Dr. Rodriguez has participated in several educational activities in Peru and is the PI of the ICOHRTA grant for training Peruvian physicians, which occasionally brings Peruvians to UAB for short or medium term training. He is also the director of the recently established global health track for the internal medicine residency program, and has collaborated on studies with Peruvian colleagues.

Research interests are Clostridium difficile infection, urinary tract infections, tropical diseases including malaria, tuberculosis, metabolic complications in HIV, education interventions in Infectious Diseases for developing countries, and education interventions for internal medicine residents and medical students.