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Erika Wallender, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
What I do
I am an assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy. I investigate how to optimally use antimalarials to prevent malaria in vulnerable populations like pregnant women and children. To do this I use computational methods in pharmacology and epidemiology. My goal is optimize the use of antimalarial drugs to reduce the burden of malaria, minimize drug toxicity and avoid antimalarial drug resistance in Uganda.
Departmental research area
My research expertise
Malaria epidemiology, antimalarial pharmacokinetics, nonlinear mixed effects modeling, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamics modeling, pediatric pharmacokinetics
Clinical expertise
Infectious diseases, HIV primary care
Degrees
MD, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 2012
MPH, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 2012
BA, Biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 2004
Biography
Erika Wallender is in the infectious diseases physician and has completed a clinical pharmacology fellowship. Her research is focused on integrating quantitative pharmacometric and epidemiologic methods to predict how antimalarials can be optimally used for malaria prevention in Uganda. Specifically, she is focused on predicting optimal dosing of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy and for young children in Uganda, accounting for efficacy, toxicity, and selection for antimalarial drug resistance.
Research keywords
- Artemisinins
- Groundwater
- Water Microbiology
- Antimalarials
- Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic
- Malaria, Falciparum
- Quinolines
- Water Quality
- malaria
- Water Purification
- Uganda
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Disease Outbreaks
- drug resistance
- Sulfadoxine
Licensure and certifications
Infectious Diseases, Board Certification, 2017
DEA, Certification, 2016
Licentiate in Medicine, California, 2015
Internal Medicine, Board Certification, 2015