Josh Shak, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2021
• Internal Medicine Residency University of California 2018
• MD, PhD School of Medicine Emory University 2015

Websites

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• @@jrshak on Twitter (twitter.com)

Publications (20)

Top publication keywords:
NasopharynxMicrobial InteractionsBiofilmsWound InfectionAeromonas hydrophilaPneumococcal InfectionsStreptococcus pneumoniaeHelicobacter InfectionsST Elevation Myocardial InfarctionMyocarditisStreptolysinsHelicobacter pyloriCarrier StateVirulence FactorsPericarditis

• Association of Culturable-Virus Detection and Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, California and Tennessee, 2020-2022.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2023 Deyoe JE, Kelly JD, Grijalva CG, Bonenfant G, Lu S, Anglin K, Garcia-Knight M, Pineda-Ramirez J, Hagen MB, Saydah S, Abedi GR, Goldberg SA, Tassetto M, Zhang A, Donohue KC, Davidson MC, Sanchez RD, …
• Evaluation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Nucleocapsid Antigen in the Blood as a Diagnostic Test for Infection and Infectious Viral Shedding.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2022 Mathur S, Davidson MC, Anglin K, Lu S, Goldberg SA, Garcia-Knight M, Tassetto M, Zhang A, Romero M, Pineda-Ramirez J, Diaz-Sanchez R, Rugart P, Chen JY, Donohue K, Shak JR, Chenna A, Winslow JW, …
• Magnitude and Determinants of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Household Transmission: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2022 Kelly JD, Lu S, Anglin K, Garcia-Knight M, Pineda-Ramirez J, Goldberg SA, Tassetto M, Zhang A, Donohue K, Davidson MC, Romero M, Diaz Sanchez R, Djomaleu M, Mathur S, Chen JY, Forman CA, Servellita V,…
• Infectious viral shedding of SARS-CoV-2 Delta following vaccination: A longitudinal cohort study.
  PLoS pathogens 2022 Garcia-Knight M, Anglin K, Tassetto M, Lu S, Zhang A, Goldberg SA, Catching A, Davidson MC, Shak JR, Romero M, Pineda-Ramirez J, Diaz-Sanchez R, Rugart P, Donohue K, Massachi J, Sans HM, Djomaleu M, …
• A Learning Health System Approach to Long COVID Care.
  Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS 2022 Gustavson AM, Purnell A, Adly M, Awan O, Bräu N, Braus NA, Bryant MS, Chang L, Cyborski C, Darvish B, Del Piero LB, Eaton TL, Kiliveros A, Kloth H, McNiel ER, Miller MA, Patrick A, Powers P, Pyne M, …

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• Increased Nasopharyngeal Density and Concurrent Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis Are Associated with Pneumonia in Febrile Children.
  PloS one 2016 Chochua S, D'Acremont V, Hanke C, Alfa D, Shak J, Kilowoko M, Kyungu E, Kaiser L, Genton B, Klugman KP, Vidal JE
• Focal ST-Segment Elevation in a Young Man.
  JAMA internal medicine 2016 Shak JR, Johnson AK, Goldschlager N
• The CpAL quorum sensing system regulates production of hemolysins CPA and PFO to build Clostridium perfringens biofilms.
  Infection and immunity 2015 Vidal JE, Shak JR, Canizalez-Roman A
• The adult nasopharyngeal microbiome as a determinant of pneumococcal acquisition.
  Microbiome 2014 Cremers AJ, Zomer AL, Gritzfeld JF, Ferwerda G, van Hijum SA, Ferreira DM, Shak JR, Klugman KP, Boekhorst J, Timmerman HM, de Jonge MI, Gordon SB, Hermans PW
• Impact of experimental human pneumococcal carriage on nasopharyngeal bacterial densities in healthy adults.
  PloS one 2014 Shak JR, Cremers AJ, Gritzfeld JF, de Jonge MI, Hermans PW, Vidal JE, Klugman KP, Gordon SB
• Functional genomic characterization of virulence factors from necrotizing fasciitis-causing strains of Aeromonas hydrophila.
  Applied and environmental microbiology 2014 Grim CJ, Kozlova EV, Ponnusamy D, Fitts EC, Sha J, Kirtley ML, van Lier CJ, Tiner BL, Erova TE, Joseph SJ, Read TD, Shak JR, Joseph SW, Singletary E, Felland T, Baze WB, Horneman AJ, Chopra AK
• Novel role for the Streptococcus pneumoniae toxin pneumolysin in the assembly of biofilms.
  mBio 2013 Shak JR, Ludewick HP, Howery KE, Sakai F, Yi H, Harvey RM, Paton JC, Klugman KP, Vidal JE
• Characterization of Aeromonas hydrophila wound pathotypes by comparative genomic and functional analyses of virulence genes.
  mBio 2013 Grim CJ, Kozlova EV, Sha J, Fitts EC, van Lier CJ, Kirtley ML, Joseph SJ, Read TD, Burd EM, Tall BD, Joseph SW, Horneman AJ, Chopra AK, Shak JR
• Influence of bacterial interactions on pneumococcal colonization of the nasopharynx.
  Trends in microbiology 2012 Shak JR, Vidal JE, Klugman KP
• Anemia and Helicobacter pylori seroreactivity in a rural Haitian population.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2011 Shak JR, Sodikoff JB, Speckman RA, Rollin FG, Chery MP, Cole CR, Suchdev PS
• Bats, emerging infectious diseases, and the rabies paradigm revisited.
  Emerging health threats journal 2011 Kuzmin IV, Bozick B, Guagliardo SA, Kunkel R, Shak JR, Tong S, Rupprecht CE
• The effect of H. pylori eradication on meal-associated changes in plasma ghrelin and leptin.
  BMC gastroenterology 2011 Francois F, Roper J, Joseph N, Pei Z, Chhada A, Shak JR, de Perez AZ, Perez-Perez GI, Blaser MJ
• Aminoglycoside-resistant Aeromonas hydrophila as part of a polymicrobial infection following a traumatic fall into freshwater.
  Journal of clinical microbiology 2011 Shak JR, Whitaker JA, Ribner BS, Burd EM
• Repeat-associated plasticity in the Helicobacter pylori RD gene family.
  Journal of bacteriology 2009 Shak JR, Dick JJ, Meinersmann RJ, Perez-Perez GI, Blaser MJ
• The effect of laparoscopic gastric banding surgery on plasma levels of appetite-control, insulinotropic, and digestive hormones.
  Obesity surgery 2008 Shak JR, Roper J, Perez-Perez GI, Tseng CH, Francois F, Gamagaris Z, Patterson C, Weinshel E, Fielding GA, Ren C, Blaser MJ