Keith Klugman

International Health, Emory University, United States of America

Keith P. Klugman, MB, BCh, PhD

Academic positions:
- Professor, William H. Foege Chair in Global Health
- Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine
- Visiting Researcher in the Respiratory Pathogens Branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Co-director of the Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit of the University of the Witwatersrand, the National Health Laboratory Service, and the Medical Research Council in Johannesburg, South Africa

Any industry positions (last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Dr Klugman's research focuses on factors in the emergence of antibiotic resistant strains of pneumococci leading to predictions about the spread of resistance and the development of policies on immunization, along with research regarding acute respiratory infections, bacterial vaccines, and typhoid fever.

Any other information:
Dr Klugman is a Fellow of both the American Academy of Microbiology and the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and a member of the editorial board of 8 international journals. He is currently Chair of the International Committee of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), and Vice Chair of the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS), the umbrella organization of all national microbiology societies (including ASM).

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Section Head: Infectious Diseases > Antimicrobials & Drug Resistance (since 06 December 2005)

Keith Klugman is a Section Head for Antimicrobials & Drug Resistance, part of the INFECTIOUS DISEASES Faculty. The role of a Section Head is to work with their Co-Section Head(s) to divide the Section (sub-specialty area) into its component areas of research, nominate leaders in those areas as Faculty Members, and offer ongoing oversight of the content within their Section. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.

Links

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