Past Trainees

Our fellows are prepared to do anything! It is not surprising that our fellows successfully pass the Pediatric Infectious Disease Boards and  go on to work in highly competitive academic centers. Given that many of the top infectious disease investigators in the world were trained at UCLA, we know that our fellows will continue to astound us with their accomplishments. 

2020 Sean Fitzwater

Determining genetic relatedness of S.aureus isolates using longitudinally collected samples.

Infectious Diseases Attending at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center

2018 Priya Soni

Analysis and characteristics of viral reservoirs in perinatal infected HIV infants from birth to adulthood. A 20-year retrospective study.

Assistant Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

2017 Debra Lugo

Phenotypic Analysis and Replication of Enterovirus D68 in Respiratory Epithelial cells

Assistant Professor of Transplant Medicine at Duke University

2017 Johana Tovar Padua

Unidentified Hepatitis C During pregnancy in Porto Alegre, Brazil- A missed opportunity for prevention and treatment

Assistant Professor at University of California, San Diego

2017 Amira Baker

Child, Caregiver and Healthcare Provider perspective and experiences regarding disclosure of HIV status to Perinatally infected children in Lima, Peru

Infectious Diseases Attending at Oregon Health Sciences University

2015 Kristina Adachi

Coincident Infections in HIV Infected women and their Children Clinical

Instructor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA

2014 Natalie Quanquin

Identification of Novel Influenza Immunogens

Attending at Children's Hospital Los Angeles

2014 Kevin Quinn

Evaluation of Novel Anti-Enterovirus Agents and Emerging Enteroviruses

Infectious Disease Attending at Kaiser Permanente-Fontana

2013 Santosh Nadipuram

Molecular Determinants of Toxoplasmosa Attachment

Assistant Professor at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

2011 Linette Sande

Liposomal modification of vancomycin and MRSA activity

Assistant Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Loma Linda University

2011 Susan Wollersheim

Genetic evaluation of emerging enteroviruses

Assistant Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Georgetown University

2011 Nava Yeganeh

Involving men in prenatal care to prevent HIV in infants in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Assistant Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, UCLA

2010 Shirley Delair

Quantitative Assessment of HIV envelope Affinity for cellular receptors

Assistant Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska

2008 Delma Nieves

Evaluation of Novel Leptospira Immunogen

Clinical Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, UC Irvine School of Medicine

2008 Samantha Johnson

Quantitative Assessment of HIV envelope Affinity for cellular receptors

Clinical Professor at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital

2007 Tempe Chen

HIV Drug Resistance

Miller Children’s Hospital in Long Beach California

2007 David Bronstein

Molecular Determinants of Leptospira virulence

Attending Physician at Kaiser Permanente-Lancaster