Dr. Sosa Soto attended medical school at Universidad Dr. Jose Matias Delgado in El Salvador, his birth country. As a medical student, he participated in an international collaboration with Washington University in St. Louis to characterize the intestinal microbiota of the inhabitants of a rural Salvadoran village. This experience allowed him to appreciate the paramount importance of global cooperation in scientific projects. After graduation, Dr. Sosa Soto completed his Pediatric Residency training with a Global Child Health certificate at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. Dr. Sosa Soto is pursuing a Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital. His current research focuses on describing the characteristics of children diagnosed with extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Bangladesh. He also has a passion for medical education, which has led him to collaborate with the training program for Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellows in El Salvador at the Hospital Nacional de Niños Benjamin Bloom.  Dr. Sosa Soto is working on expanding this collaboration with the leading pediatric hospital in El Salvador to foster further educational experiences for Salvadoran and US-based residents and fellows.

Dr. Guenther first became interested in malaria while volunteering for the Peace Corps in Benin, West Africa. Upon returning to the U.S., Dr. Guenther received both his medical degree and a master’s degree in public health with a focus on clinical tropical medicine from Tulane University. While in Pediatrics residency at Children’s National Hospital, Dr. Guenther began a close collaboration with researchers at the Blantyre Malaria Project and Kamuzu University of Health Sciences in Blantyre, Malawi. This collaboration continued during his combined fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Global Health at Boston Children’s Hospital. His current research projects focus on tackling child health challenges in resource-limited settings in Malawi: improving the application of malaria rapid diagnostic tests and developing an algorithmic outpatient approach to children with fever in malaria-endemic communities.

Melanie Dubois MD is from Wilbraham, Massachusetts. She went to the University of Massachusetts Medical School, followed by pediatric residency at Children's Hospital at Montefiore, followed by pediatric infectious disease fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital. Dr. Dubois is interested in improving the care of children and families confronted by infectious diseases. She enjoys running, reading, and listening to music in her free time.