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Sylvia Becker-Dreps, MD, MPH

Director, Office of Global Health Education

Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Epidemiology

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Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599

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Sylvia Becker-Dreps, MD, MPH

Director, Office of Global Health Education

Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Epidemiology

Areas of Interest

Childhood diarrhea; enteric viruses (norovirus, sapovirus, rotavirus); childhood nutrition; vaccine-preventable infections

About

Dr. Becker-Dreps is a primary care physician-scientist who has performed research studies on infectious diseases in Central America since 2007. A hallmark of her approach is the connection of robust field epidemiology in high-burden settings with cutting-edge laboratory methods. She has collaborated with Central American and UNC investigators to study the epidemiology and prevention of viral gastroenteritis, vaccine-preventable infections, and emerging viruses (Zika, SARS-CoV-2). Her logistically-complicated studies have included population-based cohorts of pregnant women and birth cohorts. Dr. Becker-Dreps has served as a PI on a variety of grants to study the impact of rotavirus vaccines and factors contributing to lower rotavirus vaccine effectiveness in LMIC settings, the new spectrum of viral, bacterial, and parasitic diarrhea etiologies in children following rotavirus vaccine introduction. She is now working in rural Guatemala to understand the development of immunity to norovirus and sapovirus in naïve children, to guide future vaccine development. In collaboration with Nicaraguan, Costa Rican, and UNC colleagues, she has worked to build capacity in infectious disease research in Central America.

Memberships

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

In the news

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    Researchers in the Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Ecology Lab (IDEEL) at UNC are process driven investigators with a unique comradery, working in 20+ countries to improve basic understandings of pathogens. The applied nature of their work has a direct impact on the health and well-being of millions of individuals around the globe, while also having … Read more

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    Becker-Dreps Named Office of Global Health Education Director

    Sylvia Becker-Dreps, MD, MPH, has been named director of the Office of Global Health Education at the Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases (IGHID) and will begin her work in the role on June 1. Becker-Dreps has served as the office’s associate director since 2012. She conducts NIH-funded research in Central America, directs the … Read more

Education

  • Undergraduate

    Cornell University

  • Medical School

    Duke University

  • Residency

    Swedish-Providence Family Medicine Residency

  • Fellowship

    UNC Primary Care Research Fellowship

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