CURE-KY Member Publications

This page highlights recent peer-reviewed publications authored by members of the CURE-KY community. All featured work relates to infectious disease research, spanning topics such as pathogenesis, diagnostics, epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, public health, and translational science. Publications are added monthly to reflect the continued scholarly output of our network. Each entry includes citation details and a direct link to the full article when available.

Whether you're exploring current work in the field, looking for collaborators, or tracking ongoing research trends, this page offers a central view of the scientific contributions advancing CURE-KY’s mission.

To suggest a publication for inclusion, please email curekyidc@uky.edu.

October 2025

• Slain N, Lucas K, Kunz Coyne AJ. Comparison between cefepime and carbapenem therapy for deep-seated AmpC-producing Enterobacterales infections: a propensity-weighted retrospective cohort study. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2025;:e0092825. Epub 2025/10/31. doi: 10.1128/aac.00928-25. PubMed PMID: 41170947.
• El-Dalati S, Collis B, Kobayashi T, Hall E, Alnabelsi T, Cao C, Johnson M, Gurley J, Strnad L, Adams C, Weaver V, Reda H, Sekela M, London T, Kennedy K, Mansoor AR, Olafsson D, Laugherty G, Tremblay A, Linder A, Gill D, Van Sickels NJ, Pomakov A, Harris W, Stoner BJ. Partial Oral Versus Intravenous Antibiotic Therapy for Endocarditis With Management by a Multidisciplinary Team: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025;12(10):ofaf625. Epub 2025/10/30. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf625. PubMed PMID: 41164785; PMCID: PMC12560757.
• Saleh M, Verma A, Shaaban KA, Helmy YA. Antibiotic Alternatives and Next-Generation Therapeutics for Salmonella Control: A One Health Approach to Combating Antimicrobial Resistance. Antibiotics (Basel). 2025;14(10). Epub 2025/10/28. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics14101054. PubMed PMID: 41148746; PMCID: PMC12561737.
• Hamedi F, Akbari F, Mohtasebi M, Huang C, Chen L, Chen L, Yu G. Affordable miniaturized speckle contrast diffuse correlation tomography device for depth-sensitive mapping of cerebral blood flow in rodents. J Biomed Opt. 2025;30(10):106007. Epub 2025/10/27. doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.30.10.106007. PubMed PMID: 41140550; PMCID: PMC12551968.
• Demas N, Hernandez J, Timoney P. Atypical orbital mass as the precursor for myelodysplastic syndrome recurrence: a case report. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2025;40:102457. Epub 2025/10/27. doi: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2025.102457. PubMed PMID: 41140346; PMCID: PMC12552913.
• Boakari Y, El-Sheikh Ali H, Almeida GHDR, Scoggin KE, Fernandes CB, Marchio SP, Troedsson MHT, Carreira ACO. Expression pattern of the HIFα-family in equine chorioallantois during pregnancy and placental pathology. Theriogenology. 2025;250:117714. Epub 2025/10/24. doi: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2025.117714. PubMed PMID: 41129869.
• Fursman F, Fitzsimmons N, Overton D, Desmond C, Blanton K, Hatton KW, Howard R, Olafsson D, McTigue S, Van Sickels N, Forster D, Kobayashi T. Candida auris screening, positivity trends, and patient characteristics at the University of Kentucky between 2021 and 2024. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2025;5(1):e258. Epub 2025/10/23. doi: 10.1017/ash.2025.10151. PubMed PMID: 41127172; PMCID: PMC12538337.
