Elaine I Tuomanen MD
Chair, Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital262 Danny Thomas PlaceMemphis, TN 38105
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Education & Training
Rockefeller University HospitalPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 1981 - 1984
University of Virginia Medical CenterFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1980 - 1981- Montreal Children's HospitalPediatrics, 1977 - 1980
McGill University Faculty of MedicineClass of 1976
Certifications & Licensure
TN State Medical License 1997 - 2027
NY State Medical License 1981 - 1997
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Distinguished Research Award Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2014
- Elected Member Association of American Physicians, 2012
- Elected Fellow American Academy of Microbiology, 2010
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsInteractions of the Pneumococcus with the Central Nervous System: Postnatal Meningitis Versus Fetal Neurodevelopment.Amy Davis, Elaine Tuomanen
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2025-01-20 - Building and sustaining infection prevention and control teams at two pediatric cancer units in Ecuador and Guatemala through a collaboration partnership.Joanna J Acebo, Mario A Melgar, Maysam R Homsi, Miriam L Gonzalez, Alicia C Cojulun
Frontiers in Oncology. 2025-01-01 - 12 citationsConvergent impact of vaccination and antibiotic pressures on pneumococcal populations.Cydney N Johnson, Shyra Wilde, Elaine Tuomanen, Jason W Rosch
Cell Chemical Biology. 2024-02-15
Other
- Microbiology and pathogenesis of Streptococcus pneumoniaeTuomanen EI
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/microbiology-and-pathogenesis-of-streptococcus-pneumoniae
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-04-03 - Pneumococcal pneumonia in adultsTuomanen EI, Marrie TJ
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/pneumococcal-pneumonia-in-adults
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-10-10 - Impact of universal infant immunization with pneumococcal (Streptococcus pneumoniae) conjugate vaccines in the United StatesTuomanen EI
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/impact-of-universal-infant-immunization-with-pneumococcal-streptoco
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-02-28
Press Mentions
Nobel Laureate Emmanuelle Charpentier’s Major Impact on Science and MedicineOctober 7th, 2020
How to Avoid a Dangerous Flu ComplicationFebruary 12th, 2018
Monotherapy May Be Suboptimal for Severe Bacteremic Pneumococcal PneumoniaOctober 20th, 2016
Grant Support
- Molecular mechanisms underlying organ penetration in disseminated pneumococcal infectionUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM2022–2027
- Antibiotic tolerance: membraneless organelles and autolysin regulationST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL2022–2027
- Bioactivities of pneumococcal cell wall in neuropathogenesisST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL2016–2027
- Bioactivities Of Pneumococcal Cell Wall In MeningitisNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2000–2012
- Pathogenesis &Molecular Epidemiology Of Pneumococcal Infection In Sickle CellNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2008–2011
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