Email

anna.mandalakas@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor

Pediatrics-Global Immigrant Health
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Addresses

Texas Children's Hospital, Feigin Center (Office)

1102 Bates Street
Suite 630
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 822-1331

Education

PhD from Stellenbosch University

12/2015 - Stellenbosch, Western Cape South Africa

Epidemiology

Fellowship at Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital/Case Western Reserve University

01/2000 - Cleveland, Ohio United States

MS from Case Western Reserve University

01/2000 - Cleveland, Ohio United States

Residency at Case Western Reserve University

05/1997 - Cleveland, Ohio United States

Internship at Case Western Reserve University

08/1997 - Cleveland, Ohio United States

MD from Hahnemann University

01/1994 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States

BA from Case Western Reserve University

01/1990 - Cleveland, Ohio United States

Professional Interests

• Tuberculosis
• HIV
• Global Health

Professional Statement

Anna is a Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine where she serves as Chief of the Division on Global Health, teaches within the National School of Tropical Medicine, and directs the Global Tuberculosis Program of Texas Children’s Hospital. She serves as adjunct Professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center Houston’s School of Public Health in the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Science. She holds a prestigious Leibniz Chair at the Research Center Borstel, Sülfeld, Germany where she is also a member of the Clinical Infectious Disease Group of the German Center for Infectious Research (DZIF) Clinical TB Unit. For nearly three decades, her translational research has focused on identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, TB diagnostics, and prevention of TB disease with a special focus on children and adolescence living with HIV. In recognition of her inspirational and pioneering spirit, she was awarded the Clara Southmayd Ludlow Medal of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 2022. 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, adolescents and families living in over a dozen countries home to Baylor College of Medicine initiatives.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Skinner D, Mandalakas AM "Pasting together the preventive therapy puzzle [Short communication].." Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis.. 2013 Feb;17(2):175-7. Pubmed PMID: 23211672
• Mandalakas AM, van Wyk S, Kirchner HL, Walzl G, Cotton M, Rabie H, Kriel B, Gie RP, Schaaf HS, Hesseling AC "Detecting tuberculosis infection in HIV-infected children: a study of diagnostic accuracy, confounding and interaction.." Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2013 Mar;32(3):e111-8. Pubmed PMID: 23190784
• Mandalakas AM, Hesseling AC, Gie RP, Schaaf HS, Marais BJ, Sinanovic E "Modelling the cost-effectiveness of strategies to prevent tuberculosis in child contacts in a high-burden setting.." Thorax. 2013 Mar;68(3):247-55. Pubmed PMID: 22717944
• Mandalakas AM, Kirchner HL, Lombard C, Walzl G, Grewal HM, Gie RP, Hesseling AC "Well-quantified tuberculosis exposure is a reliable surrogate measure of tuberculosis infection.." Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis.. 2012 Aug;16(8):1033-9. Pubmed PMID: 22692027