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Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, MS, CIC, FSHEA | Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases

Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, MS, CIC, FSHEA

Director, Infection Prevention, UNC Hospitals

Administrative Director, Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, UNC Hospitals

Professor of Medicine-Infectious Diseases, UNC School of Medicine

Associate Professor of Epidemiology, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Contact Information

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Address

Office:
101 Manning Drive
CB# 7600
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

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Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, MS, CIC, FSHEA

Director, Infection Prevention, UNC Hospitals

Administrative Director, Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, UNC Hospitals

Professor of Medicine-Infectious Diseases, UNC School of Medicine

Associate Professor of Epidemiology, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Areas of Interest

Hospital-associated infection prevention, Hand hygiene, Public health surveillance, Outbreak investigation

About

Dr. Sickbert-Bennett has served as the Director of Hospital Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina Hospitals since April 2017. In this role, she provides oversight and responsibility for the Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology Department activities including surveillance, outbreak and exposure investigations, education, regulatory compliance, accreditation, and consultation. She also serves as the Administrative Director of the Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, leading a multidisciplinary team of ID pharmacists, ID physicians, project managers, and data analysts. Dr. Sickbert-Bennett is also a Professor in the School of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division, and in the Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Epidemiology. She is an Associate Editor for the American Journal of Infection Control.

Memberships

  • Association for Professionals in Infection Prevention
  • Society for Healthcare Epidemiologists of America

Education 

  • Undergraduate

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • MS

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health

  • PhD

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health