Claudia Herrera

Assistant Professor - Public Health and Tropical Medicine

School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/browse/collection/47324650/?sort=date&direction=descending
Stone Center Departments
The Stone Center
People Classification
Faculty
Tulane Affiliation
Affiliated Faculty
Region
  • South America
Claudia Herrera

Courses

Intro to Lab Research, Cell, Individual, and Community, Chagas Disease Research, Parasite Ecology, Independent Studies Courses

Additional Info

Number of Dissertations or Theses Supervised in the Past 5 Years: 11

Research

Chagas Disease, Tropical Medicine, Microbiology, Tropical Parasitology, Colombia

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Biological Sciences, University of Los Andes, 2008
  • M.S., Department of Advanced Studies (DEA), Universidad de Valencia, 2007
  • M.S., Microbiology, University of Los Andes, 1998
  • B.S., Microbiology, University of Los Andes, 1994

Academic Experience

Academic Experience
  • Research Assistant Professor, Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, 2015-
  • Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, 2012-2014
  • Teaching Fellow, University of Los Andes, 2004-2012

Distinctions

  • Vice-president Delta Omega Honor Society. Eta Chapter- School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Tulane University, 2023-
  • COR/ Carol Lavin Faculty Grant. Tulane University. Travel Award, 2023.
  • COR Research Fellowships. Tulane University. Research Award., 2022-2023
  • ByWater Institute Faculty Fellowships Award, 2016-2017, 2018-2019
  • Center for Engaged Learning and Teaching Grant/Tulane University, 2016-2017, 2015-2016
  • Carol Lavin Faculty Grant, Tulane University, 2016-2017

Languages

  • Spanish
  • French

Overseas Experience

  • Colombia
  • Spain
  • Bolivia
  • Ecuador
  • Mexico

Related Experience

  • Research Fellow, Research Center in Microbiology and Tropical Parasitology ,University of Los Andes, 1994-2011

Selected Publications

  • Accepted. Alejandro G Schijman, Julio A Padilla, Constança Britto, Claudia P Herrera. Retrospect, Advances and Challenges in Chagas disease Diagnosis: A Comprehensive Review. The Lancet Regional Health – Americas. Accepted.
  • 2024. Paternina-Caicedo A, Alger J, Cafferata ML, Carlier Y, Dumonteil E, Gibbons L, Hammerman T, Herrera C, Buekens P. Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Pregnancies...Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 4;. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0493. PMID: 38834059.
  • 2024. Dumonteil E, Tu W, Desale H, Goff K, Marx P, Ortega-Lopez J, Herrera C. Immunoglobulin and T cell receptor repertoire changes in... naïve rhesus macaques. J Biomed Sci. 2024 31(1):58. : 10.1186/s12929-024-01050-5. PMID: 38824576; PMCID: PMC111
  • In press. Kerlly J. Bernabé*, Eric Dumonteil, Claudia Herrera. Closing the Knowledge and Diagnosis Gap of Chagas Disease in the United States. JAMA Network Open.
  • 2024. Majeau A*, Dumonteil E, Herrera C. Identification of highly conserved Trypanosoma cruzi antigens...Emerg Microbes Infect. 2024. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2024.2315964. PMID: 38381980; PMCID: PMC10883094.
  • 2024. Dumonteil E, Tu W, Jiménez FA, Herrera C. Ecological interactions of Triatoma sanguisuga (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) and risk for human infection with Trypanosoma cruzi...J Med Entomol. 2024. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjae017. PMID: 38373261.
  • 2024. Sarah M. Gunter, Alisa Nelson, Alexander R. Kneubehl, Silvia Justi, Russell Manzanero, Emily Zielinski-Gutierrez, Claudia Herrera, Julie Thompson*, et al. Novel species of Triatoma...NCOMMS-23-46589. Scientific Reports. Sci Rep. 16;14(1):1412.
  • 2023. Claudia Herrera, et al. Assessment of Community Awareness and Screening of Chagas Disease in the Latin American Community of Greater New Orleans. Trop Med Infect Dis, 8(12), 515; https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8120515
  • 2023. Amanda Vicente-Santos, Lauren R. Lock, Meagan Allira, Kristin E. Dyer, Annalise Dunsmore*, Dmitriy V. Volokhov, Claudia Herrera, et al. Serum proteomics reveals a tolerant immune phenotype... Front. Immunol. Volume 14 -2023
  • 2023. Multiple authors. Intra-host Trypanosoma cruzi strain dynamics shape disease progression: the missing link in Chagas disease pathogenesis. Spectrum. doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.04236-22
  • 2023. Buekens P, Alger J, Cafferata ML, Dumonteil E, Herrera C, Tulio Luque M, Carlier Y. 2023. Simplifying screening for Trypanosoma cruzi in pregnant persons and their infants. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011329. PMID: 37228008
  • 2023. Dumonteil E, Herrera C, Sabino-Santos G. Monkeypox Virus Evolution before 2022 Outbreak. 2023. Emerg Infect Dis. doi: 10.3201/eid2902.220962. PMID: 36692511; PMCID: PMC9881786. 13
  • 2023. Proaño A, Dumonteil E, Herrera C. 2023. Chagas Disease Diagnostic Testing in Two Academic Hospitals in New Orleans, Louisiana: A Call to Action. Trop Med Infect Dis. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed8050277. PMID: 37235325; PMCID: PMC10223931.
  • 2023. Dumonteil E, Herrera C, Marx PA. 2023. Safety and preservation of cardiac function following therapeutic vaccination against Trypanosoma cruzi in rhesus macaques. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2022.09.003. PMID: 36210315
  • 2023. Teal E*, Herrera C, Dumonteil E. 2023. Metabolomics of developmental changes in Triatoma sanguisuga gut microbiota. PLoS One. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone. PMID: 36827319; PMCID: PMC9955940.