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Associate Professor Pediatrics, Yale University School Medicine. Medical school- University of the West Indies, Jamaica. Residency- pediatrics- Children's Hospital Wisconsin Fellowship- Gastroenterology- Yale University Faculty Positions-University of Miami School Medicine (1995-2002) University Pittsburgh School Medicine (2002-2009) NIH funded investigator
Lab studies mechanisms of apical recycling ( endocytosis and exocytosis) of the CFTR ( Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator) in the intestine and its role in diarrhea. We use animal models and polarized intestinal cells to study endogenous pathways that regulate traffic. Please see Pubmed for our papers on the subject.
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