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Email

vicki.mercado@bcm.edu

Positions

Medical Resident

Department of Pathology & Immunology
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Houston, Texas United States

Education

BS from Whittier College

05/2015 - Whittier, California United States

Biology

MD-PhD from º£½ÇÉçÇø

05/2025 - Houston, TX USA

Honors & Awards

Richard R. Dickason, Jr., M.D., Ph.D. Outstanding Physician Scientist Award, 2025

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Kelly K. Woodard Award- Outstanding Achievement in Scientific Scholarship, Research, and Leadership, 2021

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Outstanding Teaching Assistant in Immunology and Microbiology, 2021

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Baylor Research Advocates for Student Scientists (BRASS) Scholarship

09/2019 - 12/2023

Stuart A Wallace Award for outstanding performance in Pathology, 2025

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Professional Interests

• Medical Education
• Cytopathology
• Dermatopathology
• Gynecologic Pathology

Selected Publications

• "." Nature Communications. 2024; Pubmed PMID:
• "." BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2024; Pubmed PMID:
• "." Journal of Innate Immunity. 2021; Pubmed PMID:
• "." Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine. 2022; Pubmed PMID:

Memberships

American Society for Clinical Pathology

College of American Pathologists

Funding

Characterizing the Impact of Gestational Diabetes on Immunity and Group B Streptococcal Virulence in the Maternal Reproductive Tract - #5F31AI167547-04

$178,297.00 ( 12/03/2021 - 05/03/2025 )

Grant funding from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease

Grant for Emerging Researchers Mentorship Program (GERM)

( 04/02/2022 - 04/02/2023 )

Grant funding from The Infectious Diseases Society of America