CHIP Faculty
Betsy Foxman, Director
Specializes in molecular epidemiology of infectious disease; also directs the UM center
for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (MAC-EPID)
Matthew Boulton
Public health systems/services, surveillance and field investigation of infectious
diseases, uses of isolation and quarantine, assessment of the public health workforce,
and public health in China
Sue Bradley
Aging and the host response to infection, and antibiotic resistance in long-term care
geriatrics. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection.
Lona Mody
Infections and antimicrobial resistance in long-term care, pneumonia in older adults,
and quality of care in nursing homes.
Emily Toth Martin
Clinical and molecular epidemiology of viral and bacterial diseases.
Arnold Monto
Occurrence, etiology and prevention of infectious diseases in industrialized and developing
countries, frequency and cause of respiratory infections in families living in the
community.
Alex Rickard
How bacteria interact with one another in environmental or medically relevant situations
and the resulting ramifications for human health.
Laraine Washer
Prevention of infection with multi-drug resistant organisms including Carbapenem Eesistant
Enterobacteriaceae and Clostridium difficile. Prevention of device associated infections
including central line bloodstream infections and catheter associated urinary tract
infections. Antimicrobial stewardship.
Mark Wilson
Ecology of infectious disease, spatial pattern analysis, global change and health.
Zhenhua Yang
Epidemiology of tuberculosis, biology of latent tuberculosis infection, virulence-related
genetic variations among clinical strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and joint
impact of microbial and host genetic diversities on the efficay of tuberculosis vaccines
Christy Zalewski - Information to come.