Rod Welch

{{Short description|American microbiologist}}

Rodney A. Welch is professor of medical microbiology and immunology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a specialist in bacterial pathogenesis and toxins produced by the bacterium Escherichia coli.{{cite journal|title=Biodefence: Ploughshares into swords|first=Erika|last=Check|date=19 December 2002|journal=Nature|volume=420|issue=6917|pages=736|doi=10.1038/420736a|pmid=12490912|bibcode=2002Natur.420..736C|s2cid=5385802|doi-access=free}} He is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and since 2004 has held the chair of Robert Turell Infections Diseases.{{cite web|url=https://medmicro.wisc.edu/people_faculty_profile.php?id=rawelch|title=Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology - University of Wisconsin-Madison|website=Medmicro.wisc.edu|accessdate=9 August 2017}} In 2014 he was named as part of a team at Wisconsin-Madison that was awarded a grant of up to $16 million from the National Institutes of Health to search for new antibiotics.{{cite web|url=https://phys.org/wire-news/159001078/research-team-to-search-for-new-antibiotics-from-untapped-microb.html|title=Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and Technology|website=Phys.org|accessdate=9 August 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.med.wisc.edu/news-events/wisconsin-team-to-search-for-new-antibiotics-from-untapped-microbes/43200|title=Wisconsin Team to Search for New Antibiotics from Untapped Microbes|website=Med.wisc.edu|accessdate=9 August 2017}}