Meet Our Fellows

Aspasia Katragkou, MD

• Research Interest: Biofilm disruption activity of high mobility group B1 (HMGB1) protein variants
• Received her Medical Degree, Ph.D.  and M. S. Health Sc. degrees from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School, Greece
• Completed her pediatric residency at University of Crete Heraklion, Greece and a Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship at  Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki, Greece

Mariana Lanata, MD

• Research Interest: Mycoplasma pneumoniae macrolide resistance in Central Ohio children detected by sequencing
• Received her Medical Degree from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Peru
• Completed her pediatric residency at Miami Children's Hospital Miami, Florida

Alejandro Diaz, MD

• Research Interest: Nasopharyngeal bacterial colonization in infants with RSV infection
• Received his Medical Degree from Universidad CES, Medellin, Columbia
• Completed his pediatric residency at Universidad CES, Medellin, Columbia

Shaina Hecht, MD

• Research Interest: Clostridium difficile
• Received her Medical Degree from Wright State University Dayton, Ohio
• Completed her pediatric residency at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center / Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus, Ohio

Stephanie Brooks, MD

• Received her Medical Degree from University of Vermont College of Medicine Burlington, VT
• Completed her pediatric residency at Inova Children’s Hospital Falls Church, VA

Janette Taveras, DO

• Received her Medical Degree from Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine Stratford, NJ
• Completed her pediatric residency at Lehigh Valley Health Network Allentown, PA