In my position as Research Assistant Professor with the University of Washington, I directed laboratory research in Nairobi providing critical data for wide-ranging basic and clinical research studies, including prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV-1, the impact of co-infections such as TB and CMV on mother-child health, the effects of HIV-1 exposure in utero on subsequent childhood vaccine responsiveness in HIV-1 uninfected infants, and evaluation of immunogenicity of a candidate… Show more In my position as Research Assistant Professor with the University of Washington, I directed laboratory research in Nairobi providing critical data for wide-ranging basic and clinical research studies, including prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV-1, the impact of co-infections such as TB and CMV on mother-child health, the effects of HIV-1 exposure in utero on subsequent childhood vaccine responsiveness in HIV-1 uninfected infants, and evaluation of immunogenicity of a candidate pediatric vaccine, MVA-HIVA. I have also mentored several postdoctoral and clinical fellows and have completed 2 extramurally funded grants, one from NIH and one from Elisabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and 2 University of Washington Center for AIDS Research international development grants. Show less