Katherine P Lemon MD PhD (She/Her)
Associate Professor of Molecular Virology & Microbiology and of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
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6701 Fannin St16th FloorHouston, TX 77030
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Summary
- I am a physician-scientist at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital. Clinically, I am board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases. The long-term goal of my research at Baylor College of Medicine is to identify bacterial strains and compounds that will lead to new ways to prevent and treat infections caused by the common nasal pathobionts Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae and to mitigate the severity of viral respiratory tract infections. To accomplish this, the KLemon Lab identifies factors that mediate microbe-microbe and microbe-epithelial interactions in human nasal microbiota using human nasal epithelial organoids and human nasal bacterial strains.
Education & Training
Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2003 - 2006- Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 2001 - 2003
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 2001
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 2019 - 2027
MA State Medical License 2003 - 2020
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Description ofsp. nov. andsp. nov. isolated from human nasal passages and skin.Elena B Popowitch, Tommy H Tran, Isabel F Escapa, Eeshta Bhatt, Alp K Sozat
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2026-10-01 - D-alanine aminotransferase (Dat) promotescolonization fitness on human nasal respiratory epithelium.Andrea I Boyd, Katia A Quintanilla, Isabel F Escapa, Millie A Lewis, Leah A Kafer
Biorxiv. 2026-06-02 - colonization modulates human nasal epithelial responses to respiratory syncytial virus infection.Leah A Kafer, Isabel F Escapa, Andrea I Boyd, Alejandra Rivera Tostado, Amal Kambal
Biorxiv. 2026-02-05
Press Mentions
Study Details How Good Bacteria Might Help Prevent Middle Ear Infections and PneumoniaJanuary 14th, 2016
Grant Support
- Advancing multimodal biologics to combat antibiotic resistance at mucosal surfacesBAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE2026–2031
- Microbiome Discovery and Mechanisms to Combat Antibiotic Resistance at Mucosal SurfacesBAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE2021–2026
- Mechanisms of Corynebacterium-Dolosigranulum Interactions that Shape Human Nasal MicrobiotaBAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE2021–2026
- Microbiome Discovery and Mechanisms to Combat Antibiotic Resistance at Mucosal SurfacesBAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE2021–2026
- Microbiome Discovery and Mechanisms to Combat Antibiotic Resistance at Mucosal SurfacesNIAID2021–2026
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