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Dan Olson, MD, PhD
Provider's Specialties
- Infectious Disease - Pediatric
- Pediatrics
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Get to know Dan Olson, MD, PhD
Departments and Programs
Conditions Treated
- Pediatric Diseases and Conditions
- Bacterial Infections
- Fungal Infections
- Influenza - Seasonal
Languages spoken
- Spanish
Experience and background
My clinical interests include the management of infections in children. My specific areas of interest include tropical diseases and diseases related to global health/travel.
Undergraduate 2002
Grinnell College (IA)
Medical Education 2007
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Internship 2008
University of Wisconsin (Madison) Program
Residency 2010
University of Wisconsin (Madison) Program
Fellowship 2010
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Fellowship 2015
University of Colorado (Children's Hospital Colorado) Program
For Patients:
My research interests are focused on how to measure the effectiveness of vaccines and other health interventions against emerging infectious diseases. This includes how to detect disease in a population using innovative surveillance tools (i.e. smartphones, crowd-sourcing), studying the true burden of disease (both the health and socioeconomic impacts on the individual and the family), and how to reduce disease burden through cost-effective interventions such as vaccines. Much of this work takes places at our University of Colorado research site in Guatemala.
My research interests are focused on how to measure the effectiveness of vaccines and other health interventions against emerging infectious diseases. This includes how to detect disease in a population using innovative surveillance tools (i.e. smartphones, crowd-sourcing), studying the true burden of disease (both the health and socioeconomic impacts on the individual and the family), and how to reduce disease burden through cost-effective interventions such as vaccines. Much of this work takes places at our University of Colorado research site in Guatemala.
For Referring Providers:
My research interests focus on using innovative approaches to reduce the burden of emerging infectious diseases in resource-limited settings. Specifically, I am interested in using new technologies (smartphones, participatory surveillance) to estimate disease burden, capturing both the clinical (illness severity) and socioeconomic (work absenteeism, reduced productivity) consequences of infectious diseases for individuals and their families, and studying how interventions, such as vaccines, can reduce those burdens of disease in a cost-effective manner. Much of this work takes places at the University of Colorado Research site in Guatemala, where we have several studies focusing on arboviruses, enteric disease, influenza, mosquito vectors, and agricultural worker's health.
My research interests focus on using innovative approaches to reduce the burden of emerging infectious diseases in resource-limited settings. Specifically, I am interested in using new technologies (smartphones, participatory surveillance) to estimate disease burden, capturing both the clinical (illness severity) and socioeconomic (work absenteeism, reduced productivity) consequences of infectious diseases for individuals and their families, and studying how interventions, such as vaccines, can reduce those burdens of disease in a cost-effective manner. Much of this work takes places at the University of Colorado Research site in Guatemala, where we have several studies focusing on arboviruses, enteric disease, influenza, mosquito vectors, and agricultural worker's health.
Society of Pediatric Research (SPR) Co-Mentoring Program Award 2016
Pediatric Academic Society
Research Scholar Award 2016
Children’s Hospital Colorado Research Institute
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