Trainees

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Christiane Beckmann, Postdoc
Ph.D. 1998
Training Period: 1999-2002
Isolation and functional analysis of adherence factors of group B streptococci
Currently: Research Scientist, Kantonales Laboratorium Basel Stadt, Basel, Switzerland
Stephen Beres, Postdoc
Ph.D. 1995
Training Period: 1995-1998
Export of GBS capsular polysaccharide
Currently: Assistant Professor Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Marissa Braff, Postdoc
Ph.D. 2005
Training Period: 2005-present
Role of staphylokinase and penicillin binding protein 2 in S. aureus resistance to host airway innate immune defenses
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow; University of WA/CHRMC, Seattle, WA
Angela Campbell, M.D.

Training Period: 2004-2007

Currently: Acting Instructor University of Washington/CHRMC Seattle, WA
Martin Cieri, M.D.
M.D.
Training Period: 1997-2000

Currently: Private Practice, Franciscan Medical Group Pediatrics, Tacoma, WA
Anne Clancy, Postdoc
Ph.D. 1998
Training Period: 1999-2002
Iron acquisition in group B streptococcus
Currently: Research Scientist, CHRMC/UW, Seattle, WA
Gary Darmstadt, M.D.
M.D. 1989
Training Period: 1995-1998
Interaction of group A streptococci and keratinocytes
Currently: Assistant Professor, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Marc Fischer, M.D.
M.D.
Training Period: 1996-1999

Currently: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; Atlanta, GA
Soren Gantt, M.D.
M.D. 2001 Ph.D. 2000
Training Period: 2003-2006
Etiology of mastitis in HIV-1 infected women and immunization by HIV-1 exposure during chemoprophylaxis
Currently: Acting Assistant Professor, University of WA/CHRMC, Seattle, WA
Michael Gilbert, M.D.
M.D. 2001
Training Period:
Infections and prematurity
Currently:
Oscar Gomez, M.D.
M.D. 1987 Ph.D. 1993
Training Period: 2004-2006
Role of type IV fimbriae in the pathogenesis of Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC)
Currently: Assistant Professor Pediatrics, University of Iowa College of Medicine
Andrea Hamilton, Postdoc
Ph.D. 2002
Training Period: 2003-2006
Penicillin-binding protein
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow; University of WA/CHRMC, Seattle, WA
Jin-Young Han, M.D.
M.D. 2000 Ph.D. 2000
Training Period: 2003-2006
Modulation of cytotoxic T-lymphocyte function by herpes simplex virus
Currently: Assistant Professor, Pediatrics University of Minnesota
Nada Harik, M.D.
M.D. 1999
Training Period: 2003-2006
Replication rate of M. tuberculosis during chronic murine infection
Currently: Instructor, Pediatrics, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Theresa Harris, Postdoc
Ph.D. 1995
Training Period: 1995-2000
Global regulatory genes in GBS
Currently: Research Scientist, Seattle, WA
Belinda L. Herring, Postdoc
Ph.D. 2002
Training Period: 2001-

Currently:
Arnd Herz, M.D.
M.D.
Training Period: 1995-1998

Currently:
Amanda Jones, Postdoc
Ph.D. 1997
Training Period: 1997-1999
Group B streptococci
Currently: Research Assistant Professor, CHRMC/UW, Seattle, WA
Tobias R. Kollmann, M.D.
M.D. 1998 Ph.D. 1995
Training Period: 2000-2003

Currently: Assistant Professor, University of WA/CHRMC, Seattle, WA; Clinician Investigator, Children's Hospital, University of B.C., Canada
Diqui LaPenta, Postdoc
Ph.D. 1994
Training Period: 1994-1997
Identification of GBS invasion genes
Currently: Lecturer, College of the Redwoods, Eureka, CA
Martin Lee, Postdoc
Ph.D. 1995
Training Period: 1995-1999
Tn917 mutagenesis in GBS
Currently: Biotechnology, Seattle, WA
Kaeryn N. Lewis, M.D.
M.D. 1997
Training Period: 2000-2003
Pathogenesis of M. tuberculosis
Currently: Pediatrician, Kaiser Permanente, Southern California
Brandi Limbago, Postdoc
Ph.D. 2000
Training Period: 2000-2003
Acid responses by GBS
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, U Washington, Seattle, WA
Jai Lingappa, M.D.
M.D.
Training Period: 1994-1997

Currently: Assistant Professor, University of WA/CHRMC, Seattle, WA
Ravi Maruvada, Postdoc
Ph.D. 2000
Training Period: 2003-2005
Identification and characterization of novel factor H binding surface protein in group B Streptococcus
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Division of Infectious Diseases, Los Angeles, CA
Robert Mertz, M.D., Neonatology
M.D. 1998
Training Period: 2002-2005
Innate immune resistance mechanisms of GBS
Currently: Pediatrician, Kaiser Permanente, Sacramento, CA
Bill Muller, M.D.

