Philip Budge, MD
This laboratory is devoted to research on filarial nematode parasites that cause important diseases in animals and humans (lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis), mainly in the tropics.
- Email: pbudge@nospam.wustl.edu
About:
Dr. Budge joined the faculty at Washington University in 2014. He received his undergraduate degree at Brigham Young University and his MD and PhD degrees from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. Following residency in internal medicine at Vanderbilt, he joined the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, GA, where he became immersed in programmatic research focused on global elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF). He then returned to Vanderbilt to complete his fellowship in infectious diseases.
Research:
Our lab works to develop diagnostic tools for neglected tropical diseases including lymphatic filariasis (which causes elephantiasis) and loiasis (African eye worm). The lab work dovetails with field studies and clinical trials to support global elimination of lymphatic filariasis.