• Cardarelli KM, Gillespie R, Hoover AG, Francis DB, Kiviniemi MT. Barriers and facilitating factors for COVID-19 vaccination in rural appalachia. BMC Public Health. 2025;25(1):3545. Epub 2025/10/22. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-24484-4. PubMed PMID: 41120921; PMCID: PMC12538790.
• Fathi F, Tus Sadia R, Mohtasebi M, Mos P, Bruschini C, Charbon E, Chen L, Chen J, Yu G. Using the latent diffusion model to enhance time-resolved laser speckle contrast imaging (TR-LSCI) of cerebral blood flow. Biomed Opt Express. 2025;16(10):3895-3911. Epub 2025/10/20. doi: 10.1364/BOE.567377. PubMed PMID: 41112794; PMCID: PMC12532319.
• Burus T, Kim U, Rose J, Koroukian SM, Lang Kuhs KA. A cross-sectional assessment of US cancer diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cancer Epidemiol. 2025;99:102944. Epub 2025/10/19. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2025.102944. PubMed PMID: 41108855.
• Oyler DR, Black EP, Brandon HH, Kebodeaux CD, Talbert JC, Romanelli F. Using Machine Learning to Assess Factors Associated with North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination Performance. Am J Pharm Educ. 2025;:101885. Epub 2025/10/17. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpe.2025.101885. PubMed PMID: 41101601.
• Parmantier S, Kyriazopoulou P, McClendon M, Adams A, Murphy BA. Influence of Extended Photoperiod Using Blue Light Masks on Hypertrichosis, Coat Condition and General Health Parameters in Horses with Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction. Animals (Basel). 2025;15(19). Epub 2025/10/16. doi: 10.3390/ani15192905. PubMed PMID: 41096500; PMCID: PMC12523991.
• Jones S, Wuni A, Aroh A, Adegboyega A. African American and African-Born Black Women's Perspectives and Experiences with a Cervical Health Education and HPV-Self Sampling Intervention. Healthcare (Basel). 2025;13(19). Epub 2025/10/16. doi: 10.3390/healthcare13192389. PubMed PMID: 41095475; PMCID: PMC12523894.
• Rocha IA, McPeek JL, Hulverson MA, Choi R, Orr K, Sponseller BT, Kennedy T, Ojo KK, Barrett LK, Ruby R, Janes J, Reed SM, Arnold SLM, Van Voorhis WC, Page A, Howe DK. Pharmacokinetic analysis of bumped-kinase inhibitors in horses demonstrates their potential utility for prevention and treatment of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis. Am J Vet Res. 2025;:1-10. Epub 2025/10/15. doi: 10.2460/ajvr.25.07.0270. PubMed PMID: 41086839.
• Miller CS, Yan Q, Kirakodu SS, Ebersole JL, Zhang XD. Salivary Biomarker Panel That Identifies Periodontitis in Persons With Type 2 Diabetes: A Secondary Analysis of a Cross-Sectional Study. J Clin Periodontol. 2025. Epub 2025/10/14. doi: 10.1111/jcpe.70049. PubMed PMID: 41084144.
• Sahoo S, Palli SR, Yoon JS, Shin D. Computational Insights into the Coleopteran-Specific StaufenC in dsRNA Processing. ACS Omega. 2025;10(39):44858-44868. Epub 2025/10/13. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.4c10534. PubMed PMID: 41078811; PMCID: PMC12508999.
• Brown LP, Joshi J, Kosmac K, Long DE, Scott L, El-Amouri S, Montgomery-Yates AA, Kalema AG, Sturgill JL, Vekaria H, Sullivan PG, Wilburn D, Koutakis P, Latham CM, Fry CS, Kern PA, Miller BF, Dupont-Versteegden EE, Ismaeel A, Mayer KP, Wen Y. Soluble IL-2R: A potential therapeutic target for mitochondrial dysfunction in post-COVID fatigue syndrome. Clin Transl Med. 2025;15(10):e70507. Epub 2025/10/13. doi: 10.1002/ctm2.70507. PubMed PMID: 41078008; PMCID: PMC12516084.
• Napier EG, Doratt BM, Cinco IR, Stuart EV, Geron RD, Davies MH, Malherbe DC, Kohama SG, Bermudez L, Winthrop KL, Fuss C, Spindel ER, Messaoudi I. Age-related severity of nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease is mediated by aberrant macrophage responses and lung microbial dysbiosis. J Infect. 2025;:106626. Epub 2025/10/13. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2025.106626. PubMed PMID: 41077197.
