Danielle Zerr, MD
Division Chief of Pediatric Infectious Disease Professor Affiliate Investigator, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Medical Director of Infection Prevention, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Professor and Division Head of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Washington School of Medicine; Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health; Affiliate Investigator, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; and Medical Director of Infection Prevention, Seattle Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Zerr’s research has focused on two main areas: (1) defining the epidemiology of viral pathogens in healthy children and immunocompromised hosts and (2) describing the epidemiology and defining effective prevention strategies for healthcare-associated infections. Dr. Zerr’s research has contributed to defining the epidemiology of human herpesvirus 6B (HHV-6B) from primary infection to reactivation following hematopoietic cell transplantation. Dr. Zerr is also the Seattle Children’s site principal investigator for the Pediatric Pandemic Network, a HRSA-funded network aimed at improving the care of children during disasters including pandemics.
Dr. Zerr’s clinical time includes inpatient Infectious Diseases consultations and the outpatient Infectious Diseases clinic. In addition, she is the Medical Director for the Infection Prevention Program at Seattle Children’s Hospital.