Current Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
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2019 - Present
Family Medicine and Community Health, Occupational & Environmental,
Family Medicine and Community Health
Recent Publications
Innovation in Personal Protective Equipment Decontamination During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Powered-Air Purifying Respirator Hood Optimal Decontaminant Distribution System
Journal Article Applied Biosafety · January 1, 2025 Background: The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted critical shortages in personal protective equipment (PPE), particularly respirators, which limited healthcare workers’ safety worldwide. Decontamination and reuse of PPE, including powered-air purifying respira ... Full text CiteHand and Glove Sanitizing in Sterile Compounding, Part 1.
Journal Article International journal of pharmaceutical compounding · November 2024 Selecting an appropriate sanitizer (i.e., "rub") for application to hands and gloves before and, if necessary, during sterile compounding is as important as is its consistent and judicious use. Alcohols and chlorhexidine gluconate, which have long been rec ... CiteComparative analysis of sampling and detection methods for fungal contamination on common healthcare environment surface materials.
Journal Article Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · May 21, 2024 We evaluated sampling and detection methods for fungal contamination on healthcare surface materials, comparing the efficacy of foam sponges, flocked swabs, and Replicate Organism Detection And Counting (RODAC) plates alongside culture-based quantification ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Occupational Medicine Program Area of the NC OSHERC
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEKey Faculty · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2017 - 2027Optimization of detection and monitoring of environmental fungal contamination to establish baseline contamination rates (BAA-75D301-22-R-72097 ) OPTION YEAR TWO
ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2022 - 2024View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2014
Ph.D.