I am an Assistant Professor in the Department's Medication Outcomes Center. I teach epidemiology and infectious disease pharmacotherapy in the curriculum, conduct research including antibiotic comparative effectiveness and antimicrobial stewardship implementation studies, and support the Medical...
In these multiple images of P. aeruginosa biofilm a bacterial community that takes the form of mushroom-like structures. The main, upper left image looks down at the biofilm, the lower, right-hand images show cross-sections. This biofilm was cultured from the airways of a patient with cystic fibrosis.
Nearly every human bacterial infection—including some of the most serious, life threatening, and costly to treat—can take the form of a biofilm, in which bacteria aggregate into structured communities that enclose themselves within a secreted slime.
I specialize in the treatment of multi-drug resistant infections. My area of research is in the pharmacodynamic optimization of antibiotics for the treatment of multi-drug resistant gram-negative bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa. I am particularly interested in the treatment of bacterial...
I am a mathematical modeler and statistician with research interests in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics and mathematical/statistical methods development.
