Anthony R. Flores, MD, MPH, PhD, FPIDS

Dr. Flores is a physician-scientist with expertise in pediatric infectious diseases and Professor of Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Flores’ research focuses on the bacterial genomic epidemiology and virulence mechanisms of pathogenic streptococci (group A and B streptococci) and is funded by grant awards from the NIH/NIAID. His research uses a combination of bacterial disease epidemiology, cutting-edge genomic technologies, and classical bacteriology techniques to understand epidemic clonal emergence and mechanisms of disease in streptococci. His work also includes examining the mechanisms of group A streptococcal carriage as a risk factor for disease in children.