Bradley E. Britigan, M.D., is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and VA Medical Center in Cincinnati. Before that, he served as Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Iowa for 10 years. Dr. Britigan’s research interests focus on oxygen and iron metabolism of phagocytic cells and pathogenic organisms. His current research explores the nature of oxygen-centered free radicals essential to the microbicidal function of phagocytes, as well as the possible role of toxic free radicals in Pseudomonas aeruginosa–induced tissue injury. He is past president of the American Federation for Medical Research. Dr. Britigan wrote for NEJM Journal Watch Infectious Diseases from 1998 to 2008.

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