Respiratory Infections

BIOGRAPHY

T Eoin West is an Associate Faculty Member who works with Shawn Skerrett to evaluate the literature relevant to their research interests.

Eoin also has responsibility for checking the contents of the following journals to ensure that the highest quality research relevant to their own interests within these publications is comprehensively and systematically evaluated for F1000:

- PloS Medicine
- American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

EDUCATION:
BS in Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1995
MD, Medical College of Virginia/VCU, Richmond, VA, 1999
Internship in Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, 1999-2000
Residency in Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2000-2002
Chief Medical Resident, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, and Boston VA Healthcare System, West Roxbury, MA, 2002-2003
MPH, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 2005
Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2003-2008

RESEARCH INTERESTS: My research targets bacterial respiratory infections and sepsis, major global killers that disproportionately impact poor populations worldwide. I am particularly interested in using translational methods to understand the importance of specific components of innate immunity in these diseases. I am also involved in studies of the epidemiology and clinical management of bacterial infections and sepsis in low-resource regions. I participate in World Health Organization-sponsored efforts to develop and test guidelines for management of severely ill patients in low-resource settings. In related activities, I spearhead a multidisciplinary initiative at the University of Washington called INTERSECT, the International Respiratory and Severe Illness Collaborative Project.