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Katherine Paige Lemon

Lemon

Katherine Paige Lemon, MD, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Email

Katherine.Lemon@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor
Pediatric-Infectious Diseases
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Houston, Texas, United States
Associate Professor
Molecular Virology & Microbiology
Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research
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Houston, Texas, United States
Faculty Member
Immunology and Microbiology (IY)
Graduate Program
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Houston, Texas, United States
Faculty Member
Quantitative & Computational Biosciences (QCB)
Graduate Program
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Houston, Texas, United States

Education

Postdoctoral Training at Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Laboratory of Dr. Roberto Kolter
Clinical Fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Pediatric Infectious Disease
Residency at Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Boston Combined Residency in Pediatrics
MD from Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Biology, Laboratory of Dr. Alan Grossman
AB from Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

Certifications

Board Certified in Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics
2005 - present
Board Certified in Pediatric Infectious Diseases
American Board of Pediatrics
2007 - present

Professional Interests

  • Human Nasal Microbiome
  • Microbe-Microbe Interactions

Websites

K Lemon Lab Website

Selected Publications

  • Boyd AI, Kafer LA, F Escapa I, Kambal A, Tariq H, Hilsenbeck SG, Nguyen-Phuc H, Rajan A, Lensmire JM, Patras KA, Piedra PA, Blutt SE, Lemon KP. " " 2025 Sep ;
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  • Tran TH, F Escapa I, Roberts AQ, Gao W, Obawemimo AC, Segre JA, Kong HH, Conlan S, Kelly MS, Lemon KP. " " 2024 Nov ;
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  • Boyd AI, Quintanilla KA, Escapa IF, Lewis MA, Kafer LA, Zeng XL, Blutt SE, Ibberson CB, Lemon KP.. " " bioRxiv. 2026 ;
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  • Kafer LA, Escapa IF, Boyd AI, Tostado AR, Kambal A, Blutt SE, Avadhanula V, Piedra PA, Lemon KP. " " bioRxiv. 2026 ;
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Funding

Mechanisms of Corynebacterium-Dolosigranulum Interactions that Shape Human Nasal Microbiota
#R35 GM141806
(04/01/2021 - 03/31/2026)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Microbiome Discovery and Mechanisms to Combat Antibiotic Resistance at Mucosal Surfaces
#U19 AI157981
(03/01/2021 - 02/28/2026)
Grant funding from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Subproject: Nasal Microbial Consortia Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Advancing multimodal biologics to combat antibiotic resistance at mucosal surfaces
#P01 AI197187
(06/15/2026 - 04/30/2031)
National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Subproject: Combatting AMR Infections through Biotherapeutic Nasal Decolonization

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