Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
William A. Petri, Jr., MD, is Wade Hampton Frost Professor of Medicine and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine at University of Virginia School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases & International Health, Charlottesville, VA. The public record shows 693 publications with 47,147 citations (h-index 102), centered on Amoebic Infections and Treatments, Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics, Child Nutrition and Water Access. It also documents an investigator role on 8 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 5 companies, 23 NIH-funded awards (1989–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · bioRxiv
- Top research focus: Amoebic Infections and Treatments
- 8 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 5 companies
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Indications focusfrom trials led + research topics
Research focusOpenAlex concept fingerprint
Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 44 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 405.
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 8 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Safety and Efficacy of Dupilumab for Treatment of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
Sponsor: University of Virginia
InvestigatorPhase 2CompletedNCT04920916 - Immune Response to C.Difficile Infection
Sponsor: University of Virginia
InvestigatorUnknownNCT02797288 - Nutrition, Overgrowth, and Vaccine Efficacy in Low-income Settings
Sponsor: University of Virginia
InvestigatorCompletedNCT02745327
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
5 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCProgram year20252 payments
- TechLab, Inc.Program year20231 payment$15,000openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCProgram year20231 payment
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
23 NIH research awards on record, funded 1989–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Role of Hyaluronan in IL-13-mediated COVID-19 Pathology
University of Virginia
FY2026$595,046R01HL171283 - Role of Type 2 Immunity in Innate Protection from C. difficile
University of Virginia
FY2026$564,456R01AI124214 - Role of CREM in Amebic Colitis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
University of Virginia
FY2026$558,597R37AI026649
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Non-study post-partum antibiotics use and risk of maternal and neonatal infection: A secondary analysis of the A-PLUS randomized controlled trial.
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
2026 - Human immune response to primary cryptosporidiosis parallels murine infection models.
Infection and immunity
2026
Most-cited worksby citation count (OpenAlex)
- 01Persistent gut microbiota immaturity in malnourished Bangladeshi children1,314 citations2014
- 02
- 03
- 04Amebiasis832 citations2003
- 05The genome of the protist parasite Entamoeba histolytica825 citations2005
Contact
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Office address
345 Crispell Drive, MR-6, 1st Floor, Room 1709, Charlottesville, VA 22908
Network
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Educationdegrees and training on record
- MD
University of Virginia
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University of Virginia
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Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cleveland (Case Western)
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Infectious Diseases, University of Virginia
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
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- Fellow
Infectious Diseases Society of America (FIDSA)
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
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- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →news.virginia.edu ↗
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Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia
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Department of Pathology, University of Virginia
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TransUniversity Microbiome Initiative (TUMI), University of Virginia
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Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
- Guest
"Inside UVA" podcast (hosted by UVA President Jim Ryan), episode on infectious disease career, COVID-19 research and vaccine development, published March 9
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patient-facing infectious disease articles for MSD Manual Consumer Version
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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- Doximity
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linkedin.com/in/william-a-petri-jr-md-phd-03abb615
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researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/William-A-Petri-39017121
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Mentions by otherswhere others cite or feature them
- Facebook
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