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Asunción Mejías, MD, PhD, MsCS

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Asunción Mejías, MD, PhD, MsCS

Infectious Diseases

MS 320, Room E8051

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place

MemphisTN 38105-3678

Quick Facts

Mejias currently serves as President of the International Respiratory Syncytial Virus Society.

Education

MD - Facultad de Medicina, University of Málaga, Spain PhD - Universidad Autonoma de Madrid & Facultad de Medicina and University of Málaga, Spain MsCS (Master’s in Clinical Sciences) - University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX

Honors & Awards

  • 2006 ICAAC Program Committee Award
  • 2010 Summa Cum Laude Thesis Award
  • 2014 Caroline B. Hall Clinically Innovative Research Award, sponsored by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Research Interests

  • Viral respiratory infections
  • Perinatal infections including CMV and HSV
  • Data science
  • Integration of immune parameters with patient’s clinical phenotype

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