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
Innate 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 CiteMolecular dynamics of the host response to Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia in baboons.
Journal Article Animal Model Exp Med · September 14, 2025 BACKGROUND: Bacterial pneumonia remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide despite the widespread availability of antibiotics. Novel pneumonia therapies and biomarkers are urgently needed to improve outcomes and advance personalized thera ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Novel Host-Response Biomarker Diagnostics for Invasive Aspergillosis
ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029Host-Pathogen Dynamics in Leptospirosis - P4
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by University of California - Los Angeles · 2023 - 2028Single Dose Texas 2017 (H3N2) Challenge Study
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Darwin Biosciences · 2024 - 2027View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Oklahoma ·
2004
M.D.
University of Oklahoma ·
2002
Ph.D.