Eva Clark, M.D., Ph.D., CTropMed

Assistant Professor

(713) 873-4000

Email

Eva.Clark@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor: Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US
Director of the BCM Infectious Diseases Fellowship Tropical Medicine and Global Health (TMGH) Track Director of the Tropical Medicine Clinic at the Harris Health System's Smith Clinic

Assistant Professor: Pediatrics
Tropical Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
National School of Tropical Medicine Director of Clinical Education

Education

BS from Mississippi State University: 05/2004 - Starkville, Mississippi, United States; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

PhD from University of Alabama School of Medicine: 05/2010 - Birmingham, Alabama, United States; Microbiology

MD from University of Alabama School of Medicine: 05/2013 - Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Residency at Baylor College of Medicine: 06/2017 - Houston, Texas, United States; Internal Medicine and Pediatrics

Clinical Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine: 06/2019 - Houston, Texas, United States; Infectious Diseases

Research Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine: 06/2021 - Houston, Texas, United States; Health Services Research

Certifications

Certification in Internal Medicine: American Board of Internal Medicine

Certificate of Knowledge in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers' Health: (12/12/2018); American Society of Tropical Medicine

Subspecialty Certification in Infectious Diseases: American Board of Internal Medicine

Websites

Kuska

Kuska, Inc. is a non-profit organization that I started in 2010. It's purpose is to provide scholarship opportunities for young Peruvian adults who are pursuing post-secondary education.

