Ongoing Studies

2023 Projects

  • 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)
  • Antimicrobial stewardship in neutropenic fever (Xiao Wang)
  • 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

  • Promoting Antibiotic Stewardship in Home Care Settings (2022 Epi Project), PI: Rupak Datta
  • Evaluating racial/ethnic inequities in antibiotic prescribing: Implications for antibiotic stewardship (Research Scholar), PI: Shana Burrows
  • Stewardship in the management of neutropenic fever, PI: Matthew Ziegler
  • Bundles to prevent surgical site infections following colorectal procedures, PI: Aurora Pop-Vicas
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Antimicrobial Stewardship, PI: Zanthia Wiley
  • Blood culture benchmarks, PI: Valeria Fabre
  • Fluoroquinolone restriction on CDI, PI: Nasia Safdar (study protocol)
  • Development and Evaluation of a Checklist for Reliable Environmental Cleaning in Occupied and Semi-private Patient Rooms: CheckR (Research Scholar), PI: Linda McKinley
  • Current Use of Routine Contact Precautions for MDROs, PI: Emily Martin
  • HVAC Settings, SSIs, COVID-19, and Climate Change, PI: Jason Burnham
  • Burnout in Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Mixed Methods Study (Research Scholar), PI: Julie Szymczak
  • Development of Validated Diagnostic Stewardship Strategy to Improve Reflex Urine Culture Utilization and Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infections (Research Scholar), PI: Sonali Advani
  • Study of Effect of Fluoroquinolone Restriction on CDI (FIRST Trial), PI: Nasia Safdar
  • Active Bathing to Eliminate Infection (ABATE), PI: Jonathan Zenilman
  • Sepsis Research Priorities, PI: Nasia Safdar
  • Molecular Epidemiology of Spinal Fusion Surgical Site Infection and Influence of Preoperative Patient Microbiome, PI: Dustin Long
  • Perceptions of Data Management in Infection Prevention, PI: Carlos Figueroa-Castro
  • Antibiotic Overuse at Hospital Discharge (Epi Project), PI: Valerie Vaughn
  • NOSOFlu: Developing Healthcare-Associated Flu Definitions, PI: Philippe Vanhems
  • Variation in Practices to Clean and Disinfect Surfaces in SHEA Research Network Facilities (Epi Project), PI: Sujan Reddy
  • ERCP Endoscope Reprocessing Practices to Reduce the Risk of CRE Transmission, PI: David Yassa
  • Applying the Washington State Validation Protocol to Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Reporting Across a National Cohort (Epi Project), PI: Jason Lempp
  • How to Study Quality Improvement Strategies, PI: Susan Huang