Program Officer, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Education:
D.V.M., Ph.D., University Complutense, Madrid, Spain
Biography
Susana Mendez, D.V.M., Ph.D. is a Program Officer in the Tuberculosis and other Mycobacteria Diseases section of the Respiratory Diseases Branch (RDB) at the Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (DMID). She received a Doctor in Veterinary Medicine degree (D.V.M.) and a Ph.D. degree in veterinary science at the University Complutense of Madrid, Spain. Dr. Mendez joined the NIH in 1999 to work in the field of immunology of leishmaniasis and vaccine development. She worked at The George Washington University, Washington DC to conduct basic research in immunoparasitology and tuberculosis, as well as hookworm vaccine development. She then moved to Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, to continue her studies on host-pathogen interactions and trained veterinary, medical, undergraduate and graduate students. Prior to becoming a Program Officer, Dr. Mendez joined NIAID as a Scientific Review Officer in the Microbiology Review Branch.