Dr. Kawsar Talaat is an assistant scientist and holds a joint appointment in medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include infectious diseases and international health.Dr. Talaat earned her M.D. from the University of Washington School of Medicine. She completed her residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin and performed a fellowship in infectious diseases at the National Institutes of Health Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center.Her research interests include international health, vaccines, avian influenza, pandemic influenza and parasitology.