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Deverick John Anderson

Deverick John Anderson

Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Infectious Diseases
deverick.anderson@duke.edu
Duke Box 102359, Durham, NC 27710
Hanes House Rm 164, Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710

Overview

Hospital epidemiology, infection control, antibiotic stewardship, multidrug-resistant organisms, device-related infections, surgical site infections, catheter-associated bloodstream infections, cost of infections, infections in community hospitals

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Medicine · 2019 - Present Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine

In the News

Published October 31, 2023
Duke Test Labs Explore Our Friendly (and Unfriendly) Neighborhood Microbes
Published December 13, 2022
Keeping Hospital Rooms Clean With the DiRTE Lab
Published January 19, 2022
Hospital Room Surfaces Pose Low Risk of Spreading SARS-CoV-2

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Recent Publications

Risk factors for progression from Clostridioides difficile colonization (NAAT+/toxin-) to infection (toxin+) following symptomatic retesting.

Journal Article Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · December 19, 2025 OBJECTIVE: To identify host and clinical risk factors contributing to the development of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) among colonized patients. DESIGN: Retrospective, matched case-control study. SETTING: Duke University Health System, including ... Full text Link to item Cite

Using Encounter-Level Data for Risk-Adjustment of Antimicrobial Use Comparisons: Feasibility and Variable Selection.

Journal Article Clin Infect Dis · December 15, 2025 BACKGROUND: External comparisons of hospital antimicrobial use (AU), risk-adjusted using encounter characteristics, may better inform antimicrobial stewardship program strategy. Barriers to encounter-level modeling include feasibility of data collection an ... Full text Link to item Cite

Spatial proximity dictates bacterial competition and expansion in microbial communities.

Journal Article Nat Commun · December 4, 2025 In microbial communities, bacteria can inhibit or facilitate each other by altering their shared environment. Most studies of these interactions have focused on well-mixed environments, leaving spatial effects underexplored. Here, we show that in an antibi ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants

Transdisciplinary Research in Infectious Diseases to Engage Third-year medical students (TRIDENT) R25

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030

Role of C difficile Colonization in Risk of Disease

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030

Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) - NIAID

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2018 - 2029

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Education, Training & Certifications

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · 2007 M.P.H.
Duke University · 2001 M.D.