Selected Publications

Weiss GE, Clark EH, Li S, Traore B, Kayentao K, Ongoiba A, Hernandez JN, Doumbo OK, Pierce SK, Branch OH, Crompton PD.. " A positive correlation between atypical memory B cells and Plasmodium falciparum transmission intensity in cross-sectional studies in Peru and Mali. " PLoS One.. 2011 Jan 14; 6 (1) : e15983.
Pubmed PMID: 21264245.
Torres KJ, Clark EH, Hernandez JN, Soto-Cornejo KE, Gamboa D, Branch OH.. " Antibody response dynamics to the Plasmodium falciparum conserved vaccine candidate antigen, merozoite surface protein-1 C-terminal 19kD (MSP1-19kD), in Peruvians exposed to hypoendemic malaria transmission. " Malar J.. 2008 Sep 9; (7) : 173.
Pubmed PMID: 18782451.
Samuels AM, Clark EH, Galdos-Cardenas G, Wiegand RE, Ferrufino L, Menacho S, Gil J, Spicer J, Budde J, Levy MZ, Bozo RW, Gilman RH, Bern C; Working Group on Chagas Disease in Bolivia and Peru.. " Epidemiology of and impact of insecticide spraying on Chagas disease in communities in the Bolivian Chaco. " PLoS Negl Trop Dis.. 2013 Aug 1; 7 (8) : e2358.
Pubmed PMID: 23936581.
Clark EH, Sherbuk J, Okamoto E, Jois M, Galdos-Cardenas G, Vela-Guerra J, Menacho-Mendez GS, Bozo-Gutierrez RW, Fernandez AB, Crawford TC, Colanzi R, Gilman RH, Bern C; Working Group on Chagas Disease in Bolivia and Peru.. " Hyperendemic Chagas disease and the unmet need for pacemakers in the Bolivian Chaco " PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Jun 5; 8 (6) : e2801.
Pubmed PMID: 24901942.
Clark EH, Silva CJ, Weiss GE, Li S, Padilla C, Crompton PD, Hernandez JN, Branch OH.. " Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Peruvian Amazon, a region of low transmission, is associated with immunologic memory. " Infect Immun.. 2012 Apr ; 80 (4) : 1583-92.
Pubmed PMID: 22252876.
Sutton PL, Clark EH, Silva C, Branch OH.. " The Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein-1 19 KD antibody response in the Peruvian Amazon predominantly targets the non-allele specific, shared sites of this antigen. " Malar J. 2010 Jan 4; 9 (3)
Pubmed PMID: 20047674.
Clark E, Pritchard H, Hemmige V, Restrepo A, Bautista K, Damania A, Ricciardi A, Nutman TB, Mejia R. " Strongyloides stercoralis Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Patients is Associated with Eosinophil Activation and Intestinal Inflammation: A Cross-sectional Study. " Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Mar 10;
Pubmed PMID: 32155244.
Clark E, Royse KE, Dong Y, Chang E, Raychaudhury S, Kramer J, White DL, Chiao E. " Stable Incidence and Poor Survival for HIV-Related Burkitt Lymphoma Among the U.S. Veteran Population During the Anti-Retroviral Era. " J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2020 Jan 27;
Pubmed PMID: 31977597.
Clark EH, Serpa JA. " Tissue Parasites in HIV Infection. " Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2019 Nov 16;
Pubmed PMID: 31734888.
Clark E, Chen L, Dong Y, Raychaudhury S, White D, Kramer JR, Chiao E.. " Veteran women living with HIV have increased risk of HPV-associated genital tract cancers. " Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Aug 12;
Pubmed PMID: 32785700.
Clark E, Chiao EY, Amirian ES.. " Why contact tracing efforts have failed to curb COVID-19 transmission in much of the U.S. " Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Aug 6;
Pubmed PMID: 32761123.
Clark E, Fredricks K, Woc-Colburn L, Bottazzi ME, Weatherhead J.. " Disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on immigrant communities in the United States. " PLoS Negl Trop Dis.. 2020 Jul ; 14 (7)
Pubmed PMID: 32658925.
Axell-House DB, Lavingia R, Rafferty M, Clark E, Amirian ES, Chiao EY.. " The estimation of diagnostic accuracy of tests for COVID-19: A scoping review. " J Infect. 2020 Nov ;
Pubmed PMID: 32882315.
Meredith J Ventura, Emmanuel Guajardo, Eva H Clark, Kalpana Bhairavarasu, Riyad Y Kherallah, Andrew R DiNardo, Xunyan Ye, Pedro A Piedra, Robert L Atmar, Sandeep K Agarwal. " Correspondence on 'Paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 mimicking Kawasaki disease (Kawa-COVID-19): a multicentre cohort' by Pouletty et al " Ann Rheum Dis .. 2020 Sep 25;
Pubmed PMID: 32978236.
Weatherhead JE, Clark E, Vogel TP, Atmar RL, Kulkarni PA. " Inflammatory syndromes associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection: dysregulation of the immune response across the age spectrum. " J Clin Invest. 2020 Dec 1;
Pubmed PMID: 33108354.
Clark EH, Fredricks K, Woc-Colburn L, Bottazzi ME, Weatherhead J.. " Preparing for SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines in US Immigrant Communities: Strategies for Allocation, Distribution, and Communication " Am J Public Health. 2021 Apr ;
Pubmed PMID: 33351664.
Spezia-Lindner NJ, Kondapi D, DiNardo AR, Ramaswami R, Chiao E, Clark EH.. " The Importance of Early Recognition of KSHV-Mediated Syndromes: A Case Report. " Am J Med. 2021 Oct ;
Pubmed PMID: 33989604.
Wang EW, Parchem JG, Atmar RL, Clark EH.. " SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination During Pregnancy: A Complex Decision. " Open Forum Infect Dis.. 2021 Apr 10;
Pubmed PMID: 34056031.
Clark EH, Gilman RH, Chiao EY, Gravitt PE.. " Gut Helminth Infection-Induced Immunotolerance and Consequences for Human Papillomavirus Persistence. " Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Jul 21;
Pubmed PMID: 34280146.
Nichola Eliza Davies Calvani, Carolina De Marco Verissimo, Cinzia Cantacessi, Eva Clark, Esther Kanduma. " Herminthology: promoting gender equity in science and parasitology " Trends Parasitol .. 2023 Mar 7; 39 (2) : 73-79.
Pubmed PMID: 36894388.
Yifan Wu, Megan Duffey, Saira Elizabeth Alex, Charlie Suarez-Rey, Eva H Clark, Jill E Weatherhead. " The role of helminths in the development of non-communicable diseases " Front Immunol. 2022 Aug 31;
Pubmed PMID: 36119098.
Eva H Clark 1 2 3, Sarah T Ahmed 4 5, Elaine Chang 4 5, Elizabeth Y Chiao 6, Donna L White 4 5 7. " Can statins lessen the burden of virus mediated cancers? " Infect Agent Cancer. 2022 Sep 4;
Pubmed PMID: 36058947.
Amanda Irish, Jeffrey D Whitman, Eva H Clark, Rachel Marcus, Caryn Bern. " Updated Estimates and Mapping for Prevalence of Chagas Disease among Adults, United States " Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Jul 28; 7 : 1313-1320.
Pubmed PMID: 35731040.
Julika Kaplan 1 2, Fernando Hernandez Centeno 3, Jesica Hayon 4, Maria Elena Bottazzi 2 5 6, Peter J Hotez 2 5 6, Jill E Weatherhead 4 5, Eva Clark 4 5 7, Laila Woc-Colburn 5 8. " Reviewing a Decade of Outpatient Tropical Medicine in Houston, Texas " Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Feb 28; 106 (4) : 1049-1056.
Pubmed PMID: 35226869.
Eva H Clark 1 2, Carina Marquez 3, Jeffrey D Whitman 4, Caryn Bern 5. " Screening for Chagas Disease Should Be Included in Entry-to-Care Testing for At-Risk People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Living in the United States " Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Sep 14; 75 (5) : 901-906.
Pubmed PMID: 35180299.

Languages

Spanish