In addition to the vast clinical pathology here at OSUWMC, we have a wide variety of clinical research projects available. Recognizing that everyone has different research experiences during their graduate medical education, we have designed a curriculum which ensures that fellows are able to successfully complete a research project in their first year of fellowship – and to build on their own project in their second year.
During your first year of fellowship, it is expected you will have identified a research mentor who will guide you through your research project. During orientation week, incoming fellows will have the opportunity to meet faculty members in the division, as well as affiliated faculty from other colleges and divisions who will outline their clinical research interests and potential projects available for fellows. It is expected by the end of your first year that you will be able to submit an abstract to a major conference for presentation, and by the end of your second year you should be able to submit a manuscript. Every three months the Faculty Research Advisory Committee (FRAC) meets with the fellow and the faculty advisor to ensure that all deadlines are being met, and that appropriate resources are available to complete the project.
Previous fellowship projects
Nichols CN, Wardlow LC, Coe KE, Sobhanie MME. Clinical Outcomes With Definitive Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia With Retained Daptomycin and Ceftaroline Combination Therapy vs De-escalation to Monotherapy With Vancomycin, Daptomycin, or Ceftaroline. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Jun 22;8(7):ofab327. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab327. PMID: 34337094; PMCID: PMC8320268.
Agnello S, Wardlow LC, Reed E, Smith JM, Coe K, Day SR. Clinical Outcomes of Daptomycin Versus Anti-Staphylococcal Beta-Lactams in Definitive Treatment of Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2021 Aug;58(2):106363. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2021.106363. Epub 2021 May 24. PMID: 34033912.
Lipps AA, Bazan JA, Lustberg ME, Sobhanie MM, Pollak B, Nandam K, Koletar SL, Lindsey S, Dick M, Malvestutto C. A Collaborative Intervention Between Emergency Medicine and Infectious Diseases to Increase Syphilis and HIV Screening in the Emergency Department. Sex Transm Dis. 2022 Jan 1;49(1):50-54. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001496. PMID: 34108412; PMCID: PMC8663525.
Mahmoud Al-Saadi, MD “Description of Patients Readmitted within 30 Days from COVID-19 Hospitalization” ID Week 2021, Virtual Event
Christian S Greco, DO “The Effect of Medication-Assisted Treatment on Completion Rates of Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy”, ID Week 2021, Virtual Event
Francisco M Magaña, MD “Patterns of Extragenital Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Testing at a Community-Based Academic Emergency Department in Columbus, Ohio”, ID Week 2021, Virtual Event
Nichols, C “Disseminated Mycobacterium Fortuitum Infection in Bilateral Lung Transplant Recipient” ISHLT 2021, Virtual Event
Nichols, C, “Clinical Outcomes with Continuation of Combination Antibiotic Therapy versus De-escalation to Monotherapy for Patients with MRSA Bacteremia” ID Week 2020, Philadelphia, PA
Nichols, C, “Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes in Patients with Pneumonia secondary to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)” ID Week, 2020, Philadelphia, PA
Patel, Y, “Weight Gain Associated with Antiretroviral Therapy” ID Week, 2020, Philadelphia, PA
Clous, G, “Clinical outcomes in patients receiving high vs standard dose caspofungin in the treatment of Candida intravascular infections” ECCMID 2020 – Oral Presentation
Agnello S, “Clinical Outcomes of Daptomycin Versus Anti-Staphylococcal Beta-Lactams in Definitive Treatment of Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections” ID Week 2019, Washington D.C.
Haden, M, “Clusters of Postpartum Group A Streptococcus (GAS) Infections on a Labor and Delivery (L&D) Unit June-October 2019” ID Week 2020, Philadelphia, PA
Haden M, “Incidence and Outcomes of Infective Endocarditis Patients with a History of Intravenous Drug Abuse Over a Five Year Period in an Academic Teaching Center” ID Week 2019, Washington D.C.
Buffomante A, Goldstein P, “Improvement in Syphilis and HIV Screening Rates at a Community-Based Emergency Department in Columbus, Ohio: Six Month Post-Intervention Analysis” ID Week 2019, Washington D.C.
George T, “Clinical outcomes with single versus double antibiotic therapy in the treatment of Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteremia and pneumonia” ID Week 2019, Washington D.C.
Ingnam S, “Evaluation of Risk Factors for Development of Total Hip Arthroplasty Surgical Site Infections” ID Week 2019, Washington D.C.
Goldstein P, Buffomante A, “Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis and HIV Screening among Men Presenting with STI-related Complaints at a Community Based Emergency Department in Columbus, Ohio: A 5-year Retrospective Study” ID Week 2018, San Francisco, CA
Ingnam S, “Implementation of FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel at a Tertiary Medical Center” ID Week 2018, San Francisco, CA
Barrett J, Schranz AJ, Hurt CB, Malvestutto C, Miller WC. Challenges Facing a Rural Opioid Epidemic: Treatment and Prevention of HIV and Hepatitis C. June 2018
Barrett J, Jordan K, Murney S, Whipp A, Elliot JO. An Education Program to Enhance Stethoscope Hygiene Behavior. Journal of Hospital Infection. March, 2017
Hussain C. Antibiotic Stewardship: “Multiplex Respiratory Viral Panel Use in the Intensive Care Unit and it’s Effect on Antibiotic Usage and Patient Outcomes” IDWeek 2016, New Orleans, LA