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Tiffani Bright
TIRAR Pre-doctoral Trainee
PhD Student, Department of Biomedical Informatics
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Department of Biomedical Informatics
College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University
E-mail:
tjb2106@columbia.eduTiffani is a
doctoral student in the Department of Biomedical Informatics.
She has a diverse background in sociology, pharmacy, and
information systems and biomedical informatics allows her to
integrate those experiences into the research areas of
antibiotic therapeutic planning, knowledge representation, and
patient safety. Tiffani’s dissertation focuses on the
development and evaluation of an ontology for guiding
appropriate antibiotic prescribing. Dissertation committee
members include Drs. Suzanne Bakken, Gilad J. Kuperman, and E.
Yoko Furuya. |
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Ettie Lipner, MPH
TIRAR Pre-doctoral Trainee
PhD
Student, Department of Epidemiology |
Department of
Epidemiology
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
E-mail:
eml2155@columbia.edu
Ettie's research experience from
the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),
National Institutes of Health, focused on the immunological
consequence of helminth infection. She gained experience
in the design, implementation and analysis of epidemiologic
studies in developing countries. She completed her
Masters of Public Health from the University of California,
Berkeley, in 2003 where she studies infectious diseases and
epidemiology.
For her dissertation research,
Ettie plans to investigate the interaction between
antimalarial drug resistance and identify polymorphisms
associated with susceptibility and resistance to infection in
humans. She intends to integrate the fields of genetics
and malaria research to conduct an epidemiologic study that
will estimate the contribution of human genetics to the
susceptibility of malaria and outcome of infection.
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Daniel Scanfeld
TIRAR Pre-doctoral Trainee
PhD
Student, Department of Genetics and Development |
Department of Genetics and Development
Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
E-mail:
dms2110@columbia.edu
Dan earned a B.A. in Computer Science and Russian from Cornell
University, an M.S. in Computer Science from Tufts University,
and worked for 2 years as a computational biologist at the
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. His research
included analyses of genetic markers of breast cancer, the
development of theoretical methodologies for characterization
of global transcriptional states, and a malaria pathogenesis
study. Dan is a doctoral
student in the Integrated Graduate Program in Cellular,
Molecular, Structural and Genetic Studies. As a member
of the Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
(C2B2) and the Fidock Malaria laboratory, he plans to study
the genetic determinants of P. falciparum resistance to
new antimalarials and compensatory mechanisms that accompany
the acquisition of antimalarial drug resistance.
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Sarah Clock, PhD
TIRAR Postdoctoral Trainee
School of Nursing |
Columbia University
School of Nursing and
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases
E-mail: sac2020@columbia.edu
Sarah has a background in basic
sciences research in microbial genetics and molecular biology,
and her sustained interests include elucidating mechanisms of
microbial pathogenesis, including antimicrobial resistance and
host-pathogen interactions, which might serve as targets for
preventive interventions or treatments.
Her current research projects include:
(1) Assessing clinical and microbiological outcomes of
infections caused by extensively drug-resistant gram negative
bacilli (XDR-GNB), including Acinetobacter spp.,
Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa,
and investigating alternate methods for susceptibility testing
of clinical isolates to aid in successful treatment of XDR-GNB
infections and to reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance.
(2) Evaluating hospital adherence to contact isolation
precautions for patients infected or colonized with multidrug-resistant
(MDR) microorganisms. |
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Tim Landers, PhD
TIRAR Postdoctoral Trainee
School of Nursing |
Columbia
University School of Nursing
E-mail:
tl2385@columbia.edu
Tim is a nurse and family and
pediatric nurse practitioner. His clinical background includes
work with at-risk populations including the homeless and
underserved. He holds a BS (Nursing) from Binghamton
University, an MA (Theological Studies) from LaSalle University,
and an MS (Nursing) from Pace University. He recently defended
his dissertation, “Methods to detect colonization with
Staphylococcus aureus among a homeless population” at The
Ohio State University College of Public Health. Prior to coming
to TIRAR, he was a clinical instructor at OSU and practiced
part-time at a clinic in Columbus.
His current
research interests include colonization with Staphylococcus
aureus and MRSA in community dwelling individuals. He is
also interested in patterns of community-based transition,
including the role of companion animals and environmental
contacts in MRSA colonization. He is currently working on the
effect of misclassification on estimates of risk for the
development of antibiotic resistance. |
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