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Deverick John Anderson

Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Infectious Diseases
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


Measuring the efficacy of standard and novel disinfection methods on inpatient clinician-assigned phone: a 2-phase randomized experimental study.

Journal Article Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · April 27, 2026 We conducted a two-phase randomized controlled trial evaluating routine versus automated hydrogen peroxide-peracetic acid disinfection of inpatient clinician-assigned phones. Both strategies significantly reduced microbial bioburden and clinically importan ... Full text Link to item Cite

Racial disparities in healthcare-associated infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal Article Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · April 24, 2026 OBJECTIVE: Racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) could have significant implications for hospital-based incentive programs. We sought to quantify racial and ethnic disparities in HAIs across inpatients in the United State ... 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


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