Dr. Michael Pulia leads the Emergency Care for Infectious Diseases (EC-ID) research program, which endeavors to improve infectious disease diagnosis, infection control, and antimicrobial stewardship in the emergency department (ED) and downstream care settings.
The ED increasingly functions as the de facto center of the health care system, and antibiotics prescribed in the ED have significant downstream effects in both inpatient and outpatient settings. The ED has also been identified as a clinical environment with high rates of inappropriate antibiotic use, reflecting the urgency of this work.
Dr. Pulia applies human factors and systems engineering principles to develop effective infection control and antibiotic stewardship interventions for respiratory, urinary and skin infections, and COVID-19. Explore some of our current active projects »
EC-ID Research Program
EC-ID Research Team
Featured news
New grant will examine synergy of oral health and aspiration in pneumonia risk
Led by Dr. Michael Pulia, the NIH-funded study is the first to comprehensively evaluate the link between oral health, dysphagia, and the respiratory tract microbiome in older adults with acute pneumonia...
Study findings hard to swallow: Older pneumonia patients may be missing out on needed dysphagia care
New research shows missed opportunity to detect aspiration from dysphagia, a common, modifiable risk factor for pneumonia in older adults...
Study finds routine antibiotics offer no benefit for hospitalized COVID-19 patients
A large cohort study published in JAMA Network Open offers the best evidence to date that routinely prescribing antibiotics to hospitalized COVID-19 patients...
Dr. Michael Pulia named KL2 Scholars Program co-director
The UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research program supports early-career investigators to become independent researchers...
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Recent Publications
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The Role of Saliva in Swallowing: A Systematic Review
October 3, 2026
Questions can be directed to Meggie Griffin, MS, at mgriffin@medicine.wisc.edu.