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Ibukun Christine Kalu

Ibukun Christine Kalu

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
315 Trent Drive, Hanes House #365; DUMC Box 3499, Durham, NC 27710
ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0839-568X
315 Trent Drive, Hanes House #365; DUMC Box 3499, Durham, NC 27710

Overview

My research focus is on developing methods to prevent infections and improve treatment outcomes in children.

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of Pediatrics · 2022 - Present Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics

Recent News Items

Published February 25, 2022
Incidence of COVID-19 Was 8 Times Higher in Unvaccinated vs. Vaccinated Students
Published February 9, 2021
Duke Scholars on Challenges to K-12 Education in the Pandemic
Published July 17, 2020
Experts worry about pandemic’s impact on kids, regardless of how schools reopen

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Recent Scholarly Works

SHEA/APIC/IDSA/PIDS multisociety position paper: Raising the bar: necessary resources and structure for effective healthcare facility infection prevention and control programs.

Journal article Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · July 2025 The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, the Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society represent the core expertise regarding hea ... Full text Link to item Cite

Hospital-onset bacteremia in the neonatal intensive care unit: strategies for risk adjustment.

Journal article Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · April 2025 OBJECTIVE: To quantify the impact of patient- and unit-level risk adjustment on infant hospital-onset bacteremia (HOB) standardized infection ratio (SIR) ranking. DESIGN: A retrospective, multicenter cohort study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Infants admitted ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants

PTN Task Order 8 COVID-19 Studies

Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2020 - 2025

Maternal Predictors of Early Childhood Bacterial Colonization or Invasive Infection

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation · 2022 - 2025

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Education

Thomas Jefferson University, Sidney Kimmel Medical College · 2012 M.D.