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LaShonda Spencer

Chair of Pediatrics / Director, Drew CARES · Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, College of Medicine

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History

Drew CARES Department · Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, College of Medicine
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College of Medicine / Professor of Pediatrics · Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, College of Medicine
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Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, College of Medicine
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Infectious Disease
Keck Medicine of USC
2009–2011
Pediatrics
2006–2009
Internal Medicine
2003–2006
Doctor of Medicine
1999–2003

Research

An epidemiological investigation of a sustained high rate of pediatric parapneumonic empyema: risk factors and microbiological associations
Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2002 · 296 citations
Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir for HIV Prevention in Men and Gender-Diverse Persons
New England Journal of Medicine · 2025 · 227 citations
Description of the outbreak of equine influenza (H3N8) in the United Kingdom in 2003, during which recently vaccinated horses in Newmarket developed respiratory disease
Veterinary Record · 2006 · 118 citations

Andrea Kovacs
6 papers
James Homans
4 papers
Howard Strickler
3 papers
VA
Vanessa Ayafor
3 papers · 3 as a resident
Alice Stek
2 papers
Andrew Pavia
2 papers
Carrie Byington
2 papers
FK
Francoise Kramer
2 papers
Howard Minkoff
2 papers
John Christenson
2 papers
KC
Karen Carroll
2 papers
Kathryn Anastos
2 papers

Grants

Ucla-Cdu Cfar
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · P30
PI · $13.3M · University of California Los Angeles
2022–2027
General Clinical Research Center
National Center for Research Resources · M01
Project lead · $698.5K · University of Southern California
2005–2009

Clinical trials

Etravirine Pharmacokinetics and HIV Viral Load in Breast Milk and Plasma
Principal investigator · Completed
University of Southern California
2010–2012