Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellowship in Infectious Diseases, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine 2013 - 2017
  • Internal Medicine Residency, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine 2011 - 2013
  • M.D., Boston University 2011
  • Ph.D., Boston University 2011
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine 2017 - 2018
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • VTEU 13-0053 Task Area C awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2020
  • Systems Immunobiology of Antibiotic-Persistent MRSA Infections 2016 - 2020
  • Janssen ExPEC Study 2019 - 2020
  • VTEU 13-0053 Task Area B awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2015
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  External Relationships

  • Informa Pharma Consulting
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Souli, Maria, Felicia Ruffin, Seong-Ho Choi, Lawrence P. Park, Shengli Gao, Nicholas Christopoulos Lent, Batu K. Sharma-Kuinkel, et al. “Changing Characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: Results From a 21-Year, Prospective, Longitudinal Study.” Clin Infect Dis 69, no. 11 (November 13, 2019): 1868–77. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz112.
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    • Mikkaichi, Tsuyoshi, Michael R. Yeaman, Alexander Hoffmann, and Alexander MRSA Systems Immunobiology Group. “Identifying determinants of persistent MRSA bacteremia using mathematical modeling.” Plos Comput Biol 15, no. 7 (July 2019): e1007087. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007087.
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    • Eichenberger, Emily M., and Joshua T. Thaden. “Epidemiology and Mechanisms of Resistance of Extensively Drug Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria.” Antibiotics (Basel) 8, no. 2 (April 6, 2019). https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics8020037.
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    • Thaden, Joshua T., Karen Chiswell, Ian Jaffe, Stephen P. Bergin, William E. Yang, Andrew Romaine, Jamie Roberts, et al. “Pediatric Antibacterial and Antifungal Trials From 2007 to 2017.” Pediatrics 142, no. 3 (September 2018). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2017-1849.
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    • Jaslow, Sarah L., Kyle D. Gibbs, W Florian Fricke, Liuyang Wang, Kelly J. Pittman, Mark K. Mammel, Joshua T. Thaden, et al. “Salmonella Activation of STAT3 Signaling by SarA Effector Promotes Intracellular Replication and Production of IL-10.” Cell Rep 23, no. 12 (June 19, 2018): 3525–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2018.05.072.
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    • Thaden, Joshua T., Monica Gandhi, Hideaki Okochi, Christopher B. Hurt, and Mehri S. McKellar. “Seroconversion on preexposure prophylaxis: a case report with segmental hair analysis for timed adherence determination.” Aids 32, no. 9 (June 1, 2018): F1–4. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000001825.
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    • Thaden, Joshua T., Lawrence P. Park, Stacey A. Maskarinec, Felicia Ruffin, Vance G. Fowler, and David van Duin. “Results from a 13-Year Prospective Cohort Study Show Increased Mortality Associated with Bloodstream Infections Caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Compared to Other Bacteria.” Antimicrob Agents Chemother 61, no. 6 (June 2017). https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.02671-16.
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    • Thaden, Joshua T., Jason M. Pogue, and Keith S. Kaye. “Role of newer and re-emerging older agents in the treatment of infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae.” Virulence 8, no. 4 (May 19, 2017): 403–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/21505594.2016.1207834.
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    • Doernberg, Sarah B., Thomas P. Lodise, Joshua T. Thaden, Jose M. Munita, Sara E. Cosgrove, Cesar A. Arias, Helen W. Boucher, et al. “Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections: Research Priorities, Accomplishments, and Future Directions of the Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group.” Clin Infect Dis 64, no. suppl_1 (March 15, 2017): S24–29. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw828.
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    • Doi, Yohei, Robert A. Bonomo, David C. Hooper, Keith S. Kaye, James R. Johnson, Cornelius J. Clancy, Joshua T. Thaden, Martin E. Stryjewski, David van Duin, and David Gram-Negative Committee of the Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group (ARLG)a. “Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections: Research Priorities, Accomplishments, and Future Directions of the Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group.” Clin Infect Dis 64, no. suppl_1 (March 15, 2017): S30–35. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw829.
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    • Cyr, D. D., A. S. Allen, G. -. J. Du, F. Ruffin, C. Adams, J. T. Thaden, S. A. Maskarinec, et al. “Evaluating genetic susceptibility to Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in African Americans using admixture mapping.” Genes Immun 18, no. 2 (March 2017): 95–99. https://doi.org/10.1038/gene.2017.6.
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    • Thaden, Joshua T., Yanhong Li, Felicia Ruffin, Stacey A. Maskarinec, Jonathan M. Hill-Rorie, Lisa C. Wanda, Shelby D. Reed, and Vance G. Fowler. “Increased Costs Associated with Bloodstream Infections Caused by Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria Are Due Primarily to Patients with Hospital-Acquired Infections.” Antimicrob Agents Chemother 61, no. 3 (March 2017). https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.01709-16.
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    • Maskarinec, Stacey A., Joshua T. Thaden, Derek D. Cyr, Felicia Ruffin, Maria Souli, and Vance G. Fowler. “The Risk of Cardiac Device-Related Infection in Bacteremic Patients Is Species Specific: Results of a 12-Year Prospective Cohort.” Open Forum Infect Dis 4, no. 3 (2017): ofx132. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx132.
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    • Qi, Robert, Hwang-Soo Joo, Batu Sharma-Kuinkel, Nicholas R. Berlon, Lawrence Park, Chih-Lung Fu, Julia A. Messina, et al. “Increased in vitro phenol-soluble modulin production is associated with soft tissue infection source in clinical isolates of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus.” J Infect 72, no. 3 (March 2016): 302–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2015.11.002.
