Clinical Focus

• Infectious Disease
• Parasitology
• Tropical Medicine
• Global health
• Travel Medicine

Administrative Appointments

• Director, Scholarly Concentration in Global Health, Stanford University School of Medicine (2010 - present)
• Affiliated Faculty Member, Stanford Univ. Woods Institute for the Environment (2009 - present)
• Affiliated Faculty Member, Stanford Center for African Studies (2006 - present)
• Committee member, Stanford Pharmacy and Therapeutics Antibiotic Subcommittee (2005 - present)
• Member, Stanford Infectious Diseases Fellowship Selection Panel (2005 - present)

Honors and Awards

• Vosti Award - Excellence in Teaching, Stanford Division of Infectious Diseases & Geographic Medicine (2010 and 2007)
• Infectious Diseases Division Teaching Award, Stanford University Department of Internal Medicine (2010 and 2007)
• Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching, Stanford School of Medicine (2008)
• Distinguished Service to Housestaff Education, Stanford Dept of Medicine, Chief Residents (2008)
• Exceptional Preceptor Award, Ambulatory Medicine Clerkship, Stanford University Dept of Medicine (2007)

Professional Education

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Medicine
• Infectious Diseases

Community and International Work

• Clinical and programmatic work, Dhaka, Bangladesh 
• Research collaboration, Nairobi and Kisumu, Kenya 
• Clinical and programmatic work, Monrovia, Liberia 
• Evaluating and Financing ITNs in India, Orissa State, India 
• Integration of insecticide-treated bednet distribution and mass drug administration in Nigeria, Nigeria 

Current Research Interests

My interests include parasitology and global health; I've investigated cryptosporidium and angiostrongylus outbreaks; schistosoma/strongyloides seroprevalence in refugees, and the distribution and impact of ITNs for malaria and filariasis prevention in Nigeria and India. I have done clinical and programmatic work at teaching hospitals in Liberia and Bangladesh and have opportunities for research in Bangladesh and Kenya, in collaboration with ICDDR,B and CDC, Kenya

Publications

• Antiparasitic therapy. Kappagoda S, Singh U, Blackburn BG. Mayo Clin Proc. 2011; 86 (6): 561-83
• Eosinophilic meningitis attributable to Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection in Hawaii: clinical characteristics and potential exposures. Hochberg NS, Blackburn BG, Park SY, Sejvar JJ, Effler PV, Herwaldt BL. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011; 85 (4): 685-90
• High Prevalence of Wuchereria bancrofti Infection As Detected by Immunochromatographic Card Testing in Five Districts of Orissa, India, Previously Considered to be Non-Endemic Foo PK, Tarozzi A, Mahajan A, Yoong J, Krishnan L, Kopf D, Blackburn BG. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2011: 105 109-14
• Free Living Amebae. Koshy A, Blackburn BG, Singh U. In: Mandell G, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds., Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 7th ed.. 2010: 7 3427-3436
• Travel Medicine Chary A, Singh U, Blackburn BG. In: Bope ET, Rakel RE, Kellerman RD (eds). Conn's Current Therapy 2010.. 2010: 62 155-68