Eva Clark, MD, PhD, CTropMed
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Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
- Assistant Professor
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Pediatrics
Tropical Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States
Education
- BS from Mississippi State University
- 05/2004 - Starkville, Mississippi United States
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- PhD from University of Alabama School of Medicine
- 05/2010 - Birmingham, Alabama United States
- Microbiology
- MD from University of Alabama School of Medicine
- 05/2013 - Birmingham, Alabama United States
- Residency at Baylor College of Medicine
- 06/2017 - Houston, Texas United States
- Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
- Clinical Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine
- 06/2019 - Houston, Texas United States
- Infectious Diseases
- Research Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine
- 06/2021 - Houston, Texas United States
- Health Services Research
Certifications
- Certification in Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- Certificate of Knowledge in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers' Health
- (12/12/2018)
- American Society of Tropical Medicine
- Subspecialty Certification in Infectious Diseases
- American Board of Internal Medicine
Websites
Kuska, Inc. is a non-profit organization that I started in 2010. It's purpose is to provide scholarship opportunities for young Peruvian adults who are pursuing post-secondary education.
Selected Publications
- Weiss GE, Clark EH, Li S, Traore B, Kayentao K, Ongoiba A, Hernandez JN, Doumbo OK, Pierce SK, Branch OH, Crompton PD. "A positive correlation between atypical memory B cells and Plasmodium falciparum transmission intensity in cross-sectional studies in Peru and Mali.." PLoS One..2011/January14;6(1):e15983. Pubmed PMID: 21264245
- Torres KJ, Clark EH, Hernandez JN, Soto-Cornejo KE, Gamboa D, Branch OH. "Antibody response dynamics to the Plasmodium falciparum conserved vaccine candidate antigen, merozoite surface protein-1 C-terminal 19kD (MSP1-19kD), in Peruvians exposed to hypoendemic malaria transmission.." Malar J..2008/September9;(7):173. Pubmed PMID: 18782451
- Samuels AM, Clark EH, Galdos-Cardenas G, Wiegand RE, Ferrufino L, Menacho S, Gil J, Spicer J, Budde J, Levy MZ, Bozo RW, Gilman RH, Bern C; Working Group on Chagas Disease in Bolivia and Peru. "Epidemiology of and impact of insecticide spraying on Chagas disease in communities in the Bolivian Chaco.." PLoS Negl Trop Dis..2013/August1;7(8):e2358. Pubmed PMID: 23936581
- Clark EH, Sherbuk J, Okamoto E, Jois M, Galdos-Cardenas G, Vela-Guerra J, Menacho-Mendez GS, Bozo-Gutierrez RW, Fernandez AB, Crawford TC, Colanzi R, Gilman RH, Bern C; Working Group on Chagas Disease in Bolivia and Peru. "Hyperendemic Chagas disease and the unmet need for pacemakers in the Bolivian Chaco." PLoS Negl Trop Dis.2014/June5;8(6):e2801. Pubmed PMID: 24901942
- Clark EH, Silva CJ, Weiss GE, Li S, Padilla C, Crompton PD, Hernandez JN, Branch OH. "Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Peruvian Amazon, a region of low transmission, is associated with immunologic memory.." Infect Immun.. 2012 April ; 80 (4): 1583-92. Pubmed PMID: 22252876
- Sutton PL, Clark EH, Silva C, Branch OH. "The Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein-1 19 KD antibody response in the Peruvian Amazon predominantly targets the non-allele specific, shared sites of this antigen.." Malar J. 2010 January 4; 9 (3): Pubmed PMID: 20047674
- Clark E, Pritchard H, Hemmige V, Restrepo A, Bautista K, Damania A, Ricciardi A, Nutman TB, Mejia R "Strongyloides stercoralis Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Patients is Associated with Eosinophil Activation and Intestinal Inflammation: A Cross-sectional Study.." Clin Infect Dis. 2020 March 10; : Pubmed PMID: 32155244
- Clark E, Royse KE, Dong Y, Chang E, Raychaudhury S, Kramer J, White DL, Chiao E "Stable Incidence and Poor Survival for HIV-Related Burkitt Lymphoma Among the U.S. Veteran Population During the Anti-Retroviral Era.." J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2020 January 27; : Pubmed PMID: 31977597
- Clark EH, Serpa JA "Tissue Parasites in HIV Infection.." Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2019 November 16; : Pubmed PMID: 31734888
- Clark E, Chen L, Dong Y, Raychaudhury S, White D, Kramer JR, Chiao E. "Veteran women living with HIV have increased risk of HPV-associated genital tract cancers.." Clin Infect Dis. 2020 August 12; : Pubmed PMID: 32785700
- Clark E, Chiao EY, Amirian ES. "Why contact tracing efforts have failed to curb COVID-19 transmission in much of the U.S.." Clin Infect Dis. 2020 August 6; : Pubmed PMID: 32761123
- Clark E, Fredricks K, Woc-Colburn L, Bottazzi ME, Weatherhead J. "Disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on immigrant communities in the United States.." PLoS Negl Trop Dis.. 2020 July ; 14 (7): Pubmed PMID: 32658925
- Axell-House DB, Lavingia R, Rafferty M, Clark E, Amirian ES, Chiao EY. "The estimation of diagnostic accuracy of tests for COVID-19: A scoping review.." J Infect. 2020 November ; : Pubmed PMID: 32882315
- Meredith J Ventura, Emmanuel Guajardo, Eva H Clark, Kalpana Bhairavarasu, Riyad Y Kherallah, Andrew R DiNardo, Xunyan Ye, Pedro A Piedra, Robert L Atmar, Sandeep K Agarwal "Correspondence on 'Paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 mimicking Kawasaki disease (Kawa-COVID-19): a multicentre cohort' by Pouletty et al." Ann Rheum Dis .. 2020 September 25; : Pubmed PMID: 32978236
- Weatherhead JE, Clark E, Vogel TP, Atmar RL, Kulkarni PA "Inflammatory syndromes associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection: dysregulation of the immune response across the age spectrum.." J Clin Invest. 2020 December 1; : Pubmed PMID: 33108354
- Clark EH, Fredricks K, Woc-Colburn L, Bottazzi ME, Weatherhead J. "Preparing for SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines in US Immigrant Communities: Strategies for Allocation, Distribution, and Communication." Am J Public Health. 2021 April ; : Pubmed PMID: 33351664
- Spezia-Lindner NJ, Kondapi D, DiNardo AR, Ramaswami R, Chiao E, Clark EH. "The Importance of Early Recognition of KSHV-Mediated Syndromes: A Case Report.." Am J Med. 2021 October ; : Pubmed PMID: 33989604
- Wang EW, Parchem JG, Atmar RL, Clark EH. "SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination During Pregnancy: A Complex Decision.." Open Forum Infect Dis.. 2021 April 10; : Pubmed PMID: 34056031
- Clark EH, Gilman RH, Chiao EY, Gravitt PE. "Gut Helminth Infection-Induced Immunotolerance and Consequences for Human Papillomavirus Persistence.." Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 July 21; : Pubmed PMID: 34280146
Languages
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