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David M. Aronoff

Medicine · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1985
Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens researchNeonatal and Maternal InfectionsStreptococcal Infections and TreatmentsPreterm Birth and ChorioamnionitisMicroscopic Colitis

Publications

378

Citations

12,087

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

42

Publishing since 1985

Research summary
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David M. Aronoff studies how the immune system responds to bacterial infections, with a strong focus on infections during pregnancy and at the interface between mother and fetus. His work examines pathogens such as Group B Streptococcus and Clostridioides difficile, exploring inflammatory pathways, immune signaling molecules, and how drugs can influence infection severity. He also investigates practical clinical topics in prenatal care and maternal health.

Infections in pregnancy and the maternal-fetal interfaceGroup B Streptococcus immunologyClostridioides difficile infection and inflammationInflammasome and cytokine signaling in macrophagesClinical maternal and neonatal health

Publication output has generally declined over the last decade, from around 30 papers per year in 2017-2018 to roughly 10 per year in recent years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

No award with a current end date on record.

1 earlier award
  • NIH R01AI134036Aug 2017 – Jul 2023 · $267k awarded

    The Role of macrophages in chorioamnionitis and group B streptococcal infections

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 4,953 established Medicine PIs within our index
Citations: 12,087cohort median 2,544
h-index: 58cohort median 24
Publications / year (recent): 10.2cohort median 4.8

Typically publishes in teams of ~7 · 15% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 79 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 10.2/year recently
2017: 31 publications31172018: 31 publications31182019: 19 publications192020: 25 publications202021: 23 publications212022: 16 publications222023: 11 publications232024: 6 publications242025: 14 publications252026: 4 publications26
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 0 collaborators at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 0 collaborators at the same institution2022: 1 collaborator at the same institution2023: 0 collaborators at the same institution2024: 0 collaborators at the same institution2025: 1 collaborator at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • American Journal of Reproductive Immunology×13
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases×13
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×11
  • ACS Infectious Diseases×7
  • mBio×6
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Last updated Jul 27, 2026.

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