Dr. Nick Daneman is a clinician scientist in the division of infectious diseases at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, is cross-appointed in the institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, at the University of Toronto, and is an adjunct scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences. He is supported by a Clinician Scientist salary award from the Canadian Institute for Health Research. Using hospital, clinical trial, and population-based data sources, his research program aims to optimize the treatment and prevention of healthcare associated infection, with overlapping themes including antibiotic stewardship, critical care infections and C.difficile.