Current Research focus:

1. Molecular characterization of unique clinical bacteria

2. Molecular diagnostic assay development

3. Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec (SCCmec)

4. Molecular evolution and epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus (SA), MRSA, HA-MRSA and CA-MRSA

5. Pathogenesis of SA, MRSA and CA-MRSA