Mary K. Hayden, MD

Mary K. Hayden, MD, is the James Lowenstine Professor of Medicine and a professor of pathology in Rush Medical College. She completed a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. She received a medical degree from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Chicago and a fellowship in infectious diseases at Rush University Medical Center, both in Chicago, IL.

Her research focuses on the epidemiology and prevention of emerging pathogens, healthcare associated infections, and antibiotic resistance. Recent projects have investigated the genomic epidemiology and control of carbapanemase-producing Enterobacterales and Candida auris in long-term care facilities and across regions, and delineation of factors associated with transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in healthcare settings. She has served on federal public health advisory committees including the CDC Healthcare Infection Control and Prevention Advisory Committee (HICPAC) and the Board of Scientific Counselors for the CDC Office of Infectious Diseases.

Hayden is a Fellow of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). She was the 2021 president of the Board of Trustees of SHEA, and 2022 president of the SHEA Education and Research Foundation. Dr. Hayden is past chair of the IDSA Diagnostics Committee, and is current chair of the IDSA Rapid Guidance on SARS-CoV-2 Diagnostics Committee. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology.