Current Fellows
Fourth-Year Fellow
Amanda Evans, MD
Education: BS, UT Austin, 1999
MD, UT Medical Branch at Galveston, 2004
Postdoctoral Training: Georgetown University, Washington, DC, Pediatric Residency, 2004-2007
Research Project: Effects of respiratory syncyctial virus infection of respiratory epithelial cells on Moraxella catarrhalis, and pathogenesis of acute otitis media in children
Third-Year Fellows
Thomas Fox, MD
Education: BS, summa cum laude, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, 2001
MD, University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Science, Grand Forks, 2006
Postdoctoral Training: University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, Pediatric Residency, 2007-2009
Research Project: Molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis in enteric bacteria
Eduardo Lopez-Medina, MD
Education: MD, Universidad Del Valle, Cali, Colombia, 2003
Postdoctoral Training: Miami Children’s Hospital, Miami, FL, Pediatric Residency, 2006-2009
Research Project: Candida albicans and pseudomonas aeruginosa interactions in the gastrointestinal tract
Second-Year Fellow
Joseph Cantey, MD
Education: BA, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 2002
MD, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, 2006
Postdoctoral Training: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, Pediatric Residency, 2006-2009
Research Project: Diagnosis and treatment of congenital infections, reverse-syphilis maternal screening and congenital syphilis, and utility of blood HSV PCR in neonatal HSV disease
First-Year Fellows
Claudia Gaviria Agudelo, MD
Education: MD, Universidad Del Valle, Cali, Colombia, 2006
Postdoctoral Training: Driscoll Children’s Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX, Pediatric Residency, 2008-2011
Research Project: Clinical HIV and MRSA
Ashlesha Kaushik, MD
Education: MD, Jaipur Rajasthan, India, 2006
Postdoctoral Training: Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, 2008-2011
Research Project: Global health and HIV