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Viral respiratory infections in children are an obvious problem in the United States and worldwide. My work contributes to research efforts into the understanding the interaction between the virus and children’s immune system, by describing novel risk factors and high-risk population, and by finding novel therapeutic approaches for these. I obtained my MD from the Medical School at National University of La Plata (La Plata, Argentina) and completed my general pediatric residency at General Pediatrics Children’s Hospital Sor Maria Ludovica (La Plata, Argentina). During that time, I was part of a team who described one of the largest pediatric case series on children with Influenza H1N1, which was published in NEJM. Upon finishing my pediatric residency, I completed an Epidemiology and Public Health fellowship at “Institute for the development and research in children Prof. Dr. Fernando E. Viteri” (La Plata, Argentina) and a master’s in clinical Effectiveness (School of Medicine University of Buenos Aires and The Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy). My thesis focused on risk factors for life threatening infection with human Rhinovirus in children. The knowledge acquired through this training has allowed me to successfully design clinical studies and lead data analysis which resulted in 2 additional manuscripts as firth co-author. In 2011 I moved to US to gain experience on basic research. For 3 years, I worked at the vaccine center in Vanderbilt University in Dr Polack’s lab. As a postdoctoral fellow at Vanderbilt University, I developed copious experience with mouse knockout, transgenic, and different animal models of viral diseases, such as, Influenza, RSV and Dengue, as well as asthma and allergy as well as continued contribution to human studies. In 2014 I moved to Memphis and started working on the mucosal immune response to RSV while completing my fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases. During this time, I focused on immune responses to RSV to define key age relevant determinant differences that could account for the greatest risk of the youngest to RSV infection. This project was funded by a career development award from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). In 2017 I joined Department of Infectious Diseases at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, where I continue to focus on respiratory viruses with emphasis in immunocompromised patients including SARS-CoV-2. Since the pandemic started, I became the Deputy Medical Director for Occupational Health and have actively participated in the institutional response to COVID-19. I created and continue to lead the COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing program in the institution and I co-lead the Employee, Patients and Families COVID-19 Screening and Vaccination Programs.
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Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Societyno. 2 (2024): 155-158
Pediatric transplantationno. 3 (2024)
JAMA network openno. 2 (2024): e2355727-e2355727
Pediatric blood & cancerno. 10 (2024): e31201-e31201
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Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Societyno. 3 (2024): 159-185
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#Papers: 69
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