Dan Olson, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Infectious Diseases

Senior Investigator, Center for Global Health
Fellowship Director, Center for Global Health
Clinic (720) 777-6981
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Gender: Male
Languages: Spanish
Department, Section/Division: Pediatrics-Infectious Diseases

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234
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UCHealth Travel, Expedition, and Altitude Medicine (TEAM) Clinic - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
7th Floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-2631
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Hospital Affiliation
  • Children's Hospital Colorado
  • University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Pediatrics - Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Board Certification
  • Pediatrics, Board Certification (2012)
Conditions & Treatments
  • Child and Teen Health
  • Children's Health
  • Pediatric Diseases and Conditions
  • Infections
  • Bacterial Infections
  • Fungal Infections
  • Influenza
  • Pneumonia
  • Viral Infections
Clinical Interest for Patients
My clinical interests include the management of infections in children. My specific areas of interest include tropical diseases and diseases related to global health/travel.

Education & Training

Medical Schools:
  • MD, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (2007)

Undergraduate Schools:
  • BA, Grinnell College (IA) (2002)

Internships:
  • University of Wisconsin (Madison) Program (2008)

Residency Program:
  • University of Wisconsin (Madison) Program, Pediatrics (2010)

Fellowships:
  • University of Colorado (Children's Hospital Colorado) Program, Pediatric Infectious Diseases (2015)
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH), Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellowship - Malawi (2010)

Recognition & Awards

  • Society of Pediatric Research (SPR) Co-Mentoring Program Award, Pediatric Academic Society (2016)
  • Research Scholar Award, Children’s Hospital Colorado Research Institute (2016)

Professional Memberships

  • American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Member
  • American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), Member
  • Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (JPIDS), Member

Teaching

  • Associate Professor (2019)
    College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado - Denver
    Global Health, Bioengineering
  • Associate Professor (2016)
    Colorado School of Public Health,
    Global Health, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Arboviruses, Influenza, Vaccine Effectiveness, Innovative Approaches to Surveillance
  • Associate Professor (2015)
    School of Medicine, Pediatrics
    Global Health, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Arboviruses, Influenza, Vaccine Effectiveness, Innovative Approaches to Surveillance

Research & Grants

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/bibliography/16WzmM_hEoDA1/bibliography/public/
Grants
  • Investigator Initiated Research Study: Determination of the utility of Pfizer’s pneumococcal urine antigen test in children 5 years of age or younger with community acquired pneumonia in Guatemala (2018)
    Pfizer, $965136
  • Evaluation of Biobanked Samples from Children in Guatemala to Determine Dengue and Zika Virus Seroprevalence by Neutralization Testing (2018)
    Sanofi Pasteur, $32855
  • Vaccine Treatment and Evaluation Unit (RTOP 16-0057): Natural History and Prospective Cohort Study to Describe the Neurological, Neurodevelopmental and other Clinical Outcomes in Children after Zika Virus Infection in Rural Guatemala (2016)
    NIAID, $3,772,776
  • Research Scholar Award (CHC 1501460): The Arboviral Transmission and Immunity in Children (ATIC) Study (2016)
    Children’s Hospital of Colorado Research Institute, $$200,000
Research interests for Patients:
My research interests are focused on how to measure the effectiveness of vaccines and other health interventions against emerging infectious diseases. This includes how to detect disease in a population using innovative surveillance tools (i.e. smartphones, crowd-sourcing), studying the true burden of disease (both the health and socioeconomic impacts on the individual and the family), and how to reduce disease burden through cost-effective interventions such as vaccines. Much of this work takes places at our University of Colorado research site in Guatemala.

Information for Referring Providers

Clinical Interests for Referring Providers
My clinical interests include pediatric infectious diseases. My specific areas of interest include tropical diseases and diseases related to global health/travel.

Research Interest for Referring Providers
My research interests focus on using innovative approaches to reduce the burden of emerging infectious diseases in resource-limited settings. Specifically, I am interested in using new technologies (smartphones, participatory surveillance) to estimate disease burden, capturing both the clinical (illness severity) and socioeconomic (work absenteeism, reduced productivity) consequences of infectious diseases for individuals and their families, and studying how interventions, such as vaccines, can reduce those burdens of disease in a cost-effective manner. Much of this work takes places at the University of Colorado Research site in Guatemala, where we have several studies focusing on arboviruses, enteric disease, influenza, mosquito vectors, and agricultural worker's health.
Clinic Phone: (720) 777-6981

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