Biography
Anca is a medical doctor specializing in Public Health. She has a keen interest in tuberculosis research in high-endemic countries focalizing on pediatric tuberculosis. After graduating from medical school in Romania, she pursued a residency in Public Health in Rouen, France. Anca also got a master's degree in Public Health from the Pasteur-Cnam School of Public Health and spent the master's internship at the Pasteur Institute in Cambodia to study IGRAs in children living with HIV with presumptive TB. After specializing in Public Health, Anca went to Uganda and successfully completed her PhD on a randomized controlled trial evaluating a community intervention for household contact tracing and preventive therapy management for TB child contacts. Anca is currently working as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Global TB Program at the Baylor College of Medicine and is pursuing her passion for tuberculosis research.