Helen L. Stoever Professor
Molecular Microbiology
Keywords:
Urinary tract infections (UTIs)
Research:
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are very common with significant impacts on quality of life and health care costs. The rise of antibiotic resistance within bacteria that cause UTIs is making it imperative that we find new therapeutic targets for this disease. The Hultgren lab is studying many aspects of UTIs including bacterial mechanisms important in disease, host response, disease outcomes, susceptibility markers, and avenues for the development of new therapeutics.
We are grateful for research funding support from the National Institute of Health (NIH), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), and Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH).