Research Activities
With world-renowned experts, our division is focused on advancing the knowledge and treatment of diseases.
Our research is focused on:- Antimicrobial stewardship, infection control, and healthcare epidemiology
- Orthopedic and device-related infections
- HIV and antiretroviral therapy
- Solid organ transplantation
- Biopreparedness and global health
- Oncology infectious diseases
Visit the faculty page for individual faculty’s scholarly interests.
Publications and Funding

“Every Crisis is an Opportunity: Advancing Blood Culture Stewardship During a Blood Culture Bottle Shortage”
Drs. Jonathan Ryder and Trevor Van Schooneveld’s study, titled “Every Crisis is an Opportunity: Advancing Blood Culture Stewardship During a Blood Culture Bottle Shortage,” was named one of the best research papers published by the Infectious Disease Society of America in 2024.
Collaborations
Our faculty and trainees have key collaborations with other research, teaching, and clinical care groups in the University of Nebraska system, including:
- Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
- Center for Biopreparedness Education
- Center for Staphylococcal Research
- Global Center for Health Security
- Great Plains IDeA-CTR
- Infection Control Department
- Nebraska ASAP
- Nebraska Biocontainment Patient Care Unit
- Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine
- Nebraska ICAP

ID Researchers Rank Among the Most Cited
Three current ID faculty, Andre Kalil, MD, Mark Rupp, MD, and Susan Swindells, MBBS, have been identified as among the top-cited 2% of researchers in medicine in the world in 2024.