
Infectious Diseases News and Events
M. Hong Nguyen, MD – Receives NIH Grant Research Award
Minh-Hong Nguyen, MD, has been awarded funding in the amount of $498,557 for a two-year grant by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID) entitled, “Genomic diversity of Candida bloodstream infections.”
Ghady Haidar, MD, Receives K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career
Ghady Haidar, MD, has been awarded funding in the amount of $895,725 for a five-year K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award from the NIH/NIAID entitled “The Gut Microbiome in Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Colonization, Persistence, Infection, and Tolerance after Lung or Liver Transplantation.”
M. Hong Nguyen, MD – Receives Transformative Science Award
Minh-Hong Nguyen, MD, has been awarded funding in the amount of $100,000 as a recipient of the Transformative Science Award granted by the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Medicine for her proposal to expand the capabilities of the Pitt-UPMC Center for Fungal Genomics.
Congratulations Yohei Doi, MD, PhD
Yohei Doi, MD, PhD, has been promoted to the rank of Professor of Medicine with tenure, effective February 1, 2021.
Ghady Haidar, MD – Receives Karius Investigator Award
Ghady Haidar MD, has been awarded funding in the amount of $110,598 for a two-year study by the Karius Investigator Initiated Clinical Studies Review Committee entitled “Metagenomic sequencing for lung transplant recipients with respiratory tract infections: a pilot study.”
Congratulations Bernard “Beej” Macatangay, MD!
Bernard “Beej” Macatangay MD, was recently promoted to the rank of Associate Professor of Medicine and Immunology.

Dr. Dimiter Dimitrov named a Science Superhero
Dr. Dimitrov was one of ten researchers awarded with this distinction by MediFind based on his discovery of potent, neutralizing monoclonal SARS-CoV-2 antibodies as part of the U.S. COVID-19 response.
Ghady Haidar, MD – Receives Hillman Cancer Center Research Award
Ghady Haidar MD, has been awarded funding in the amount of $203,205 for a three-year study through the Hillman Cancer Center to develop a Hematological Malignancy Infectious Diseases (HMID) Biorepository.
Ryan K. Shields, PharmD, MS – Receives NIH Grant Research Award
Ryan K. Shields, PharmD, MS, has been awarded funding for a two-year grant by the NIH/NIAID entitled, “Use of site-specific pharmacokinetics to optimize antibiotic combinations and prevent the emergence of resistance against CRE.”
Cornelius (Neil) J. Clancy, MD – Receives NIH Grant Research Award
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.”
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