Anna Maria Mandalakas
Anna is a Professor of Pediatrics and Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine where she serves as Chief of the Section on Global and Immigrant Health and directs the Global Tuberculosis Program of Texas Children’s Hospital. She also serves as adjunct Professor in the University of Texas Health Science Center Houston’s School of Public Health in the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Science. For nearly three decades, her translational research has focused on identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and prevention of TB disease in children living in both TB high and low burden settings. Since joining Baylor College of Medicine in 2012, Anna has collaborated with colleagues to develop research capacity and enhance the care and treatment of TB and TB/HIV affected children and adolescents living in over a dozen countries home to Baylor initiatives.