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Stacey Ann Maskarinec

Associate Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Infectious Diseases

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of Medicine · 2025 - Present Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine

Recent Publications


Strategies for improved endothelial cell adhesion in microphysiological vascular model systems.

Journal Article PloS one · January 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 Cite

Persistent 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 Cite

Female Sex and Mortality in Patients with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Journal Article JAMA Netw Open · February 5, 2024 IMPORTANCE: Staphylococcus aureus is the leading cause of death due to bacterial bloodstream infection. Female sex has been identified as a risk factor for mortality in S aureus bacteremia (SAB) in some studies, but not in others. OBJECTIVE: To determine w ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Staphylococcus aureus Cardiac Device Infections - From the Vascular Viewpoint (K23)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2022 - 2027

Cardiac Device Infection in Microphysiological Vascular Models

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2022 - 2025

Neutrophil Activation Phenotypes in Healthy Subjects and Implications for Bacterial Clearance

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2023

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine · 2011 M.D.
California Institute of Technology · 2009 Ph.D.