Professor and Hospital Epidemiologist
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
Irvine, CA, United States
Susan Huang, MD MPH is Chancellor’s Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of California Irvine (UCI) School of Medicine, and Medical Director of Epidemiology and Infection Prevention at UCI Health. For the past 20 years, Dr. Huang has been studying healthcare-associated infections with a focus on multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), including preventative strategies for containment. Dr. Huang has studied regional spread and prevention of MDROs in hospitals and nursing homes and has led several large randomized clinical trials involving decolonization across the continuum of care. Dr. Huang has over 200 publications and has served as a past member of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), the CDC Antibiotic Resistance Working Group, and the IDSA Antibiotic Resistance Committee.
Disclosure(s): Medline: Conducted studies in which participating nursing homes received contributed antiseptic bathing and cleaning products (Terminated, April 30, 2021); Xttrium: Conducted studies in which participating nursing homes and hospital patients received contributed antiseptic soap (Ongoing)
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2911 - Potential Public Health Impact of Strategies That Reduce Colonization Burden
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