Email

anna.mandalakas@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor

Pediatrics-Global Immigrant Health
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Addresses

Texas Children's Hospital, Feigin Center (Clinic)

1102 Bates Street
Suite 630
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 822-1331

Education

PhD from Stellenbosch University

12/2015 - Stellenbosch, Western Cape South Africa

Epidemiology

Fellowship at Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital/Case Western Reserve University

01/2000 - Cleveland, Ohio United States

MS from Case Western Reserve University

01/2000 - Cleveland, Ohio United States

Residency at Case Western Reserve University

05/1997 - Cleveland, Ohio United States

Internship at Case Western Reserve University

08/1997 - Cleveland, Ohio United States

MD from Hahnemann University

01/1994 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States

BA from Case Western Reserve University

01/1990 - Cleveland, Ohio United States

Professional Interests

• Pediatric Tuberculosis
• Pediatric HIV
• Global Health

Professional Statement

I have extensive experience conducting large-scale community based epidemiologic studies in the US and in resource-limited countries. Over the past 20 years, I have incrementally developed a clinical research platform from which to study the diagnosis, prevention, and pathophysiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in children. In 2012, I joined Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital to establish and direct our Global TB Program. Collaborating with new colleagues and building upon the existing infrastructure of the Baylor Pediatric AIDS Initiative, we have created a translational research team and a unique research platform that aims to promote child survival and contribute knowledge to the field of childhood TB and HIV. Our translational research arena also affords an outstanding opportunity to train tomorrow’s Global Health leaders and develop capacity in the TB high-burden setting that we serve.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Skinner D, Mandalakas AM "Pasting together the preventive therapy puzzle [Short communication].." Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis.. 2013 Feb;17(2):175-7. Pubmed PMID: 23211672
• Mandalakas AM, van Wyk S, Kirchner HL, Walzl G, Cotton M, Rabie H, Kriel B, Gie RP, Schaaf HS, Hesseling AC "Detecting tuberculosis infection in HIV-infected children: a study of diagnostic accuracy, confounding and interaction.." Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2013 Mar;32(3):e111-8. Pubmed PMID: 23190784
• Mandalakas AM, Hesseling AC, Gie RP, Schaaf HS, Marais BJ, Sinanovic E "Modelling the cost-effectiveness of strategies to prevent tuberculosis in child contacts in a high-burden setting.." Thorax. 2013 Mar;68(3):247-55. Pubmed PMID: 22717944
• Mandalakas AM, Kirchner HL, Lombard C, Walzl G, Grewal HM, Gie RP, Hesseling AC "Well-quantified tuberculosis exposure is a reliable surrogate measure of tuberculosis infection.." Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis.. 2012 Aug;16(8):1033-9. Pubmed PMID: 22692027