Associate Professor
Ocular Infection and Inflammation, Microbiomes, and Antimicrobial Resistance
The Doan lab is a metagenomic epidemiology laboratory at the Proctor Foundation that takes innovative approaches to understand how the various human microbiomes (ocular, gut, and upper respiratory tract) respond to clinically relevant perturbations in randomized controlled trials. Specifically, we seek to identify mechanisms by which mass drug distribution to preschool children in Sub-Saharan countries leads to an improvement in childhood mortality. Concurrently, we carefully track antibiotic resistance in these communities to better inform public health policies.
In addition to our molecular epidemiology work, we focus on using genomic technologies to efficiently identify causes of ocular infections (e.g. uveitis, conjunctivitis, corneal ulcers, and scleritis) with the goal of improving patient care and preventing blindness.
To Learn More:
https://profiles.ucsf.edu/thuy.doan
https://doanlab.ucsf.edu/
https://proctor.ucsf.edu/Proctor-Lab
Research Areas:
Conjunctivitis, Cornea, Infectious Diseases, Inflammatory Eye Disease, Uveitis
Learn more about UCSF Ophthalmology faculty research.