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==Career and appointments== Dr. Bonilla's early career experience focused on treating [[HIV|HIV/AIDS]] and [[Hepatitis C|Hepatitis C Virus]] at a time when both diseases faced stigma and research neglect for effective treatments.<ref name="Stanford">{{Cite web | url = https://stanfordhealthcare.org/doctors/b/hector-bonilla.html | title = Hector Bonilla|website=stanfordhealthcare.org|access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref> He worked at Louisiana State University, then Summa Health System in Akron, Ohio, and he grew increasingly interested in clinical research.<ref name="Stanford" /> Pursuing these subjects, he joined the University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center as Assistant Professor, Clinician, and Medical Educator in the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, then later ImmunoScience Inc., a biotechnology company in California working to develop a therapeutic HIV vaccine, due to his interest in [[cytokine]]s and [[Immune system|immunological responses]].<ref name="Stanford" /> Dr. Bonilla's interest in [[Inflammation|inflammatory response]] as well as his experience treating HIV and HCV drew him to the subject of ME/CFS.<ref name="Stanford" /> He is currently Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Infectious Diseases, at Stanford University<ref name="profile" /> and a positive care doctor at the Stanford's Infectious Disease Clinic.<ref name="Stanford" /> His biography at Stanford describes: "His ME/CFS patients are his inspiration, and he is committed to continuing research to seek answers to their health challenges."<ref name="Stanford" /> He received a 2018 Ramsay Award from the [[Solve ME/CFS Initiative]] for a "Cross-sectional study to assess the prevalence of [[APOE]] e4 alleles in patients with ME/CFS and the association with herpes virus infection”.<ref name="solvecfs">{{Cite web | url = https://solvecfs.org/hector-bonilla/ | title = Hector Bonilla|website=Solve ME/CFS Initiative|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref> The project follows on preliminary findings that [[herpes simplex virus]] (HSV) type 1 infection in the sera of individuals with ME/CFS is related to severity of the disease.<ref name="solvecfs" />
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