Professional Overview
Stanford Advisors
| Terrence Blaschke: | Academic Advising Dean |
| David Katzenstein: | Med Scholar Project Advisor |
Education History
| Doctor of Philosophy: | UC-Berkeley School of Public Health, Epidemiology (2013) |
| Master of Science: | Stanford University, EPIDM-MS (2009) |
| Bachelor of Science: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences (2002) |
Honors and Awards
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Research Fellowship, HHMI (2006-2008)
- California HIV Research Program (CHRP) Dissertation Grant, CHRP (2010-2012)
- Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Research Fellowship, IDSA (2005)
- Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, The Paul and Daisy Soros Foundation (2008-2010)
- Peninsula AIDS Research Consortium (PARC) Research Grant, PARC (2009)
- Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Seed Grant, Stanford Office of Community Health (2010-2012)
Scientific Focus
Research Projects
- Phylogeographic Surveillance of California HIV Transmission Networks (Dissertation)
- Diversity, Evolution, and Pathogenesis of HIV-1 Subtype C in southern Africa (Dissertation)
- Virologic and clinical impact of single-dose nevirapine on nevirapine-containing HAART among HIV-positive women in rural Zimbabwe. (Scholarly Concentration project)
Publications
- Placental malaria and mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus-1 in rural Rwanda. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011; (2): 202-6
- Detection of HIV-1 in Saliva: Implications for Case-Identification, Clinical Monitoring and Surveillance for Drug Resistance. Open Virol J. 2010: 88-93
- Environmental enrichment reduces neuronal intranuclear inclusion load but has no effect on messenger RNA expression in a mouse model of Huntington disease. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2010; (8): 817-27
- HIV-1 evolution and drug resistance among patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in San Mateo County, California, 1997-2006 Retrovirology. 2010; (Suppl 1): 20
- Viral sequence analysis from HIV-infected mothers and infants: molecular evolution, diversity, and risk factors for mother-to-child transmission. Clin Perinatol. 2010; (4): 739-50, viii
- Evolution and molecular epidemiology of subtype C HIV-1 in Zimbabwe. AIDS. 2009; (18): 2523-32
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