Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Medicine
·
2024 - Present
Medicine, Infectious Diseases,
Medicine
Recent Publications
Methicillin-resistant and susceptible Staphylococcus aureus: tolerance, immune evasion and treatment.
Journal Article Nat Rev Microbiol · February 2026 Staphylococcus aureus is capable of infecting every organ system in the body and developing resistance to every available antibiotic used to treat it, such as methicillin-resistant S. aureus (commonly referred to as MRSA). This pathogen is characterized by ... Full text Link to item CiteFemale Sex and Mortality in Patients With Gram-Negative Bacteremia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Journal Article JAMA Netw Open · November 3, 2025 IMPORTANCE: Female sex has been identified as a risk factor for mortality in Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (SA-BSI). It is unknown whether this association extends to bloodstream infections with other bacterial species. OBJECTIVE: To investig ... Full text Link to item CiteCombination therapy with fosfomycin for Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia or endocarditis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials.
Journal Article JAC Antimicrob Resist · June 2025 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Fosfomycin combination therapy for Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia or endocarditis has been evaluated, but studies were limited by small sample sizes. We sought to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized con ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Genomic determinants of antibiotic treatment failure in S. aureus bacteremia
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029Parsons UNC Interinstitutional Agreement
FellowshipPI-Fellow · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2021 - 2024View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Tennessee Health Science Center ·
2018
M.D.
University of Kent (United Kingdom) ·
2009
Ph.D.