Population Biology of Infectious Disease

Evolution of drug resistance
Infectious disease epidemiology; epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance; antimicrobial use and resistance.

Recent publications:

• Rao AN, Barlow M, Clark LA, Boring JR III, Tenover FC, McGowan JE Jr. "Class 1 integrons in resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp, US hospitals." Emerg Infect Dis 2006; 12: 1012-1014.
• McGowan JE Jr, Tenover FC. "Confronting bacterial resistance in healthcare settings – a crucial role for the microbiologist." Nature Reviews Microbiology 2004; 2: 251-258.