Infectious Diseases Fellowship Research

Leading Research from the Division of Infectious Diseases

The Division of Infectious Diseases at BIDMC is dedicated to excellence in clinical and translational research as well as scholarship to improve health care delivery. Our faculty engage in world-class scientific investigation in HIV treatment and prevention, vaccine development and trials, infection control and hospital epidemiology, antimicrobial stewardship, global health care, microbiology and advanced diagnostics, and medical education. Our faculty is deeply committed to healthcare equity and investigating and addressing disparities with our research efforts. Click here to read recent healthcare equity publications from our Division.

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Research from the Division

Browse the slides below for a look at recent research publications from our ID Division fellows and faculty.

Research Published by the Division of Infectious Diseases

Wendy Stead, MD, Infectious Disease Fellowship Director, recently published work entitled, "One Person" in JAMA.

Research Published by the Division of Infectious Diseases

Kenneth Mayer, MD, has published work on “New HIV Prevention Approaches: Promise, Praxis, and Pitfalls" in The Lancet.

Research Published by the Division of Infectious Diseases

Douglas Krakower, MD, has published, “Perverse Incentives – HIV Prevention and the 304B Drug Pricing Program” in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Research Published by the Division of Infectious Diseases

Dan Barouch, MD, PhD, Director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, and collaborators have published, “Substantial Neutralization Escape by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variants BQ.11 and XBB1” in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Research Published by the Division of Infectious Diseases

Westyn Branch-Elliman, MD, recently published work on, “Estimated Impact of the US COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign-Getting to 94% of Deaths Prevented” in JAMA Open Network.

Research Published by the Division of Infectious Diseases

Kathryn Stephenson, MD, MPH, has published “Novel chikungunya vaccine shows promise for durable protection” in Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Research Published by the Division of Infectious Diseases

Carolyn Alonso, MD, Nira Pollock, MD, PhD, and collaborators have published “Higher In Vivo Fecal Concentrations of Clostridioides difficile Toxins A and B in Patients With North American Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Type 1/Ribotype 027 Strain Infection” in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Research Published by the Division of Infectious Diseases

Rebecca Zash, MD, and Roger Shapiro, MD, have published work on, Incident HIV acquisition among pregnant women in Botswana: findings from the Tsepamo birth outcomes surveillance study” in the Journal of the International AIDS Society.

Research Published by the Division of Infectious Diseases

Ruvandhi Nathavitharana, MD, MPH, and collaborators have published work on “Predicting Airborne Infection Risk: Association Between Personal Ambient Carbon Dioxide Level Monitoring and Incidence of Tuberculosis Infection in South African Health Workers” in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Research Published by the Division of Infectious Diseases

Monica Mahoney, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, has published, “Pharmacists as important prescribers of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) antivirals” in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology.