Hospital Epidemiology/Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Antimicrobial resistance (Drs. Diekema and Klutts)
- Prevention of healthcare associated infections (Drs. Herwaldt, Diekema, Perencevich and Schweizer)
- Antimicrobial stewardship (Drs. Livorsi and Ince; Brian Hoff and Brett Heinz PharmD’s)
- Healthcare Quality and Delivery, including telehealth (Drs. Schweizer, Perencevich, Goto, Ohl and Livorsi)
Host defenses/Inflammation (Faculty members of the Inflammation Program)
- Innate Immunity
- Complement
- Oxygen radicals/Nitric oxide
- Cell-mediated immunity
- Phagocyte biology, including:
- Signal transduction
- Cellular and molecular recognition
- Iron and calcium metabolism
- Antimicrobial peptides
- NADPH oxidase/Myeloperoxidase
- Phagocytosis
Microbial Pathogenesis
- Parasitic diseases: Leishmania; Viral diseases: Hepatitis viruses and Bacterial Diseases:
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Helicobacter pylori
- Neisseria species
- LPS-induced septic shock
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Francisella tularensis
Clinical Research/Translational Research
- Vaccine Trials (NIH funded Vaccine Treatment Evaluation Unite)
- HIV Clinical Trials
- Parasitology Research projects with Drs. Wilson and Jeronimo (India/Brazil)
- Hepatitis C clinical studies
Clinical Microbiology
- Projects available in clinical micro or in Fungal/Bacterial Resistance (Drs. Ford, Diekema and Klutts)
Computational Epi
- Projects available with Dr. Polgreen
Emerging Infections Network
- Survey projects available with Drs. Polgreen and Herwaldt