Ochsner Health is a system that delivers health to the people of Louisiana, Mississippi and the Gulf South with a mission to Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate and Innovate.
Research - Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
Areas of active basic science, translational, and clinical Infectious Diseases research include:
- Antimicrobial Stewardship: Provider Reports, Best Practice Alerts
- Basic Science: Antibiotic Synergy for Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms
- HIV: PreP among Racially Diverse Trans-Women in the Deep South
- Transplantation: HOPE in Action, Fungal Infections, Antibiotic Stewardship, Diagnostic Stewardship
Active Clinical Trials
T’Cher, Take Charge:
Increasing PrEP awareness, uptake and adherence through health care empowerment and addressing social determinants
of health among racially diverse trans women in the Deep South
Site PI: Narquis Barak
T’Cher NOLA is devoted to the health and wellness of women of trangender experience in the New Orleans area through education, research, and engagement.
Multiple Patient Program for Lamprene® (clofazimine) for the treatment of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterial (NTM) Infections
Site PI: Poppy Markwell, MD
HOPE in Action Prospective Multicenter,
Clinical Trial of HIV+ Deceased Donor Liver Transplants for HIV+ Recipients
Site PI: Jonathan Hand, MD
Prospective, observational, diagnostic,
feasibility study to determine the accuracy of pathogen- and host-directed testing for the diagnosis of
ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)
Site PI: Jonathan Hand, MD
Kidney Transplantation in
Recipients and Donors with HIV: Long Term Follow Up Study
Site PI: Jonathan Hand, MD
A Phase 4 Study Using a
Test-Negative Design to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a 20-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine against
Vaccine-Type Radiologically-Confirmed Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults ≥65 Years of Age
Site PI:
Jonathan Hand, MD
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