Jessica R. Snowden MD, MS, MHPTT

Jessica Snowden, MD, MS, MHPTT, is the vice-chair for research in the Department of Pediatrics and associate director of clinical and translational research at Arkansas Children’s Research Institute. She is the co-principal investigator of the IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trial Network’s Data Coordinating and Operations Center, directing clinical operations for trial implementation and professional development across a 17-state NIH-funded research group.

Snowden also has an active, NIH-funded basic science laboratory studying the role of age on the immune responses and neurologic outcomes following infections in the brain, so that we might design improved prevention and treatment strategies for these infections. In addition to her basic science and clinical research, she has a long history of active involvement in medical student, resident, and fellow education and multiple teaching awards. She has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP), a Fellow of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (FPIDS), and a Fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America (FIDSA) and is a member of several national committees focused on medical research.