Current Fellows

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1st year Fellows

	Stefan Collinet-Adler scollinet-adler@tuftsmedicalcenter.org Residency:  Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN Medical School:  Universite de Nancy I, France
	Miriam Haverkamp  mhaverkamp@tuftsmedicalcenter.org Residency:  Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY Medical School: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany
	Michelle LaBrunda mlabrunda@tuftsmedicalcenter.org      Residency: Cabrini Medical Center, New York, NY     Medical School: Universidad de Monterrey
	Julie Maher jmaher@tuftsmedicalcenter.org Residency: Brown Medical School Categorical Internal Medicine Residency Program, Providence, RI Medical School: University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA
	Gretchen Volpe gvolpe@tuftsmedicalcenter.org Residency: Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA Medical School: McGill University, Montreal, QC

 2nd year Fellows

	Henry Donaghy hdonaghy@tuftsmedicalcenter.org   Research: My research is focused on studying the prevalence and significance of Enterotoxigenic strains of Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF). ETBF has been associated with acute enteric illness in children.  We are interested in studying if ETBF is a pathogen in cases of hospital associated diarrhea.                Residency: North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington DC
	Steven Hong shong@tuftsmedicalcenter.org        Research: My research involves two components: 1) the WHO HIV drug resistance strategy in resource-limited settings and 2) clinical research involving a nutrition intervention on HIV progression in Kenya and a study looking at the interaction between malaria and HIV in Kenya. Residency: Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY     Medical School: New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
	Andrew Lubin alubin@tuftsmedicalcenter.org   Research: My research has been focusing on the area of hospital epidemiology and specifically on the spread of MRSA in the Intensive Care Unit. I am also involved in a randomized controlled trial evaluating the ability of the probiotic Lactobacillus GG to eliminate patient colonization with VRE. Residency: Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY   Medical School: State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
	James McMahon jmcmahon@tuftsmedicalcenter.org Research: I am studying delivery of care for HIV positive patients in resource limited settings and predictors of mortality in a New England based cohort of HIV patients. Residency: Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   Medical School: University of Melbourne - Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
	Swetal Patel spatel4@tuftsmedicalcenter.org Research: I am studying mannose binding lectin level and outcomes after liver transplantation. Residency: The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA      Medical School: Smt. N.H.L. Municipal Medical College, Gujarat, India

3rd year Fellows           

	Anne Marie Chomat achomat@tuftsmedicalcenter.org Research:  I am studying country- and culture-specific barriers to diagnosis and treatment that affect access to optimal health care, currently focusing on HIV in Tamil Nadu, India.     Residency: Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA Medical School: Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
	Marnie E. Rosenthal mrosenthal@tuftsmedicalcenter.org Research:   I am studying control of multidrug resistance determinants in Yersinia pestis. Residency: Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY       Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, ME
	Gilberto Torres Madriz gtorres1@tuftsmedicalcenter.org Research:  My clinical research focuses on health disparities, HIV medication adherence, and international HIV medicine. Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA Infectious Disease Fellowship: Hospital Vargas de Caracas, Venezuela Residency: Hospital Vargas de Caracas, Venezuela     Medical School: Universidad Central de Venezuela – Jose Maria Vargas, Caracas, Venezuela
	Julie M. Winsett jwinsett@tuftsmedicalcenter.org Research:  My clinical research has two components - the study of the development of HIV resistance, and the study of nosocomial infections, with a focus on ventilator-associated pneumonia. Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA     Medical School: Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
	Karin Hjalmarson khjalmarson@tuftsmedicalcenter.org Research:  I am studying predictors of mortality and the influence of delayed initiation of effective antimicrobial treatment in patients with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus bacteremia. Residency: MetroWest Medical Center, Framingham, MA      Medical School: Medical School of Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

4th Year Fellows

	Jennifer Wolfson jwolfson@tuftsmedicalcenter.org  Research:  I am studying a newly-discovered toxin that is produced by certain strains of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), with a focus on this toxin's intracellular effects and epidemiology.       Residency: Fletcher Allen Health Care/University of Vermont, Burlington, VT Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT