Pediatric Infectious Disease Research Team | Research | Department of Pediatrics | UC Davis Health

Pediatric Infectious Disease Research

  • Dean Blumberg, M.D.

    Dean Blumberg conducts research relating to the prevention of infections such as clinical studies involving childhood vaccines and infection control. Interests include the prevention of infections including vaccine studies and infection prevention, COVID-19, and epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases.

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  • Ritu Cheema, M.B.B.S., F.A.A.P.

    Interests include the safety and efficacy of newer antibiotics developed against resistant bacteria in children, the safety and efficacy of RSV vaccine administered to pregnant mothers in decreasing RSV disease in their babies, and increasing awareness and improving work flow in terms of timely diagnosis and treatment of congenital CMV.

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  • Leslie Chiang, M.D.

    Leslie Chiang's academic interests include medical education and developing guidelines for the care of immunocompromised children.

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  • Natasha A. Nakra, M.D., M.S.

    Interests include antimicrobial stewardship, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, medical education.

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  • Elizabeth Helen Partridge, M.S., M.D., M.P.H.

    Interests include infection prevention with emphasis on quality improvement initiatives.

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