ID-CRU/ACTU Team
Shashwatee Bagchi, MD, MS, MSc
Associate Professor of Medicine
- Email: bagchi@wustl.edu
Dr. Bagchi specializes in clinical and translational research with a focus on cardiometabolic and vascular complications of infections.
Lisa Kessels, RN, BSN
Nurse Manger – Clinical Research Coordinator
- Phone: (314)747-1096
- Email: lkessels@wustl.edu
Michael Klebert, PhD, RN, ANP-BC
Instructor in Medicine
- Phone: 314-454-0058
- Email: mklebert@wustl.edu
Patrick B. Mazi, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dr Mazi’s research/interest focuses on fungal infections mentored by Drs. Andrej Spec and Bill Powderly as well as clinical outcomes/clinical trials mentored by Drs. Rachel Presti, Jane O’Halloran.
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.
Rachel M. Presti, MD, PhD
Professor, Infectious Diseases | 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.
Adriana M. Rauseo, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-454-8254
- Email: a.rauseoacevedo@wustl.edu
Dr. Rauseo specializes in clinical infectious diseases, with a special focus on mycology and infectious that affect immunocompromised hosts. Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic she has served as an investigator in the Infectious Disease Clinical Research Unit (ID-CRU) in multiple clinical trials and translational research in the fight against COVID-19.
