Our Fellows

Greta is a Twin Cities native and her education began at the University of Minnesota where she received her undergraduate degree in biology. She continued her studies out east, attending medical school at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine in Virginia.  She then moved back to the Midwest and completed Internal Medicine residency in Chicago at the University of Illinois Chicago - Advocate Christ Medical Center. During residency she also completed her Master’s in Public Health through University of Illinois-Chicago. Greta is looking forward to furthering her career in Infectious Disease back where her journey began at the University of Minnesota. Her clinical interests include antimicrobial stewardship, global health, and hospital epidemiology/infection control. In her free time, Greta enjoys traveling, spending time with her husband and family, staying active/spending time outdoors, reading, cooking, and trying new restaurants. 

Spencer was born and raised in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He completed a general Biology degree at the University of Central Arkansas and then obtained his MD from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences before moving to Minnesota to complete an internal medicine and pediatrics residency. He chose Minnesota program for its strong global health department and completed global health tracks in both internal medicine and pediatrics. After residency, he worked part time in primary care before returning to his true passion of global health and infectious disease. When not working, he spends time with his wife, son, and troublesome dog while perfecting his hobbies of amateur photography and home brewing.

Bruce grew up in southern Delaware. He attended the University of Delaware, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology. He graduated from Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and stayed on to complete the Internal Medicine Residency Program. In addition to his interest in clinical infectious diseases, Bruce has a zeal for teaching and medical education, specifically with a focus on combining video multimedia with medical education. In his free time, he enjoys a variety of activities including skateboarding, basketball, hiking, filmmaking, learning about industrial and railroad history, and gardening. 

Adelaida received her medical degree in 2002, completed the Ob-Gyn residency and worked as an attending in Armenia. She earned her PhD in 2011 at Yerevan State Medical University, Armenia, and then moved to the U.S.

Adelaida completed the Internal Medicine Residency Program at MedStar Health (Harbor Hospital), in Baltimore, Maryland. Prior to starting the residency program, she was a research fellow at Georgia Cancer Center in Augusta, where she worked on the development of combinational cancer immunotherapies and investigation of the evaluation of tumor-mediated immune suppression. Once she completes the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program, her focus will be on infectious diseases in transplant patients. Adelaida enjoys spending time with her family, cooking, baking and solving crossword puzzles.

Christine grew up in Northern Colorado and attended Colorado State University, where she received an undergraduate degree in Biomedical Science. Then she worked for a couple years on a variety of epidemiologic and clinical research projects in Denver, Colorado, before moving to Missouri to attend Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. After medical school, she completed the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Loyola University Medical Center near Chicago. Christine’s interests include epidemiology and global health. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking with her husband, attempting to cook, and frequenting coffee shops.

Serin grew up in India and went to medical school at St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore. During her time in India, she was drawn to infectious diseases among vulnerable populations and developed an aptitude for research. Later, Serin had the opportunity to study public health in Sweden and discovered her passion for epidemiology, health policies and health behavioral change. She completed a Thesis in Public Health from Umea University, Sweden, on Coping Self-Efficacy in HIV patients. She did her residency in Internal Medicine from Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital in Chicago, where her love for infectious diseases and her zeal to take care of underserved populations were further reinforced. During her residency, she was engaged in various studies, including a project to improve the appropriateness of urinary catheter use among the resident community to mitigate Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections. Serin is excited to start her fellowship and is interested in epidemiological research, infection control and public health. In her spare time, she enjoys volleyball, hiking, ping-pong, music and dance, and is a certified WERQ Dance Fitness Instructor.

Caleb grew up in a small town in rural North Dakota. He completed both his undergraduate and medical school at the University of North Dakota. He then went out west and finished his Internal Medicine Residency Program in Spokane, WA. Caleb first developed an interest in international work, after living in Ethiopia for one year where he helped develop a laboratory to diagnose malaria in the rural countryside. He has subsequently traveled back to Ethiopia several times for various short-term medical projects. His fellowship interests include global-public health, tropical medicine, and academics/teaching. In his spare time, he enjoys the outdoors, fishing, and playing volleyball.