Mary-Claire Roghmann, MD, MS

Dr. Roghmann received her MD from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She then completed her internal medicine residency and infectious disease fellowship at the University of Maryland Medical Center and the Baltimore VA Medical Center. She received her MS in Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine from the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Dr. Roghmann is an infectious disease physician and clinical investigator. She is a Professor in the Departments of Epidemiology and Public Health and Medicine. She is Associate Dean for Physician Scientist Training and directs the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP). In addition, she co-leads the Research Education Core of our NIH funded Pepper Center. She is also a Research Health Scientist, GRECC Investigator and Staff Physician for the VA Maryland Health Care System.

Antibiotic resistance, Staphylococcus aureus, Cross transmission, Acquisition, Diabetic Foot Infections, Diabetic Foot Ulcers, Prevention, Human microbiome, Clinical research, Molecular epidemiology

Preventing Lower Extremity Amputation in People with Diabetes

1. Preventing Diabetic Foot Ulcers Through Cleaner Feet. VA Office of Research and Development. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03503370
2. Kim JJ, Lydecker A, Davé R, Bork JT, Roghmann MC. Diabetic Foot Infections: Local Prevalence of and Case-Control Study of Risk Factors for Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Oct 26;7(10) PMID:33134411.
3. Kim JJ, Littman AJ, Sorkin JD, Roghmann MC. Association Between Foot Surgery Type and Subsequent Healing in Veterans with Moderate-to-Severe Diabetic Foot Infections. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Dec 24;9(2):ofab650. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab650. eCollection 2022 Feb.

Preventing the Transmission of Antibiotic resistant Bacteria in Nursing Homes

1. Roghmann M, Lydecker L, Mody L, Mullins DC, Onukwugha, E. Strategies to Prevent MRSA Transmission in Community-based Nursing Homes: A Cost Analysis Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016 Aug;37(8):962-6.
2. Albrecht JS, Croft L, Morgan DJ, Roghmann Perceptions of Gown and Glove Use to Prevent Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Transmission in Nursing Homes. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2016 Sep 24.
3. Blanco N, Johnson JK, Sorkin JD, Lydecker AD, Levy L, Mody L, Roghmann MC. Transmission of resistant Gram-negative bacteria to Healthcare Personnel Gowns and Gloves during Care of Residents in Community-based Nursing Facilities. Infect Control Hospital Epidemiol. 2018 Dec;39(12):1425-1430.
4. Jackson SS, Lydecker AD, Magder LS, Roghmann MC. Development and Validation of a Clinical Prediction Rule to Predict Transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Nursing Homes. Am J Epidemiol. 2019 Jan 1;188(1):214-221.
5. Lydecker AD, Osei PA, Pineles L, Johnson JK, Meisel J, Stine OC, Magder L, Gurses AP, Hebden J, Oruc C, Mody L, Jacobs Slifka K, Stone ND, Roghmann MC. Targeted gown and glove use to prevent Staphylococcus aureus acquisition in community-based nursing homes: A pilot study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Oct 20:1-7. PMID: 33077004.

Microbiome Studies

1. Roghmann M, Lydecker, AD, Hittle, L, DeBoy, RT, Nowak, RG, Johnson, JK, Mongodin, EF, Comparison of the Microbiota of Older Adults living in Nursing Homes and the Community. mSphere.  2017 Sep 13;2(5).
2. Roghmann M, Lydecker AD, Langenberg P, Mongodin EF, Johnson JK. Microbiological effect of mupirocin and chlorhexidine for Staphylococcus aureus decolonization in community and nursing home based adults. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2017 Feb 13.
3. Hoffmann D, Palumbo F, Ravel J, Roghmann MC, Rowthorn V, von Rosenvinge E. Improving regulation of microbiota transplants. Science. 2017 Dec 15;358(6369):1390-1391.
4. Roghmann MC, Lydecker AD, Shardell M, DeBoy RT, Johnson JK, Zhao L, Hittle LL, Mongodin EF. Effect of mupirocin for Staphylococcus aureus decolonization on the microbiome of the nose and throat in community and nursing home dwelling adults. PLoS One. 2021 Jun 8;16(6):e0252004.