Rosa M Andrade

Rosa M. Andrade is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. She specializes in infectious diseases, with clinical focus on HIV management, sexually transmitted diseases, infections in immunocompromised patients, and travel medicine. Dr. Andrade earned her medical degree from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (Lima, Peru), completed an internal medicine residency at UTMB Galveston, and a fellowship in infectious diseases at UC San Diego School of Medicine.

• Research Interests: Study of neglected infectious diseases, particularly amebiasis and protozoan infections.
• Professional Memberships: Infectious Diseases Society of America, Infectious Disease Association of California, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Her work explores novel therapeutic agents like auranofin, targeting parasitic pathogens such as Entamoeba histolytica. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine.