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Neha Nanda, MD

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Title(s)Clinical Professor of Medicine (Clinician Educator), Hospital Epidemiologist and Medical Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship at Keck Medicine of USC, Chief of Infectious Diseases
SchoolKeck School of Medicine of Usc
Address1500
Health Sciences Campus
Los Angeles CA 90033
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    Society of Healthcare and Epidemiology of America2007Jonathan Freeman Scholarship for Excellence in Healthcare Epidemiology Research
    Yale University2007William Wirt Winchester Research Fund Award for Tuberculosis Research
    Yale University2007Yale Infectious Diseases Collaborative Fund
    Waterbury Hospital 2015In the Spotlight Award for Recognition of Efforts for Ebola Preparedness

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    Dr. Nanda heads Healthcare Epidemiology/Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship at Keck Medicine of USC and its affiliated hospitals and clinics. In this capacity, she leads Keck Medicine's preparation and response for emerging infectious disease. In the last year, through the pandemic, she has led protocol and guideline development as it relates to patient and healthcare safety. Her research interests are geared towards infection prevention strategies and emerging pathogens. Her select publications include the impact of a multidisciplinary approach in reducing preventable harm, treatment strategies and diagnostics for C. difficile and biomarkers for appropriate antimicrobial use.

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    1. Evogliptin prevents ceramide-induced pyroptosis during calcification via modulation of NLRP3/GSDM-D mediated pathway in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. PLoS One. 2025; 20(12):e0337200. Rahil RR, Shamas S, Wani NA, Nanda N, Ahmad SF, Attia SM, Hamid A, Zargar MA, Bhat OM. PMID: 41335598; PMCID: PMC12674538.
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    2. Long COVID: A Systematic Review of Preventive Strategies. Infect Dis Rep. 2025 May 21; 17(3). Park SO, Nanda N. PMID: 40407658; PMCID: PMC12101273.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3  
    3. New Diagnostics for Fungal Infections in Transplant Infectious Disease: A Systematic Review. J Fungi (Basel). 2025 Jan 09; 11(1). Akkad A, Nanda N. PMID: 39852467; PMCID: PMC11767199.
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    4. A Review of Therapies for Clostridioides difficile Infection. Antibiotics (Basel). 2024 Dec 31; 14(1). Morado F, Nanda N. PMID: 39858303; PMCID: PMC11762378.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1  
    5. Somatic loss of ATM is a late event in pancreatic tumorigenesis. J Pathol. 2023 08; 260(4):455-464. Paranal RM, Jiang Z, Hutchings D, Kryklyva V, Gauthier C, Fujikura K, Nanda N, Huang B, Skaro M, Wolfgang CL, He J, Klimstra DS, Brand RE, Singhi AD, DeMarzo A, Zheng L, Goggins M, Brosens LA, Hruban RH, Klein AP, Lotan T, Wood LD, Roberts NJ. PMID: 37345735; PMCID: PMC10524278.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. A single-center review of pre-exposure prophylaxis with tixagevimab-cilgavimab in solid organ transplant recipients. Transpl Infect Dis. 2023 Aug; 25(4):e14086. Morado F, Davoudi R, Kawewat-Ho P, Nanda N, Cartus R, Shaikh SA. PMID: 37314092.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 4     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    7. Tixagevimab-Cilgavimab: Utilization in the solid organ transplant population. Clin Transplant. 2022 06; 36(6):e14661. Shaikh SA, Morado F, Kawewat-Ho P, Cartus R, Davoudi R, Forrester K, Azizian K, Blodget E, Blodget E, Maw TT, Nanda N. PMID: 35396876.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Clostridioides difficile Toxin B PCR Cycle Threshold as a Predictor of Toxin Testing in Stool Specimens from Hospitalized Adults. Antibiotics (Basel). 2022 Apr 26; 11(5). Lee S, Nanda N, Yamaguchi K, Lee Y, She RC. PMID: 35625220; PMCID: PMC9137712.
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    9. Functional CDKN2A assay identifies frequent deleterious alleles misclassified as variants of uncertain significance. Elife. 2022 01 10; 11. Kimura H, Paranal RM, Nanda N, Wood LD, Eshleman JR, Hruban RH, Goggins MG, Klein AP, Familial Pancreatic Cancer Genome Sequencing Project, Roberts NJ. PMID: 35001868; PMCID: PMC8824478.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Leveraging implementation science to advance antibiotic stewardship practice and research. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 02; 43(2):139-146. Livorsi DJ, Drainoni ML, Reisinger HS, Nanda N, McGregor JC, Barlam TF, Morris AM, Szymczak JE. PMID: 34852212.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 23     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. Predicting clinical outcomes in COVID-19 using radiomics on chest radiographs. Br J Radiol. 2021 Oct 01; 94(1126):20210221. Varghese BA, Shin H, Desai B, Gholamrezanezhad A, Lei X, Perkins M, Oberai A, Nanda N, Cen S, Duddalwar V. PMID: 34520246; PMCID: PMC9328073.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 11     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    12. Frame to Improve the Fit of N95 Filtering Face Mask Respirators. J Occup Environ Med. 2021 Jun 01; 63(6):e362-e366. Stemen D, Ge M, Hwang D, Qaddoumi B, Roden M, Nanda N, Ference E. PMID: 33852548; PMCID: PMC8168670.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 4     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    13. The time to offer treatments for COVID-19. Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2021 May; 30(5):505-518. Ngo BT, Marik P, Kory P, Shapiro L, Thomadsen R, Iglesias J, Ditmore S, Rendell M, Varon J, Dubé M, Nanda N, In G, Arkfeld D, Chaudhary P, Campese VM, Hanna DL, Sawcer DE, Ehresmann G, Peng D, Smogorewski M, Armstrong A, Dasgupta R, Sattler F, Brennan-Rieder D, Mussini C, Mitja O, Soriano V, Peschanski N, Hayem G, Confalonieri M, Piccirillo MC, Lobo-Ferreira A, Bello Rivero I, Turkia M, Vinjevoll EH, Griffin D, Hung IF. PMID: 33721548; PMCID: PMC8074648.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 21     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    14. Examination of ATM, BRCA1, and BRCA2 promoter methylation in patients with pancreatic cancer. Pancreatology. 2021 Aug; 21(5):938-941. Zhou C, Porter N, Borges M, Gauthier C, Ferguson L, Huang B, Nanda N, He J, Laheru D, Hruban RH, Goggins M, Klein AP, Roberts NJ. PMID: 33839031; PMCID: PMC8355034.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    15. Machine learning based predictors for COVID-19 disease severity. Sci Rep. 2021 02 25; 11(1):4673. Patel D, Kher V, Desai B, Lei X, Cen S, Nanda N, Gholamrezanezhad A, Duddalwar V, Varghese B, Oberai AA. PMID: 33633145; PMCID: PMC7907061.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 37     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    16. The Importance of Understanding the Stages of COVID-19 in Treatment and Trials. AIDS Rev. 2021 02 08; 23(1):40-47. Griffin DO, Brennan-Rieder D, Ngo B, Kory P, Confalonieri M, Shapiro L, Iglesias J, Dube M, Nanda N, In GK, Arkfeld D, Chaudhary P, Campese VM, Hanna DL, Sawcer D, Ehresmann G, Peng D, Smorgorzewski M, Amstrong A, Vinjevoll EH, Dasgupta R, Sattler FR, Mussini C, Mitjà O, Soriano V, Peschanski N, Hayem G, Piccirillo MC, Lobo-Ferreira A, Rivero IB, Hung IFH, Rendell M, Ditmore S, Varon J, Marik P. PMID: 33556957.
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    17. A Cross-Sectional Study Examining the Seroprevalence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Antibodies in a University Student Population. J Adolesc Health. 2020 12; 67(6):763-768. Tilley K, Ayvazyan V, Martinez L, Nanda N, Kawaguchi ES, O'Gorman M, Conti D, Gauderman WJ, Van Orman S. PMID: 33071164; PMCID: PMC7557277.
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    18. Clostridium difficile disease in solid organ transplant recipients: a recommended treatment paradigm. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2020 08; 25(4):357-363. Wong D, Nanda N. PMID: 32618715.
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    19. Prevalence of Germline Mutations Associated With Cancer Risk in Patients With Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms. Gastroenterology. 2019 05; 156(6):1905-1913. Skaro M, Nanda N, Gauthier C, Felsenstein M, Jiang Z, Qiu M, Shindo K, Yu J, Hutchings D, Javed AA, Beckman R, He J, Wolfgang CL, Thompson E, Hruban RH, Klein AP, Goggins M, Wood LD, Roberts NJ. PMID: 30716324; PMCID: PMC6475492.
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    20. GDH and toxin immunoassay for the diagnosis of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection is not a 'one size fit all' screening test. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2019 Jun; 94(2):109-112. Ashraf Z, Rahmati E, Bender JM, Nanda N, She RC. PMID: 30696609.
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    21. Chemopreventive role of olive oil in colon carcinogenesis by targeting noncoding RNAs and methylation machinery. Int J Cancer. 2019 03 01; 144(5):1180-1194. Nanda N, Mahmood S, Bhatia A, Mahmood A, Dhawan DK. PMID: 30155989.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 13     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    22. What Really Works for Scope Reprocessing? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 07; 39(7):888-890. Nanda N, Marasigan P, Hall S, Mosier E. PMID: 29745354.
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    23. Clostridium difficile infection in solid organ transplant recipients. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2017 Aug; 22(4):314-319. Nanayakkara D, Nanda N. PMID: 28542111.
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    24. Alterations in K-ras, APC and p53-multiple genetic pathway in colorectal cancer among Indians. Tumour Biol. 2013 Jun; 34(3):1901-11. Malhotra P, Anwar M, Nanda N, Kochhar R, Wig JD, Vaiphei K, Mahmood S. PMID: 23526092.
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    25. Novel biomarkers for the diagnosis of urinary tract infection-a systematic review. Biomark Insights. 2009 Aug 05; 4:111-21. Nanda N, Juthani-Mehta M. PMID: 19707519; PMCID: PMC2729697.
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    26. Part VII. Macrolides, azalides, ketolides, lincosamides, and streptogramins. J Okla State Med Assoc. 2007 Mar; 100(3):75-81. Dang V, Nanda N, Cooper TW, Greenfield RA, Bronze MS. PMID: 17432033.
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    27. Antimicrobial symposium. Part VI. Aminoglycosides and polymyxins. J Okla State Med Assoc. 2007 Feb; 100(2):60-4. Nanda N, Dang V, Cooper TW, Bronze MS, Greenfield RA. PMID: 17393675.
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    28. Lung abscess caused by Clostridium ramosum. J Okla State Med Assoc. 2006 Apr; 99(4):158-60. Nanda N, Voskuhl GW. PMID: 16703936.
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    29. Trichomoniasis and its treatment. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2006 Feb; 4(1):125-35. Nanda N, Michel RG, Kurdgelashvili G, Wendel KA. PMID: 16441214.
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