Our faculty are heavily involved in research and mentoring. Details of basic science and clinical translational science are on our Research page.
Jennifer A. Philips, MD, PhD
Theodore and Bertha Bryan Professor, Departments of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology; Co-Chief, Infectious Diseases Division
- Phone: 314-747-8058
- Email: philips.j.a@nospam.wustl.edu
Dr. Philips is principal investigator of an NIH-funded lab that studies how Mycobacterium tuberculosis evades the host immune response.
Barbara W. Trautner, MD, PhD
Gerald and Judith Medoff Professor of Infectious Diseases, Professor of Medicine, Co-Chief, Infectious Diseases Division
- Phone: 314-454-8354
- Email: trautner@nospam.wustl.edu
Dr. Trautner’s research focuses on diagnostic and antibiotic stewardship, particularly for urinary tract infections (UTIs). She has led trials to disseminate successful antibiotic stewardship interventions, improve the diagnosis and treatment of UTIs in men, develop bacteriophage therapy for UTIs in individuals with spinal cord injuries, and to reduce overdiagnosis of catheter-associated UTI.
Joshua Nordman, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Fax: 815-205-4595
- Email: j.d.nordman@wustl.edu
Dr. Joshua Nordman specializes in clinical infectious diseases, with a particular interest in the intersection of social vulnerability and infection. His research interests include antimicrobial research that leverages electronic health record (EHR) systems and large language models (LLMs) for improvement in patient care outcomes.
Patrick D. Olson, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Email: olsonp@wustl.edu
Areas of Interest in ID:
Host pathogen interaction in bacterial pathogenesis
Priya Pal, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Email: priyapal@wustl.edu
Dr. Priya Pal is a physician-scientist and infectious disease specialist whose research bridges fundamental immunology and translational HIV science. She additionally runs an HIV cure trial out of the Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit (ID-CRU) and serves on the inpatient infectious diseases consult service.
Anupam Pande, MD, MPH, FIDSA
Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-454-8354
- Fax: 314-454-5392
- Email: apande@wustl.edu
Dr. Pande specializes in the care of transplant recipients, with a special focus on opportunistic infections and antimicrobial prophylaxis in bone marrow transplant recipients.
Luis Parra-Rodriguez, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Email: lparra-rodriguez@wustl.edu
Dr. Parra-Rodriguez specializes in the longitudinal clinical care of people with HIV, with a special clinical research focus on aging, age-related clinical conditions, and mental health in people with HIV. As a core faculty member of the ID Fellowship Program, he serves as Co-Director of the STI and HIV Track.
Jennifer A. Philips, MD, PhD
Theodore and Bertha Bryan Professor, Departments of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology; Co-Chief, Infectious Diseases Division
- Phone: 314-747-8058
- Email: philips.j.a@wustl.edu
Dr. Philips is principal investigator of an NIH-funded lab that studies how Mycobacterium tuberculosis evades the host immune response.
Marilia R. Pinzone, MD, AAHIVS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Email: marilia@wustl.edu
Marilia Pinzone is an infectious diseases physician-scientist. As a scientist, she is currently investigating chronic inflammation during antiretroviral therapy (ART). As a physician, Dr. Pinzone’s interests are outpatient care of people living with HIV, infectious diseases, and metabolic complications of HIV.
William G. Powderly, MD, FRCPI, FIDSA
Larry J. Shapiro Distinguished Professor in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences at the WashU Bursky School of Public Health
- Phone: 314-454-8287
- Fax: 314-454-8294
- Email: wpowderly@wustl.edu
Dr. Powderly has been actively involved in HIV-related clinical research for over thirty years with specific interests in opportunistic infections, metabolic complications and long-term outcomes of antiretroviral therapy.
Rachel M. Presti, MD, PhD
Dr. J. William Campbell Professor of Medicine; Medical Director of the Infectious Disease Clinical Research Unit (IDCRU)
- Phone: 314-454-8215
- Fax: 314-454-5392
- Email: prestir@wustl.edu
Dr. Presti specializes in clinical and translational research in infectious disease, with a special focus on HIV, SARS-CoV-2 and other viral infections.
Aditi Ramakrishnan, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Email: aditir@wustl.edu
Dr. Ramakrishnan’s research focuses on applying implementation science strategies to improve domestic HIV prevention and care, particularly for cisgender women.