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Dr. Elward is the Medical Director of Infection Control for Saint Louis Children's Hospital. She also serves on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Hospital Infection Control Practice Advisory Committee (HICPAC) and is the HICPAC liaison to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Dr. Elward's research interests center around the epidemiology and outcomes of nosocomial infections in children, including hospital-acquired bloodstream infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia and antibiotic resistant organisms.