Dr. Allison L. Agwu, MD, ScM, FAAP, FIDSA is Professor of pediatric and adult infectious diseases at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her clinical interests include HIV/AIDS and infectious disease. Dr. Agwu earned her medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She completed a residency in pediatrics and internal medicine at Case Western Reserve University (University Hospitals of Cleveland/ Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital), and a combined fellowship in pediatric and adult infectious diseases at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Agwu's clinical and research interests focuses on children, adolescents, and young adults who are at-risk or living with HIV and their families. Clinically, she provides inpatient and outpatient pediatric infectious diseases' consultations and leads the Pediatric Adolescent HIV/AIDS Program, which provides multidisciplinary for those living with or affected by HIV. Further, she leads the young adult transition clinic, the Accessing Care Early (ACE) Clinic. Both programs are longstanding Ryan White Federal Grant-funded programs. Her overarching research goal is to decipher, address, and minimize disparities in treatment and outcomes for those living with HIV. Toward this goal, she oversees her own independent, longstanding, federally funded clinical research program and serves as principal investigator of the Johns Hopkins sites of the International Maternal, Pediatric, and Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) Network and the Adolescent Trials' Network (ATN). Her research interests include optimizing outcomes for youth at-risk for and living with HIV, management and treatment strategies, and minimizing disparities in the use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and outcomes. Other special interests include epidemiologic approaches to HIV, drug resistance, and clinical trials. She is a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Agwu is Chair of the HIV Medicine Association.

Dr. Agwu is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses HIV/AIDS, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, and COVID-19.

Dr. Agwu is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. She is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 132 peer reviewed articles and participating in 6 clinical trials.

Graduate Institution

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Of Public Health, ScM, 2010

Residency

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Medicine and Pediatrics, 2003

Specialties

Pediatric Infectious Disease

Licenses

Internal Medicine in MD

Board Certifications

American Board Of Pediatrics

Fellowships

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Infectious Diseases, 2007

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2006

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The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Languages Spoken

English

Gender

Female

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Locations

Rubenstein Child Health Building
200 North Wolfe Street, Rubenstein BLDG Lower Level, Rubenstein BLDG Lower Level, Baltimore, MD 21287

Call: 443-997-5437

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Rubenstein Child Health Building
200 North Wolfe Street, Building 1, Baltimore, MD 21287

Call: 410-955-5710

The Johns Hopkins Hospital
1717 East Monument Street, Park Building, Ground Level, Baltimore, MD 21287

Call: 410-955-1725

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Agwu has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

HIV/AIDS

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.

6 Clinical Trials

Very Early Intensive Treatment of Infants Living With HIV to Achieve HIV Remission: A Phase I/II Proof of Concept Study

Enrollment Status: Recruiting

Publish Date: June 17, 2026

Intervention Type: Drug

Study Drugs: Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors, Nevirapine, Lopinavir+Ritonavir, Raltegravir, VRC01

Study Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2

Long-Term Clinical, Immunologic, and Virologic Profiles of Children Who Received Early Treatment for HIV