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With greater emphasis than ever before on evidence-based practices and implementation science, researchers are working diligently to provide answers to questions that have been plaguing the healthcare epidemiology and infection prevention community. Recognizing that there are more questions than answers, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) surveyed its members several years ago measure their perceptions of gaps in the healthcare epidemiology knowledge base and members priorities for SHEA research goals. The society also assessed whether members would be willing to participate in consortia to address identified gaps in knowledge, and evaluated the need for training for the next generation of investigators in the field of healthcare epidemiology.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received accreditation from the Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) for its excellence in emergency management.  CDC is the first federal agency to attain full accreditation of its emergency management program.

Recent work from Northeastern University professor of biology Kim Lewis promises to over­come one of the leading public health threats of our time. In a ground­breaking study pub­lished Wednesday in the journal Nature, Lewis team presents a novel approach to treat and elim­i­nate methi­cillin-resis­tant Staphy­lo­coccus aureus (MRSA), a potent bac­terium whose resis­tance to antibi­otics has kept it one step ahead of researchers. That is, until now.