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Elisabeth E. Adderson, MD

Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty

Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program

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Contact Information

Elisabeth E. Adderson, MD

MS 320, Room E8054

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place

Memphis,  TN 38105-3678

(901) 595-3459(phone)

(901) 595-3099(fax)

Quick Facts

Open clinical fellowship positions

Affiliations

Department of Infectious Diseases

St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Education

MD – University of Alberta, Canada

Research Interests

  • Identifying virulence factors of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) and Haemophilus influenzae, key pathogens in infants.
  • Investigating genomic differences in GBS strains to uncover genes linked to adhesion, invasion, and increased virulence.
  • Studying outbreaks of H. influenzae serotypes a and e to identify bacterial factors driving increased virulence.
  • Exploring genetic mechanisms by which respiratory pathogens acquire virulence genes.

Clinical Trials

Closed
SENDAI: A Phase I Study of Unmodified Live Intranasal Sendai Virus Vaccine in Children and Toddlers: Assessment of Safety and Immunogenicity

Study goal:

To determine if giving live Sendai virus (in the form of a vaccine) to children through their nose is safe (causes no serious illness). To determine if a child’s body responds to the presence of the Sendai virus by making proteins in the blood called antibodies that can find and kill the croup virus.

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