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Deborah Dean

Professor in Residence

University of California, San Francisco

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Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health

Deborah Dean is currently serving as a Bixby Center For Global Reproductive Health Professor in Residence at University of California, San Francisco.

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Deborah Dean

University of California, San Francisco

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infectious diseases microbiology clinical microbiology microbial pathogenesis pathogenic bacteria pathogens infection control epidemiology virology immunology diagnostic microbiology emerging infectious diseases genomics pathogenesis hospital infections antimicrobial resistance medical microbiology chlamydia trachomatis bacteria applied microbiology bacteriology pathogen transmission clinical infection respiratory medicine communicable diseases molecular microbiology microbial disease tropical medicine virus research evolutionary microbiology molecular diagnostics genome biology microbial genetics antibiotic resistance infectious respiratory disease clinical infectious disease microbial diversity environmental microbiology neglected tropical diseases venereology pathogen characterization pathogen detection disease detection klebsiella pneumoniae disease transmission vascular biology innate immune system disease emergence population structure circulatory physiology mammalian biology chronic viral infections clinical evidence population genomics infectious disease modelling evolutionary genetics gene characterization inflammatory diseases molecular immunology parasite genomics gene transfer adaptive immune system sickle cell disease acute chest syndrome tissue tropism disease pathogenesis ribosomal dna transmitted infections chlamydia trachomatis infections leptospira spp long-term cervical persistence apoptotic stimuli c-reactive protein levels carotid artery atherosclerosis polymorphic membrane proteins serovar da recombination infectious diseases (medical specialty) microbiome

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Enhanced Chlamydia Trachomatis and Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Sexually Transmitted Infections and Associated Risk Factors in Fiji Following the Covid-19 Pandemic. Open Forum Infectious Diseases (2025)

Isabella C AuchusJoelle BrownMike KamaSara G VargoRachel DeviJenni SinghDeborah Dean

pathogenic bacteriapathogensemerging infectious diseasesinfection controlsexual healthrisk factorsclinical microbiologyclinical epidemiologyvenereologyinfectious diseasescovid-19pathogen transmissioncovid-19 pandemicepidemiologysars-cov-2hospital infectionsdisease outbreakspublic healthdisease transmission

Whole-Genome Automated Assembly Pipeline for Chlamydia Trachomatis Strains From Reference, in Vitro and Clinical Samples Using the Integrated Ctgap Pipeline. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics (2025)

Olusola OlagokeAmmar AzizLucile H ZhuTimothy D ReadDeborah Dean

microbiologybioinformaticsgenomicsgenome sequencingclinical samplesctgap pipelinehigh throughput sequencingmolecular biologycomputational genomicssystems biologygenome biologygenome editinggenome analysisclinical microbiology

Chlamydia Suis Undergoes Interclade Recombination Promoting Tet-Island Exchange. BMC Genomics (2024)

Helena Seth-SmithSankhya BommanaDeborah DeanTimothy D. ReadHanna Marti

pathogenic bacteriatet-island exchangemicrobiologymicrobial pathogenesisgenomicsinfectious diseasesmolecular biologychlamydia suis undergoes

CORRIGENDUM: Patterns of Within-Host Spread of Chlamydia Trachomatis Between Vagina, Endocervix and Rectum Revealed by Comparative Genomic Analysis. Frontiers in Microbiology (2024)

Sandeep J. JosephSankhya BommanaNoa ZikloMike KamaDeborah DeanTimothy D. Read

within-host spreadpathologyoral microbiologybacteriologymicrobiologymicrobial pathogenesisvirologyinfectious diseaseschlamydia trachomatisvenereologyclinical infectionpathogen transmissioncomparative genomic analysisparasitologymedical microbiologyclinical microbiology

Chlamydial and Gonorrheal Neglected Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Pacific Islanders of the Western Pacific Region—a Narrative Review and Call to Action. PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2023)

Isabella Catherine AuchusMike KamaRedwan Al-Karim BhuiyanJoelle BrownDeborah Dean

western pacific regionemerging infectious diseasessexual healthinfectious diseasessexual and reproductive healthnarrative reviewtropical medicinepublic healthglobal healthneglected tropical diseasespacific islanders

Multiplex Recombinase Polymerase Amplification for High-Risk and Low-Risk Type Hpv Detection, as Potential Local Use in Single Tube. Scientific Reports (2023)

Rungdawan WongsamartParvapan BhattarakasolArkom ChaiwongkotDoonyapong WongsawaengPilailuk Akkapaiboon OkadaTanapat PalagaAsada LeelahavanichkulWeerapan KhovidhunkitDeborah DeanNaraporn Somboonna

single tubemicrobiologyvirologyviral diagnosticsvirus researchmolecular diagnosticsbiomedical engineeringpotential local use

The Unique Microbial Diversity, Community Composition and Networks of Pacific Islander Endocervical and Vaginal Microbiomes in the Presence or Absence of Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection Using Metagenomic Shotgun Sequencing. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2023)

Sankhya BommanaYi-Juan HuMike KamaRuohong WangReshma KodimerlaKenan JijakliTimothy D. ReadDeborah Dean

community compositionvaginal microbiomesmicrobiologyvirologyinfectious diseasesmicrobial ecologymarine biologymetagenomicsmicrobial diversity

