Positions

Assistant Professor

Tropical Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine

Assistant Professor

Infectious Disease
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Education

BSc from Kalamazoo College

Kalamazoo, Michigan

MD from Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

Residency at Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas

Internal Medicine and Pediatrics

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas

Infectious Diseases, Adult and Pediatric

Graduate Certificate at Baylor College of Medicine, National School of Tropical Medicine

Houston, Texas

Diploma of Tropical Medicine

MS from Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas

Clinical and Translational Investigation

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine

American Board of Pediatrics

American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Professional Interests

• Host-pathogen interaction
• Tropical Medicine
• Ascariasis
• Pediatric Infectious Diseases
• Adult Infectious Diseases

Websites

Selected Publications

• "Comparison of Cytokine Responses in Ecuadorian Children Infected with Giardia, Ascaris or both Parasites." ;
• "The Hygiene Hypothesis and some Inconvenient Truths regarding Helminth Infection." ;
• "The Global State of Helminth Control and Elimination in Children." ;

Memberships

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Infectious Disease Society of America