• Kim HS, Pan H, Palli SR, Yoon JS. Assessment of RNA interference effectiveness mediated by siRNA sequences and structures in Drosophila S2 cells. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2025;185:104418. Epub 2025/10/10. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2025.104418. PubMed PMID: 41067658.
• Burgess D, Burgess D. The Burgess blueprint: Love, leadership, and lifelong learning in infectious diseases pharmacy. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2025. Epub 2025/10/09. doi: 10.1093/ajhp/zxaf263. PubMed PMID: 41066620.
• Hankore ED, Miller MD, Kosgei AJ, Xu W, Tan K, Endres M, Bhardwaj M, Joachimiak G, Joachimiak A, Phillips GN, Thorson JS, Van Lanen SG. Functional and Structural Studies on the Esperamicin Thioesterase and Progress toward Understanding Enediyne Core Biosynthesis. J Nat Prod. 2025. Epub 2025/10/09. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5c00660. PubMed PMID: 41066299.
• Sengodan K, Palli SR. Histone Deacetylases Are Required for Female Reproduction and Embryonic Development in the Red Flour Beetle Tribolium castaneum. Arch Insect Biochem Physiol. 2025;120(2):e70105. Epub 2025/10/08. doi: 10.1002/arch.70105. PubMed PMID: 41061122.
• Parry SM, Soh SE, Morris PE, Larkin JS, Hosey MM, da Silva AA, Alexander EK, Wells M, Elsegood NK, Kinnersly EG, Beach LJ, Mayer KP, Oliveira CC, McGinley JL, Puthucheary Z, Denehy L, Granger C. "From the moment I started standing again, I was worried about falls": Fear of Falling in ICU Survivors over 12 Months. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025. Epub 2025/10/06. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202503-314OC. PubMed PMID: 41052427.
• Wood JP, Khasawneh FT. Clot formation: Novel regulators, drugs, and targets. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2025;392(10):103707. Epub 2025/10/03. doi: 10.1016/j.jpet.2025.103707. PubMed PMID: 41037844.
• Levin FR, Oyler DR, Babineau DC, Villani J, Chandler RK, Freeman PR, Alford DP, Fareed N, Mack N, Nguyen TQ, Walker DM, Adams J, Baker TJ, Beers D, Benjamin SN, Bhuiyan J, Blevins D, David JL, Dalvi N, D'Costa L, Feaster DJ, Glasgow L, Goddard-Eckrich DA, Han Y, Harris M, Hunt T, Knott C, Matson A, Mierzwa F, Newman L, Nunes EV, Oga EA, Roberts MF, Shadwick A, Shoben A, Slavova S, Stinson L, Zarkin GA, Freisthler B, Samet JH, Walsh SL, Winhusen TJ, Jackson RD, El-Bassel N. Do Communities Implementing the Communities That HEAL Intervention Have Significantly Lower Rates of High-Risk Opioid Prescribing and Dispensing?. AJPM Focus. 2025;4(6):100371. Epub 2025/10/02. doi: 10.1016/j.focus.2025.100371. PubMed PMID: 41035949; PMCID: PMC12480870.
• Elmore G, Lohano SS, McVay NM, Levitan BM, Sebastian A, Barker KW, Dupont A, Leung SW, Abouleisa RRE, Mathew PR, Wellette-Hunsucker A, Minton AT, Campbell KS, Harrar SW, Mehri M, Wenk JF, Mohamed TMA, Andres DA, Satin J. RRAD-reduction reveals efficacy of targeting L-type calcium channel regulation for treatment of heart failure. Cardiovasc Res. 2025. Epub 2025/10/01. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvaf169. PubMed PMID: 41032675.
• Geerling E, Stone ET, Carpenter D, Dickson AM, Brien JD, Pinto AK. Metabolic syndrome enhances SARS-CoV-2 disease severity and reduces mRNA vaccine efficacy in a mouse model. bioRxiv. 2025. Epub 2025/10/01. doi: 10.1101/2025.01.15.633120. PubMed PMID: 41030984; PMCID: PMC12478387.