LEAP Fellows
Current fellows, their institution, project and collaborating health department are listed below.
Learn more about past LEAP fellows below, including their institution, project title, collaborating health department, LEAP-project-related publications and current role.
Current Fellows (2023–2024)
Pam Lee, MD, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Adult ID)
Alice Lehman, MD, University of Minnesota (Adult and Pediatric ID)
Matthew Lokant, MD, Vanderbilt University (Adult ID)
Kap Sum Foong, MD, Tufts Medical Center (Adult ID)
2022–2023 Fellows
Caitlin McGrath, MD (Pediatric ID), University of Washington
LEAP Fellowship Project: Associations Between Structural and Social Determinants of Health and HAIs
Partner Health Department: Washington State Department of Health
Lauren Leigh Smith, MD (Adult ID), University of Maryland
LEAP Fellowship Project: Promoting Antimicrobial Stewardship and Preventing Drug-Resistant Organisms Using a Collaborative Approach Between State and Academic Public Health Leaders
Partner Health Department: Maryland Department of Health
Brenda Anosike, MD (Pediatric ID), Children's Hospital of Montefiore
LEAP Fellowship Project: Pediatric COVID Risk Score (PedCOVR), An Outpatient Stewardship Tool
Partner Health Department: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Clayton Mowrer, DO, MBA (Adult & Pediatric ID), University of Nebraska Medical Center
LEAP Fellowship Project: Development of National Special Populations Education and Training to Improve Provider Readiness for High-Consequence Pathogens
Partner Health Department: Douglas County Health Department
2020–2021 Fellows
Daniel Dodson, MD (Pediatric ID), University of Colorado
LEAP Fellowship Project: Improving Assessment and Implementation of Antibiotic Stewardship: A Partnership Between State Public Health, Academic Medicine and Community Hospitals
Partner Health Department: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Sophie Katz, MD (Pediatric ID), Vanderbilt University Medical Center
LEAP Fellowship Project: Creating a Sustainable and Scalable Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention in a High-Prescribing State: Development of Provider Feedback Reports and Academic Detailing Strategies Through User Centered Design
Partner Health Department: Tennessee Department of Health
Do Young Kim, MD (Adult ID), Rush University Medical Center
LEAP Fellowship Project: Checking Live Virus to Ascertain Time to Clearance of Viable Virus in Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia (CLEARANCE)
Partner Health Department: Chicago Department of Public Health
Angela “Holly” Villamagna, MD (Adult ID), Oregon Health and Science University
LEAP Fellowship Project: Beyond Coronavirus: Establishing Best Practice Guidance and Assessing Acceptability of International Travel Screening in Oregon Acute Care Hospitals
Partner Health Department: Oregon Health Authority