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Sharon Welbel, MD

Associate Professor

Rush University

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Division Of Infectious Disease Medicine

Sharon Welbel, MD, is an Associate Professor at Rush University. Her research focuses on infectious diseases, hospital epidemiology, and infection control, with particular emphasis on antimicrobial resistance, healthcare-associated infections, and clinical microbiology. Her recent work includes a 2025 Nature publication on clonal Candida auris and ESKAPE pathogens on nursing home residents' skin, alongside JAMA Internal Medicine and JAMA Surgery studies on improving empiric antibiotic selection for skin, soft tissue, and abdominal infections. She also leads the INSPIRE Trial, a 92-hospital cluster randomized study on intelligent stewardship prompts, and investigates microbiota transplantation and genome sequencing for infection prevention. Her research advances public health strategies for combating multidrug-resistant organisms in long-term care and acute care settings.

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Rush University

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infectious diseases infection control epidemiology hospital infections clinical microbiology public health hospital epidemiology antimicrobial resistance respiratory medicine antibiotics infectious diseases (medical specialty) antimicrobial stewardship drug resistance microbiology communicable diseases antibiotic resistance pathogenic bacteria veterinary medicine intensive care hospital medicine healthcare-associated infections medical microbiology covid-19 pandemic pathogens antimicrobial agents virus epidemiology virus research public health preparedness emerging infectious diseases applied microbiology medical virology klebsiella pneumoniae clinical infection antimicrobial susceptibility clinical infectious disease respiratory infections america guidelines transplant infectious diseases environmental microbiology laboratory medicine diagnostic microbiology microbial contamination viral diagnostics disease prevention regional epidemiology intensive care unit medical mycology symptom management diagnostic tests pathogen detection pediatric intensive care disease surveillance disease detection infectious diseases society stewardship prompts antibiotic selection empiric antibiotic selection disease assessment serologic testing pathogen characterization disease outbreaks disease risk assessment antimicrobial resistance genes critical emergency medicine treatment and prevention clinical guidance diagnostic mycology vaccine effectiveness interim estimates health care personnel september 2020 long-term acute-care hospitals surveillance swab specimens direct ertapenem disk rapid environmental contamination colonized patients

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179. Inspire Trial: A 92-Hospital Cluster Randomized Trial of Intelligent Stewardship Prompts to Improve Real-Time Empiric Antibiotic Selection Versus Routine Antibiotic Selection Practices for Patients With Skin and Soft Tissue Infections. Open Forum Infectious Diseases (2025)

Shruti K GohilEdward J SeptimusKen KleinmanNeha VarmaKenneth E SandsAmarah MauricioTaliser R AverySelsebil SljivoRisa RahmKaleb RoemerWilliam S CooperLaura E McLeanNaoise G NickolayRussell PolandRobert A WeinsteinSamir M FakhryJeffrey GuyJulia MoodyMicaela H CoadyKimberly SmithBrittany MeadorAllison FromanKatyuska EibensteinerMary K HaydenDavid W KubiakChenette BurksL Hayley BurgessKarla MillerMichael S CalderwoodJonathan B PerlinMichael CuffeRichard PlattSusan Huang

emerging infectious diseasesinfection controlantimicrobial resistanceclinical researchclinical microbiologyepidemic intelligenceantibioticsantibiotic resistanceinspire trialantimicrobial stewardshipinfectious diseasesintelligent stewardship promptsepidemiologyclinical trialspreventive medicinesoft tissue infectionshospital infectionsinfectious diseases (medical specialty)public healthclinical infectious disease

444. Shea Featured Oral Abstract: Inspire Trial: A 92-Hospital Cluster Randomized Trial of Intelligent Stewardship Prompts to Improve Real-Time Empiric Antibiotic Selection Versus Routine Antibiotic Selection Practices for Patients With Abdominal Infections. Open Forum Infectious Diseases (2025)

emerging infectious diseasesinfection controldrug resistanceabdominal infectionsantimicrobial resistanceclinical microbiologyantibioticsclinical infectionantibiotic resistanceinspire trialantimicrobial stewardshipinfectious diseasesintelligent stewardship promptsepidemiologyclinical trialshospital infectionsinfectious diseases (medical specialty)public healthclinical infectious disease

Citywide Indoor Air Sampling Mirrors Wastewater and Clinical Case Surveillance of Respiratory Viruses. Nature Communications (2025)

indoor air qualityinfectious respiratory diseasevirus eradicationinfectious diseasesenvironmental healthinfectious diseases (medical specialty)air qualityrespiratory infectionsair cleaningair pollutionmirrors wastewaterair quality indexclinical case surveillancecitywide indoor airepidemiology

Clonal Candida Auris and Eskape Pathogens on the Skin of Residents of Nursing Homes. Nature (2025)

