Tara Elaine Ness MD MPH

Physician

Summary

I am passionate about expanding healthcare access to all individuals, regardless of socioeconomic status or geographic location. I work in both the clinical and research setting, promoting pediatric health and advancing our knowledge of infectious diseases.

Baylor College of MedicineResidency, Global Child Health Pediatric Residency, 2018 - 2021
Baylor College of Medicine (Houston)Internship, Pediatrics, 2017 - 2018
University of Washington School of MedicineClass of 2017, M.D.
University of WashingtonMPH, Global Health, 2015 - 2016
University of WashingtonGraduate Certificate, Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2015 - 2016
University of MontanaBA, Biological Sciences, Minor in Chemistry, Honors Studies, Outstanding Senior Award, University Scholar Designation

Overseas Assistance Grant American Women's Hospitalist Services, 2016
Medical Scholar's Award Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2016
NIH TL1 Grant National Institutes of Health, Institute for Translational Health Sciences, 2015-2016
Service Award University of Washington School of Medicine, 2014-2016
Fulbright Research Award Fulbright Student Program, 2011-2012
Honors Fellowship Howard Hughes Medical Institute, MILES Program, 2009
Undergraduate Research Award National Science Foundation, 2008-2009
Student Intern Research Grant Howard Hughes Medical Institute, MILES Program, 2008-2009
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PubMed

Rapid Diagnostic Sequencing of Stool DNA Using Targeted Nanopore Sequencing in Patients With a Pulmonary Tuberculosis Diagnosis.
Tara Ness, Nontobeko Maphalala, Wethusonkhe Khumalo, Doctor Sibandze, Abigail Seeger
Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2025-04-01
Commentary: Mixed Infection or Heteroresistance? Pediatric Tuberculosis Still the Achilles Heel of Diagnostic Tools.
Tara E Ness, Daniela M Cirillo, Anna M Mandalakas
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2025-02-01
14 citations
Tuberculosis prevention: current strategies and future directions.
Anca Vasiliu, Leonardo Martinez, Rishi K Gupta, Yohhei Hamada, Tara Ness
Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 2024-09-01

Journal Articles

Should the malaria vaccine (Mosquirix) be implemented as a routine immunization for children in Nigeria? A Critical Analysis of the Research.
Ness, T.E., The Evans School Review, 2016
Lead Poisoning: How what we don’t know is hurting America’s children.
Ness, T.E., Rowan, B.H., Harvard Public Health Review, 2016
Forest reclamation of fly ash deposit: a field study on appraisal of mycorrhizal inoculation
• Sýkorová, Z., Rydlová, J., Slavíková, R., Ness, T., Kohout, P. and Püschel, D., Restoration Evology, 2016
The PR/SET domain in PRDM4 is preceded by a zinc knuckle.
• Briknarová, K., Atwater, D. Z., Glicken, J. M., Maynard, S. J. and Ness, T. E., Proteins, 2011
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Abstracts/Posters

Using an Innovative Telehealth Model to Support Community Providers Who Deliver Care to HIV-Positive Pregnant Women
Ness, T. E., Annese, M. F., Martinez-Paz, N., Unruh, K. T., Scott, J. D., & Wood, B. R., American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Atlanta, Georgia, 11/2017
Sexual behavior following a diagnosis of acute HIV in men who have sex with men and in transgender women in the Sabes study in Lima, Peru
Tara E. Nessa, Angela K. Ulricha,b, Javier R. Lamac, Silvia Montanod, Ann C. Duerrb, IDWeek, 2016