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Nathaniel Pierce, MD

Nathaniel Pierce
  • Professor - Emeritus

Departmental Affiliations

Contact Information

E5036 Hygiene
Baltimore, Maryland

410 502 2711
410 502 6733

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Education

MD

Overview

Research is focused on child health in developimg countries, especially diarrheal and respiratory diseases. This has included clinical trials of improved and simplified treatments for acute diarrhea and cholera, including oral rehydration therapy, and on the evaluation of vaccines for cholera, typhoid fever, rotavirus, Haemophilus influenzae type b, and pneumococcal disease. Current collaboration is with the World Health Organization Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development. Previous research was on mucosal immunity inanimal models, studying especially the cellular kinetics of the intestinal IgA immune response and determinants of the mucosal distribution of that response.

Honors and Awards

Research Career Development Award - 1971-1976 Pollin Prize in Pediatric Research - 2002

  • International Health child health in developimg countries especially diarrheal and respiratory diseases improved and simplified treatments for acute diarrhea vaccines for diarrheal diseases and respiratory infections

  • 1.Gore, S. M., Fontaine, O., and Pierce, N. F. Impact of rice-based oral rehydration solution on stool output and duration of diarrhoea: Meta-analysis of thirteen clinical trials. British Medical Journal 304: 287-291, 1992.

  • 2. Bhan, M. K., Fontaine, O., Gore, S. M., Grange, A. N., Jalan, K. N., Kassem, A. S., Khin Maung U, Mahalanabis, D., Pierce, N. F., Pizarro, D., Romer, H., Salazar-Lindo, E., and Santos Ocampo, P. Impact of glycine-containing oral rehydration solutions on stool output and duration of diarrhoea: Meta-analysis of seven clinical trials. Bull. Wld. Hlth. Org. 69: 541-548, 1992.

  • 3. Glass, R. I., Claeson, M., Blake, P. A., Waldman, R. J., and Pierce, N. F. Twenty years of cholera in Africa: Lessons on transmission and control for South America. Lancet 338: 791-795, 1991.

  • 4. Richards, L., Claeson, M., and Pierce, N. F. Management of acute diarrhoea in children. Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal 12: 5-9, 1993.

  • 5. El-Mougi, M., El-Akkad, N., Hendawi, A., Hassan, M., Amer, A., Fontaine, O., and Pierce, N. F. Is low osmolarity ORS solution more efficacious than standard ORS solution? J. Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 19: 83-86, 1994.

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