Jonas Marschall Editor

Ebbing Lautenbach, MD, MPH, MSCE is the Robert Austrian Professor of Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania. He serves as the Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, and Director of Research for the Department of Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Prevention. Dr Lautenbach's research focuses on healthcare-associated infections by antibiotic-resistant pathogens. Preeti N. Malani, MD, MSJ, is the University of Michigan's Chief Health Officer and Professor of Internal Medicine. She is also Director of the National Poll on Healthy Aging based at the Institute for Health Policy and Innovation. Dr Malani's clinical and research interests include infection prevention, surgical site infections, and health care policy. Keith F. Woeltje, MD, Ph.D. is a Professor of Medicine in Infectious Diseases at the Washington University School of Medicine and Vice-President and Chief Medical Information Officer for BJC HealthCare. His research interests are in the use of informatics tools for surveillance and reduction of healthcare associated infections and other preventable harm events. Jennifer H. Han, MD, MSCE is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the Perelman School of Medicine and a Senior Scholar in the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania. She serves as Associate Healthcare Epidemiologist at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr Han's research focuses on antibiotic resistance and multidrug-resistant organisms, with a specific focus on the post-acute care setting. Emily K. Shuman, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and an Associate Hospital Epidemiologist at the University of Michigan. Dr Shuman's clinical and research interests include surgical site infections, occupational health and healthcare worker immunization, and emerging infectious diseases. Jonas Marschall, MD, M.Sc., is the Medical Director of the Infection Prevention Program at Bern University Hospital, Switzerland, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Infectious Diseases at Washington University School of Medicine. His research interests are the epidemiology and prevention of healthcare-associated infections with a focus on catheter-associated urinary tract infections.