Training Period: 2004-2007

Currently: Assistant Professor Children's Memorial Hospital/Northwestern Chicago, IL
Victor Nizet, M.D.
M.D. 1989
Training Period: 1993-1996
Characterization of GBS hemolysin
Currently: Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Tamara Pozos, M.D.
M.D. 1998 Ph.D. 1998
Training Period: 2002-2005
Increased susceptibility of infants and children to tuberculosis using the zebrafish embryo model
Currently: Acting Instructor, University of WA/CHRMC, Seattle, WA
Lakshmi Rajagopal, Postdoc
Ph.D. 1999
Training Period: 1999-2004
Signal transduction pathways & GBS
Currently: Research Assistant Professor, CHRMC/UW, Seattle, WA
Ravin Seepersaud, Postdoc
Ph.D. 2003
Training Period: 2003-2006
rpoE and transcriptional fidelity in GBS
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow; University of WA/CHRMC, Seattle, WA
Dan Shelver, Postdoc
Ph.D. 1998
Training Period: 1999-2003
Methionine transport & serine protein expression by GBS
Currently: Faculty, Department of Microbiology & Immunology Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA
Amy Siegesmund, Postdoc
Ph.D. 2003
Training Period: 2004-present
Regulation of capsular polysaccharide production by Group B streptococcus
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow; University of WA/CHRMC, Seattle, WA
Aurelio Silvestroni, Postdoc
Ph.D. 2004
Training Period: 2004-present
Kinase project: Identification of the serine/threonine kinase targets in GBS
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow; University of WA/CHRMC, Seattle, WA
Sherilyn Smith, M.D.
M.D. 1989
Training Period: 1994-1997
Role of TNF-a in the pulmonary host response to M. tuberculosis in the mouse model
Currently: Assistant Professor, University of WA/CHRMC, Seattle, WA
Nicole House Tobin, M.D.
M.D. 1997
Training Period: 2000-2003
Relationship of HIV 'blips' to emergence of drug resistance on HAART
Currently:
Kevin Urdahl, M.D.
M.D. 1995 Ph.D. 1993
Training Period: 1999-2003
Defining the phenotypes of T cell subsets that mediate protective immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Currently: Assistant Professor, University of WA/CHRMC, Seattle, WA
Christy Ventura, Postdoc
Ph.D. 2004
Training Period: 2004-present
Early host:pathogen interactions in Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow; University of WA/CHRMC, Seattle, WA
Yang Wang, Postdoc
Ph.D.
Training Period: 1999-2001

Currently: Research Consultant, Biostatistics, University of WA
Sing Sing Way, M.D.
M.D. 1999 Ph.D. 1998
Training Period: 2001-2004
Toll-like receptors in Listeria monocytogenes infection
Currently: Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Scott Weissman, M.D.
M.D. 1997
Training Period: 2000-2003
Role of fimbrial adhesin variation in pathogenesis and evolution of virulence in extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli
Currently: Clinical Assistant Professor, University of WA/CHRMC, Seattle, WA
Scott Winram, Postdoc
Ph.D. 1995
Training Period: 1995-1998
Translocation of GBS across polarized epithelial cells
Currently: Research Scientist, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD
Harry Yim, Postdoc
Ph.D. 1993
Training Period: 1995-1998
Capsule gene expression in GBS
Currently: Bacterial Molecular Geneticist, Invitrogen Corporation, Carlsbad, CA
Danielle Zerr, M.D.
M.D. 1993
Training Period: 1996-1999
Epidemiology of human herpesvirus 6 infections in healthy children and immunocompromised hosts
Currently: Associate Professor, University of WA/CHRMC, Seattle, WA

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