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Katherine Paige Lemon

Lemon

Katherine Paige Lemon, MD, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Email

Katherine.Lemon@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor
Pediatric-Infectious Diseases
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Associate Professor
Molecular Virology & Microbiology
Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research
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Faculty Member
Immunology and Microbiology (IY)
Graduate Program
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Faculty Member
Quantitative & Computational Biosciences (QCB)
Graduate Program
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Houston, Texas, United States

Education

Postdoctoral Training at Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Laboratory of Dr. Roberto Kolter
Clinical Fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Pediatric Infectious Disease
Residency at Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Boston Combined Residency in Pediatrics
MD from Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Biology, Laboratory of Dr. Alan Grossman
AB from Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

Certifications

Board Certified in Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics
2005 - present
Board Certified in Pediatric Infectious Diseases
American Board of Pediatrics
2007 - present

Professional Interests

  • Human Nasal Microbiome
  • Microbe-Microbe Interactions

Websites

K Lemon Lab Website

Selected Publications

  • Claesen J, Spagnolo JB, Flores Ramos S, Kurita KL, Byrd AB, Aksenov AA, Melnik AV, Wong WR, Wang S, Hernandez RD, Donia MS, Dorrestein PC, Kong HH, Segre JA, Linington RG, Fischbach MA, Lemon KP. " " Sci Transl Med .. 2020 Nov 18; 12(570):eaay5445
  • Brugger SD, Eslami SM, Pettigrew MM, Escapa IF, Henke MT, Kong Y, Lemon KP. " " mSphere. 2020 Sep ; 5 : e00852-20.
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  • Flores Ramos S, Brugger SD, Escapa IF, Skeete CA, Cotton SL, Eslami SM, Gao W, Bomar L, Tran TH, Jones DS, Minot S, Roberts RJ, Johnston CD, Lemon KP.. " " mSystems. 2021 Sep 21; 6 (5)
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  • Boyd AI, Kafer LA, F Escapa I, Kambal A, Tariq H, Hilsenbeck SG, Nguyen-Phuc H, Rajan A, Lensmire JM, Patras KA, Piedra PA, Blutt SE, Lemon KP. " " 2025 Sep ;
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Funding

Mechanisms of Corynebacterium-Dolosigranulum Interactions that Shape Human Nasal Microbiota
#R35 GM141806
(04/01/2021 - 03/31/2026)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Microbiome Discovery and Mechanisms to Combat Antibiotic Resistance at Mucosal Surfaces
#U19 AI157981
(03/01/2021 - 02/28/2026)
Grant funding from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Subproject: Nasal Microbial Consortia Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

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