Cornelius (Neil) J. Clancy, MD, has been awarded funding for a two-year grant by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID) entitled, “Polyclonality of carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae bloodstream infections.”

The Division continues to expand its expertise and reach through in-person and Tele-ID services. Join us in welcoming Philip J. Palmieri, MD, and Shanza Khan Mahmood, MD!

Cristian Apetrei, MD, PhD, has been awarded funding in the amount of $1,395,515 for a two-year COVID-19 Supplement by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIH/NIDDK) entitled “Impact of a SARS-CoV-2...

Kevin W. Joseph, B.S., has been awarded funding in the amount of $25,320 towards an annual stipend in addition to tuition and conference attendance travel costs for up to a two-year period by the Pitt AIDS Research Training (PART) program supported through the...

We are very pleased to announce several new faculty members who are joining the ID Division. The Division continues to expand its expertise and reach through in-person and Tele-ID services. As a result, the types of faculty appointments have also expanded to include...

Giraldina Trevejo-Nunez, MD, has been awarded funding in the amount of $156,500 for a two-year grant by the National Institutes of Health/National Heart Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH/NHLBI) entitled “Domain-specific role of IL-17RA in controlling Klebsiella...

Palash Samanta, MBBS MD, has been awarded funding in the amount of $52,250 for a two-year study by the Merck Investigator Studies Program Review Committee (MISP-RC) entitled “Real-world experience of Imipenem-Relebactam (IMI/REL) for treating Pseudomonas aeruginosa...

We are very pleased to announce several new faculty members who are joining the ID Division. As we have discussed, the Division is rapidly expanding its expertise and reach through Tele-ID services that are administered by ID Connect. As a consequence, the types of...

Matthew Culyba, MD, PhD, has been awarded funding for a two-year grant by the Competitive Medical Research Fund (CMRF) entitled “Identification of Novel Therapeutic Targets by Tracking the Evolutionary Dynamics of MRSA Bloodstream Infection”.

Minh-Hong Nguyen, MD, has been awarded funding in the amount of $470,655 for a two-year grant by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID) entitled “Invasive aspergillosis complicating severe influenza.” This proposal was submitted in response to the competitive funding opportunity entitled NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (Parent R21) under funding opportunity number PA-19-053.