Infectious Diseases
Overview
The groups of this area aim to improve the outcomes of patients with infectious diseases. The Epidemiology and Public Health group focuses on the epidemiology and prevention of healthcare acquired infections, transmissible infections and on the new vaccines. The Infectious Diseases group focuses on improving the strategies of clinical problems observed in clinical practice. The Microbiology group studies the mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance, pathogenicity, genomic epidemiology and infectious diseases diagnostics. The CRIPS group focuses on developing translational and clinical research in critical care, while the SODIR group works in the areas of sepsis, organ dysfunction and resuscitation. There is also a group focused on clinical research on children’s infectious diseases and primary immunodeficiencies. Finally, the CIBBIM-Nanomedicine group Works in the synthesis, characterization and applications of engineered inorganic nanoparticles in the field of infectious diseases.
