Kristina G. Hulten, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX with a joint appointment at the School for Health Professions. She is Director of the Dr. Edward O. Mason, Jr. Pediatric Infectious Disease Research Laboratory at Texas Children’s Hospital. Her main research focus concerns the pathology, antimicrobial susceptibility, epidemiology and molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae infections. She is a co-investigator of the U.S. Pediatric Pneumococcal Surveillance Study Group. Her list of publications can be found at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1LuR4zlVj7w/bibliography/public/. At Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Hulten is also involved with Medical School Admissions, basic science classroom instruction, and she is a mentor of trainees ranging from undergraduate students to pediatric residents and fellows.