Lauren Bakaletz
Lauren Opremcak Bakaletz is a Professor of both Pediatrics and Otolaryngology at The Ohio State University as well as the director of the Center for Microbial Pathogenesis at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Research. The Bakaletz lab studies the molecular mechanisms behind polymicrobial infections - particularly "Haemophilus influenzae" and "Moraxella catarrhalis" - in a variety of human disease states, including the respiratory tract and infections of the middle ear (otitis media). Awards. Bakaletz was elected to the American Academy of Microbiology in 2020.