Melody Xiao

Rice University, BA Health Sciences (2018-2021)
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, MHS Infectious Disease Epidemiology (2021-2023)
Duke University, PhD (2023-present)

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Student Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment

Student Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Recent Publications

Global impact of 10- and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on pneumococcal meningitis in all ages: The PSERENADE project.

Journal Article The Journal of infection · March 2025 BackgroundPneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) introduced in childhood national immunization programs lowered vaccine-type invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), but replacement with non-vaccine-types persisted throughout the PCV10/13 follow-up pe ... Full text Cite

Case-area targeted interventions during a large-scale cholera epidemic: A prospective cohort study in Northeast Nigeria

Journal Article PLOS Medicine · May 10, 2024 BackgroundCholera outbreaks are on the rise globally, with conflict-affected settings particularly at risk. Case-area targeted interventions (CATIs), a strategy whereby teams provide a package of inter ... Full text Cite

Yersinia pseudotuberculosis doxycycline tolerance strategies include modulating expression of genes involved in cell permeability and tRNA modifications.

Journal Article PLoS pathogens · May 2022 Antibiotic tolerance is typically associated with a phenotypic change within a bacterial population, resulting in a transient decrease in antibiotic susceptibility that can contribute to treatment failure and recurrent infections. Although tolerant cells m ... Full text Cite

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