- Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Poisoning and overdose treatments
- Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
- Infection Control and Ventilation
- Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
- Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies
- Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Plant-based Medicinal Research
- Disaster Response and Management
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
- Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection
- Congenital Ear and Nasal Anomalies
- Influenza Virus Research Studies
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
Emory University
2021-2024
Washington Poison Center
2022-2024
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2023
National Center for Environmental Health
2021-2023
Yale University
2017-2020
Johns Hopkins Medicine
2017
Johns Hopkins University
2017
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
2016
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
2016
National Institutes of Health
2016
On the evening of June 23, 2016, a white powder advertised as cocaine was purchased off streets from multiple sources and used by an unknown number persons in New Haven, Connecticut. During period less than 8 hours, 12 patients were brought to emergency department (ED) at Yale Haven Hospital, experiencing signs symptoms consistent with opioid overdose. The route intoxication not known, but presumed be insufflation ("snorting") most cases. Some required doses antidote naloxone exceeding 4 mg...
Background Deploying accurate computable phenotypes in pragmatic trials requires a trade-off between precise and clinically sensical variable selection. In particular, evaluating the medical encounter to assess pattern leading significant impairment or distress indicative of disease is difficult modeling challenge for emergency department. Objective This study aimed derive validate an electronic health record–based phenotype identify department patients with opioid use disorder using...
Influenza results in up to 500,000 deaths annually. Seasonal influenza vaccines have an estimated 60% effectiveness, but provide little or no protection against novel subtypes, and may be less protective high-risk groups. Neuraminidase inhibitors are recommended for the treatment of severe infection, not proven reduce mortality disease. Preclinical models infection that closely correlate human disease needed assess efficacy new therapeutics. We developed a nonhuman primate model bacterial...
Lacrimators are used by individuals for personal defense and police crowd control during periods of civil unrest. Increased public awareness about their use has raised concerns application safety.
The Veratrum genus is composed of plants containing a diverse set steroidal alkaloids. plant material has been utilized for centuries as herbal medicines, however the alkaloids have such low therapeutic index that they are not used in modern medicine. Here we report an incident inadvertent ingestion V. parviflorum by hikers Georgia allowed detection, and several instances identification from plant, correlated their presence within patient blood breast milk specimens.Eight patients, three...
Introduction: Whole Bowel Irrigation (WBI) is used as a method of gastrointestinal decontamination for poisoned patients and may have low compliance when recommended by poison centers (PC). We set out to determine WBI analyze trends possible associations between clinical outcomes. Methods: conducted single-center retrospective chart review PC data from 1/1/2011 12/31/2019 included cases in which was recommended. collected demographic data, exposure history, therapies performed, Compliance...