Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Medicine
·
2025 - Present
Medicine, Infectious Diseases,
Medicine
Recent Publications
Female 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 CiteStrategies for improved endothelial cell adhesion in microphysiological vascular model systems.
Journal Article PLoS One · 2025 Human tissue-engineered blood vessels (TEBVs) have been applied as model systems to study a wide range of vascular diseases including Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome and early atherosclerosis. Central to the utility of TEBVs as an in vitro blood vesse ... Full text Link to item CitePersistent Gram-negative Bloodstream Infection Increases the Risk of Recurrent Bloodstream Infection With the Same Species.
Journal Article Clin Infect Dis · June 14, 2024 The association between persistent gram-negative bloodstream infection (GN-BSI), or ongoing positive cultures, and recurrent GN-BSI has not been investigated. Among 992 adults, persistent GN-BSI was associated with increased recurrent GN-BSI with the same ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Staphylococcus aureus Cardiac Device Infections - From the Vascular Viewpoint (K23)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2022 - 2027Cardiac Device Infection in 2D and 3D Microphysiological Model Systems
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2026 - 2026Cardiac Device Infection in Microphysiological Vascular Models
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2022 - 2025View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine ·
2011
M.D.
California Institute of Technology ·
2009
Ph.D.