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Assistant Professor
Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States
Kristen Valencia Deray is an assistant professor in transplant infectious diseases at Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine. She completed medical school at Florida State University, pediatric residency at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and pediatric infectious diseases and transplant pediatric indectious diseases fellowships at Texas Children's Hospital. Her research interest is to contribute to evidence based data on infectious diseases in solid organ transplant recipients to maximize their health outcomes. She recently published an article in the 'American Journal of Transplantation' entitled "Epidemiology and long-term outcomes of cytomegalovirus DNAemia and disease in pediatric solid organ transplant recipients." She is currently investigating the epidemiology and long term outcomes of EBV and BK viruses in pediatric solid organ transplant recipients. Outside of her scholarly activities, Kristen is passionate about trainee education. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, hiking, dancing, and trying all of the amazing restaurants in Houston, Texas.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Friday, October 21, 2022
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM US ET