UTMB Center for Tropical Diseases People & Research International Faculty by Country International Faculty by CountryArgentinaSilvana Levis, PhDViral hemorrhagic fevers, including hantaviruses and arboviruses; Detection and identification of viral pathogens.BrazilMaurício Lacerda Nogueira, PhDHead of Laboratory of Virology; viral genetics, molecular biology, gene regulation, DNA replication and repair, genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics.CameroonLucy Ndip, PhDDirector, Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases; Ecology and epidemiology causes of Acute Febrile Illness in Cameroon.ColumbiaJuan David Rodas, DVM, PhDEmerging and zoonotic infectious diseases in Columbia, including Leptopsirosis, Rickettsiosis and other rodent-borne viruses.KenyaLoice Achieng, MBChB, MMED Outcomes of HIV treatment, linkage to care, adherence and retention in care; critical care in resource limited settings.Evans Inyangala Amukoye, MDPrincipal research officer in charge of the Centre of Respiratory Disease; Research in malaria, respiratory opportunistic diseases, pneumonia and Tuberculosis.Jon Fielder, MDTraining in tropical infectious diseases, HIV and TB care.Godfrey LuleClinical gastrointestinal infectious, HIV, and tropical infectious diseases.Maribeth Maritem, MBChBClinical tropical infectious diseases.Margaret Mbuchi, PhDImmunopathogenesis of visceral leishmaniasis.Phelgona Otieno, MBChB, MPHImplementation research in childhood malnutrition; delivery of care to HIV infected children and orphans.Monique Wassuna, MBChBDiagnosis and treatment of leishmaniasis.MexicoJosé Ramos-Castañeda PhDEpidemiology, transmission, and host-pathogen interaction of dengue virus.Jorge Zavala-Castro, MD, PhDEpidemiology and transmission of rickettsial diseases.PeruCoralith Garcia, MDEpidemiology of antimicrobial resistance and molecular characteristics of key bacterial microorganisms in the hospital and the community.Eduardo Gotuzzo, MDDirector of the Humboldt Tropical Medicine Institute; Director of the renowned Gorgas Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine; HIV.Andres G. (Willy) Lescano, MHS, MHS, PhDHead, Department of Parasitology; Director, Public Health Training Program; Parasitic infections. Alejandro Llanos, MDFounder and Dean of Public Health School of the UPCH; Vector-transmitted diseases; Leishmaniasis; Malaria. Theresa Ochoa, MDPediatric infectious diseases; pathogenesis and prevention of childhood malnutrition and diarrheal disease.Martin Montes, MDImmune response to Leishmania and helminth infections. Carlos Seas, MD, FIDSAClinical and operational research in tuberculosis; clinical training in tropical medicine.