Drew Schwartz, MD, PhD

Drew Schwartz, MD, PhD is a physician-scientist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He completed his undergraduate training at Duke University with a double major in Chemistry and Biology followed by the Medical Scientist Training Program at Washington University School of Medicine.

Dr. Schwartz’s laboratory utilizes gut microbiome culturing and sequencing, immune profiling, and computational analyses in clinical cohorts and mechanistic, gnotobiotic animal models to investigate how the pediatric gut microbiome and immune response develop and are disrupted leading to serious bacterial infections. His goal is to utilize predictive computational algorithms and gut microbiome profiling to better identify children at risk of sepsis and provide personalized antibiotic recommendations and stewardship. He has been funded by the Thrasher Research Fund, Doris Duke Foundation, and through NIH NIAID K08 and NICHD R56 awards. In his spare time, he enjoys board games, basketball, and cycling.