Email

aopekun@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Medicine-Gastroenterology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Joint appointments in Pediatrics and Health Professions

Addresses

McNair Faculty Center (Office)

A10.019
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-0956
aopekun@bcm.edu

Education

P.A. from Baylor College Of Medicine

07/1981 - Houston, Texas United States

M.S. from University of Houston Clear Lake

12/2011 - Houston, Texas United States

Professional Interests

• Enteric pathogens
• Mucosal enzymology
• Medical education
• Enteric pathogens including norovirus, Helicobacter and related vaccine development strategies
• Disaccharidase deficiency syndromes (MGA and SI) and related polymorphisms
• Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease outcomes as related to a national Pedi-IBD consortium
• Clinical use of stable isotope-labeled substrates and related testing (breath and blood samples)
• Undergraduate didactic teaching with an emphasis on problem-based learning
• Clinical research regulatory affairs (IND) expertise
• Pilot study / clinical trial database software development (CRIER® and URSALA®)

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