Highlighted Research Activities
Our faculty performs cutting-edge clinical, translational, and basic science research in the pathogenesis and treatment of infectious diseases, including HIV, CNS viral infections, hepatitis C virus, respiratory tract infections, and gram-negative bacterial infections.
Laboratory-Based and Basic Sciences
![David Beckham, M.D.](/departments/internal-medicine/divisions/infectious-diseases/assets/beckham-david-square.jpg)
Clinical & Research Interests:
Arbovirus Pathogenesis
Neuroimmunology and neurodegeneration
![David Greenberg, M.D.](/departments/internal-medicine/divisions/infectious-diseases/assets/greenberg-david-square.jpg)
Clinical & Research Interests:
Antibiotic resistance
Novel therapeutics
Genomics
![Dr. Theodoros Kelesidis](/departments/internal-medicine/divisions/infectious-diseases/assets/kelesidis-theodoros-square.jpg)
Theodoros Kelesidis, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical & Research Interests:
Antibiotic resistance
Novel therapeutics
Genomics
![Dr. Lenette Lu](/departments/internal-medicine/divisions/infectious-diseases/assets/lu-lenette-square.jpg)
Clinical & Research Interests:
Antibody effector functions
Antibody glycosylation
Host microbial interactions
Humoral immunity
Tuberculosis
![Michael Shiloh, M.D., Ph.D.](/departments/internal-medicine/divisions/infectious-diseases/assets/shiloh-michael-square.jpg)
Clinical & Research Interests:
Tuberculosis mucosal and innate immunity
![Josephine Thinwa, M.D., Ph.D.](/departments/internal-medicine/divisions/infectious-diseases/assets/thinwa-josephine-square.jpg)
Clinical & Research Interests:
Autophagy
Innate Immunity
Neuroimmunology
Viral Pathogenesis
Clinical and Quantitative Sciences
![Dr. Roger Bedimo](/departments/internal-medicine/divisions/infectious-diseases/assets/bedimo-roger-square.jpg)
Clinical & Research Interests:
Analysis of the rates, determinants, and mechanisms of chronic complications of HIV disease and antiretroviral therapy, including cardiovascular diseases, non-AIDS malignancies, and metabolic bone disease
Role of hepatitis C co-infection on HIV-associated morbidity
![Dr. Pearlie Chong](/departments/internal-medicine/divisions/infectious-diseases/assets/chong-pearlie-square.jpg)
Clinical & Research Interests:
Clinical and translational research projects in HSCT/hematological malignancies and SOT recipients
Role of gut microbiota in human norovirus infections in transplant patients (funded by NIAID K23)
![Dr. Jeremy Chow](/departments/internal-medicine/divisions/infectious-diseases/assets/chow-jeremy-square.jpg)
Clinical & Research Interests:
Understanding trends in hospitalizations among people living with HIV in states with and without Medicaid expansion
![Dr. James Cutrell](/departments/internal-medicine/divisions/infectious-diseases/assets/cutrell-brad-square.jpg)
Clinical & Research Interests:
Chronic non-AIDS complications of HIV
Antimicrobial stewardship and healthcare epidemiology
Novel approaches to medical education
![Mamta Jain, M.D.](/departments/internal-medicine/divisions/infectious-diseases/assets/jain-mamta-square.jpg)
Clinical & Research Interests:
Clinical trials in HIV prevention, HIV treatment, HIV/HBV, HIV/HCV, influenza
HIV clinical outcomes and linkage to care
Hepatitis C treatment in special populations
![Dr. Ricardo La Hoz](/departments/internal-medicine/divisions/infectious-diseases/assets/la-hoz-ricardo-square.jpg)
Clinical & Research Interests:
Donor-derived infections
Optimizing deceased organ donor utilization and testing
Parasitic infections in solid organ transplant recipients
![Dr. Christian Larsen](/departments/internal-medicine/divisions/infectious-diseases/assets/larsen-christian-square.jpg)
Clinical & Research Interests:
Non-tuberculous mycobacterium
Medical education
![Ank Nijhawan, M.D.](/departments/internal-medicine/divisions/infectious-diseases/assets/nijhawan-ank-square.jpg)
Clinical & Research Interests:
HIV
Health services and outcomes research
Transitions of care
Correctional health
![Dr. Trish Perl](/departments/internal-medicine/divisions/infectious-diseases/assets/perl-trish-square.jpg)
Clinical & Research Interests:
Health care-associated infections
Antimicrobial resistance
Infection Prevention
Emerging infectious diseases
![Dr. Bonnie Prokesch](/departments/internal-medicine/divisions/infectious-diseases/assets/prokesch-bonnie-square.jpg)
Clinical & Research Interests:
Antimicrobial stewardship
Therapies for patients with recurrent urinary tract infections with resistant pathogens
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and the multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and treatment
![Dr. Jeffrey Tessier](/departments/internal-medicine/divisions/infectious-diseases/assets/tessier-jeffrey-square.jpg)
Clinical & Research Interests:
Pathogenesis and treatment of bacterial toxin-mediated diseases: Clostridioides difficile, Bacillus anthracis
Intra-abdominal infections
Clinical trials in immunocompromised patients