Research Faculty
Michael J. Smith, MD, MSCE, Chief
Areas of interest: Pediatric antimicrobial stewardship, pediatric anti-infective and vaccine clinical trials
Ibukun Kalu, MD
Areas of interest: Pediatric infection control, neonatal infections
Daniel K. Benjamin, Jr., MD, PhD, MPH
Areas of interest: Multicenter pediatric anti-infective trials, neonatal infections
Michael Cohen-Wolkowiez, MD, PhD
Areas of interest: Safety, efficacy and pharmacokinetics of antimicrobials in infants and children
Dorothy E. Dow, MD, MScGH
Areas of interest: HIV maternal to child transmission, mental health in adolescents with HIV
Jillian Hurst, PhD
Areas of interest: Molecular mechanisms that promote signaling fidelity
Paul M. Lantos, MD
Areas of interest: Tropical and parasitic diseases, mosquito and tick-borne infections and travel medicine
Kathleen A. McGann, MD
Areas of interest: Treatment of HIV infection in children, medical education
M. Anthony Moody, MD
Areas of interest: Multicenter vaccine studies, development of novel adjuvants, response of the humoral immune system to vaccination and infection
Neeraj Surana, MD, PhD
Areas of interest: Microbiome science, gnotobiotic murine models, inflammation and infection
Emmanuel ("Chip") Walter, MD, MPH
Areas of interest: Pediatric and adult vaccines and vaccine safety
Selected Division Clinical Research
- Pharmacokinetics of anti-infectives in pediatrics
- Pediatric antimicrobial stewardship
- Antifungal treatment of pediatric invasive candidiasis
- Newer antifungal agents for invasive yeast and mold infections
- Immune responses to novel vaccines
- Evaluation of HIV vaccines in domestic as well as international settings
- Impact of mental health on antiretroviral medication adherence during adolescence
Selected Division Basic and Translational Research
- Molecular and cellular determinants of uropathogenic E. coli infection
- Evaluation of the pathogenic mechanisms of Aspergillus infection
- Discovery of novel antifungals
- ​Newer biomarkers for diagnosis of invasive candidiasis
- Microbiome influence on hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients
- Microbiome influence on the risk of pneumonia in African infants
- Evaluation of maternal immune responses and protection against perinatal viral pathogens
- Evaluation of virus variants that are transmitted placentally and via breastfeeding
- Innate antiviral factors in breast milk
- Maternal HIV-1 and CMV vaccine development
- Infant HIV-1 vaccine development