Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellow, Duke University School of Medicine 2018 - 2022
  • Pediatric Resident, University of Tennessee Health Science Center 2014 - 2018
  • M.D., University of Tennessee Health Science Center 2014
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Hurst, Jillian H., Alexander W. McCumber, Jhoanna N. Aquino, Javier Rodriguez, Sarah M. Heston, Debra J. Lugo, Alexandre T. Rotta, et al. “Age-Related Changes in the Nasopharyngeal Microbiome Are Associated With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection and Symptoms Among Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults.” Clin Infect Dis 75, no. 1 (August 24, 2022): e928–37. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac184.
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    • Heston, Sarah M., Rebecca R. Young, John S. Tanaka, Kirsten Jenkins, Richard Vinesett, Frances M. Saccoccio, Paul L. Martin, Nelson J. Chao, and Matthew S. Kelly. “Risk Factors for CMV Viremia and Treatment-Associated Adverse Events Among Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients.” Open Forum Infect Dis 9, no. 2 (February 2022): ofab639. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab639.
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    • Hurst, Jillian H., Sarah M. Heston, Hailey N. Chambers, Hannah M. Cunningham, Meghan J. Price, Lilianna Suarez, Carter G. Crew, et al. “Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infections Among Children in the Biospecimens from Respiratory Virus-Exposed Kids (BRAVE Kids) Study.” Clin Infect Dis 73, no. 9 (November 2, 2021): e2875–82. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1693.
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    • Singh, Tulika, Sarah M. Heston, Stephanie N. Langel, Maria Blasi, Jillian H. Hurst, Genevieve G. Fouda, Matthew S. Kelly, and Sallie R. Permar. “Lessons From COVID-19 in Children: Key Hypotheses to Guide Preventative and Therapeutic Strategies.” Clin Infect Dis 71, no. 8 (November 5, 2020): 2006–13. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa547.
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    • Heston, Sarah M., Rebecca R. Young, Hwanhee Hong, Ibukunoluwa C. Akinboyo, John S. Tanaka, Paul L. Martin, Richard Vinesett, et al. “Microbiology of Bloodstream Infections in Children After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Single-Center Experience Over Two Decades (1997-2017).” Open Forum Infect Dis 7, no. 11 (November 2020): ofaa465. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa465.
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    • Tanaka, John S., Rebecca R. Young, Sarah M. Heston, Kirsten Jenkins, Lisa P. Spees, Anthony D. Sung, Kelly Corbet, et al. “Anaerobic Antibiotics and the Risk of Graft-versus-Host Disease after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.” Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 26, no. 11 (November 2020): 2053–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbmt.2020.07.011.
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    • Akinboyo, Ibukunoluwa C., Rebecca R. Young, Lisa P. Spees, Sarah M. Heston, Michael J. Smith, Yeh-Chung Chang, Lauren E. McGill, et al. “Microbiology and Risk Factors for Hospital-Associated Bloodstream Infections Among Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients.” Open Forum Infect Dis 7, no. 4 (April 2020): ofaa093. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa093.
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    • Kelly, Matthew S., Doyle V. Ward, Christopher J. Severyn, Mehreen Arshad, Sarah M. Heston, Kirsten Jenkins, Paul L. Martin, et al. “Gut Colonization Preceding Mucosal Barrier Injury Bloodstream Infection in Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Recipients.” Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 25, no. 11 (November 2019): 2274–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbmt.2019.07.019.
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    • Heston, Sarah, and Sandra Arnold. “Syphilis in Children.” Infect Dis Clin North Am 32, no. 1 (March 2018): 129–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idc.2017.11.007.
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    • Karlström, Asa, Sarah M. Heston, Kelli L. Boyd, Elaine I. Tuomanen, and Jonathan A. McCullers. “Toll-like receptor 2 mediates fatal immunopathology in mice during treatment of secondary pneumococcal pneumonia following influenza.” J Infect Dis 204, no. 9 (November 2011): 1358–66. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jir522.
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