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Miriam K Laufer
M.D.
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| Academic Title:
Assistant Professor |
| Primary Appointment:
Pediatrics |
| Secondary Appointments:
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Medicine |
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mlaufer@medicine.umaryland.edu |
| Location:
HSF1,
Room 480 |
| Phone:
(410) 706-8695 |
| Fax:
(410) 706-2999 |
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Research Interests
Dr. Laufer is a pediatric infectious disease specialist, with a primary research interest in malaria. She currently conducts clinical trials in Malawi focusing on the epidemiology of drug-resistant malaria, with the goal of understanding how resistance emerges and of developing strategies to deter it. Dr. Laufer is also interested in the interaction between HIV and malaria, infections that coexist in much of sub-Saharan Africa. In the past, Dr. Laufer directed a pediatric training program in Laos, and she continues to volunteer her time to train Lao physicians.
Publications
Laufer MK, Djimde AA, Plowe CV. Monitoring and deterring drug resistant malaria in the era of combination therapy. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 77(6_Suppl):160-169, 2007.
Laufer MK, Oosterhout JJG, Thesing PC, Dzinjalamala FK, His T, Beraho L, Graham SM, Taylor TE, Plowe CV. Malaria treatment efficacy among people living with HIV: the role of parasite host and parasite factors. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 77(4): 627-633, 2007.
Price RN, Dorsey G, Ashley EA, Barnes KI, Baird JK, d'Alessandro U, Guerin PJ, Laufer MK, Naidoo I, Nosten F, Olliaro P, Plowe CV, Ringwald P, Sibley CH, Stepniewska K, White NJ. World Antimalarial Resistance Network (WARN) I: Clinical efficacy of antimalarial therapy. Malaria Journal 6(1):119, 2007.
Laufer MK, Thesing PC, Eddington ND, Masonga R, Dzinjalamala FK, Takala SL, Taylor TE, Plowe CV. Return of chloroquine antimalarial efficacy in Malawi. New England Journal of Medicine 255:1959-1966, 2006.
Laufer MK. Hitting the dirt road: Preparing families for travel to developing countries. Contemporary Pediatrics 23(2):36-46 and 23(3):45-54, 2006.
Laufer MK, Oosterhout JJG, Thesing PC, Graham SM, Thumba F, Zijlstra EE, Taylor TE, Plowe CV. Impact of HIV-Associated Immunosuppression on Malaria Infection and Disease in Malawi. Journal of Infectious Diseases 193:872-8, 2006.
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