Presented by Susan McLellan, MD, MPH, FIDSA, FASTMH
When: Friday, March 24th from 12 to 1pm
Where: Department of Tropical Medicine Conference Room (2302)
Lunch will be served.
If you are unable to attend in person, you can join via Zoom.
Dr. McLellan is Professor in the Infectious Diseases Division at UTMB, Medical Director of the Biocontainment Treatment Unit, Director of Biosafety for Research-related Infectious Pathogens, and Director of the Special Pathogens Excellence in Clinical Treatment, Readiness, and Education (SPECTRE) program. After training in internal medicine, pediatrics, and infectious diseases, she served as faculty at Tulane University where she held joint appointments in the School of Medicine and in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine before being recruited to UTMB in 2018. She has over 25 years of experience in medical and public health education and in the clinical care of and public health response to emerging infectious diseases. She has participated in outbreak and disaster response in various resource-poor settings, including as a clinical consultant for WHO during the West Africa and DRC Ebola outbreaks, providing direct care as well as assessment of treatment units and support of clinical trials of medical therapies. In her position at UTMB her focus is on improving the clinical care of individuals infected with high containment pathogens in both high and low resource settings and in developing programs for integrated response to pandemic threats, including the rapid scale up of research during outbreaks including COVid-19 and Mpox. At UTMB she has created and directs the SPECTRE Program (Special Pathogens Excellence in Clinical Treatment, Readiness, and Education) which supports preparedness for the care of special pathogens across a 5 state region and integrates with the developing National Special Pathogens System of Care (NSPS).
