He is a senior investigator in the clinical mycology section in the intramural research program at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
[2] As of 2017[update], Bennett is a senior investigator in the clinical mycology section of the intramural research program in National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Bennett is co-editor of seven editions of Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases; and consultant to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American College of Physicians, American Public Health Association, Food and Drug Administration, and United States Department of Defense.
[3] Bennett and Peter Richard Williamson are studying previously healthy patients with cryptococcal meningitis to discover underlying predisposing factors and improve therapy.
A major cause of morbidity and death is cerebral edema and increased intracranial pressure, which usually coexist.