BETSY FOXMAN

Dr. Foxman is Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases at the University of Michigan. A molecular epidemiologist, she applies population principles to the study of infectious agents in order to identify genes associated with pathogenesis and transmission. She has ongoing research on bacteria that cause urinary tract infection and otitis media. Dr. Foxman also has studies on the behavioral risk factors associated with acquiring acute, chronically recurring infections, including urinary tract infection, vulvo-vaginal candidiasis and lactation mastitis.

Dr. Foxman served as Chair of the Epidemiology Section of the American Public Health Association (1999-2001) and is a member of the APHA Steering Committee of the InterSectional Council (2001-2003). She previously served as a member of the APHA Epidemiology Section Council and was initiator of the Section website. Dr. Foxman is a founding member of the Epidemiology Section of the Michigan Public Health Association and served as the first past-chair. Dr. Foxman is also a fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America. She has served on the Executive Board of the Michigan Antibiotic Resistance Reduction Coalition (1999-2001) a state wide community coalition. Dr. Foxman is a member of the Immunization Safety Committee of the Institute of Medicine, an associate editor of the American Journal of Epidemiology, and a member of the Human Genome Epidemiology Network Editorial Board.