Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Medicine
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2020 - Present
Medicine, Infectious Diseases,
Medicine
Member of Duke Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine
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2014 - Present
The Precision Medicine Program,
Medicine
Recent Publications
Mass Spectrometry-Based Quantification of Proteins and Post-Translational Modifications in Dried Blood: Longitudinal Sampling of Patients With Sepsis in Tanzania.
Journal Article Proteomics · December 3, 2025 The proteomic analysis of blood is routine for disease phenotyping and biomarker development. Blood is commonly separated into soluble and cellular fractions. However, this can introduce pre-analytical variability, and analysis of a single component (which ... Full text Link to item CiteInnate immune molecular landscape following controlled human influenza virus infection.
Journal Article Cell Rep · October 28, 2025 Viral infections can induce prolonged changes in innate immunity. Here, we use blood samples from a human influenza H3N2 challenge study (NCT03883113) to perform comprehensive multi-omics analyses. We detect remodeling of immune programs in circulating inn ... Full text Link to item CitePediatric T cell and B cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Journal Article JCI Insight · October 22, 2025 BACKGROUNDUnderstanding age-associated differences in acute and memory adaptive immunity to SARS-CoV-2 and how they contribute to more favorable outcomes in children is critically important.METHODSWe evaluated SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell, B cell, and antibo ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Novel Host-Response Biomarker Diagnostics for Invasive Aspergillosis
ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2024 - 2029Host-Pathogen Dynamics in Leptospirosis - P4
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by University of California - Los Angeles · 2023 - 2028Validation of RNA biomarkers for infectious and inflammatory diseases diagnosis
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Cepheid · 2025 - 2027View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Oklahoma ·
2004
M.D.
University of Oklahoma ·
2002
Ph.D.