Ongoing Studies

2023-2027 Projects

  • 2024 Epi Project: An electronic approach to identify unnecessary vancomycin prescriptions (PI: Jerald Cherian)
  • 2023 Epi Project: Improving patient safety through an enhanced understanding of current practices of antimicrobial resistant organism screening in healthcare facilities (PI: Jenine Leal)
  • Post-pandemic preparedness (PI: Morgan Kuhnly)
  • System approaches to IPC in US hospitals (PI: Michael Stevens)
  • Environmental sustainability and IPC in US hospitals (PI: Preeti Mehrotra)
  • Sustainability and spread of SCIP best practices after policy implementation (PI: Westyn Branch-Elliman)
  • Screening and decolonization of S. aureus to prevent SSIs in surgical outpatients (PI: Susan Kline)
  • Feasibility of using antibiotic-related adverse events to develop a novel antibiotic stewardship metric (PI: Westyn Branch-Elliman)
  • Mathematical modeling for pandemic and emergency preparedness (PI: Eric Lofgren)
  • Bundle use to prevent colon infections (PI: Shelly Zimbric)
  • Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir prescribing processes and access barriers during the COVID-19 Omicron surge (PI: Rebecca Wang)

Previous Projects

  • 2023 Research Scholar: Evaluating racial/ethnic inequities in antibiotic prescribing: Implications for antibiotic stewardship, PI: Shana Burrowes
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Antimicrobial Stewardship, PI: Zanthia Wiley
  • Blood culture benchmarks, PI: Valeria Fabre
  • Fluoroquinolone restriction on CDI (FIRST Trial), PI: Nasia Safdar (study protocol)
  • Sepsis Research Priorities, PI: Nasia Safdar
  • Perceptions of Data Management in Infection Prevention, PI: Carlos Figueroa-Castro
  • 2018 Epi Project: Antibiotic Overuse at Hospital Discharge, PI: Valerie Vaughn
  • 2015 Epi Project: Variation in Practices to Clean and Disinfect Surfaces in SHEA Research Network Facilities, PI: Sujan Reddy
  • ERCP Endoscope Reprocessing Practices to Reduce the Risk of CRE Transmission, PI: David Yassa
  • How to Study Quality Improvement Strategies, PI: Susan Huang