Physician

Pediatric Infectious Disease

Heather Jaspan is an expert in the field of Pediatric Infectious Disease. She graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine. Dr. Heather B. Jaspan is a published MD. She has 34 publications published. The most current publication "Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells Are Present at High Frequency in Neonates and Suppress In Vitro T Cell Responses."

Publications

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• Delaying BCG vaccination until 8 weeks of age results in robust BCG-specific T-cell responses in HIV-exposed infants.
• The oral mucosa immune environment and oral transmission of HIV/SIV.
• Treatment outcomes in HIV-infected adolescents attending a community-based antiretroviral therapy clinic in South Africa.
• Utility of clinical parameters to identify HIV infection in infants below ten weeks of age in South Africa: a prospective cohort study.
• Immune Activation in the Female Genital Tract During HIV Infection Predicts Mucosal CD4 Depletion and HIV Shedding.
• Intra- and inter-clade cross-reactivity by HIV-1 Gag specific T-cells reveals exclusive and commonly targeted regions: implications for current vaccine trials.
• Effect of caregivers'' depression and alcohol use on child antiretroviral adherence in South Africa.
• The wrong place at the wrong time: geographic disparities in young people''s HIV Risk.
• Sexual health, HIV risk, and retention in an adolescent HIV-prevention trial preparatory cohort.
• Standard measures are inadequate to monitor pediatric adherence in a resource-limited setting.
• Positive futures: a qualitative study on the needs of adolescents on antiretroviral therapy in South Africa.
• Multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecium meningitis in a toddler: characterization of the organism and successful treatment with intraventricular daptomycin and intrav...
• A qualitative assessment of perspectives on the inclusion of adolescents in HIV vaccine trials in South Africa.
• Disseminated bacille Calmette-Guérin disease in HIV-infected South African infants.
• BCG vaccination in South African HIV-exposed infants--risks and benefits.
• Virological suppression achieved with suboptimal adherence levels among South African children receiving boosted protease inhibitor-based antiretroviral therapy.
• Two-year outcomes of children on non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor and protease inhibitor regimens in a South African pediatric antiretroviral program.
• Community perspectives on the ethical issues surrounding adolescent HIV vaccine trials in South Africa.
• The role of polyclonal intravenous immunoglobulin in treating HIV-infected children with severe bacterial infections: a retrospective cohort study.
• Bacterial disease and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in HIV-infected, hospitalized children: a retrospective cohort study.
• Inclusion of adolescents in preventive HIV vaccine trials: public health policy and research design at a crossroads.
• Immunology of infants through adolescents: responses to emulate for HIV vaccines.
• Brief report: methods for collecting sexual behaviour information from South African adolescents--a comparison of paper versus personal digital assistant questionnaires.
• Adolescent HIV prevalence, sexual risk, and willingness to participate in HIV vaccine trials.
• The maturing immune system: implications for development and testing HIV-1 vaccines for children and adolescents.
• Adolescents and HIV vaccine trials: what are the clinical trial site issues?
• Scientific justification for the participation of children and adolescents in HIV-1 vaccine trials in South Africa.
• Amniotic fluid has higher relative levels of lentivirus-specific antibodies than plasma and can contain neutralizing antibodies.
• Preventing neonatal HIV: a review.
• Quantitative competitive reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction is not a useful method for quantification of CD4 and CD8 cell status during HIV infection.
• Expression of granzyme B mRNA is altered in human immunodeficiency virus infected patients.
• The role of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in immune ontogeny.
• Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells Are Present at High Frequency in Neonates and Suppress In Vitro T Cell Responses.

Schools

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• Tulane University of Louisiana

• University Of Wa School Of Med

Doctors Specialties

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• Pediatric Infectious Disease Medicine
• Pediatric Infectious Disease

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• University of Washington
• Tulane University School of Medicine

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