The Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases is very active in academics and research.  Faculty members are nationally recognized in their field and have held leadership roles in the discipline. 

They have a variety of interests, including vaccine development, policy, implementation, and education; outcomes research in clinical infectious diseases; hospital infection control and epidemiology; antimicrobial stewardship; and transplant and immunocompromised hosts.

Pediatric ID Division at Norton Children's and University of Louisville, 2021

Pediatric Infectious Diseases is consistently rated as one of the most engaged and responsive subspecialty services in the Department of Pediatrics, and division faculty have repeatedly been recognized as excellent teachers.

Clinical research efforts are facilitated by the Norton Children's Research Institute, a robust partnership between the UofL Department of Pediatrics and Norton Children's.  The division also works closely with the Child and Adolescent Health Research Design and Support (CAHRDS) Unit.  Faculty have productive collaborations with the Norton Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, which services all of the facilities in the Norton Healthcare system, as well as the Norton Children's Hospital pharmacy.  Each of these collaborations is instrumental in the success of our antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention programs.

The Pediatric Infectious Diseases team provides inpatient and outpatient consultation and management services for children with unusual, complicated, or recurrent infections, as well as treating children who may be immunocompromised due to primary immunodeficiences, trasnplantation, or immunosuppressive medications.  Outpatients are seen in the Norton Children's Infectious Diseases office at the Novak Center for Children's Health, a state-of-the-art medical office building located in downtown Louisville.  The team is an active part of multidisciplinary clinics serving complex pediatric patients. Most inpatients are seen at Norton Children's Hospital, a free-standing 300-bed facility with a long history of excellence.

The division has an accredited pediatric infectious diseases fellowship program, with a goal to produce outstanding clinicians and scientists who can make major contributions to the field of pediatric infectious diseases through research, clinical service, and teaching.