Professor of Medicine and Pathology, ID Division Director, Director of Clinical Microbiology
Rush University Medical Center
Mary Hayden, M.D. is the James Lowenstine Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and a Professor of Pathology in Rush Medical College, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. She is director of the division of infectious diseases and director of the division of clinical microbiology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL, USA. Her research focuses on the epidemiology and prevention of healthcare associated infections, especially those caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens. Recent projects have investigated the genomic epidemiology and control of carbapanemase-producing Enterobacterales, Clostridium difficile, and Candida auris in healthcare facilities and across regions, and delineation of factors associated with transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in hospitals. Dr. Hayden has served on US federal public health advisory committees including the CDC Healthcare Infection Control and Prevention Advisory Committee (HICPAC) and the Board of Scientific Counselors for the CDC Office of Infectious Diseases. She is a Fellow of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). She was the 2021 president of the Board of Trustees of SHEA, past chair of the IDSA Diagnostics Committee, and she is current chair of the IDSA Rapid Guidance on SARS-CoV-2 Diagnostics Committee.