{"id":706,"date":"2020-08-13T14:06:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T14:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/infectious-diseases\/?page_id=706"},"modified":"2022-09-01T10:47:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T15:47:40","slug":"faculty-research-insterests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/infectious-diseases\/faculty-research-insterests\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Research Interests"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Faculty<\/th>Research Focus<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Thomas F. Patterson, M.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor of Medicine
\nDivision Chief, Infectious Diseases
\nVice Chair for Faculty Development
\nPatterson@uthscsa.edu<\/a><\/td>		Animal Models of Invasive Fungal Infections
\nAntifungal Susceptibility Testing
\nAntifungal Therapy
\nClinical Mycology
\nFungal Diagnostics
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sunil K. Ahuja, M.D., M.S.<\/a>
\nProfessor of Medicine
\nPresident's Council\/Dielmann Chair for Excellence in Medical Research
\nDirector, Research Enhancement Programs, VPR Office<\/a>
\nAhujas@uthscsa.edu<\/a><\/td>		P4 (prediction, prevention, personalization, and participatory) medicine
\nImmunologic, genetic, and epigenetic determinants of immunologic diseases such as asthma, allergy, HIV, and COVID-19
\nAge independent prediction of acute COVID-19 outcomes and vaccine responses
\nDevelopment of metrics of immunologic health that predict immunity-dependent outcomes, including lifespan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gregory M. Anstead, M.D., Ph.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor\/Clinical
\nAnstead@uthscsa.edu<\/a>
\n<\/td>		Vector-Borne and Parasitic Infections
\nHistorical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
\nMRSA Treatment
\nHIV Clinical Care
\nEndemic Mycoses<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jason Bowling, M.D.<\/a>
\nAssociate Professor\/Clinical
\nDirector of Hospital Epidemiology, UHS
\nBowling@uthscsa.edu<\/a><\/td>		The effect of antibiotic utilization on antibiotic resistance
\nHealth care associated infections
\nAntibiotic stewardship
\nOutpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jose A. Cadena Zuluaga, M.D.<\/a>
\nAssociate Professor\/Clinical
\nCadenazuluag@uthscsa.edu<\/a><\/td>		VA Cooperative studies: Optial Treatment for Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection (OpTION)
\nSummit
\nPredictors of CDI and Healthy Aging Outcomes in a prospective cohort of Veterans
\nVA Cooperative studies: Investigation of Rifampin to reduce pedal amputations for osteomyelitis in diabetics (VA INTREPID)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Heta Javeri, M.D., MPH<\/a>
\nAssistant Professor\/Clinical
\nFellowship Program Director
\nJaveri@uthscsa.edu<\/a><\/td>		OPAT Quality Improvement Project
\nCase Series
\nNTM Review \u2013 Retrospective review of cases of non-tuberculous mycobacterial
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Senlin Li, M.D., M.S.<\/a>
\nProfessor\/Research
\nLis1@uthscsa.edu<\/a><\/td>		Novel\/non-toxic hematopoietic and immune compartment replacement\/rejuvenation
\nHematopoietic stem cell transplantation-based immune cell\/macrophage\/microglia-mediated neurotrophic factor gene therapy for neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson\u2019s and Alzheimer\u2019s
\nHematopoietic stem cell transplantation-based immune cell\/macrophage-mediated gene therapy for atherosclerosis
\nHematopoietic stem cell transplantation-based genetic engineering for potential eradiation of HIV or induction of long-term remission without requiring ongoing antiretroviral therapy
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jan E. Patterson, M.D., M.S.<\/a>
\nProfessor of Medicine
\nAssociate Dean, Quality & Lifelong Learning<\/a>
\nPattersonj@uthscsa.edu<\/a><\/td>		Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
\nOpportunities for participation in QI inter-professional education
\nIntegrative Medicine
\nUse of other integrative therapies in clinical medicine
\nCOVID Clinical Research
\nID Emergency Preparedness
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ruth C. Serrano Pinilla, M.D<\/a>.
\nAssistant Professor\/Clinical
\nSerranopinil@uthscsa.edu<\/a><\/td>		Access to care for disadvantaged population, community-based projects
\nPerceptions of HIV risk and knowledge of HIV prevention strategies among minorities recently diagnosed with HIV infection in South Texas
\nResearch\u00a0Activity and\u00a0Community\u00a0Engagement\u00a0to\u00a0Screen,\u00a0Treat and\u00a0Organize\u00a0Prevention for Hepatitis C (HCV) \u2013 (RACE to STOP HCV)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barbara Taylor, M.D., M.S.<\/a>
\nAssociate Professor of Medicine
\nAssistant Dean, MD\/MPH Program<\/a>
\nAdjunct Faculty, Kate Marmion School of Public Health
\nTaylorb4@uthscsa.edu<\/a><\/td>		Improving health outcomes in underserved populations living with HIV
\nImproving engagement in HIV care in San Antonio
\nDetermining the impact of chronic comorbidities in the context of HIV as a chronic illness
\nHIV vaccine trials
\nCOVID-19 vaccine trials, clinical trials, and observational studies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elizabeth A. Walter, M.D.<\/a>
\nProfessor\/Clinical
\nWaltere@uthscsa.edu<\/a><\/td>		Antimicrobial Stewardship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":266,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-706","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nFaculty Research Interests - Infectious Diseases<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/infectious-diseases\/faculty-research-insterests\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Faculty Research Interests - Infectious Diseases\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/infectious-diseases\/faculty-research-insterests\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Infectious Diseases\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-01T15:47:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\\\/infectious-diseases\\\/faculty-research-insterests\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\\\/infectious-diseases\\\/faculty-research-insterests\\\/\",\"name\":\"Faculty Research Interests - Infectious Diseases\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\\\/infectious-diseases\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-13T14:06:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-01T15:47:40+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\\\/infectious-diseases\\\/faculty-research-insterests\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\\\/infectious-diseases\\\/faculty-research-insterests\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\\\/infectious-diseases\\\/faculty-research-insterests\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\\\/infectious-diseases\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Faculty Research Interests\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\\\/infectious-diseases\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\\\/infectious-diseases\\\/\",\"name\":\"Infectious Diseases\",\"description\":\"Division of Infectious Diseases\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\\\/infectious-diseases\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Faculty Research Interests - Infectious Diseases","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/infectious-diseases\/faculty-research-insterests\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Faculty Research Interests - Infectious Diseases","og_description":"[vc_row][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","og_url":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/infectious-diseases\/faculty-research-insterests\/","og_site_name":"Infectious Diseases","article_modified_time":"2022-09-01T15:47:40+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/infectious-diseases\/faculty-research-insterests\/","url":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/infectious-diseases\/faculty-research-insterests\/","name":"Faculty Research Interests - Infectious Diseases","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/infectious-diseases\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-08-13T14:06:36+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-01T15:47:40+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/infectious-diseases\/faculty-research-insterests\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/infectious-diseases\/faculty-research-insterests\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/infectious-diseases\/faculty-research-insterests\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/infectious-diseases\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Faculty Research Interests"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/infectious-diseases\/#website","url":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/infectious-diseases\/","name":"Infectious Diseases","description":"Division of Infectious Diseases","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/infectious-diseases\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/infectious-diseases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/infectious-diseases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/infectious-diseases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/infectious-diseases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/266"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/infectious-diseases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/infectious-diseases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/infectious-diseases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}