Dr. John Leake, board certified in pediatric infectious diseases, joined Children's Specialists Division of Infectious Diseases in July 2000.

Before joining Children's Specialists, Dr. Leake was an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. He also worked as a CDC technical advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO) African Regional Office.

Dr. Leake continues to do research in tropical diseases and is a current recipient of a National Institutes of Health grant on genetic susceptibility to infectious disease.

After earning a master's degree in public health from the University of California, Los Angeles, he received his medical degree from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He completed a pediatric residency and fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at UCSD/Children's Hospital.

Dr. Leake was the recipient of Children's Research Support Fund in 1999 and also received a UCSD Pediatric Residency Faculty Teaching Award in 1999 and 2000. He was also awarded a research grant to study acute disseminated encephalomyelitis at Rady Children's.

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