Diana M. ProctorSarah E. SansomClay DemingSean ConlanRyan A. BlausteinThomas K. AtkinsJim MullikinJim ThomasAlice YoungGerry BouffardBetty BarnabasShelise BrooksJoel HanChlöe BuchterShi-ling HoJuyun CrawfordRichelle LegaspiQuino MaduroHolly MarfaniCasandra MontemayorNancy RiebowKaren SchandlerBrian SchmidtChristina SisonMal StantripopSean BlackMila DekhtyarCathy MasielloJenny McDowellMorgan ParkPam ThomasMeg VemulapalliThelma DanganaChristine FukudaLahari ThotapalliHeidi H. KongMichael Y. LinMary K. HaydenJulia A. Segre

pathologypathogensimmunity (medicine)infection controldrug resistancediagnostic mycologyclinical microbiologycutaneous biologynursing homesfungusfungal geneticsmedical mycologymicrobial pathogenesisinfectious diseasesclonal candida auriseskape pathogensfungal pathogenscontact dermatitisapplied microbiologyclinical mycologypublic health

Genome Sequencing for Prevention of Health-Care-Associated Bacterial Infections. Nature Reviews Microbiology (2025)

Improving Empiric Antibiotic Selection for Patients Hospitalized With Abdominal Infection. JAMA Surgery (2025)

Shruti K. GohilEdward SeptimusKen KleinmanNeha VarmaKenneth E. SandsTaliser R. AveryAmarah MauricioSelsebil SljivoRisa RahmKaleb RoemerWilliam S. CooperLaura E. McLeanNaoise G. NickolayRussell E. PolandRobert A. WeinsteinSamir M. FakhryJeffrey GuyJulia MoodyMicaela H. CoadyKim N. SmithBrittany MeadorAllison FromanKatyuska EibensteinerMary K. HaydenDavid W. KubiakChenette BurksL. Hayley BurgessMichael S. CalderwoodJonathan B. PerlinRichard PlattSusan S. Huang

infection controlabdominal infectionmedicineempiric antibiotic selectioninfectious diseaseshospital infectionsantimicrobial resistanceantibiotic resistancesurgeryantibiotics

Improving Empiric Antibiotic Selection for Patients Hospitalized With Skin and Soft Tissue Infection. JAMA Internal Medicine (2025)

infection controlmedicineinternal medicineinfectious diseaseshospital infectionsclinical microbiologyempiric antibiotic selectionclinical infectionantimicrobial resistanceantibiotic resistancesoft tissue infectionantibiotics

Local, State and Federal Face Mask Mandates During the Covid-19 Pandemic. UNC Libraries (2025)

preventive medicinecovid-19communicable diseasespublic health preparednesspublic healthsocial distancingvaccinationcovid-19 pandemicepidemiology

Microbiota Transplantation Among Patients Receiving Long-Term Care. JAMA Network Open (2025)

Mixed-Methods Assessment of Barriers to Candidozyma Auris Prevention Among Frontline Healthcare Providers in Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2025)

hospital medicinepreventive healthcarehealth carepreventive medicinemedicineinternal medicinehospital epidemiologyhospital infectionsdisease preventionhealthcare-associated infectionsfrontline healthcare providershealth systemsmixed-methods assessmentgeneral internal medicinedisease managementpublic healthhealth services research

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Sharon Welbel, MD

Associate Professor

Rush University

Affiliations

Division Of Infectious Disease Medicine

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Rush University

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Citywide Indoor Air Sampling Mirrors Wastewater and Clinical Case Surveillance of Respiratory Viruses. Nature Communications (2025)

Clonal Candida Auris and Eskape Pathogens on the Skin of Residents of Nursing Homes. Nature (2025)

Genome Sequencing for Prevention of Health-Care-Associated Bacterial Infections. Nature Reviews Microbiology (2025)

Improving Empiric Antibiotic Selection for Patients Hospitalized With Abdominal Infection. JAMA Surgery (2025)

infection controlabdominal infectionmedicineempiric antibiotic selectioninfectious diseaseshospital infectionsantimicrobial resistanceantibiotic resistancesurgeryantibiotics

Improving Empiric Antibiotic Selection for Patients Hospitalized With Skin and Soft Tissue Infection. JAMA Internal Medicine (2025)

Local, State and Federal Face Mask Mandates During the Covid-19 Pandemic. UNC Libraries (2025)

preventive medicinecovid-19communicable diseasespublic health preparednesspublic healthsocial distancingvaccinationcovid-19 pandemicepidemiology

Microbiota Transplantation Among Patients Receiving Long-Term Care. JAMA Network Open (2025)

Mixed-Methods Assessment of Barriers to Candidozyma Auris Prevention Among Frontline Healthcare Providers in Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2025)

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