Hospital Epidemiology/Epidemiology of Infections/Antimicrobial Stewardship

• Prevention of healthcare associated infections (Dr. Loreen Herwaldt) or other infection prevention topics
• Antimicrobial stewardship (Drs. Livorsi and Ince)
• Healthcare Quality and Delivery, including telehealth (Drs. Goto, Ohl, Livorsi, Suzuki)
• Computational Epidemiology Program (Dr. Polgreen)

Host defenses/Inflammation (Faculty members of the Inflammation Program)

• Host-pathogen interactions
• Innate and cell-mediated immunity
• Phagocyte biology, including:
  • Signal transduction, molecular recognition, phagocytosis
  • Iron and calcium metabolism
  • Antimicrobial peptides
  • NADPH oxidase/Myeloperoxidase
• Projects with Microbiology/Immunology Department faculty members

Global Health and Parasitology Research

• Basic biology genetics and immune response of Leishmania
• Epidemiology of M. leprae infection
• Short-term clinical leishmaniasis research projects in India or Brazil

Clinical Research/Translational Research

• Antimicrobial Stewardship
• Vaccine Trials
• HIV Clinical Trials, SARS CoV-2 therapeutic trials
• Ortho ID
• Equity in delivery of ID care

Medical Microbiology

• Projects available in medical micro (Drs. Ford and Prasidthrathsint)

Emerging Infections Network

• National ID provider survey projects available with Drs. Polgreen and Herwaldt

Clinical Reviews or Case Series/Case Reports

• Multiple clinical faculty members can mentor

Medical Education