Christina
Yek, MD
Staff Clinician and Associate Research Physician
202-359-2641
Dr. Christina Yek is a Staff Clinician and Associate Research Physician in the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Critical Care Medicine Department at the NIH Clinical Center.
BA, University of Cambridge, UK
MBBCh, University of Cambridge, UK
Dr. Yek is currently serving as the NIAID representative to U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh. She runs the International Center of Excellence in Research (ICER) Cambodia, where she coordinates and conducts clinical studies focusing on endemic and emerging infectious diseases including dengue, chikungunya, melioidosis, and zoonotic diseases.
Dr. Yek earned her medical degree at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. She completed postgraduate research at the University of California San Diego, Internal Medicine residency and chief residency at the University of Texas Southwestern, and Infectious Diseases and Critical Care Medicine fellowships at the National Institutes of Health.
Her primary research interest is the clinical and molecular epidemiology of emerging infections.
- 2024 NHLBI Director's Award for COVID-19 Response
Yek C, Lon C, Chea S, Lay S, Oum MH, Tang G, Lon C, Pacheco AR, Drobish I, Stuehser R, Ly S, Sath R, Srouen M, Bin C, Chak C, Seang S, Srey V, Chhor B, Nhem S, Chiek S, Dork R, Dekker JP, Seng H, Krang S, Ly S, Manning JE. Bacterial Genomics for National Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in Cambodia. J Infect Dis 2024 Aug 20:jiae417
Walker MK, Diao G, Warner S, Babiker A, Neupane M, Strich JR, Yek C*, Kadri SS*. Carbapenem Use in Extended-Spectrum Cephalosporin-Resistant Enterobacterales Infections in US Hospitals and Influence of IDSA Guidance: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Lancet Infect Dis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2024 Apr 25:S1473-3099
Yek C, Warner S, Wiltz JL, Sun J, Adjei S, Mancera A, Silk BJ, Gundlapalli AV, Harris AM, Boehmer TK, Kadri SS. Risk Factors for Severe COVID-19 Outcomes Among Persons Aged ≥18 Years Who Completed a Primary COVID-19 Vaccination Series - 465 Health Care Facilities, United States, December 2020-October 2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022 Jan;71(1):19-25
Yek C, Li Y, Pacheco AR, Lon C, Duong V, Dussart P, Young KI, Chea S, Lay S, Man S, Kimsan S, Huch C, Leang R, Huy R, Brook CE, Manning JE. National Dengue Surveillance, Cambodia 2002-2020. Bull WHO. 2023 Sep 1;101(9): 605-16
Brook CE, Rozins C, Bohl JA, Ahyong V, Chea S, Fahsbender E, Huy R, Lay Sreyngim, Leang R, Li Y, Lon C, Man S, Oum M, Northrup GR, Oliveira F, Pacheco AR, Parker D, Young K, Boots M, Tato CM, DeRisi JL, Yek C, Manning JE. Climate, demography, immunology, and virology combine to drive two decades of dengue virus dynamics in Cambodia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Sep 3;121(36):e2318704121
Yek C, Pacheco AR, Vanaerschot M, Bohl JA, Fahsbender E, Aranda-Diaz A, Lay S, Chea S, Oum MH, Lon C, Tato CM, Manning JE. Metagenomic Pathogen Sequencing in Resource-Scarce Settings: Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead. Front Epidemiol. 2022;2:10.3389/fepid.2022.926695
Visit PubMed.gov for a full list of Dr. Yek's publications.