Professor
MD Anderson-University of Texas
Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Sam Shelburne, MD, PhD is currently a Professor in the Departments of Infectious Diseases and Genomic Medicine at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX.
Training: Dr. Shelburne did his undergraduate work at Princeton University, his medical school training at the University of Texas Medical Branch, and his residency, chief medical residency, and infectious diseases training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. He did a research fellowship (T32 and K08) under Dr. Jim Musser at the Methodist Hospital Research Institute in Houston, TX.
Current Activity: He is the Deputy Chair for Scholarly Activity in the Department of Infectious Diseases at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. His laboratory is interested in factors that determine the incidence and clinical outcomes of bacterial infections. His laboratory studies:
- Genomics of group A streptococcal infections including signal transduction pathways
- The epidemiology of invasive staphylococcal and group B streptococcal infections in adults
- The impact of the microbiome on infections in immunocompromised patients
- Genetic factors driving antimicrobial resistance amongst bacteria causing human infections
Contact info:
Sshelburne@mdanderson.org
713-745-0614
