Fiscal Year 2007 - Department of Medicine - University of ...
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The mycotic research working group, headed<br />
by Chapman, comprises two areas <strong>of</strong> inquiry: John<br />
Cleary, PharmD, leads the antimycotic component,<br />
and Donna Sullivan, PhD, leads the mycotic component.<br />
Two clinical trials were recently completed<br />
dealing with the treatment <strong>of</strong> invasive candidiasis.<br />
During the coming year, the group plans to continue<br />
participation in other multi-center treatment<br />
trials, drug discovery, and clinical pharmacogenomics.<br />
Rathel Nolan, MD, heads the hospital epidemiology<br />
and antimicrobial resistance working<br />
group. Implementation <strong>of</strong> the TheraDoc information<br />
s<strong>of</strong>tware is near completion and is being used<br />
to track nosocomial infectious and adverse drug<br />
events.<br />
Nolan also heads the international health<br />
working group. The international travelers clinic expanded<br />
its scope <strong>of</strong> operations to five days a week<br />
along with a walk-in immunization program. The<br />
clinic is staffed by Heather Dolan, NP.<br />
Under Nolan’s leadership, the division continues<br />
to return annually to Iquitos, Peru. This trip<br />
is a favorite elective <strong>of</strong> medical students and house<br />
staff. Participants spend two weeks in the jungle<br />
treating approximately 2,000 Peruvian Indians in<br />
need <strong>of</strong> basic health care. This popular elective has<br />
proven its worth by improving the health and<br />
healthcare <strong>of</strong> the population it supports and by providing<br />
new opportunities for research.<br />
Leandro Mena, MD, MPH, heads the division’s<br />
sexually transmitted infections (STI) working<br />
group. He also serves as the state consultant for<br />
STIs and the medical director <strong>of</strong> the Crossroads<br />
Clinic, the product <strong>of</strong> a collaborative effort with the<br />
Mississippi State <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Health. The clinic<br />
is unique in its class as a comprehensive treatment<br />
center integrating clinical care, dental care, clinical<br />
research and as an education and training center.<br />
With more than 15,000 visits in 2006, it is becoming<br />
one <strong>of</strong> the best-recognized STI clinics in the southeastern<br />
U.S.<br />
Mena also heads the division’s education and<br />
training program, which is home to three fellows:<br />
Drs. John DePaula, Christina Muzny, and Olantunji<br />
Oluwatacle.<br />
Mena and Henderson joined the Gulf South<br />
Sexually Transmitted Infections and Topical Microbicides<br />
Cooperative Research Center, directed by<br />
David Martin, MD, at LSU Health Sciences Center.<br />
This center addresses issues related to sexually<br />
transmitted infections in HIV-infected women and<br />
other emerging STIs.<br />
Under the leadership <strong>of</strong> Chapman, the home<br />
antibiotic monitoring program continues to thrive.<br />
Over the last year, this program reduced the length<br />
<strong>of</strong> hospital stays and total healthcare costs. The antibiotic<br />
infusion center has been expanded to facilitate<br />
home antibiotic therapy.<br />
Two faculty members recently joined the division:<br />
Drs. Svenja Albrecht and Trini Matthew. Albrecht<br />
assumed leadership <strong>of</strong> the hepatitis<br />
evaluation and treatment center and will be taking<br />
over leadership <strong>of</strong> the division’s international health<br />
working group.<br />
Matthew leads the division’s efforts in providing<br />
consultative services to the Mississippi State<br />
<strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Health on management <strong>of</strong> tuberculosis.<br />
She will be working closely with Henderson<br />
in the HIV/AIDS working group.<br />
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