Key Documents
Dora Ho
Academic Appointments
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Infectious Diseases
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Infectious Diseases 300 Pasteur Dr Grant Bldg S101 MC 5107 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 723-6961 Fax (650) 725-8418
Professional Snapshot
Clinical Focus
- Infectious Disease
- Infectious Diseases
- Immunocompromised Host
Honors and Awards
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Huntington’s Disease Society of America (1991-1993)
- Morris Alex, M.D. Prize for clinical medicine, Washington University School of Medicine (1999)
- Dr. Lee B. & Virginia G. Harrison Scholarship for internal medicine, Washington University School of Medicine (1999 & 2000)
- Gene transfer using herpes virus vectors as a tool for neuroprotection, US Patent No: 5661033 (1997)
Professional Education
| Board Certification: | Infectious Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine (2005) |
| Medical Education: | Washington University in St. Louis, MO (2001) |
| Fellowship: | Stanford University Medical Center, CA (2005) |
| Board Certification: | Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine (2004) |
| Residency: | Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, CA USA (2003) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Scientific Focus
Research Interests
Dr. Ho did her PhD work in HSV pathogenesis and postdoctoral research in CNS gene therapy with viral vectors. Her current interests are in viral and fungal infections in immunocompromised patients and her research focuses on infection complications in neutropenic patients. In collaboration with Dr. C. Dekker of the Stanford-LPCH Vaccine Program and with Dr. J. Brown of the BMT Division, she is also conducting clinical trials on vaccines, antivirals and antifungals as a co-investigator.
Clinical Trials
- A Study of an Investigational V212/Heat-Treated Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) Vaccine in Immunocompromised Adults Recruiting
- Phase III of 2 Dosing Regimens of Caspofungin in the Treatment of Invasive Candidiasis in Adults Completed
- Prophylactic Use of Maribavir for the Prevention of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Disease in Stem Cell Transplant Recipients No longer recruiting
Publications
- Yield of diagnostic procedures for invasive fungal infections in neutropenic febrile patients with chest computed tomography abnormalities. Mycoses. 2009
- Varicella Zoster Virus In: Yu VL, Weber R, Raoult D (eds.), Antinicrobial Therapy and Vaccines 3rd edition. 2009
- Varicella Zoster Virus Infections In: Blume KG, Negrin RS, Foramn SJ, Appelbaum (eds.), Thomas’ Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation 4th edition.. 2008: in print
- Immunogenicity, safety and consistency of new trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine. Vaccine. 2008; (32): 4057-61
- Treating disseminated fusariosis: amphotericin B, voriconazole or both? Mycoses. 2007; (3): 227-31
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