Unique Microbial Diversity, Community Composition, and Networks Among Pacific Islander Endocervical and Vaginal Microbiomes With and Without Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection in Fiji. mBio (2023)

Sankhya BommanaYi-Juan HuMike KamaRuohong WangReshma KodimerlaKenan JijakliTimothy D. ReadDeborah Dean

community compositionvaginal microbiomesinfectious diseasesmicrobiomeunique microbial diversitymicrobial diversity

Use of Gene Sequences as Type for Naming Prokaryotes: Recommendations of the International Committee on the Taxonomy of Chlamydiae. New Microbes and New Infections (2023)

Gilbert GreubTrestan PillonelPatrik M. BavoilNicole BorelLee Ann CampbellDeborah DeanScott HeftyMatthias HornServaas A. MorréScot P. OuelletteYvonne PannekoekMirja PuolakkainenPeter TimmsRaphael ValdiviaDaisy Vanrompay

pathologymicrobiologyvirologyinfectious diseasestaxonomy (biology)international committeemedical microbiologygene sequencesclinical microbiology

Metagenomic Shotgun Sequencing of Endocervical, Vaginal, and Rectal Samples Among Fijian Women With and Without Chlamydia Trachomatis Reveals Disparate Microbial Populations and Function Across Anatomic Sites: A Pilot Study. Microbiology Spectrum (2022)

Sankhya BommanaGracie RichardsMike KamaReshma KodimerlaKenan JijakliTimothy D. ReadDeborah Dean

microbiologyinfectious diseasesmicrobial populationsenvironmental microbiologyfijian womenpilot studymetagenomics

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Deborah Dean

Professor in Residence

University of California, San Francisco

Affiliations

Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health

Deborah Dean is currently serving as a Bixby Center For Global Reproductive Health Professor in Residence at University of California, San Francisco.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Deborah Dean

University of California, San Francisco

Professor in Residence

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Enhanced Chlamydia Trachomatis and Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Sexually Transmitted Infections and Associated Risk Factors in Fiji Following the Covid-19 Pandemic. Open Forum Infectious Diseases (2025)

Isabella C AuchusJoelle BrownMike KamaSara G VargoRachel DeviJenni SinghDeborah Dean

Whole-Genome Automated Assembly Pipeline for Chlamydia Trachomatis Strains From Reference, in Vitro and Clinical Samples Using the Integrated Ctgap Pipeline. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics (2025)

Olusola OlagokeAmmar AzizLucile H ZhuTimothy D ReadDeborah Dean

Chlamydia Suis Undergoes Interclade Recombination Promoting Tet-Island Exchange. BMC Genomics (2024)

Helena Seth-SmithSankhya BommanaDeborah DeanTimothy D. ReadHanna Marti

pathogenic bacteriatet-island exchangemicrobiologymicrobial pathogenesisgenomicsinfectious diseasesmolecular biologychlamydia suis undergoes

CORRIGENDUM: Patterns of Within-Host Spread of Chlamydia Trachomatis Between Vagina, Endocervix and Rectum Revealed by Comparative Genomic Analysis. Frontiers in Microbiology (2024)

Sandeep J. JosephSankhya BommanaNoa ZikloMike KamaDeborah DeanTimothy D. Read

Isabella Catherine AuchusMike KamaRedwan Al-Karim BhuiyanJoelle BrownDeborah Dean

Multiplex Recombinase Polymerase Amplification for High-Risk and Low-Risk Type Hpv Detection, as Potential Local Use in Single Tube. Scientific Reports (2023)

Rungdawan WongsamartParvapan BhattarakasolArkom ChaiwongkotDoonyapong WongsawaengPilailuk Akkapaiboon OkadaTanapat PalagaAsada LeelahavanichkulWeerapan KhovidhunkitDeborah DeanNaraporn Somboonna

single tubemicrobiologyvirologyviral diagnosticsvirus researchmolecular diagnosticsbiomedical engineeringpotential local use

Sankhya BommanaYi-Juan HuMike KamaRuohong WangReshma KodimerlaKenan JijakliTimothy D. ReadDeborah Dean

community compositionvaginal microbiomesmicrobiologyvirologyinfectious diseasesmicrobial ecologymarine biologymetagenomicsmicrobial diversity

Unique Microbial Diversity, Community Composition, and Networks Among Pacific Islander Endocervical and Vaginal Microbiomes With and Without Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection in Fiji. mBio (2023)

Sankhya BommanaYi-Juan HuMike KamaRuohong WangReshma KodimerlaKenan JijakliTimothy D. ReadDeborah Dean

community compositionvaginal microbiomesinfectious diseasesmicrobiomeunique microbial diversitymicrobial diversity

Use of Gene Sequences as Type for Naming Prokaryotes: Recommendations of the International Committee on the Taxonomy of Chlamydiae. New Microbes and New Infections (2023)

pathologymicrobiologyvirologyinfectious diseasestaxonomy (biology)international committeemedical microbiologygene sequencesclinical microbiology

Sankhya BommanaGracie RichardsMike KamaReshma KodimerlaKenan JijakliTimothy D. ReadDeborah Dean

microbiologyinfectious diseasesmicrobial populationsenvironmental microbiologyfijian womenpilot studymetagenomics

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