Email

bligon@bcm.edu

Positions

Instructor

Pediatrics-Administration
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
Department Newsletter Editor and Writing Workshop Instructor and Editorial/Publications Director for Center for Research, Innovation and Scholarship in Medical Education

Education

Ph.D. from Rice University

01/1993 - Houston, TX, United States

M.A. from Texas A&M University

01/1987 - College Station, TX, United States

B.A. from Sam Houston State University

01/1985 - Huntsville, TX, United States

MAR from Cranmer Theological House

01/2014 - Spring, Texas, United States

M.A. from Rice University

01/1992 - Houston, TX, United States

Websites

Selected Publications

• Ligon BL. " Avian influenza virus H5N1: a review of its history and information regarding its potential to cause the next pandemic. " Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2005 Oct ; 16 (4) : 326-35.
  Pubmed PMID: 16210112.
• Ligon BL. " Plague: a review of its history and potential as a biological weapon. " Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2006 Jul ; 17 (3) : 161-70.
  Pubmed PMID: 16934711.
• Ligon BL. " Ralph D. Feigin, MD: Chairman of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, Physician-in-Chief of Texas Children's Hospital, and Editor-in-Chief of Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. " Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2006 Oct ; 17 (4) : 213-24.
  Pubmed PMID: 17055373.
• Ligon BL. " Thomas Huckle Weller MD: Nobel Laureate and research pioneer in poliomyelitis, varicella-zoster virus, cytomegalovirus, rubella, and other infectious diseases. " Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2002 Jan ; 13 (1) : 55-63.
  Pubmed PMID: 12118846.
• Axelrad ME, Berg JS, Coker LA, Dietrich J, Adcock L, French SL, Gunn S, Ligon BL, McCullough LB, Sutton VR, Karaviti LP. " The gender medicine team: it takes a village"." " Adv Pediatr. 2009 ; 56 (1) : 145-64.
  Pubmed PMID: 19968947.
• Ligon BL. " The mystery of angiography and the unawarded" Nobel Prize: Egas Moniz and Hans Christian Jacobaeus." " Neurosurgery. 1998 Sep ; 43 (3) : 602-11.
  Pubmed PMID: 9733316.
• Ligon BL. " Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases: review of general contributing factors and of West Nile virus. " Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2004 Jul ; 15 (3) : 199-205.
  Pubmed PMID: 15480966.
• Ligon BL. " Louis Pasteur: a controversial figure in a debate on scientific ethics. " Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2002 Apr ; 13 (2) : 134-41.
  Pubmed PMID: 12122952.
• Ligon BL. " Outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever in Angola: a review of the history of the disease and its biological aspects. " Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2005 Jul ; 16 (3) : 219-24.
  Pubmed PMID: 16044395.
• Ligon BL. " Penicillin: its discovery and early development. " Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2004 Jan ; 15 (1) : 52-7.
  Pubmed PMID: 15175995.
• Demmler GJ, Ligon BL. " Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS): a review of the history, epidemiology, prevention, and concerns for the future. " Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2003 Jul ; 14 (3) : 240-4.
  Pubmed PMID: 12913837.
• Sirbaugh PE, Gurwitch KD, Macias CG, Ligon BL, Gavagan T, Feigin RD. " Caring for evacuated children housed in the Astrodome: creation and implementation of a mobile pediatric emergency response team: regionalized caring for displaced children after a disaster. " Pediatrics. 2006 May ; 117 (5) : S428-38.
  Pubmed PMID: 16735278.
• Ligon BL. " Dr. Lee Jong-wook, former Director-General of the World Health Organization: a tribute. " Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2006 Jul ; 17 (3) : 171-6.
  Pubmed PMID: 16934712.
• Ligon BL. " Infectious diseases that pose specific challenges after natural disasters: a review. " Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2006 Jan ; 17 (1) : 36-45.
  Pubmed PMID: 16522504.
• Ligon BL. " Monkeypox: a review of the history and emergence in the Western hemisphere. " Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2004 Oct ; 15 (4) : 280-7.
  Pubmed PMID: 15494953.
• Ligon BL. " Reemergence of an unusual disease: the chikungunya epidemic. " Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2006 Apr ; 17 (2) : 99-104.
  Pubmed PMID: 16822471.

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Skills

editing, science writing, desktop publishing, teaching, mentoring