Recent Faculty Publications

Our research frequently appears in leading academic journals and reflects the wide scope of interests encompassed by the division.

Nikolaos Almyroudis, MD

Chen G, Herr M, Nowak J, Ho C, Almyroudis N, Attwood K, Bonnewell J, Walsh M, Segal B, Ross M, McCarthy P, Hahn T. (2023) Chen G, Herr M, Nowak J, Ho C, Almyroudis N, Attwood K, Bonnewell J, Walsh M, Segal B, Ross M, McCarthy P, Hahn T. Haematologica. (Feb), 108(2)(1): 615-620. doi:10.3324/haematol.2022.281719

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Charles Berenson, MD

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John Bonnewell, MD, MSc

Chen G, Herr M, Nowak J, Ho C, Almyroudis N, Attwood K, Bonnewell J, Walsh M, Segal B, Ross M, McCarthy P, Hahn T. (2023) Cytomegalovirus reactivation after CD19 CAR T-cell therapy is clinically significant. Haematologica (Feb), 2(108): 615-620.
Madut DB, Rubach MP, Bonnewell JP, Cutting ER, Carugati M, Kalengo N, Maze MJ, Morrissey AB, Mmbaga BT, Lwezaula BF, Kinabo G, Mbwasi R, Kilonzo KG, Maro VP, Crump JA. (2021) Trends in fever case management for febrile inpatients in a low malaria incidence setting of Tanzania. Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH (Dec), 26(12): 1668-1676. doi:10.1111/tmi.13683
Bonnewell JP, Rubach MP, Madut DB, Carugati M, Maze MJ, Kilonzo KG, Lyamuya F, Marandu A, Kalengo NH, Lwezaula BF, Mmbaga BT, Maro VP, Crump JA. (2021) Performance Assessment of the Universal Vital Assessment Score vs Other Illness Severity Scores for Predicting Risk of In-Hospital Death Among Adult Febrile Inpatients in Northern Tanzania, 2016-2019. JAMA network open (Dec), 4(12): e2136398. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.36398

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John Crane, MD, PhD

Dokladny K, Crane JK, Kassicieh AJ, Kaper JB, Kovbasnjuk O. (2021) Cross-Talk between Probiotic Nissle 1917 and Human Colonic Epithelium Affects the Metabolite Composition and Demonstrates Host Antibacterial Effect. Metabolites (Dec), 11(12). doi:10.3390/metabo11120841
Crane JK, Salehi M, Alvarado CL. (2021) Psychoactive Drugs Induce the SOS Response and Shiga Toxin Production in Escherichia coli. Toxins (Jun), 13(7). doi:10.3390/toxins13070437
Crane JK, Alvarado CL, Sutton MD. (2021) Role of the SOS Response in the Generation of Antibiotic Resistance In Vivo. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (Apr).

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John Hu, M.D., Ph.D.

El-Atoum M, Hargarten JC, Park YD, Ssebambulidde K, Ding L, Chittiboina P, Hammoud DA, Anjum SH, Glassman SR, Merchant S, Williamson PR, Hu JC. (2023) Persistent neurological symptoms and elevated intracranial pressures in a previously healthy host with cryptococcal meningitis. BMC infectious diseases (Jun), 23(1): 407. doi:10.1186/s12879-023-08349-y

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Alan Lesse, MD

Fuchs TA, Wattengel BA, Carter MT, El-Solh AA, Lesse AJ, Mergenhagen KA. (2022) Outcomes of multiple sclerosis patients admitted with COVID-19 in a large veteran cohort. Multiple sclerosis and related disorders (Aug), 64: 103964. doi:10.1016/j.msard.2022.103964
Murphy TF, Robinson RH, Wofford KM, Lesse AJ, Grinslade S, Taylor HL, Pointer KM, Nicholas GF, Orom H. (2022) A community-university run conference as a catalyst for addressing health disparities in an urban community. Journal of clinical and translational science (Jan), 6(1): e67. doi:10.1017/cts.2022.398
DeRosa A, Wattengel BA, Carter MT, Sellick JA, Lesse AJ, Mergenhagen KA. (2021) Admissions and Mortality Related to Urinary Tract Infections in Male Veterans with Dementia. The Senior care pharmacist (Dec), 36(12): 681-686.

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Timothy Murphy, MD

Murphy TF, Kirkham C, D'Mello A, Sethi S, Pettigrew MM, Tettelin H. (2023) Adaptation of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae in Human Airways in COPD: Genome Rearrangements and Modulation of Expression of HMW1 and HMW2. mBio (Mar)e0014023.
Murphy TF, Robinson RH, Wofford KM, Lesse AJ, Grinslade S, Taylor HL, Pointer KM, Nicholas GF, Orom H. (2022) A community-university run conference as a catalyst for addressing health disparities in an urban community. Journal of clinical and translational science (Jan), 6(1): e67. doi:10.1017/cts.2022.398
Bengert E, Towle-Miller L, Boccardo J, Mercene G, Ohtake PJ, Balkundi P, Elkin PL, Balthasar J, Murphy TF, Noyes K. (2022) Novel approach for tracking interdisciplinary research productivity using institutional databases. Journal of clinical and translational science (Jan), 6(1): e119. doi:10.1017/cts.2022.455

