How Scientists Help Keep Kids Safe During Pandemics

On the inaugural episode of In Pursuit, host Patrick Seed, MD, PhD, tackles the topic of infectious diseases with Larry Kociolek, MD. Kociolek is a Chicago-born and raised physician scientist at Stanley Manne Research Institute at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. He is dedicated to understanding the spread of microbes in community and healthcare settings and tackling the big research questions that might change how we keep patients safer in the hospital from infectious complications.

Host: Patrick C. Seed, MD, PhD, FIDSA

Attending Physician, Infectious Disease; Children’s Research Fund Chair in Basic Science, Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Disease) and Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, President & Chief Research Officer, Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute

Guest: Larry K. Kociolek, MD, MSCI Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases; Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control; Irene Heinz Given and John La Porte Given Professorship in Pediatrics, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine