Geoffrey Guenther

Dr. Guenther’s interest in Global Health began during his service with the Peace Corps in Benin, where he worked on community-level interventions for malaria control and treatment. He received both his MD and his MPH from Tulane University, where his clinical and research interests combined in a thesis project on malaria control epidemiology in the Sahel region. While in pediatric residency at Children’s National Hospital he began a research collaboration with colleagues at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences in Blantyre, Malawi. This close collaboration continues to serve as the basis for many of his research projects, including those which were developed during his fellowship in the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Global Health Research Pathway at BCH. After fellowship, he joined the faculty of the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Margaret C. Ryan Global Health Program at BCH. His clinical and epidemiologic research projects focus on improving the diagnosis and treatment of childhood febrile disease in malaria-endemic areas.