Mark Travassos

Pediatrician and infectious disease specialist; advocating for the health of children globally

[Mark Travassos @TravassosMark]

#COVIDー19 is rapidly spreading in immigrant detention centers - 1,400 cases so far across >50 facilities. Our piece on how ICE policies actually promote disease spread: https://t.co/KKtbAwyaJu @IDSAInfo @PIDSociety @AmerMedicalAssn @PeterHotez

[Mark Travassos @TravassosMark]

Outstanding #PedsID experiences in #globalhealth, including #malaria!

[Matt Laurens @laurens_matt]

The University of Maryland Pediatric Infectious Diseases fellowship training program still has a position available. If you are interested in advancing your career in ID alongside highly productive, friendly, and supportive colleagues, please contact us. 😀🩺@CVDTrain_UMBalt

[Mark Travassos @TravassosMark]

@ShannonTakala co-moderating a session featuring the latest malaria vaccine trial results #TropMed22 @ASTMH

[Miriam Laufer @MirLaufer]

De-mystifying severe #malaria @ASTMH #TropMed22 @emilystucke @TravassosMark @JCSilva_US

[UMSOM Center for Vaccine Dev. & Global Health @UMCVD]

Dr. Emily Stucke presents her research on RNA sequencing using custom capture probes which reveals a parasite antigen expression signature in Malian children with severe malaria #TropMed22

[Raffaella Ravinetto @RRavinetto]

Are #pediatric #medicines #available where they are needed? A must-read from A Zhou & @TravassosMark: "We believe the medical community should advocate for effective, safe, and #affordable therapies for #sickle-cell disease throughout sub-Saharan #Africa
https://t.co/Xwm6aYUNrn

[Laurie Garrett @Laurie_Garrett]

In 2020 >13% of children held in immigration facilities in the US got #COVID19. Teen boys had the highest rate, as did kids held in for-profit detention centers. Most youngsters took ill after being detained for weeks -- they got infected in the centers.
https://t.co/BfSY8ieGpJ

[Clinical Infectious Diseases @CIDJournal]

COVID-19 burden among unaccompanied minors in United States custody

✅ Just Accepted
🆓 Freely Available
🔗 https://t.co/RhVWVupFeg

[Miriam Laufer @MirLaufer]

" a method that enriches for [var gene transcript] in clinical samples...requiring minimal processing in the field." This will change the game in our fight against #malaria. @emilystucke @TravassosMark @JCSilva_US @tonidara @UMCVD @GenomeScience
https://t.co/c8PmxKHuQb

[Biology Open @BiologyOpen]

.@MattVCannon1 @SerreLab and colleagues present a sequencing-based assay that could significantly improve monitoring of human and animal vector-borne pathogens.

In their work, the team characterise a wide-range of eukaryotic parasites and arboviruses: https://t.co/I0Z5poimNX.

[BWFUND @BWFUND]

From @SciReports - Malian adults maintain serologic responses to virulent PfEMP1s amid seasonal patterns of fluctuation https://t.co/XMHePIN0Wn #bwfastmh @BWFPATH

[Miriam Laufer @MirLaufer]

" Vaccinating detainees is both good medicine and a humane approach to a completely disenfranchised population." Vaccinating Detained Migrants against SARS-CoV-2 — Preventing Another Tragedy | NEJM https://t.co/Dx2QKDb1cD @TravassosMark @NEJM @UMCVD @UMmedschool

[Mark Travassos @TravassosMark]

Study led by my @MrtcParasito colleagues Drissa Coulibaly and Mahamadou Thera @ComUSTTB

[Am J Trop Med Hyg @AJTMH]

A Decline and Age Shift in #Malaria Incidence in Rural Mali following Implementation of Seasonal Malaria #Chemoprevention and Indoor Residual Spraying https://t.co/PzDOTdtZuO @TravassosMark @UMmedschool @ASTMH

[Matt Laurens @laurens_matt]

Hot off the press- candidate malaria vaccine based on full-length CSP shows promise in Phase 1 testing. Great work @DrDeAnnaF @UMmedschool @CVDTrain_UMBalt #malaria https://t.co/HjpV7TX6zJ

[NEJM @NEJM]

#COVID19 has devastated refugees and asylum seekers in U.S. federal detention centers, and the Trump administration has devised a workaround for vaccine distribution that jeopardizes the prospect of immunizing detainees, further endangering this vulnerable population. #IDTwitter

[University of Maryland School of Medicine @UMmedschool]

Our very own @kathleen_neuzil, Director of the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, is the 2020 "Marylander of the Year"--chosen by @baltimoresun! Dr. Neuzil and the front-line workers also chosen to share this honor both are so deserving. https://t.co/3xblL3d7Mj

[Mark Travassos @TravassosMark]

Thanks to @JohnJOpenshaw for an outstanding @UMMC Pediatrics Global Heath Track Grand Rounds talk on tapeworm infections in children on the Tibetan plateau! @StanfordCIGH

[Mark Travassos @TravassosMark]

@doubleholliday2 wins the @ASTMH award for most intriguing background #TropMed20

[Mark Travassos @TravassosMark]

Combating structural racism in medicine needs to come from the very top, acknowledging the importance of minority representation in vaccine study design. Our piece:
@IDSAInfo #vaccines #pfizer @JCraftID @CarloPalacios12 @JohnJOpenshaw @PeterHotez

https://t.co/4gM7j1aHKC

[Mark Travassos @TravassosMark]

Since the spring, we have known that #COVID19 disproportionately impacts minorities in the United States.

Yet none of the ongoing COVID-19 vaccine trials built provisions for adequate representation of minorities into their study designs.

[Mark Travassos @TravassosMark]

So as we continue to hear results of vaccine trials reported in the coming weeks, minorities will once again be short-changed when it comes to medical research.