Dr. Andrea Beaton

Co-Director and Senior Investigator
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Dr. Andrea Beaton, a co-founder of the RRCU, has been collaborating with investigators in Uganda for over 10 years, co-authoring over 45 publications with the Ugandan team. As the RRCU’s co-Director, Dr. Beaton has helped secure dozens of grants for RRCU-based work and build RRCU’s global network of RHD researchers. Dr. Beaton is committed to mentoring the next generation of clinician-scientists, and over 30 early career students, nurses and physicians have received direct mentoring through this collaboration.   

Dr. Beaton’s dedication to reducing the global burden of RHD began as a cardiology fellow, when she spent several months conducting echocardiographic screenings in Kampala schools.  During that study she found that nearly 2 out of every 100 children were affected by RHD, and she saw first-hand the devastating consequences of this largely preventable disease.  It was also during this time that she forged a friendship and reserach partnership with Dr. Okello, that has grown into the RRCU of today.   

Dr. Beaton earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychobiology at Centre College (Kentucky, USA), a Medical Degree from the University of Louisville (Kentucky, USA), and a Master of Science in Clinical and Translational Science from the George Washington University (District of Columbia, USA). Dr. Beaton is a Pediatric Cardiologist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (Ohio, USA) and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati (Ohio, USA).