Professor
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Dr. Nasia Safdar is a Professor in the Division of Infectious Disease within the Department of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, where she is also Associate Dean for Clinical Trials and Research Director of the UW Clinical Trials Institute. Her research, which has been funded by VA, AHRQ, PCORI, and NIH, aims to reduce and prevent healthcare-associated infections by identifying, testing, and implementing novel interventions.
Because of her work and research in this area, in 2017, Dr. Safdar received a President’s Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers. In 2018, she was the recipient of the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award. In 2019, she received the Oswald Avery Award for Early Achievement that honors ISDA fellows age 45 or younger for overall outstanding achievements in infectious disease. In 2021, Dr. Safdar was inducted into ASCI and became an American Society for Microbiology Distinguished Lecturer in 2023.