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Thomas Russo, MD

Russo TA, Carlino-MacDonald U, Alvarado CL, Davies CJ, Barnes O, Trivedi G, Mathur P, Hutson A, Adams FG, Zang M, Ascari A, Eijkelkamp BA. (2022) Penicillin Binding Protein 7/8 Is a Potential Drug Target in Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (Dec)e0103322.
Russo TA, Umland TC, Deng X, El Mazouni F, Kokkonda S, Olson R, Carlino-MacDonald U, Beanan J, Alvarado CL, Tomchick DR, Hutson A, Chen H, Posner B, Rathod PK, Charman SA, Phillips MA. (2022) Repurposed dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitors with efficacy against drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (Dec), 119(51): e2213116119.
Kumar A, Yang T, Chakravorty S, Majumdar A, Nairn BL, Six DA, Marcondes Dos Santos N, Price SL, Lawrenz MB, Actis LA, Marques M, Russo TA, Newton SM, Klebba PE. (2022) Fluorescent sensors of siderophores produced by bacterial pathogens. The Journal of biological chemistry (Mar), 298(3): 101651. doi:10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101651

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Brahm Segal, MD

Zsiros E, Ricciuti J, Gallo S, Argentieri D, Attwood K, Ji W, Hutson A, Visco P, Coffey D, Riebandt G, Mark J, Varghese A, Hess SM, Furlani T, Fabiano A, Hennon M, Yendamuri S, Kauffman EC, Wooten KE, Hicks WL, Young J, Takabe K, Odunsi K, Case AA, Segal BH, Johnson CS, Kuvshinoff B, Nurkin S, Paragh G, de Leon-Casasola O. (2023) Postoperative Restrictive Opioid Protocols and Durable Changes in Opioid Prescribing and Chronic Opioid Use. JAMA oncology (Feb), 9(2): 234-241. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.6278
Goretti Riça I, Joughin BA, Teke ME, Emmons TR, Griffith AM, Cahill LA, Banner-Goodspeed VM, Robson SC, Hernandez JM, Segal BH, Otterbein LE, Hauser CJ, Lederer JA, Yaffe MB. (2023) Neutrophil heterogeneity and emergence of a distinct population of CD11b/CD18-activated low-density neutrophils after trauma. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery (Feb), 94(2): 187-196. doi:10.1097/TA.0000000000003823
Segal BH, Giridharan T, Suzuki S, Khan ANH, Zsiros E, Emmons TR, Yaffe MB, Gankema AAF, Hoogeboom M, Goetschalckx I, Matlung HL, Kuijpers TW. (2022) Neutrophil interactions with T cells, platelets, endothelial cells, and of course tumor cells. Immunological reviews (Dec).

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John Sellick, Jr, DO, MS

Wilkinson LA, Mergenhagen KA, Carter MT, Chua H, Clark C, Wattengel BA, Sellick JA, El-Solh AA. (2021) Smoking status related to Covid-19 mortality and disease severity in a veteran population. Respir Med. (Dec), 190: 106668.
DeRosa A, Wattengel BA, Carter MT, Sellick JA, Lesse AJ, Mergenhagen KA. (2021) Admissions and Mortality Related to Urinary Tract Infections in Male Veterans with Dementia. Sr Care Pharm (Dec), 36(12): 681-6.
Yam G, Wattengel BA, Carter MT, Sellick JA, Lesse AJ, Mergenhagen KA. (2021) Trends in beta-hemolytic Streptococcus infections within Veterans' Affairs medical centers from 2009 to 2018. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. (Nov), 42(11): 1356-1360.

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Alyssa Shon, MD

Wrotniak BH, Garrett M, Baron S, Sojar H, Shon A, Asiago-Reddy E, Yager J, Kalams S, Croix M, Hicar MD. (2022) Antibody dependent cell cytotoxicity is maintained by the unmutated common ancestor of 6F5, a Gp41 conformational epitope targeting antibody that utilizes heavy chain VH1-2. Vaccine (Jul), 40(31): 4174-4181.
Lu CH, Bednarczyk EM, Catanzaro LM, Shon A, Xu JC, Ma Q. (2021) Pharmacokinetic drug interactions of integrase strand transfer inhibitors. Current Research in Pharmacology and Drug Discovery (Aug), 2 doi:10.1016/j.crphar.2021.100044
Swindells S, Lutz T, van Zyl L, Porteiro N, Stoll M, Mitha E, Shon A, Benn P, Huang JO, Harrington CM, Hove K, Ford SL, Talarico CL, Chounta V, Crauwels H, van Solingen-Ristea R, Vanveggel S, Margolis DA, Smith KY, Vandermeulen K, Spreen WR. (2021) Long-acting cabotegravir + rilpivirine for HIV-1 treatment: ATLAS week 96 results. AIDS (Jul) doi:10.1097/QAD.0000000000003025

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Recent Faculty Publications

Nikolaos Almyroudis, MD

Charles Berenson, MD

John Bonnewell, MD, MSc

John Crane, MD, PhD

John Hu, M.D., Ph.D.

Alan Lesse, MD

Timothy Murphy, MD

Thomas Russo, MD

Brahm Segal, MD

John Sellick, Jr, DO, MS

Alyssa Shon, MD

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