David Hunstad

David Hunstad is a Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He also serves as Chief of their Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, leading their growth to 18 faculty with diverse basic and clinical research programs in childhood infections and epidemiology. Dr. Hunstad’s laboratory research in Gram-negative bacterial pathogenesis, novel treatments for urinary tract infections, and emerging infectious diseases in children has been funded continuously by the US National Institutes of Health for nearly two decades. His work has been recognized by election to the Society for Pediatric Research and the American Pediatric Society. Dr. Hunstad received the Faculty Achievement Award from the Washington University Medical Center in 2019. Listed among the Best Doctors in America, Dr. Hunstad has been in clinical practice in pediatrics and infectious diseases since 1999. He also has participated in numerous industry-sponsored pediatric clinical trials of new anti-infective agents.