Indi Trehan
Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Pediatrics - Emergency Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Global Health
Education
BS University of California (Berkeley),
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Bio
My major academic interests are in the development of a better understanding of the pathophysiology underlying chronic and acute childhood malnutrition, improving the diagnosis and treatment of malnourished children, and improvements in the diagnosis and management of tropical infectious diseases. The majority of my research experience in these domains has come in the conduct of large clinical trials in rural Malawi as well as in smaller hospital-based cohort studies to complement my clinical experience caring for children and adults in austere settings around the world. I serve as an advisor and consultant to UNICEF, Action Against Hunger, Médecins Sans Frontières, the Alliance for International Medical Action, and Friends Without a Border.
My clinical work abroad has spanned numerous countries and settings, including emergency care in Haiti, directing an Ebola Treatment Centre in Sierra Leone, and primary care in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, but I am most passionate about training of local health care providers in evidence-based cost-effective care that maximizes survival and human potential. I took an academic sabbatical to manage clinical operations in rural Liberia for Partners in Health and then as the Medical Director and Executive Director of Lao Friends Hospital for Children in 2017-2019, before moving to Seattle in January 2020.
Research Areas
Research Interests
Child and Adolescent Health (incl. Pediatrics)
Child Mortality
Clinical Mentoring
Community Health Workers
COVID-19
Diarrheal Diseases
Ebola
Education and Training
Emergency Medicine
Epidemiology
Health Systems Strengthening and Human Resources Development
Infectious Diseases
Neglected Diseases, Tropical Medicine (incl. Parasites)
Nutrition, Clean Water, and Food Security
Research
Trop. Med (incl. Parasites)
Recent Publications (PubMed)
(2024 Jun)
Curr Dev Nutr 8(6): 103786
Hess SY, Smith TJ, Arnold CD, Jones KS, Hampel D, Hiffler L, Trehan I, Fischer PR, Meadows SR, Parkington DA, Brown KH, Sitthideth D, Tan X, Koulman A, Allen LH, Kounnavong S
(2024 May)
J Pediatr 268(): 113961
Smith TJ, Arnold CD, Fischer PR, Trehan I, Hiffler L, Sitthideth D, Stein-Wexler R, Yeh J, Jones KS, Hampel D, Tancredi DJ, Schick MA, McBeth CN, Tan X, Allen LH, Sayasone S, Kounnavong S, Hess SY
(2024)
PLOS Glob Public Health 4(2): e0002927
Kearney JE, Thiel N, El-Taher A, Akhter S, Townes DA, Trehan I, Pottinger PS
(2023 Nov)
Lancet Microbe 4(11): e931-e942
Schwartz DJ, Langdon A, Sun X, Langendorf C, Berthé F, Grais RF, Trehan I, Isanaka S, Dantas G
(2023 Jun 9)
J Glob Health 13(): 04065
Relan P, Garbern SC, O'Reilly G, Bills CB, Schultz M, Kivlehan S, Trehan I, Becker TK
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