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Salvador Almagro-Moreno, PhD

Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty

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Salvador Almagro-Moreno, PhD

Department of Host-Microbe Interactions

MS 221, Room DT2038C

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place

Memphis,  TN 38105-3678

(901) 595-5306(phone)

Quick Facts

Almagro-Moreno, expert in vibrio pathogen biology, currently serves as Vice President of the Vibrio International Society.

Affiliations

Department of Host-Microbe Interactions

St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Education

BS (Biology) – Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain MS (Biotechnology) – National University of Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland PhD (Microbiology) – National University of Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow (Microbiology) – Dartmouth College, Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover NH

Honors & Awards

2025-present Vice-President “Vibrio International Society”
2022 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease Award 
2022 UCF Reach for the Stars Award
2022 UCF Excellence in Research Award
2021 National Science Foundation CAREER Award 
2021 Ramon y Cajal Award. Government of Spain
2021 Scialog Fellow. Corporation for Science Advancement 
2020 Expert opinion to the United States Food and Drug Administration 
2010-2016 Ernest Everett Just Postdoctoral Fellow. Dartmouth College
2010-2015 President of Dartmouth College Postdoctoral Association
2005-2009 Science Foundation Ireland Graduate Fellow
2003-2005 Higher Education Grant. Cork City Council

Research Interests

  • Emergence and evolution of bacterial pathogens
  • Cholera and other enteric diseases
  • Vibrio vulnificus
  • Pathogen ecology
  • Complex systems

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