Mami Taniuchi
Courtesy Appointment in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Associate Professor of Medicine: Infectious Diseases and International Health, Joint Appointment in Biomedical Engineering
About
Dr. Taniuchi received her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Virginia. She works with Eric Houpt, MD, and William Petri, Jr., MD, in developing molecular diagnostic assays to detect enteric pathogens that cause diarrhea and malnutrition. Her focus is to develop assays on platforms that can be used in low resource settings such as Bangladesh, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Thailand to study etiology of diarrhea and vaccine efficacy.
Education
MS, Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia
BS,BE, Science & Engineering, Duke University
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia
Research Interests
Molecular diagnostics
Polio eradication
Tracking immunity and virus shedding after oral polio vaccination in resource-challenged countries