Hospital Epidemiology/Epidemiology of Infections/Healthcare Quality

• Prevention of healthcare associated infections (Dr. Loreen Herwaldt, Dr. Karen Brust, Dr. Takaaki Kobayashi) or other infection prevention topics
• Antimicrobial stewardship (Drs. Livorsi, Suzuki and Ince)
• Healthcare Quality and Delivery (Drs. Goto, Ohl, Livorsi, Suzuki)
• Computational Epidemiology Program (Drs. Polgreen and Miller)
• Delayed ID diagnoses, C. difficile epidemiology (Drs. Polgreen and Miller)

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

• Mediators of inflammation in metabolic disorders
• Host-pathogen interactions (Staph aureus, Leishmania, Flavivirus, Polyomavirus)
• Innate and cell-mediated immunity
• Phagocyte biology, signal transduction, molecular recognition, antimicrobial peptides
• T-regulatory cell development
• Projects with Microbiology/Immunology Department faculty

Global Health and Parasitology Research

• Basic biology and genetics of Leishmania ; immune response to Leishmania
• Epidemiology of M. leprae infection
• Short-term clinical Leishmania research projects in India or Brazil
• Clinical experiences in Brazil or India
• Collaborators in India: Common causes of febrile illness and encephalitis in Northern India

Clinical Research/Translational Research

• Vaccine Trials
• Ortho ID
• Transplant ID
• Equity in delivery of ID care
• Polyomaviruses
• Antiviral clinical trials

Medical Microbiology

• Projects in clinical 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

Medical Education