 Baylor
Professor Clinton White named to head UTMB Infectious Diseases Division
Dr. A. Clinton White Jr., a nationally recognized expert in tropical
medicine and a former professor at Baylor College of Medicine, has
joined the Department of Internal Medicine at UTMB as chief of its
Infectious Diseases Division, department chair Randall J. Urban has
announced. Studying global health and combating tropical diseases is
crucial for American medical students because “the world’s getting
smaller and smaller, and national borders have less and less meaning,”
White observed. White said that he first became interested in
international health after meeting people from around the world and
becoming interested in the medical problems of their regions as an
undergraduate at Dartmouth College, where he majored in music and was
graduated magna cum laude in 1977
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The Infectious Diseases
Division includes 14 full-time faculty members, and a total
of over 56 employees.
There are more than 70 additional affiliated faculty from other
departments who conduct research in infectious diseases at UTMB and
participate in the research training program of the division. The
broad range of UTMB programs addressing infectious diseases can be
accessed via the
Infection and Immunity website.
Clinical Activities
 The Division staffs services on
the UTMB campus as follows: a general infectious diseases
and HIV consult service, an infectious diseases
teaching ward in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ)
Hospital, a
general infectious diseases and travel clinic and HIV
(AIDS Program), clinics in the University Hospitals and the
TDCJ Hospital.
Educational
Activities
The Division educates fellows, house staff members, and
medical, graduate biomedical science, nursing and allied
health science students in core medical lectures and
pre-clinical courses, as well as in clinical arenas such as
the infectious diseases inpatient ward,
inpatient general infectious diseases consult services, and
the outpatient clinics for general infectious diseases,
travel medicine, and HIV/AIDS care. The Division trains
individuals at the graduate and postgraduate levels for
research careers in the field of infectious diseases.
Research
Activities
The Division considers research a major part of its mission,
and conducts extensive clinical and basic research with
emphasis on clinical trials of antiviral and antiretroviral
agents, and basic research into the molecular biology and
pathogenesis of viral infections. All 14
full-time faculty in the Division have significant research
interests and direct or support clinical trials and/or
maintain active laboratories. Research is funded mainly by
grants and contracts from the National Institutes of Health,
and by many pharmaceutical companies. In the most
recent complete analysis available (for year 2000), the
Division obtained over $4.5 million in extramural support
for its research programs.
Infectious
Diseases Fellowship Program
 The
Infectious Diseases Fellowship
Program at UTMB offers excellent opportunities in clinical
as well as research activities pertaining to
the pathogenesis and treatment of
infectious diseases. All applications must be submitted
through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).
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