The Division of Infectious Disease at Brigham & Women's Hospital (BWH) is a part of the Brigham Medical Specialties (BMS) and is affiliated with Harvard Medical School. The clinical service operates an outpatient office practice and an inpatient consultation service. The Division's research efforts are based at several locations, including the Channing Laboratory, the Harvard School of Public Health, the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and affiliated laboratory space at Landsdowne Street in Cambridge. Areas of active investigation include viral and bacterial pathogenesis, HIV drug resistance, novel therapeutics, novel diagnostics, and clinical epidemiology. The Clinical Microbiology Laboratory offers a full range of procedures for isolation and identification of bacterial, mycobacterial, fungal, parasitic and viral infections; antibiotic susceptibility testing; and serology tests for infectious agents.