Professor
University of California, Irvine
Susan Huang, MD MPH is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Health Policy Research Institute at the University of California Irvine School of Medicine, and the Medical Director of Epidemiology and Infection Prevention at UC Irvine Health. For over 15 years, Dr. Huang has been studying healthcare-associated infections with a focus on multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). Her clinical epidemiologic research seeks to identify the burden and risk factors for acquisition and disease, and preventative strategies for containment. Dr. Huang has led several large randomized clinical trials to prevent MRSA disease and other healthcare-associated infections. She also studies the regional prevention of MDROs in hospitals and nursing homes through epidemiologic studies as well as simulation models. Dr. Huang has over 150 publications and has served as a member of HICPAC, the CDC Antibiotic Resistance Working Group, and the IDSA Antibiotic Resistance Committee.
Disclosure: Medline (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Conducted clinical trials and studies in which participating hospitals and nursing homes received contributed antiseptic product, Other Financial or Material Support; Molnlycke (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Conducted clinical trials and studies in which participating hospitals and nursing homes received contributed antiseptic product, Other Financial or Material Support; Stryker (Sage) (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Conducted clinical trials and studies in which participating hospitals and nursing homes received contributed antiseptic product, Other Financial or Material Support; Xttrium (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Conducted clinical trials and studies in which participating hospitals and nursing homes received contributed antiseptic product, Other Financial or Material Support
Saturday, October 24, 2020
1:15pm – 3:00pm EDT
