Sampling of Current Research Projects

Clinical trials

• Novel treatment for patients who have developed resistance to standard HIV therapy
• New antibiotics, different combinations of antibiotics, or different ways of delivering antibiotics for bone and joint, lung, bloodstream and other types of infections
• New diagnostic methods for prosthetic joint and other types of infections
• Exploiting beneficial bacteria which out compete pathogens as a novel treatment and prevention approach for travelers diarrhea
• Improving the six-dose, 18 month regimen currently needed to achieve immunity from anthrax by varying numbers of doses and administration techniques

Basic research

• HIV pathogenesis
• Exploiting the ability of infectious agents as vectors to facilitate gene therapy for a variety of diseases, including cancers and infectious diseases
• Prosthetic joint infection pathogenesis
• Mechanisms of biofilm formation
• Mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance
• Novel use of mass spectrometry technology to develop a safer smallpox vaccine
• Immunogenetic studies to better understand varying responses to measles vaccines in healthy individuals

Applied research

• Development of a variety of rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests