Honors and Awards

Infectious Disease Pathogenesis Training Grant

2002, UNC-CH

Dissertation Enhancement Award

1999, Vanderbilt University

School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Dean's Award

1995, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Albert Einstein College of Medicine Summer Student Award

1994, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

American Society of Microbiology Undergraduate Research Award

1993, University of Alabama at Birmingham

UAB Goodfellow Scholarship

1991, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Temple-Inland Foundation Scholarship

1991, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Research Interest

• Infectious Disease

Education

PhD, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, 2001

BS, Molecular Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1995