Erin Green and Eric Skaar (IMAGE)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Erin Green and Eric Skaar

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Erin Green, PhD, left, and Eric Skaar, PhD, MPH, in the lab in 2022, have discovered that a gut-lung connection influences susceptibility to pneumonias caused by Acinetobacter baumannii, a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections. (photo courtesy of Vanderbilt Health)

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