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    • Thaden, Joshua T., Ashley E. Keller, Norah J. Shire, M Margarita Camara, Linda Otterson, Mike Huband, Caitlin M. Guenther, et al. “Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteremic Patients Exhibit Nonprotective Antibody Titers Against Therapeutic Antibody Targets PcrV and Psl Exopolysaccharide.” J Infect Dis 213, no. 4 (February 15, 2016): 640–48. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiv436.
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    • Messina, Julia A., Joshua T. Thaden, Batu K. Sharma-Kuinkel, and Vance G. Fowler. “Impact of Bacterial and Human Genetic Variation on Staphylococcus aureus Infections.” Plos Pathog 12, no. 1 (January 2016): e1005330. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005330.
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    • Thaden, Joshua T., Vance G. Fowler, Daniel J. Sexton, and Deverick J. Anderson. “Increasing Incidence of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli in Community Hospitals throughout the Southeastern United States.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 37, no. 1 (January 2016): 49–54. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2015.239.
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    • Ruopp, Marcus, Karen Chiswell, Joshua T. Thaden, Kunal Merchant, and Ephraim L. Tsalik. “Respiratory Tract Infection Clinical Trials from 2007 to 2012. A Systematic Review of ClinicalTrials.gov.” Ann Am Thorac Soc 12, no. 12 (December 2015): 1852–63. https://doi.org/10.1513/AnnalsATS.201505-291OC.
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    • Thaden, Joshua T., Jessica E. Ericson, Heather Cross, Stephen P. Bergin, Julia A. Messina, Vance G. Fowler, Daniel K. Benjamin, et al. “Survival Benefit of Empirical Therapy for Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections in Infants.” Pediatr Infect Dis J 34, no. 11 (November 2015): 1175–79. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000000850.
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    • Berlon, Nicholas R., Robert Qi, Batu K. Sharma-Kuinkel, Hwang-Soo Joo, Lawrence P. Park, Dennis George, Joshua T. Thaden, et al. “Clinical MRSA isolates from skin and soft tissue infections show increased in vitro production of phenol soluble modulins.” J Infect 71, no. 4 (October 2015): 447–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2015.06.005.
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    • Bergin, Stephen P., Joshua T. Thaden, Jessica E. Ericson, Heather Cross, Julia Messina, Reese H. Clark, Vance G. Fowler, et al. “Neonatal Escherichia coli Bloodstream Infections: Clinical Outcomes and Impact of Initial Antibiotic Therapy.” Pediatr Infect Dis J 34, no. 9 (September 2015): 933–36. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000000769.
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    • Ericson, Jessica E., Joshua Thaden, Heather R. Cross, Reese H. Clark, Vance G. Fowler, Daniel K. Benjamin, Michael Cohen-Wolkowiez, Christoph P. Hornik, P Brian Smith, and P Brian Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group. “No survival benefit with empirical vancomycin therapy for coagulase-negative staphylococcal bloodstream infections in infants.” Pediatr Infect Dis J 34, no. 4 (April 2015): 371–75. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000000573.
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    • Eichenberger, Emily M., Joshua T. Thaden, Batu Sharma-Kuinkel, Lawrence P. Park, Thomas H. Rude, Felicia Ruffin, Nina J. Hos, et al. “Polymorphisms in Fibronectin Binding Proteins A and B among Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Isolates Are Not Associated with Arthroplasty Infection.” Plos One 10, no. 11 (2015): e0141436. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141436.
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    • Sharma-Kuinkel, Batu K., Yuling Wu, David E. Tabor, Hoyin Mok, Bret R. Sellman, Amy Jenkins, Li Yu, et al. “Characterization of alpha-toxin hla gene variants, alpha-toxin expression levels, and levels of antibody to alpha-toxin in hemodialysis and postsurgical patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.” J Clin Microbiol 53, no. 1 (January 2015): 227–36. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02023-14.
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    • Thaden, Joshua T., Sarah S. Lewis, Kevin C. Hazen, Kirk Huslage, Vance G. Fowler, Rebekah W. Moehring, Luke F. Chen, et al. “Rising rates of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae in community hospitals: a mixed-methods review of epidemiology and microbiology practices in a network of community hospitals in the southeastern United States.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 35, no. 8 (August 2014): 978–83. https://doi.org/10.1086/677157.
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    • Yan, Qin, Batu K. Sharma-Kuinkel, Hitesh Deshmukh, Ephraim L. Tsalik, Derek D. Cyr, Joseph Lucas, Christopher W. Woods, et al. “Dusp3 and Psme3 are associated with murine susceptibility to Staphylococcus aureus infection and human sepsis.” Plos Pathog 10, no. 6 (June 2014): e1004149. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004149.
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    • Tong, Steven Y. C., Batu K. Sharma-Kuinkel, Joshua T. Thaden, Adeline R. Whitney, Soo-Jin Yang, Nagendra N. Mishra, Thomas Rude, et al. “Virulence of endemic nonpigmented northern Australian Staphylococcus aureus clone (clonal complex 75, S. argenteus) is not augmented by staphyloxanthin.” J Infect Dis 208, no. 3 (August 1, 2013): 520–27. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jit173.
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    • Thaden, Joshua T., Stephen Lory, and Timothy S. Gardner. “Quorum-sensing regulation of a copper toxicity system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.” J Bacteriol 192, no. 10 (May 2010): 2557–68. https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.01528-09.
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    • Faith, Jeremiah J., Boris Hayete, Joshua T. Thaden, Ilaria Mogno, Jamey Wierzbowski, Guillaume Cottarel, Simon Kasif, James J. Collins, and Timothy S. Gardner. “Large-scale mapping and validation of Escherichia coli transcriptional regulation from a compendium of expression profiles.” Plos Biol 5, no. 1 (January 2007): e8. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050008.
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