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 focuses on fungal infections, mentored by Drs. Andrej Spec and Bill Powderly, as well as clinical outcomes and clinical trials, mentored by Drs. Rachel Presti and 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.
