Scott H. James, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He serves as the UAB Peds ID Fellowship Program Director and is also Principal Investigator of the NIH-funded UAB Antiviral Screening Laboratory, where he leads a translational research program seeking to develop novel antiviral therapeutics. He earned two undergraduate degrees with honors from the University of Florida prior to completing medical school and pediatrics residency at the University of South Florida, followed by a Peds ID fellowship at UAB. He is a Co-Investigator on multiple clinical trials with the Collaborative Antiviral Study Group and the Congenital and Perinatal Infections Consortium. His work focuses on preclinical investigation of new and novel antiviral compounds, the emergence of antiviral resistance, and the design and conduct of clinical trials seeking to advance our understanding of antiviral therapies in infants and children.
