Division of Infectious Diseases

Research

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Faculty Research Areas

  • Dr. Akkad’s research interests include – incidence and outcomes of COVID-19 in liver transplant recipients. He is working to establish guidelines and protocols on pre transplant vaccination and medication prophylaxis as well as post transplantation protocols.

  • Dr. Atallah’s research interest includes complex infectious disease cases as well as the education of trainees. She has an additional interest in treating patients with prosthetic joint infections and other orthopedic infection-related complications.

  • Dr. Dubé’s research interests focus on the complications of HIV infection as well as on HIV prevention. He has also participated COVID-19 therapeutic trials.

  • Dr. Jones-Lopez’s area of research is the transmission and diagnostics of tuberculosis as well as the study of household TB contact. His research also includes the epidemiology and translational science of TB.

  • Dr. Nanda’s areas of research is strategies to prevent healthcare associated infections and optimize use of appropriate antimicrobials. In addition, her research also includes epidemiology of novel pathogens like COVID-19 and associated therapeutics

  • Dr. Khan conducts research on novel diagnostic assays to assess the immune response to viral respiratory infections and vaccination. He has also participated in clinical trials related to COVID-19 therapeutics.

Collaborate Information

Faculty Engaged in Scholarly Work:

Apurva Akkad, MD

  • Liver/solid organ Transplantation
  • Pre Transplant Vaccination
  • Medication Prophylaxis

Liana Atallah, MD

  • Prosthetic joint infections
  • Medical Education
  • General Infectious Diseases

Michael Dubé, MD

  • Inflammation, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic complications of HIV
  • HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
  • Gut microbiome and PrEP

Edward Jones-Lopez, MD

  • TB transmission
  • TB diagnostics

Saahir Khan, MD

  • Transplant Infections
  • Immunology
  • Virology

Neha Nanda, MD Interim Division Chief

  • Prescriber behavior and appropriate antimicrobial use
  • Strategies to prevent healthcare associate infections (C.difficile and other HAIs)
  • COVID-19 therapeutics