Washington University Faculty
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Rachel Presti, MD, PhD
Associate Professor in Medicine
Medical School: Washington University
Research Mentor:
Research Interests: Infectious diseases, HIV
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Jeffrey Henderson, MD, PhD
Associate Professor in Medicine
Medical School: Washington University
Research Mentor:
Research Interests: Bacterial pathogenesis, host-pathogen interactions, iron, mass spectrometry, medicinal chemistry, metabolomics
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George Kyei, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor in Medicine
Medical School: University of New Mexico
Research Mentor: Lee Ratner, MD, PhD
Research Interests: HIV latency and reservoir maintenance
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Laura Marks, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical School: University of Buffalo
Mentor: Jeffrey Henderson, MD, PhD
Research Interests: the pathophysiology of invasive staphylococcal disease in PWID using genomic epidemiology and molecular biology models
Alumni at Other Institutions
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Juan Calix, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor in Medicine, University of Alabama
Medical School: University of Alabama
Mentor: Gautum Dantas, PhD
Research Interests: to develop relevant research models with which to develop antibiotic-sparing interventions for the prevention and treatment of infections
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Brett Jagger, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor in Medicine, Western Michigan Medical School
Medical School: Indiana University
Mentor: Michael Diamond, MD, PhD
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Cynthia Monaco, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor in Medicine, University of Rochester
Medical School: University of Texas, Southwestern
Mentor: Herbert “Skip” Virgin