Mentor - Lawrence Stanberry, MD, PHD
Thematic Areas: Infectious Diseases, Key Populations Health, Social Determinants of Health, Health Security, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health
Biography
Lawrence Stanberry, MD, PhD, is the Director for the Program for Education in Global and Population Health. He is also the Associate Dean for International Programs and Director of The Programs in Global Health at Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Previously he served as the Reuben S. Carpentier Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, and Pediatrician-in Chief of the NewYork-Presbyterian/ Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital (February 2008 – June 2018).
Mentored Summer Research Projects 2021
Development of Vaccine Against Group B Streptococcus: Current Status and Future Perspectives
Student: Sneha Kunwar
Pfizer Mentors: Yekaterina Timofeyeva, MS, Isis Kanevsky, PhD
Antibiotic resistance-associated gene identification among invasive Group B Streptococcus samples and analysis of potential vaccine targets
Student: Emma Senner (MSPH)
Pfizer Mentors: Hal Jones, PhD, Li Hao, PhD
Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of neonatal group B streptococcal disease: a review of key limitations and their implications for vaccine development
Student: Peter Suwondo (VP&S)
Pfizer Mentor: Raphael Simon, PhD
Mentored Summer Research Projects 2020
Assessing Prevalence of Premature Birth and Associated Determinants, Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital, Lesotho
Student: Denice Arnold (VP&S)
Assessing Pediatric Malnutrition in an In-Patient Setting, Queen Mamohato Memorial Hospital, Lesotho
Student: Samantha Marosis (VP&S)
Mentored Summer Research Project 2019
Research needs identified in reviews on antimicrobial resistance: a systematic review, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
Student: Alexander Bulteel - VP&S, Class of 2022