Heather B Jaspan, MD, PhD
Specialties
- Academic Title: Assistant Professor
- On Staff Since: June 2013
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Biography
- Board Certification(s)
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Pediatrics
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- Education
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Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
- Residency
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University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
- Fellowship
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Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA
- Clinical Interests
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Infant immunology, vaccines, HIV
- Research Description
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Heather Jaspan, MD, PhD is an investigator in the Center for Global Infectious Disease Research and an assistant professor of pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Washington. At this time, most of Dr. Jaspan's research is conducted in South Africa: In sub-Saharan Africa, there are 200,000 new infant HIV infections annually and adolescents are the fastest growing group of infected individuals. Our lab seeks to: identify correlates of HIV risk at mucosal surfaces, namely the infant gut and the adolescent genital tract; study the role of the commensal bacteria at these mucosal surfaces in modulating immunity; understand immunity of infants born to HIV-infected mothers, who are uninfected yet have high morbidity and mortality; identify vaccination strategies that reduce HIV infection and improve infectious morbidities in these vulnerable HIV-exposed infants. Our clinical site is primarily located in Cape Town, South Africa, where recruitment and sample processing occur.
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Related Resources
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The Jaspan Lab seeks to identify correlates of HIV risk at mucosal surfaces, study the role of the commensal bacteria at these mucosal surfaces in modulating immunity, understand immunity of infants born to HIV-infected mothers who are uninfected yet have high morbidity and mortality, and identify vaccination strategie
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