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Dr. Olivia Funk was born in New York, raised in Pennsylvania. She is a licensed pharmacist in New York and Florida. Her clinical practice site is located at the James J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the Bronx, NY where she practices internal medicine and completes clinical outcomes research.

Clinical Specialty

Infectious diseases

Education

Infectious diseases research fellowship, Long Island University & James J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, June 2026
PGY-1, AdventHealth Orlando, 2023
PharmD, Long Island University, 2022

Honors and Awards

  • Rho Chi (inducted in 2021)
  • Dean’s list (Fall 2018-Spring 2021)
  • magna cum laude (2022)
  • IDWeek Trainee Travel Award (2024, 2026)

Research

Antimicrobial resistance, gram-positive infections, Mycobacterium avium complex infections, alternative and novel therapies for treating infections

Professional Service

  • Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP), publications committee member
  • European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), SIDP Trainee Association of ESCMID representative
  • American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), Infectious Diseases Practice and Research Network (IDPRN) research committee member

Teaching Responsibilities

  • PHPN 682: Stable angina, acute coronary syndrome
  • PHPN 721: Comon pharmacological overdoses, hazmat, bioterrorism, chemical warfare, carbon monoxide
  • PHPN 722: Short cases: acute coronary syndrome

Hobbies

Latin dancing, video games, comic books/manga, drawing/painting/digital art, yoga