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Department of Internal Medicine - Fellowship Training in Infectious Diseases

Major Areas of Research

Major areas of research in the division include:

Host defenses/Inflammation: Group Faculty
  • Complement
  • Oxygen radicals/Nitric oxide
  • Cell-mediated immunity
  • Phagocyte biology, including:
    • Signal transduction
    • Cellular and molecular recognition
    • Protein biosynthesis
    • Iron and calcium metabolism
    • Antimicrobial peptides
    • NADPH oxidase
    • Myeloperoxidase
    • Phagocytosis
Hospital Epidemiology
  • Antimicrobial resistance
  • Prevention of nosocomial infections
  • Vaccine compliance
  • Outcomes research
Microbial Pathogenesis Group Faculty
  • Parasitic diseases:
    • Trypanosoma cruzi
    • Leishmania donovani
  • Viral diseases:
    • Hepatitis viruses A, B, C, and G
    • HIV
    • CMV
  • Bacterial Diseases:
    • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
    • Helicobacter pylori
    • Neisseria species
    • LPS-induced septic shock
    • Staphylococcus aureus
    • Francisella tularensis
Clinical Research  

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