Current fellows, their institution, project and collaborating health department are listed below. To learn more about past LEAP fellows, including their institution, project title, collaborating health department, LEAP-project related publications and current role, expand the information for each LEAP fellowship year below.
Current Fellows (2023–2024)
Pam Lee, MD, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Adult ID)
LEAP Fellowship Project: Quantifying the Environmental Impact of MRSA/VRE Contact Precautions in L.A. County
Partner Health Department: Los Angeles County Health Department
Alice Lehman, MD, University of Minnesota (Adult and Pediatric ID)
LEAP Fellowship Project: Community-Based Survey of Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness and Burden in Diverse Minnesota Populations — A Partnership Between Academic Medicine, State Public Health and Communities
Partner Health Department: Minnesota Department of Health
Matthew Lokant, MD, Vanderbilt University (Adult ID)
LEAP Fellowship Project: An Assessment of MDRO Reporting Streams/Process Across TN Microbiology Laboratories
Partner Health Department: Tennessee Department of Health
Kap Sum Foong, MD, Tufts Medical Center (Adult ID)
LEAP Fellowship Project: A Point Prevalence Survey of Antibiotic Allergy Labels Among Long Term Care Facility Residents in Massachusetts — Variation by Race/Ethnicity and Impact on Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns
Partner Health Department: Massachusetts Department of Public Health
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, M.D. (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, M.D. (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, M.D. (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, M.D. (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