Congrats to 2nd-year fellow, Dr. Sofi Barrios, recipient of the Richard P. Shannon Fellow Award in Quality & Safety for her leadership in updating the UPHS UTI Guidelines & advancing diagnostic stewardship through the urinalysis‑to‑reflex urine culture initiative! And to her mentor, Dr Degnan!
New in @thelancet.com: a follow-up to our @nature.com paper on cash transfers and mortality in low- and middle-income countries.
This studies explores *why* cash transfers reduce death, tracing effects on determinants of survival.
free access 🔗: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
New research finds that cash transfers may help overcome poverty-related barriers & improve perinatal HIV outcomes in Haiti ft. @draaron.bsky.social, Sindy Desire, Florence Momplaisir (@pennidfellows.bsky.social) & @hthirumurthy.bsky.social (@pennmehp.bsky.social) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Congratulations to Florence Momplaisir (@pennidfellows.bsky.social), recipient of the 2025 @idsainfo.bsky.social Society Citation Award! tinyurl.com/57wk6yzm
Kyle Rodino, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Assistant Director of Microbiology, joins @letstalkmicro.bsky.social for a lab-focused discussion on tick-borne disease diagnostics. asm.org/podcasts/let...
We are so proud of Dr. Sakthi Gautham, 1st year ID fellow and Med-Ed superstar! She is hosting a panel tonight (1/27/26 at 7 PM EST) on subspecialty careers for USF medical students. Panelists include our very own Dr Todd Barton. It’s sure to be a great and informative session!!
It is World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (WAAW)! Our antimicrobial stewardship team has been hard at work making this the most fun & educational week!
Head over to our @pennIDfellows Instagram to let us know what antibiotic you are!
Congratulations to Dr. Florence Momplaisir on being awarded the ID Society Citation Award. Her dedication to her patients, the community, and improving to care for all is an inspiration. We are so lucky to learn through her leadership and example.
“We can be the antidote to stigma.”
Dr: Judith Feinberg shares the life lessons she has learned over a lifetime of being on the front lines of epidemics during the Edward H. Kass Lecture at #IDweek2025
✨#IDFacultyFridays: Judy O’Donnell, MD (PPMC CMO & ID Chief)✨
Why Penn ID: “The breadth/depth of expertise is unparalleled…But it’s the people/camaraderie among providers, clinic/admin staff, grants/research teams that make Penn ID a wonderful place to work. I may be biased but PPMC ID is the best!”
Which of our ID Fellowship tracks are you????
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The Med-Peds ID program is a 4-year joint program between HUP & CHOP. When they finish, our Med-Peds ID fellows are expertly trained to manage infections throughout life stages. Bonus - CHOP and HUP are all on the same campus (and CHOP has the best cafeteria!)
Fellows have several opportunities to pursue an advanced degree research training program, such as the Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology (MSCE), one of the nation’s top offerings in clinical research training. MSCE grads are poised for academic research careers across a disciplines.
The Opioid Use Disorders & ID Fellowship Track is one of several tracks for fellows to complete advanced training. Fellows become experts in clinical management of people living infections due to opioid use disorder through a combination of unique clinical & educational opportunities.
The HIV & Viral Hepatitis Fellowship Track is one of several tracks for advanced training. The track is designed for fellows to become experts in the clinical management of people living with HIV & viral hepatitis through a wide range of faculty mentorship, clinical care, & research opportunities.
The Infection Prevention & Antimicrobial Stewardship Track prepares fellows for a career in healthcare epidemiology, including leading & collaborating with infection prevention & control, & antimicrobial stewardship teams. Learn more at our fellowship website.
The Transplant ID Fellowship Track is one of several tracks within which fellows can complete advanced clinical training. The track combines inpatient & outpatient training in the management of transplant candidates & recipients with infectious diseases issues. Learn more at our fellowship website.
✨#IDFacultyFridays Spotlight: Dr. Sarah Longworth, MD (Fellowship Associate PD)✨
Favorite thing about Penn ID: “The culture of our division- incredible collegiality & support to train & practice. We're a big division. The breadth of expertise comes in handy when you need to phone a friend.”
✨FellowSpotlight✨Dr. Michelle Munyikwa (1st yr)
Why ID?: “ID docs recognize the power & importance of people’s stories for diagnosis & treatment: we get to ask the coolest questions &, plus, our diseases are so treatable! I love being part of a specialty that is so attuned to equity.”
✨FellowSpotlight✨Dr. Danny Sack (1st yr)
Why ID?: “Infections transcend organ systems, social structures, & geographic borders. Treating infections requires understanding their interplay & appropriate interventions for each. That's pretty cool.”
✨#IDFacultyFridays Spotlight: Ebbing Lautenbach, MD, MPH, MSCE (Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases)✨
Favorite thing about Penn ID: “The best thing about Penn ID is the people! A super supportive, collaborative, & fun group of people to work with. Penn ID rocks!”
Congratulations to former @PennIDFellow & PPMC Attending, Dr. @kdyer330.bsky.social, on her MA thesis work publication, "Effectiveness of an Embedded Infectious Disease Screening, Treatment, and Prevention Intervention Within an Inpatient Substance Use Treatment Program" in @ofidjournal.bsky.social!
On the last day of #WTC2025, two of our amazing transplant ID Attendings took to the podium during the “Can I Do That? Preventing Infection” Invited Symposium. Dr. Ingi Lee gave a talk entitled “Can I Do That? Can I Prevent That?” & Dr. Blair Weikert moderated.
Huge congratulations to Dr. Kelly Dyer, Penn ID graduate & PPMC Attending on the publication of her thesis work!!!
@pennidfellows at #WTC2025 in San Francisco!! Did you know that we have a Transplant Infectious Diseases Fellowship Track, combining diverse inpatient & outpatient clinical experience?! We also have the coolest transplant ID Attendings!
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The World Transplant Congress is underway in San Francisco. On Saturday, our very own @pennidfellows Program Director and WTC 2025 Congress President, Dr. Emily Blumberg, opened the #WTC2025!
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✨#IDFacultyFridays Spotlight: Jessie Torgersen, MD MHS MSCE (Director of the Center for Viral Hepatitis & Hepatitis Linkage Team)✨
Favorite thing about Penn ID: “The collegiality & diversity of expertise within our division that make this a wonderful environment in which to train, work, & innovate.”
Welcome to our new ID fellows!!! We are loving getting to meet you all and are so excited to have you joining us!
Yesterday, we celebrated the graduation of 6 of our ID fellows: Drs. Kevin He, Zach Hostetler, Kevin Kohm, Charmaine Mutucumarana, Sergio Reyes, & Corey Watts.They are all incredible doctors, educators, and people! It was wonderful to take some time to celebrate their awesome achievements!
Congratulations to Dr. Florence Momplaisir & Dr. Elle Saine, recipients of the 2025 Infectious Diseases Division Infectious Diseases Citizenship Award!