Dr Blankson completed his PhD at Rockefeller University and his MD at Cornell University Medical College before doing a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins. He conducted post-doctoral studies in the establishment of HIV-1 latency in primary infection and he currently performs studies on multiple aspects of the elite control of HIV-1 replication. Dr Blankson is also the medical director of the inpatient HIV unit at Johns Hopkins.