Sarah Stanley
Title
Assistant Professor
Department
School of Public Health
Faculty URL
Email
Phone
(510) 666-3729
Research Expertise and Interest
mechanisms of pathogenesis and immune subversion in tuberculosis, protective immunity to tuberculosis, metabolic interactions between hosts and pathogens, development of novel therapeutics for tuberculosis, scientific capacity building, tuberculosis
In the News
February 5, 2021
Can hepatitis C drugs help remdesivir fight COVID-19?
Since the coronavirus pandemic began, only one antiviral drug, remdesivir, has been approved in the United States for treatment of COVID-19, but it barely works and is toxic to the liver. Researchers at UC Berkeley have found 20 compounds that, in combination with remdesivir, are much better than remdesivir alone in protecting human lung cells from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
May 19, 2020
Scientists pivot to COVID-19 research, hoping for quick results to deal with pandemic
Thanks to a rapid funding program thrown together by wealthy entrepreneurs barely six weeks ago, seven COVID-19 research projects at the University of California, Berkeley, are getting an infusion of cash — $2.2 million in all — that could turn up new diagnostics and potential treatments for the infection within months.