Roberta Debiasi, MD Associate Professor Departments of Pediatrics (Division of Infectious Diseases) and Neurology University of Colorado Denver/The Children's Hospital 4200 East 9th Avenue Box B182 or B055 Denver, CO 80262 Laboratory: (303)393-4684 Pager: (303)891-0909 Fax: (303)393-5271 Email: roberta.debiasi@uchsc.edu

Major Research and Clinical Focus:

Curriculum Vitae

Basic Science Research:

Mechanisms of viral pathogenesis, with focus on role of virus-induced apoptosis using in vitro and in vivo models of viral myocarditis, encephalitis, and myocarditis

• Host-pathogen interactions
• Genomic and Proteomic approaches to the delineation of signal transduction pathways essential for viral pathogenesis
• Development of novel antiviral (anti-apoptotic) strategies for treatment of severe viral infection (myocarditis, encephalitis, hepatitis)

Clinical Expertise/Clinical Research:

• Infectious Diseases Consultation for immunocompetent and immunocompromised Patients
• Specific expertise in diagnosis and treatment of CNS Infection: Viral Encephalitis and Meningitis
• Clinical Application of PCR to diagnosis of infectious diseases, with focus on use of CSF PCR for diagnosis of CNS Infection