Matthew Kelly
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Research Professor of Global Health
Associate Research Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Matthew S. Kelly, MD, MPH, is an assistant professor of pediatrics and global health at Duke University. Dr. Kelly is a pediatrician with subspecialty training in infectious diseases and global health, having previously served as the Africa fellow in the David N. Pincus Global Health Fellowship through the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Dr. Kelly's career goal is to develop strategies that use targeted manipulation of the microbiome for the prevention and treatment of infections in high-risk groups of children. His current research focuses on elucidating the complex relationships that exist between sociodemographic factors, the upper respiratory microbiome and colonization by potential pneumonia pathogens among infants in Botswana. Ultimately, he aims to develop microbiome therapeutics that effectively prevent pneumonia and other respiratory infections in children.
Publications
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Cunningham AL, Zhbannikov IY, Myers R, Tran TH, Gao W, Lemon KP, et al. Genome mining identifies a diversity of natural product biosynthetic capacity in human respiratory Corynebacterium strains. mSphere. 2025 Jun 25;10(6):e0025825.Kelly MS, Shi P, Boiditswe SC, Qin E, Steenhoff AP, Mazhani T, et al. Role of the upper airway microbiota in respiratory virus and bacterial pathobiont dynamics in the first year of life. Nat Commun. 2025 Jun 4;16(1):5195.Huang M, Xie J, Romdhani H, Song Y, Lee S, Liu D, et al. Global Assessment of Health Utilities Associated with Pneumococcal Disease in Children-Targeted Literature Reviews. Pharmacoeconomics. 2025 May 23;Patel SM, Farirai J, Patel MZ, Boiditswe S, Tawe L, Lekalake S, et al. Alterations of the upper respiratory microbiome among children living with HIV infection in Botswana. 2025.
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