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Faculty Information

David Sydman

dsnydman@tuftsmedicalcenter.org

Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases

P: (617) 636-5788

F: (617) 636-8525

Address:

800 Washington St.
Box 238

Boston, MA 02111

Affiliated Institutions:

Tufts-New England Medical Center

Medical School

Associated Departments:

Internal Medicine

Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases

Epidemiology

Clinical Care Research

Web Sites:

http://www.tuftsmedicalcenter.org/OurServices/InfectiousDiseases

Opportunity:

Clinical research in the field of probiotics

Summary:

Probiotics are live microbes which, when ingested, confer health benefits on the host. Our research group is involved in a number of projects including clinical trials usng probiotics to treat or prevent a variety of conditions.

Contact Via:

E-mail

Responsibilities for students?

The student should be able to work independently to create data collection tools, collect and record data, analyze data with the help of a statistician, and write up the results.

Area(s) of Research:

probiotics

hospital-acquired infections

drg resistant bacteria

infections in the immunocompromised host