Recognized for excellence successful corruption prevention, infirmary epidemiology
Kwon
Jennie H. Kwon, DO, an adjunct prof of medicine successful the Division of Infectious Diseases astatine Washington University School of Medicine successful St. Louis, has received the 2022 Mid-Career Scholarship Award from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). The grant honors clinicians and scientists who person been successful signifier for little than 15 years portion besides demonstrating “dedication and excellence successful corruption power and infirmary epidemiology.”
Kwon’s objective and translational probe is dedicated to corruption prevention and combating antimicrobial resistance. Kwon’s laboratory focuses connected caller strategies to trim infections acquired by patients and health-care workers and to bounds the dispersed of unsafe antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Her enactment is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and assorted foundations
Kwon, who treats patients astatine Barnes-Jewish Hospital, received the grant successful October astatine the yearly league of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and SHEA.
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