Faculty

M.D. Danielle Zerr

Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Pediatrics
Seattle Children's Hospital Guild Association Endowed Chair For Pediatric Infectious Disease Research, Pediatrics
Division Head, Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases
Interim Director, Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases

206-987-2653

Education

MD Temple University, 1993
MPH Epidemiology, University of Washington, 1997
BA Biology, Brandeis University,

Contact

206-987-2653

University of Washington Medical Center
Box 359300
Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Disease
Children's Hospital & Medical Ctr., Box 359300/MA.7.226
WA
View Website »

Bio

(She/her) Dr. Zerr is Division Chief and Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the UW, Affiliate Investigator at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and the Medical Director of Infection Prevention at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Her research interests include the epidemiology and prevention of infectious diseases in children.

Research Areas

Research Interests

  • Epidemiology and prevention of healthcare-associated infectious diseases in children
  • Epidemiology of viral infections in children and immunocompromised hosts

Recent Publications (PubMed)

American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Series #9: Management of Human Herpesvirus 6B After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Chimeric Antigen Receptor-T-Cell Therapy.
(2025 May 21)
Transplant Cell Ther
Kampouri E, Handley G, Phan TL, Lee YJ, Shaw R, Carpenter PA, Dadwal SS, Chemaly RF, Papanicolaou GA, Ogata M, Boeckh M, Zerr DM, Hill JA
Comparison of mid-turbinate nasal and combined nasal-throat specimen types for detection of respiratory viruses in children.
(2025 Jun)
J Clin Virol 178(): 105801
Onalan I, Teoh Z, Steele SL, Klein EJ, Strelitz B, Lacombe K, Sullivan EM, Nalla AK, Zerr DM, Englund JA
Systematic screening of infection prevention policies for equity impacts.
(2025)
Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol 5(1): e77
McGrath CL, Fatemi Y, Mirisola T, Ferreira T, D'Alo A, Konold VJL, Tieder A, Stratton A, Kronman MP, Zerr DM
Hospital-onset bacteremia in the neonatal intensive care unit: strategies for risk adjustment.
(2025 Feb 17)
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 46(4): 1-7
Prochaska EC, Xiao S, Colantuoni E, Elhaissouni N, Clark RH, Johnson J, Mukhopadhyay S, Kalu IC, Zerr DM, Reich PJ, Roberts J, Flannery DD, Milstone AM, Group Information: CDC Prevention Epicenters Program
Strategies Used by Children's Hospitals During the 2022 Viral Respiratory Surge.
(2025 Mar 1)
Hosp Pediatr 15(3): e105-e107
Adler AL, Kociolek LK, Glomb N, Ramírez-Àvila L, Kest H, Niescierenko M, West D, Zerr DM
Show complete publication list

In the News

No news articles at this time.