Contributing Editor
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Szentivanyi Professor of Internal Medicine and Director, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
- Co-Director, Center for Global Health and Infectious Disease Research,
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida - Director of Research, Global Emerging Diseases Institute, Tampa General
Hospital, Tampa, Florida
Area of Special Interest
- COVID clinical research
- Pathogenesis of toxoplasmosis and malaria, parasitic diseases of global significance.
Professional Recognitions & Appointments
- National Institutes of Health (NIH-NIAID) National Research Service Award, 1989-1992
- National Institutes of Health (NIH-NIAID) Clinical Investigator Award, 1993-1996
- National Institutes of Health (NIH-NIAID) Independent Scientist Award, 1997-2002
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund New Investigator Award in Molecular Parasitology, 1998-2002
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund New Initiatives in Malaria Research Award, 2001-2003
- Elected Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation
- Elected Member, Association of American Physicians
- Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology
- Chair, Advisory Committee, Advisory Burroughs Wellcome Postdoctoral Enrichment Program
Publication Highlights
Published over 100 articles in peer reviewed journals including:
- Real-world effectiveness of early remdesivir and sotrovimab in the highest-risk COVID-19 outpatients during the Omicron surge. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy – August 2022
- Genome-wide localization of histone variants in Toxoplasma gondii implicates variant exchange in stage-specific gene expression. BMC Genomics – February 2022
- 3D Printed Alternative to the Standard Synthetic Flocked Nasopharyngeal Swabs Used for COVID-19 testing. Clinical Infectious Diseases – September 2020
- Plasma cell-free DNA predicts pediatric cerebral malaria severity. JCI Insight – June 2020
Education
- Harvard University (A.B. Magna Cum Laude)
- Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons (Medical School)
- Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center (Residency)
- University of California San Francisco (Fellowship –Division of Infectious Diseases)
- San Francisco General Hospital, UCSF (Post Doctoral Fellowship – Parasitology Laboratory)
- Stanford University School of Medicine (Post Doctoral Fellowship - Department of Microbiology & Immunology)
Disclosures
- Nothing to disclose.