Infectious Disease Division
ABOUT
The Infectious Disease (ID) Division at the Department of Medicine spans the globe with approximately 160 faculty appointments. Many faculty are assigned to military medical treatment facilities, providing patient care and clinical education, including those at the three military infectious diseases training programs—the National Capital Consortium in Bethesda, MD; the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, CA; and the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium in San Antonio, TX. Additionally, some ID faculty are assigned to the United States and overseas military research laboratories. Among USU-billeted Medicine ID faculty, there are a range of research interests, including viruses (e.g., HIV, SARs-COV2), antimicrobial resistance, vaccines, and parasites, as well as technical approaches of structural biology, immunology, and clinical trials.
Besides research, our ID faculty members contribute to clinical education supporting USU medical student training and graduate programs. They also train post-graduate physicians during residency and ID fellowships. All billeted ID physicians provide clinical care in the military healthcare system, both outpatient and inpatient services in the National Capital Region.
Faculty & Staff
Director: Naomi Aronson, MD, MACP, FIDSA (USU)
Deputy Director: LTC Nathanial Copeland, MD, MTM&H
Catherine Decker, MD, FACP, FIDSA
Marzena Pazgier, Ph.D., MS
LABS
Dr. Aronson's ID Lab
Dr. Pazgier's ID Lab
Recent News:
Structure and inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 spike refolding in membranes
Temsavir blocks the immunomodulatory activities of HIV-1 soluble gp120
Structure-function analyses reveal key molecular determinants of HIV-1 CRF01_AE resistance to the entry inhibitor temsavir
