Our Research

Since 2001, the Fredricks lab has pursued research involving the diagnosis and treatment of fungal infections in cancer patients, understanding how bacteria function and change their environment, linking genital tract microbial communities to adverse health outcomes, describing changes in the microbiota of patients undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), and the connection between gut bacterial species and graft versus host disease (GVHD). We use tools in molecular biology such as broad range 16S rRNA gene PCR to describe microbial diversity in human body sites.