Overview
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Medicine
·
2019 - Present
Medicine, Infectious Diseases,
Medicine
Recent Publications
Measuring the efficacy of standard and novel disinfection methods on inpatient clinician-assigned phone: a 2-phase randomized experimental study.
Journal Article Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · April 27, 2026 We conducted a two-phase randomized controlled trial evaluating routine versus automated hydrogen peroxide-peracetic acid disinfection of inpatient clinician-assigned phones. Both strategies significantly reduced microbial bioburden and clinically importan ... Full text Link to item CiteRacial disparities in healthcare-associated infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Journal Article Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · April 24, 2026 OBJECTIVE: Racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) could have significant implications for hospital-based incentive programs. We sought to quantify racial and ethnic disparities in HAIs across inpatients in the United State ... Full text Link to item CiteSplit-surface randomization as a pragmatic design for early-phase environmental disinfection trials.
Journal Article Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · April 7, 2026 Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Transdisciplinary Research in Infectious Diseases to Engage Third-year medical students (TRIDENT) R25
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030Role of C difficile Colonization in Risk of Disease
ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) - NIAID
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2018 - 2029View All Grants
Education
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2007
M.P.H.
Duke University ·
2001
M.D.