Luther A. Bartelt, MD, DTM&H
Associate Professor of Medicine
Areas of Interest
Host-microbiota-pathogen interactions, gastrointestinal infections, tropical medicine, parasitology, emerging infections, malnutrition, immunocompromised host, translational epidemiology
About
Luther Bartelt is an early investigator who studies intestinal infectious organisms with complex pathogenesis, namely Giardia and Cryptosporidium. He has board certification in clinical Infectious Diseases, expertise in clinical and laboratory Tropical Medicine, and active care of immunocompromised patients. He completed an NIDDK-sponsored post-doctoral fellowship, and he is currently supported by an NIAID-sponsored Career Development Award. Working with Dr. Richard Guerrant during post-doctoral training at the University of Virginia, he developed a novel murine model of giardiasis that recapitulated features of both chronic infections in adults, as well as findings associated with infections in malnourished children. Intestinal bacteria, both resident and pathogenic, were observed to influence the pathogenesis of giardiasis during malnutrition.
Education
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Undergraduate
Wartburg College
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Medical School
The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
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Residency
The University of Virginia
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Fellowship
The University of Virginia
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Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The Gorgas Institute and the University of Alabama Birmingham