Betty
Middle Name
Lee
Ligon
Middle Name
Lee
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Betty
Middle Name
Lee
Ligon
Middle Name
Lee
Instructor
Positions
- Instructor
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Pediatrics-Administration
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
Department Manuscript/Grant Proposal Editor Department Newsletter Editor
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
- MA 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 October ; 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 July ; 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 October ; 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 January ; 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 September ; 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 July ; 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 April ; 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 July ; 16 (3): 219-24. Pubmed PMID: 16044395
- Ligon BL "Penicillin: its discovery and early development.." Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2004 January ; 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 July ; 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 July ; 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 January ; 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 October ; 15 (4): 280-7. Pubmed PMID: 15494953
- Ligon BL "Reemergence of an unusual disease: the chikungunya epidemic.." Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2006 April ; 17 (2): 99-104. Pubmed PMID: 16822471
Skills
- editing, science writing, desktop publishing, teaching, mentoring
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