Positions
- Associate Professor
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Medicine-Gastroenterology
ÌÇÐÄvlogÃÛÌÒ of Medicine
Houston, United States
Joint appointments in Pediatrics and Health Professions
Addresses
- McNair Faculty Center (Office)
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A10.019
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-0956
aopekun@bcm.edu
Education
- P.A. from ÌÇÐÄvlogÃÛÌÒ Of Medicine
- 07/1981 - Houston, Texas, United States
- M.S. from University of Houston Clear Lake
- 12/2011 - Houston, Texas, United States
Professional Interests
- Enteric pathogens
- Mucosal enzymology
- Medical education
- Enteric pathogens including norovirus, Helicobacter and related vaccine development strategies
- Disaccharidase deficiency syndromes (MGA and SI) and related polymorphisms
- Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease outcomes as related to a national Pedi-IBD consortium
- Clinical use of stable isotope-labeled substrates and related testing (breath and blood samples)
- Undergraduate didactic teaching with an emphasis on problem-based learning
- Clinical research regulatory affairs (IND) expertise
- Pilot study / clinical trial database software development (CRIER® and URSALA®)
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