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Division of Infectious Diseases

Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Name 
Areas of Special Interest 
Treatment of pediatric HIV, prevention of perinatal HIV transmission, and HIV vaccine studies 
Multicenter pediatric anti-infective trials, neonatal infections 
Pediatric vaccine trials 
Safety, efficacy and pharmacokinetics of antimicrobials in infants
General infectious diseases, medical education 
 
Basic pathogenesis of hepatitis C, clinical outcomes of hepatitis C infection 
Tropical and parasitic diseases, mosquito and tick-borne infections, and travel medicine, pediatric and adolescent HIV/AIDS
Treatment of HIV infection in children, medical  education 
Clinical research in treatment of Pediatric HIV infection 
HIV and Tb vaccine design and development 
Molecular and cellular determinants of uropathogenic E. coli infection 
Haemophilus influenzae pathogenesis and vaccine development 
Clinical and basic research in invasive fungal infections, with primary interest in Aspergillus pathogenesis 
Vaccine research in the Pediatric Primary Care Division, pediatric travel, international adoption 
Samuel L. Katz, MD, emeritus 
Pediatric vaccines, vaccine delivery in low resource settings
Treatment of HIV-infected children, prevention of mother to child HIV transmission in resource limited settings 

Fellows

Name 
Areas of Special Interest
Dwight Yin, MD
First-year fellow.
Ann Buchanan, MD, MPH, DTM&H
Second-year fellow conducting research on the diagnosis and treatment of mycobacterial infections in HIV-positive children in Africa.
Luise Rogg, MD, PhD
Second-year fellow conducting research on the calcineurin control of the cell wall in Aspergillus fumigatus.
Maria Guadalupe Lopez Marti, MD 
Third-year fellow conducting research on hospital infection control and respiratory viral pathogens in pediatric bone marrow transplant recipients.

Post-doctoral Associate

Name                                            Role

Jarrod Fortwendel, PhD                  Post-doctoral Associate

Staff

Name 
Role 
Brenda Cole 
Administrative Secretary 
Terry Hales 
GME Program Coordinator
Jesse Kaluka
Administrative Manager
Lindsay Johnson
Staff Assistant
Cheryl Lucker
Staff Assistant
Eileen Wojciechowski   
Financial Analyst 

Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Unit And HIV Research Staff

Name 
Role 
Linda Connor
Outreach Social Worker
Rachel Dizney
Clinic Social Worker
Margaret Donnelly
Physician Assistant
Mary Jo Hassett
Nurse Coordinator
Carole Mathison
Senior Research Aid
Teresa Martling
Clinical Research Coordinator
Mary McLees-Lane
Outreach Social Work Supervisor
Sunita Patil
Clinical Research Coordinator
John Swetnam 
Research Analyst
Joan Wilson 
Research Nurse Coordinator
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Contact Information
Division offices 
T915 Children's Health Center
Duke University Medical Center, Box 3499
Durham, NC 27710
919-684-6335
919-668-4859 fax 
Other numbers 
Pediatrician on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week:
919-970-7420
919-970-7423 alternate
Links
Katz-Wilfert Update at katzwilfert.pediatrics.duke.edu
 
Pediatric Fungal Network at pfn.pediatrics.duke.edu
 
Center for HIV-AIDS Vaccine Immunology at chavi.org
 
Duke Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health at
Pediatrics Infectious Diseases Society at www.pids.org  Infectious Diseases Society of America at www.idsociety.org

National Pediatric AIDS Network at www.npan.org

Women, Children, and HIV at www.womenchildrenhiv.org 
 
International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Group
 
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