Locations
U of M Pediatrics Infectious Disease
U of M Pediatrics Infectious Disease
Credentials
Medical School or Training
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University of Nebraska, 1970
Residency
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Baylor School of Medicine, Pediatrics, TX, 1972
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Valley Medical Center, Pediatrics, CA, 1979
Fellowship
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Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University Of Minnesota Hospital, 1982
Board Certification
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Pediatric Infectious Disease
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Pediatrics
Research
Dr. Gilsdorf’s research program focuses on identifying ways to prevent middle ear infections in children. To that end, her laboratory works closely with scientists in the School of Public Health to find molecules on Haemophilus influenzae—the most common bacteria causing middle ear infections—that may be used as a vaccine or as a target for interfering molecules. In addition, her research has defined the molecular epidemiology of Haemophilus influenzae and its association with otitis media and has discovered improved ways to characterize these bacteria in the laboratory. Dr. Gilsdorf’s research laboratory has been funded for many years by research awards from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders and the National Institute of Heart, Lung, and Blood.
Biography
Dr. Gilsdorf, the Robert P. Kelch Research Professor, is the Director of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Michigan Medical School and CS Mott Children’s Hospital, the Director of the Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program in Pediatrics, and the co-Director of the Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases. She is active in many national organizations related to Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, including:
- 1994-2011 Best Doctors in America
- 2003-2007 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), CDC, Atlanta, GA
- 2003-2007 Meningococcal Working Group
- 2003-2007 HPV Working Group – Chair
- 2007 - present HPV Working Group -- Member
- 2004-2006 Pertussis Working Group
- 2004-2007 Hepatitis Working Group
- 2005-2008 Board of Directors Infectious Diseases Society of America
- 2007–present Board of Scientific Counselors, NIH Clinical Center
- 2009-2014 PID sub-board of American Board of Pediatrics, member
- 2010-2014 Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, Council member, Elected
- 2010-present Andriole Board Review Course, IDSA, Co-Moderator
- 2011–present Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Associate Editor
- 2011 League of Research Excellence, Univ of Michigan
- 2011 CDC Special Emphasis Panel – Community acquired pneumonia