Email

riar@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor

Medicine-Infectious Disease
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Chief, Infectious Diseases Section

Michael E. DeBakey VAMC
Houston, Texas

Addresses

Infectious Diseases Section (Office)

Michael E. DeBakey VAMC
Room 4B-370; MS 111G
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 794-8856
maria.rodriguez-barradas2@va.gov

Education

Fellowship at Baylor College Of Medicine

12/1993 - Houston, TX United States

HIV Medicine

Clinical Fellowship at Baylor College Of Medicine

10/1992 - Houston, TX United States

Infectious Diseases

Residency at Central University of Venezuela

12/1988 - Caracas, Venezuela

Internal Medicine

MD from Central University Of Venezuela

11/1983 - Caracas, Venezuela

Certifications

Board Certified

ABIM-Internal Medicine

Board Certified

ABIM-Infectious Diseases

Websites

Funding

1. Alcohol and multisubstance use in the veterConsortium to improve OutcoMes in HIV/AIDS, Alcohol, Aging, and multi-Substance use (COMpAAAS) - #1-U01-AA-020790

(09/01/2017 - 08/31/2021) Grant funding from NIH AAA

Current projects under this grant: a. Observation Study: Veterans Aging Cohort Study: Survey and electronic cohort. b. Integrated stepped care for unhealthy alcohol use in HIV. c. Intervention Study: Financial Incentives, Randomization with Stepped Treatment (FIRST) trial. d. Intervention Study: MASH Medication Reconciliation study (polypharmacy).

SUPERNOVA - #CDC 110FED1009332

(10/01/2015 - 03/31/2021) Grant funding from CDC

Active surveillance to quantify the burden of viral gastroenteritis and acute respiratory infections including COVID in US Veterans Affairs (VA) patient population.

Reprieve

$261,468.00 (06/01/2014 - 05/31/2021)

Grant funding from NIH

REPRIEVE (A5332): Randomized trial to prevent vascular events in HIV. ACTG/NIH. Role: MEDVAMC PI

TRAP-LRTI

(01/06/2016 - 12/31/2020) Grant funding from VTEU

TRAP-LRTI (Protocol 15-0020): Targeted reduction of antibiotics using procalcitonin in a multi-center randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled non-inferiority study of infection (LRTI) and a procalcitonin level of <0.1 ng/ml. 6/2016-6/2018. Baylor VTEU Protocol. Role: Houston PI.

Languages

Spanish