Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Medicine
·
2018 - Present
Medicine, Infectious Diseases,
Medicine
Recent Publications
Acute Febrile Illness Associated with an Emerging Dengue 4 GIIb Variant Causing Epidemic in León, Nicaragua 2022.
Journal Article Viruses · August 13, 2025 Historically, DENV-4 has been rarely associated with epidemics and has been less well-studied than DENV-1 to -3. Epidemic dengue struck several South and Central American countries in 2022, with Nicaragua reporting the highest incidence. In an acute febril ... Full text Link to item CitePatterns of care-seeking for postpartum symptoms in urban Karachi, Pakistan: implications for intervention design.
Journal Article Reprod Health · April 16, 2025 BACKGROUND: In Pakistan, the maternal mortality rate is 186/100,000 live births, with postpartum (PP) or maternal sepsis being the third leading cause of maternal deaths. Delays in early identification and timely management of PP sepsis are associated with ... Full text Link to item CiteViral Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infections (ALRI) in Rural Bangladeshi Children Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Journal Article Influenza Other Respir Viruses · December 2024 BACKGROUND: Acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRIs) remain the leading infectious cause of death among children < 5 years, with viruses contributing to a large proportion of cases. Little is known about the epidemiology and etiology of viral ALRI ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
International Clinical Administrative Core (Clinical Core)
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by University of California - Los Angeles · 2023 - 2028Host-Pathogen Dynamics in Leptospirosis - P4
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by University of California - Los Angeles · 2023 - 2028Preparing for prospective cohort study of acute febrile illness and sepsis in Madagascar (Madagascar Research Site Implementation)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Henry M. Jackson Foundation · 2022 - 2026View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
McGill University (Canada) ·
1996
M.D.C.M.