INFECTIOUS DISEASES Antimicrobial Resistance & Stewardship

Antimicrobial resistance is a global public health threat that makes it harder to treat infections and increases the risk of disease spread, serious illness, and death. Ensuring the appropriate use of antibiotics is critically important in the fight against the emergence of resistant bacteria. The Infectious Diseases Division’s antimicrobial resistance and stewardship experts are committed to responding to the current challenges of antibiotic therapy and ensuring every patient receives optimal care while minimizing resistance and toxicity.

Visit the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Antimicrobial Stewardship website

Infectious Disease Researchers

  • Sara Cosgrove, MD

    • Professor of Medicine

    Research Interests: Development of tools and programs to promote rational use of antimicrobials, Epidemiology and management of S. aureus bacteremia, Epidemiology and outcomes of antimicrobial resistance, Prevention of hospital-acquired infections

    Research Publications

  • Valeria Fabre, MD

    • Associate Professor of Medicine

    Research Interests: Antimicrobial Stewardship, Diagnostic Stewardship

    Research Publications

  • Amita Gupta, MD MHS

    • Professor of Medicine

    Research Interests: <p>TB in pregnancy, Antimicrobial Resistance, Diarrheal Diseases Epidemiology, Global Health, Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infections, COVID-19, TB, HIV and Co-Infection Care and Treatment Clinical Trials in India and Other Resource-Constrained Countries, Malnutrition and TB-HIV Coinfection in Adults and Children, Mother-to-Child Transmission Prevention, </p>

    Research Publications

  • Matthew Hamill, MBCHB PhD MPH

    • Associate Professor of Medicine

    Research Interests: <p>HIV/AIDS, POC technology, PrEP/PEP, sexually transmitted infections, Sub Saharan Africa</p>

    Research Publications

  • Sara Karaba, MD PhD MHS

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Olivia Saturno Kates, MD MA

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Research Interests: Ethical issues in infectious diseases and transplantation, vaccination policies

  • Morgan Katz, MD MHS

    • Associate Professor of Medicine

    Research Interests: Hospital epidemiology, Infection control

  • Sara Keller, MD MPH MSPH

    • Associate Professor of Medicine

    Research Interests: Antimicrobial stewardship, Antimicrobial use across the continuum of care, Healthcare acquired infections, Home infusion therapy, Human factors engineering, Implementation Science, Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy, Quality improvement

  • Gyanu Lamichhane, PhD

    • Associate Professor of Medicine
  • Yuka C. Manabe, MD

    • Professor of Medicine
  • Lisa Maragakis, MD

    • Professor of Medicine

    Research Interests: antimicrobial-resistant gram negative bacilli, Epidemiology, prevention and control of healthcare-acquired infections

  • Johan Melendez, PhD

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Matthew Robinson, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Research Publications

  • Cynthia Louise Sears, MD

    • Professor of Medicine

    Research Interests: bacteroides fragilis infections, cryptosporidiosis, food borne disease, Infectious diarrheal diseases

    Research Publications

  • Bill l Floyd Wright, DO MPH

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Jonathan Mark Zenilman, MD

    • Professor of Medicine

Clinical Trials

Learn more about AMR clinical trials underway at Johns Hopkins.