
Peter Melby
Director, Center of Tropical Diseases · University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals
Credentials: · · ·
History
PresentCenter of Tropical Diseases · University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals
PresentCenter for Tropical Diseases · University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals

Research
A review of the global epidemiology of scrub typhus
Review · PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017 · 384 citations
The Journal of Immunology · 2001 · First of 4 authors · Corresponding · 219 citations
The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 2000 · 211 citations

10 papers
- SA
9 papers

7 papers

6 papers
- MQ
6 papers · 1 as a resident

6 papers

5 papers
- GF
5 papers
Grants
- 2026–2028
Gut-Liver-Bone Axis in Malnutrition-Related Growth Faltering
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · R56
Contact PI · $1M · University of Texas Med Br Galveston
- 2021–2026
Physician-Scientist Training in Emerging Infectious Diseases
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · T32
Contact PI · $775.2K · University of Texas Med Br Galveston
- 2024–2025
Tropical and Emerging Infectious Diseases for the Clinician and Translational Investigator
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R13
Contact PI · $6K · University of Texas Med Br Galveston
- 2017–2023
Mechanisms of Parasite Dissemination in Visceral Leishmaniasis
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $2.8M · University of Texas Med Br Galveston



