Felicia Chow, MD, MAS
University of California, San Francisco
Dr. Felicia Chow is a neuro-infectious diseases clinician-researcher who works at the crossroads of neurology, infectious diseases, and global health. Dr. Chow’s research is focused on predictors, patterns, and mechanisms of infection-related stroke, sex and race disparities in cerebrovascular risk in HIV infection, and treatment strategies for neurotuberculosis. Her current work examines intervenable drivers of sex differences in HIV-associated cerebrovascular injury and cognitive impairment and how to identify individuals who may respond best to treatments targeting these drivers. In addition, Dr. Chow leads clinical trials investigating new regimens to improve mortality and neurologic outcomes in neurotuberculosis. As part of this work, Dr. Chow has championed greater diversity in research training and is committed to mentoring junior investigators in neuro-infectious diseases and clinical research methods. She directs the UCSF Neuro-Infectious Diseases Clinic where she cares for patients with a wide range of neurological infections and regularly consults on challenging neuro-infectious diseases cases locally, statewide and nationally, including as part of the California CNS TB Expert Network.