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

Claesen J, Spagnolo JB, Flores Ramos S, Kurita KL, Byrd AB, Aksenov AA, Melnik AV, Wong WR, Wang S, Hernandez RD, Donia MS, Dorrestein PC, Kong HH, Segre JA, Linington RG, Fischbach MA, Lemon KP. " A Cutibacterium acnes antibiotic modulates human skin microbiota composition in hair follicles " Sci Transl Med .. 2020 Nov 18; 12(570):eaay5445
Brugger SD, Eslami SM, Pettigrew MM, Escapa IF, Henke MT, Kong Y, Lemon KP. " Dolosigranulum pigrum Cooperation and Competition in Human Nasal Microbiota " mSphere. 2020 Sep ; 5 : e00852-20.
Pubmed PMID: 32907957.
Flores Ramos S, Brugger SD, Escapa IF, Skeete CA, Cotton SL, Eslami SM, Gao W, Bomar L, Tran TH, Jones DS, Minot S, Roberts RJ, Johnston CD, Lemon KP.. " Genomic Stability and Genetic Defense Systems in Dolosigranulum pigrum, a Candidate Beneficial Bacterium from the Human Microbiome " mSystems. 2021 Sep 21; 6 (5)
Pubmed PMID: 34546072.
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.

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