Sylvia LaCourse, MD, MPH | Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Acting Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Faculty Information

Biography

Sylvia realized her interest in global health initially as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal. Returning to the U.S. she completed post-bac pre-med courses and received her MD from the University of Louisville. During her residency in Internal Medicine/Pediatrics at Brown University, she participated in numerous clinical rotations in Kenya, Burundi, Haiti and Malawi, and helped to organize a refugee primary care clinic.

Education & Training:

University of Louisville School of Medicine

Louisville KY

2003-2007

MPH in Epidemiology

University of Washington

Seattle WA

2013-2015

Internship & Residency

Warren Alpert Medical School of Medicine, Brown University

Province RI

2007-2011

Fellowship in Allergy and Infectious Diseases

University of Washington

Seattle WA

2012-2015

Honors:

Advocacy/Community Service Award, National Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Association

2009

Firland Foundation Research Award, Seattle WA

2014

Department of Epidemiology Travel Award, University of Washington

2014

AIDS 2016 Scholarship Award

2016

Contact

Email:

sylvial2@uw.edu

Phone:

(206) 314-2074

Research & Clinical Interests

Research Interests:

Her current research focuses on improving TB prevention and screening in maternal child health settings. Her other research has focused on the performance of GeneXpert (rapid tuberculosis PCR-based diagnostic) in severely malnourished hospitalized children, and implementation research on counselor-initiated HIV testing of hospitalized adults and pediatric malnutrition screening using lay-screeners.

Publications

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PubMed Bibliography

Publications:

LaCourse SM, Cranmer L, Matemo D, Richardson B, Kinuthia J, John-Stewart G, Horne DJ. Active tuberculosis case finding in HIV-infected pregnant women in Kenya reveals poor performance of symptom screening and rapid diagnostic tests. JAIDS. 2015 Aug 27. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 26334736

Jonnalagadda S, LaCourse SM, Otieno P, Lohman-Payne B, Maleche-Obimbo E, Cranmer LM, John-Stewart GC. Incidence and correlates of tuberculosis IGRA conversion among HIV-infected postpartum women. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Jul;19(7):792-8. PMID: 26056103.

LaCourse SM, Chester FM, Matoga M, Munthali C, Nsona D, Haac B, Hoffman IF, Hosseinipour MC. Implementation and Operational Research: Implementation of Routine Counselor-Initiated Opt-Out HIV Testing on the Adult Medical Ward at Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi. JAIDS. 2015 May 1;69(1):e31-5. PMID: 25622063; PMCID: PMC4424115.

LaCourse SM, Chester FM, Preidis G, McCrary LM, Arscott-Mills T, Maliwichi M, James G, McCollum ED, Hosseinipour MC. Use of Xpert for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in severely malnourished hospitalized Malawian children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Nov;33(11):1200-2. PMID: 25361410; PMCID: PMC4217085.

LaCourse SM, Chester FM, Preidis G, McCrary LM, Maliwichi M, McCollum ED, Hosseinipour MC. Lay-screeners and use of WHO growth standards increase case finding of hospitalized Malawian children with severe acute malnutrition. J Trop Pediatr. 2015 Feb;61(1):44-53. PMID: 25477308; PMCID: PMC4375387.

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