Katherine Paige Lemon, MD, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Katherine.Lemon@bcm.edu

Associate Professor: Pediatric-Infectious Diseases
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Associate Professor: Molecular Virology & Microbiology
Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Faculty Member: Immunology and Microbiology (IY)
Graduate Program
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Faculty Member: Quantitative & Computational Biosciences (QCB)
Graduate Program
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Postdoctoral Training at Harvard Medical School: Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Laboratory of Dr. Roberto Kolter

Clinical Fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital: Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Pediatric Infectious Disease

Residency at Boston Children's Hospital: Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Boston Combined Residency in Pediatrics

PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States; Biology, Laboratory of Dr. Alan Grossman

AB from Harvard University: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States; Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

Board Certified in Pediatric Infectious Diseases: American Board of Pediatrics; 2007 - present

Pubmed

K Lemon Lab Website

VIICTR Publications

Boyd AI, Kafer LA, F Escapa I, Kambal A, Tariq H, Hilsenbeck SG, Nguyen-Phuc H, Rajan A, Lensmire JM, Patras KA, Piedra PA, Blutt SE, Lemon KP. " Nasal microbionts differentially colonize and elicit cytokines in human nasal epithelial organoids " 2025 Sep ;
Pubmed PMID: 41025782.
Tran TH, F Escapa I, Roberts AQ, Gao W, Obawemimo AC, Segre JA, Kong HH, Conlan S, Kelly MS, Lemon KP. " Metabolic capabilities are highly conserved among human nasal-associated Corynebacterium species in pangenomic analyses " 2024 Nov ;
Pubmed PMID: 39508593.
Boyd AI, Quintanilla KA, Escapa IF, Lewis MA, Kafer LA, Zeng XL, Blutt SE, Ibberson CB, Lemon KP.. " D-alanine aminotransferase (Dat) promotes Staphylococcus aureus colonization fitness on human nasal respiratory epithelium. " bioRxiv. 2026 ;
Pubmed PMID: 42282649.
Kafer LA, Escapa IF, Boyd AI, Tostado AR, Kambal A, Blutt SE, Avadhanula V, Piedra PA, Lemon KP. " Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization modulates human nasal epithelial responses to respiratory syncytial virus infection " bioRxiv. 2026 ;
Pubmed PMID: 41676723.

Mechanisms of Corynebacterium-Dolosigranulum Interactions that Shape Human Nasal Microbiota #R35 GM141806: (04/01/2021 - 03/31/2026); National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Microbiome Discovery and Mechanisms to Combat Antibiotic Resistance at Mucosal Surfaces #U19 AI157981: (03/01/2021 - 02/28/2026); Grant funding from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Subproject: Nasal Microbial Consortia Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Advancing multimodal biologics to combat antibiotic resistance at mucosal surfaces #P01 AI197187: (06/15/2026 - 04/30/2031); National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Subproject: Combatting AMR Infections through Biotherapeutic Nasal Decolonization