ID Epi Seminar Series: The incidence, etiology, and clinical sequelae of diarrheal diseases in African children before and after rotavirus vaccine introduction, Karen Kotloff, MD, Univ. of Maryland

Karen Kotloff, MD, Professor of Pediatrics; Head of the Division of Infectious Disease and Tropical Pediatrics; Associate Director of Clinical Studies at the Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Talk Title: The incidence, etiology, and clinical sequelae of diarrheal diseases in African children before and after rotavirus vaccine introduction

Biography:  Dr. Kotloff is Head of Pediatric Infectious Disease at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM).  She is Principal Investigator (PI) of the NIH-funded Vaccine Testing and Evaluation Unit at UMSOM, performing Phase 1-4 clinical trials to evaluate a wide array of vaccines, adjuvants, delivery mechanisms, and therapies. She has performed numerous human challenge studies, with a focus on Shigella.  She has also dedicated her career to performing epidemiologic studies and clinical trials related to vaccine-preventable infections among children in developing countries in Africa and Asia.

Website: http://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/Kotloff-Karen/