Assistant Professor of Medicine (Research)

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Mónica García-Solache, M.D., PhD., Is Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine in the Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Research Scientist in Rhode Island Hospital. She obtained her medical degree from the School of Medicine from the National Autonomous University of Mexico followed by a Masters in Immunolgy. She later moved to the UK to obtain a PhD in Genetics from the University of Cambridge/Darwin College. She received her microbiological training under the supervision of Dr. Arturo Casdevall and Dr. Louis B Rice. Her research interests are the evolution of antibiotic resistance in gram-positive bacteria, mostly focused on the evolutionary trajectories of penicillin binding proteins in enterococci and streptococci. She is also passionate about immunology and how the immune system interacts with pathogens.

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