Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Medicine
·
2024 - Present
Medicine, Infectious Diseases,
Medicine
Recent Publications
Using Encounter-Level Data for Risk-Adjustment of Antimicrobial Use Comparisons: Feasibility and Variable Selection.
Journal Article Clin Infect Dis · December 15, 2025 BACKGROUND: External comparisons of hospital antimicrobial use (AU), risk-adjusted using encounter characteristics, may better inform antimicrobial stewardship program strategy. Barriers to encounter-level modeling include feasibility of data collection an ... Full text Link to item CiteAntimicrobial Stewards Must Aim for Balance in "Going Beyond the 9 to 5".
Journal Article Open Forum Infect Dis · December 2025 Full text Link to item CiteMulticenter evaluation of blood culture contamination and blood cultures practices in US acute care hospitals: time for standardization.
Journal Article J Clin Microbiol · August 13, 2025 Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) recommends a blood culture contamination (BCC) threshold of <3%, with ≤1% considered optimal. However, there is not a standardized definition of BCC, and the effect of multiple definitions on BCC rates or ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
A Diagnostic Stewardship Intervention to Improve Blood Culture Use Among Adult Patients in Acute Care Hospitals
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Johns Hopkins University · 2022 - 2025Leveraging National Healthcare Safety Network Antimicrobial Use Option to Inform, Implement and Assess Antibiotic Stewardship Activities
ResearchConsultant · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2022 - 2023Modeling the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on U.S. Healthcare Facilities, Workforce and Resources
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Washington State University · 2021 - 2022View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2012
M.P.H.
Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine ·
2006
M.D.