Ideas that help clinicians see infectious diseases differently.
I speak about the changing landscape of infectious diseases and how clinicians can translate emerging science into better patient care.
Speaking & education
Reframing HIV Education Through Storytelling
Invited Grand Rounds presentation exploring storytelling as a strategy for delivering relatable and impactful HIV education to medical students, residents, pharmacists, and attending physicians.
The War Within: Reframing HIV Through Graphic Storytelling to Transform Adherence, Identity, and Stigma
Selected for presentation at IDWeek 2026. The session explores graphic storytelling as a patient-education approach in HIV care.
World AIDS Day Community Education Program
Invited by the DeSoto County (MS) Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. for a community program focused on HIV education, awareness, prevention, and reducing stigma among young adults and the surrounding community.
Topics I speak about
The Future of Infectious Diseases
How new diagnostics, therapeutics, prevention strategies, and technology are reshaping the field.
Metagenomics & Advanced Diagnostics
Moving beyond a one-test, one-pathogen mindset and understanding where advanced diagnostics may add value.
Microbiome Stewardship
Why antimicrobial stewardship and preservation of microbial ecology increasingly belong in the same conversation.
Antimicrobial Resistance & Phage Therapy
Thinking beyond the familiar therapeutic toolbox as resistance changes the treatment landscape.
HIV Prevention & Patient Education
Translating prevention science into clear, stigma-reducing, patient-centered education.
Clinical Storytelling
Using case narratives and visual storytelling to make complex infectious disease concepts memorable and useful.
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