

  • Sivapalasingam S, Lederer DJ, Bhore R, Hajizadeh N, Criner G, Hosain R, Mahmood A, Giannelou A, Somersan-Karakaya S, O'Brien MP, Boyapati A, Parrino J, Musser BJ, Labriola-Tompkins E, Ramesh D, Purcell LA, Gulabani D, Kampman W, Waldron A, Ng Gong M, Saggar S, Sperber SJ, Menon V, Stein DK, Sobieszczyk ME, Park W, Aberg JA, Brown SM, Kosmicki JA, Horowitz JE, Ferreira MA, Baras A, Kowal B, Thomas DiCioccio A, Akinlade B, Nivens MC, Braunstein N, Herman GA, Yancopoulos GD, Weinreich DM. Efficacy and Safety of Sarilumab in Hospitalized Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 24;75(1):e380-e388. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac153. PMID: 35219277; PMCID: PMC8903479.

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