Deputy Branch Chief, Collaborative Clinical Research Branch, Division of Clinical Research

• Mar 2022 - Present

Associate Research Physician/Staff Clinician, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology

• Jun 2012 - Mar 2022

Lead multi-disciplinary clinical research team in the Tuberculosis Research Section in conducting tuberculosis multi-site, interventional, randomized clinical trials in China and South Africa. Research activities include writing funding proposals, initial concept and protocol development, data management and case report form development, study initiation, study scientific and regulatory oversight with quality assurance/quality control activities, study closure, data analysis, and writing manuscripts for publication. Clinical trials conducted focus on translating basic research into clinical practice using novel imaging biomarkers, particularly PET/CT scans, to provide insights into TB pathogenesis and treatment response. Study results have been published in high impact journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Medicine, and Science Translational Medicine.

Medical Officer, Division of AIDS/Office of Global Research

• 2004 - 2012

Based at the US Embassy in Beijing and worked with Chinese and Asian regional investigators on NIAID-funded clinical research in HIV, tuberculosis, influenza, and SARS. Worked closely with researchers from the China CDC to analyze national HIV observational data and published results in high impact journals including Lancet, Annals of Internal Medicine, Lancet Infectious Diseases, and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Medical Officer, Division of AIDS

• 2003 - 2004

Worked in the International Research Branch, Division of AIDS to manage international research grants primarily through the Comprehensive International Program of Research on AIDS (CIPRA) program.

Infectious Diseases Fellow

• 2000 - 2003

Research focused in HIV clinical outcomes with mentor Michael Saag, MD. Served as chief infectious diseases fellow from 2002-2003. Also obtained MSPH in epidemiology at UAB School of Public Health with mentor Sten Vermund, MD, PhD. Research focused in HIV clinical outcomes with mentor Michael Saag, MD. Served as chief infectious diseases fellow from 2002-2003. Also obtained MSPH in epidemiology at UAB School of Public Health with mentor Sten Vermund, MD, PhD.

Internal Medicine Resident

• 1997 - 2000