2nd Year Fellow, Akankcha Alok, Wins ID Week Fellow Travel Award

Akankcha Alok, MD, is smiling at the camera in a UF Health white coast. She has brown hair, brown eyes, brown skin.

2nd Year Infectious Diseases Fellow – Akankcha Alok – had two items accepted for this years’ ID Week:

Poster: Clinical Profile, Microbiological Spectrum, and Predictors of Mortality of Brain Abscesses at a Tertiary Center in Florida, USA

Abstract: Retrospective Investigation to Assess Diagnostic Yield and Clinical Impact of 16S rRNA Next Generation Gene Sequencing for Pathogen Identification Among Suspected Pulmonary Infections at a Tertiary Medical Center

She also won the Trainee Award, which includes a $1000 travel grant!

Great job and congratulations, Akankcha!