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Dr.
Foxman is Professor of Epidemiology and Director of
the Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology
of Infectious Diseases at the University of Michigan.  A
molecular epidemiologist, she applies population principles
to the study of infectious agents in order to identify
genes associated with pathogenesis and transmission.
She has ongoing research on bacteria that cause urinary
tract infection and otitis media. Dr. Foxman also has
studies on the behavioral risk factors associated with
acquiring acute, chronically recurring infections,
including urinary tract infection, vulvo-vaginal candidiasis
and lactation mastitis.
Dr.
Foxman served as Chair of the Epidemiology Section
of the American Public Health Association (1999-2001)
and is a member of the APHA Steering Committee of the
InterSectional Council (2001-2003). She previously
served as a member of the APHA Epidemiology Section
Council and was initiator of the Section website. Dr.
Foxman is a founding member of the Epidemiology Section
of the Michigan Public Health Association and served
as the first past-chair. Dr. Foxman is also a fellow
of the Infectious Disease Society of America. She has
served on the Executive Board of the Michigan Antibiotic
Resistance Reduction Coalition (1999-2001) a state
wide community coalition. Dr. Foxman is a member of
the Immunization Safety Committee of the Institute
of Medicine, an associate editor of the American Journal
of Epidemiology, and a member of the Human Genome Epidemiology
Network Editorial Board. |
