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Attending Physician
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Dr. Kociolek is an Attending Physician in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Vice President of System Preparedness, Prevention, and Response and Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, and he is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. His research efforts are focused on the epidemiology and prevention of healthcare-associated and emerging infections in children, particularly C. difficile infection (CDI) and COVID-19. Dr. Kociolek has served as Principal Investigator of several NIH-funded translational research studies of C. difficile and other pathogens, and he serves as site PI for the HRSA-funded Pediatric Pandemic Network.