School of Medicine Homepage
Emory University Shield
  • About
    • Our Vision
    • Academic Departments
    • Our Leadership
    • Health Care Partnerships
    • Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
    • Location
    • Supporting Our People
    • Our Faculty
    • History
    • News
    • Events
    • Contact Us
  • Education
    • Degree and Certificate Programs
    • Academic Departments
    • Residents & Fellows
    • Postdoctoral Training
    • Continuing Medical Education
    • Admissions
    • Cost and Financial Aid
    • Student Resources
  • Research
    • Research Innovation
    • Conducting Research
    • Core Facilities
    • Research Centers
    • Research Training
    • Academic Departments
    • Find a Researcher
    • Research News
  • Clinical Experience
    • Where We Work
    • Caring for a Diverse Population
    • Faculty Clinical Experience
    • Advanced Patient Care
    • Academic Departments
    • Community Learning
  • Giving
  • Directory

Directory section navigation

  • Faculty Profiles

Emory University School of Medicine

  • About
    • Sub link
      Our Vision
    • Sub link
      Academic Departments
    • Sub link
      Our Leadership
    • Sub link
      Health Care Partnerships
    • Sub link
      Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
    • Sub link
      Location
    • Sub link
      Supporting Our People
    • Sub link
      Our Faculty
    • Sub link
      History
    • Sub link
      News
    • Sub link
      Events
    • Sub link
      Contact Us
  • Education
    • Sub link
      Degree and Certificate Programs
    • Sub link
      Academic Departments
    • Sub link
      Residents & Fellows
    • Sub link
      Postdoctoral Training
    • Sub link
      Continuing Medical Education
    • Sub link
      Admissions
    • Sub link
      Cost and Financial Aid
    • Sub link
      Student Resources
  • Research
    • Sub link
      Research Innovation
    • Sub link
      Conducting Research
    • Sub link
      Core Facilities
    • Sub link
      Research Centers
    • Sub link
      Research Training
    • Sub link
      Academic Departments
    • Sub link
      Find a Researcher
    • Sub link
      Research News
  • Clinical Experience
    • Sub link
      Where We Work
    • Sub link
      Caring for a Diverse Population
    • Sub link
      Faculty Clinical Experience
    • Sub link
      Advanced Patient Care
    • Sub link
      Academic Departments
    • Sub link
      Community Learning
  • Giving
  • Directory
  • Home School of Medicine Home
  • Directory

Profile

Abiodun Kukoyi

  • Department of Medicine
    Assistant Professor
  • abiodun.kukoyi@emory.edu
Head shot of Abiodun Kukoyi

Overview

Dr.Kukoyi completed her medical training at Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, NH between 2007 and 2011. She went on to complete her internship at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA and her Internal Medicine Residency at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA. She completed her fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care at Emory University in 2019. During fellowship she worked in the lab of Dr.David Guidot investigating the effects of HIV on innate immune function in alveolar macrophages and epithelial cells.

After fellowship, Dr.Kukoyi accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Medicine at Emory University. She attends at Grady Memorial Hospital and the Fulton County department of health. Her clinical interests are in Pulmonary infections including tuberculosis and medical trainee education.

Academic Appointment

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • MD from Dartmouth Medical School
  • BS in Bioinformatics from Michigan Technological University

Research

Publications

  • INTRACARDIAC MASS IN A PATIENT WITH PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
    Volume: 50 Page(s): 357 - 357
    01/01/2022 Authors: Smirnova N; Lamothe P; Kukoyi A
  • Bronchoscopy for Lofgren's Syndrome? Revisiting an Old Paradigm
    Volume: 201
    01/01/2020 Authors: Kukoyi A; Krakow D; Berkowitz DM
  • MiR-144 mediates Nrf2 inhibition and alveolar epithelial dysfunction in HIV-1 transgenic rats.
    Am J Physiol Cell Physiol Volume: 317 Page(s): C390 - C397
    08/01/2019 Authors: Kukoyi AT; Fan X; Staitieh BS; Hybertson BM; Gao B; McCord JM; Guidot DM
  • HIV-Related Viral Proteins and Interferon Gamma Both Enhance Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Expression in Rat Alveolar Macrophages
    Volume: 199
    01/01/2019 Authors: Kukoyi A; Roth AT; Ahmed M; Auld SC; Fan X; Guidot DM; Staitieh BS
  • miR144 Regulates Nrf2 Expression In Primary Alveolar Epithelial Cells Derived From HIV-1 Transgenic Rats
    Volume: 32
    04/01/2018 Authors: Fan X; Staitieh BB; Raynor R; Kukoyi A; Guidot DM
  • HIV TRANSGENE EXPRESSION INCREASES MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9 IN RAT ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES
    Volume: 66 Page(s): 594 - 594
    02/01/2018 Authors: Roth AT; Fan X; Kukoyi A; Auld SC; Guidot D; Staitieh BS
  • HIV MODULATES PROSTANOID RECEPTOR EXPRESSION IN ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES
    Volume: 66 Page(s): 539 - 540
    02/01/2018 Authors: Knott EP; Cribbs SK; Kukoyi A; Fan X; Guidot D; Staitieh BS
  • HIV Transgene Expression Increases Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 in Rat Alveolar Macrophages
    Volume: 197
    01/01/2018 Authors: Kukoyi A; Roth AT; Ahmed M; Fan X; Auld SC; Guidot DM; Staitieh BS
  • HIV Impairs Prostanoid Receptor Expression in Alveolar Macrophages
    Volume: 197
    01/01/2018 Authors: Knott E; Cribbs SK; Kukoyi A; Fan X; Guidot DM; Staitieh BS
  • TAT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPAIRS ANTIOXIDANT AND INNATE IMMUNE DEFENSES IN ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES
    Volume: 65 Page(s): 559 - 559
    02/01/2017 Authors: Kukoyi A; Staitieh B; Fan X; Guidot D
  • The Hiv-1 Trans-Activator Of Transcription (tat) Protein Significantly Impairs Antioxidant And Innate Immune Defenses In Alveolar Macrophages
    Volume: 195
    01/01/2017 Authors: Kukoyi AT; Staitieh BS; Fan X; Guidot DM
  • Two cases of acute dexmedetomidine withdrawal syndrome following prolonged infusion in the intensive care unit: Report of cases and review of the literature.
    Hum Exp Toxicol Volume: 32 Page(s): 107 - 110
    01/01/2013 Authors: Kukoyi A; Coker S; Lewis L; Nierenberg D
  • MANAGING ACUTE DEXMEDETOMIDINE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME: A NOVEL MECHANISM BASED USE OF ORAL CLONIDINE
    Volume: 91 Page(s): S24 - S24
    03/01/2012 Authors: Kukoyi AT; Coker SA; Lewis LD; Nierenberg DW
  • A conserved WD40 protein binds the Cajal body localization signal of scaRNP particles.
    Mol Cell Volume: 34 Page(s): 47 - 57
    04/10/2009 Authors: Tycowski KT; Shu M-D; Kukoyi A; Steitz JA
Read more publications Fewer publications
Directory
  • Faculty Profiles
Emory University Homepage

Contact & Location

Emory University School of Medicine
100 Woodruff Circle
Atlanta, GA  30322 USA
  • Contact Us
  • Maps & Directions
  • Careers

Information For

  • Alumni
  • Faculty & Staff
  • Patients
  • Residents & Fellows
  • Students
Support the School of Medicine School of Medicine Intranet
facebook facebook twitter twitter linkedin linkedin instagram instagram youtube youtube
© 2025 Emory University
  • Privacy Policy
  • Emergency Information
  • EEO Employer-Disability/Veteran Statements