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Alysse G. Wurcel, MD, MS

Associate Professor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Medicine

General Internal Medicine

MD, University of Pennsylvania
MS, Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

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ORCID : 0000-0002-8255-8387

Dr. Alysse G. Wurcel is a physician-scientist and public health leader whose research centers on infectious diseases, health equity, and the intersection of medicine and the criminal-legal system. She earned her undergraduate degree from Tufts University and her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her internal medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and infectious diseases fellowships at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital and Tufts Medical Center. Additionally, she holds a Master's in Clinical Research from Tufts University.

Currently, Dr. Wurcel serves as a physician at Boston Medical Center where she focuses on the following key research areas: HIV and Hepatitis C Care, Infectious Disease Management in Carceral Settings, Substance Use and Infectious Diseases, and Health Disparities and Policy Reform. Her achievements include, but are not limited to, being recently appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Correctional Health Care, authoring 160 peer-reviewed publications, being selected as Multiple Principal Investigator on two National Institutes of Health R-level grants and as a liaison for the COVID-19 Liaison Massachusetts Sheriffs’ Association, and serves as Chair of the Academic Consortium for Criminal Justice Health (ACCJH).

Geriatric Academic Career Awards
07/01/2023 - 06/30/2027 (Key Person / Mentor)
PI: Nicole Mushero, MD, PhD
HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration

Improving Equitable Access to Penicillin Allergy De-Labeling
08/01/2024 - 07/31/2027 (Multi-PI)
PI: Alysse G. Wurcel, MD, MS
Massachusetts General Hospital HHS AHRQ
7R01HS029319-03

Massachusetts HIV and Justice-Involved Populations Research Network
01/15/2025 - 07/31/2025 (Multi-PI)
PI: Alysse G. Wurcel, MD, MS
National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
7R61DA060588-02

Supplement-Novel Approaches to Integrating IPC Education, Workflows, and Assessment for Diverse Learners
08/01/2024 - 03/24/2025 (Subcontract PI)
PI: Alysse G. Wurcel, MD, MS
Massachusetts General Hospital HHS CDC

Title

Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj
2025	Academic Consortium of Criminal Justice Health	1R13DA064395-01
2025	The Community Paramedic Response and Overdose Outreach with Supportive Medical-Legal Services (CROSSROADS) Study	1RM1DA064518-01
2025	Massachusetts HIV and Justice-Involved Populations Research Network	4R33DA060588-03
2025	Improving Equitable Access to Penicillin Allergy De-Labeling	5R01HS029319-04
2024	Massachusetts HIV and Justice-Involved Populations Research Network	1R61DA060588-01
2024	Massachusetts HIV and Justice-Involved Populations Research Network	7R61DA060588-02
2024	Improving Equitable Access to Penicillin Allergy De-Labeling	7R01HS029319-03
2024	Improving Equitable Access to Penicillin Allergy De-Labeling	5R01HS029319-02
2023	Improving Equitable Access to Penicillin Allergy De-Labeling	1R01HS029319-01
2022	Unlocking Access to HCV Testing in Jail: Stakeholder Involvement in Research Is the Missing Key	5K08HS026008-03

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Panaccione S, Jack H, Wurcel A, Rich J, Berk J. Executive Summary: State-of-the-Art Review: The Intersection of Infectious Diseases and Carceral Medicine. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Oct 06; 81(3):407-409. PMID: 41047931; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaf350;

Panaccione S, Jack H, Wurcel A, Rich J, Berk J. State-of-the-Art Review: The Intersection of Infectious Diseases and Carceral Medicine. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Oct 06; 81(3):e42-e51. PMID: 41047932; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaf349;

Grussing ED, Cassarino N, Tenner RA, Doron S, Campion M, Wurcel AG. Fighting AntimicroBial Resistance in Carceral Settings (FABRICS) study on antibiotics prescribing in New England prisons. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2025; 5(1):e235. PMID: 41079965; PMCID: PMC12509139; DOI: 10.1017/ash.2025.10115;

Sundaram G, Sato T, Socrates B, Wurcel A. "There's a lot of people who love them, so why call 'em junkies?": clinician and patient perspectives about words used to describe people who use drugs. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2025 Sep 02; 20(1):71. PMID: 40898349; PMCID: PMC12403917; DOI: 10.1186/s13722-025-00591-w;

Martinez-Kratz J, Manning D, Vest N, Glenn J, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Wurcel A. The Digital Availability of US Departments of Corrections' Research Policies: Cross-Sectional Analysis. JMIR Form Res. 2025 Aug 20; 9:e76835.View Related Profiles.

Wurcel, Alysse
Vest, Noel

PMID: 40835403; PMCID: PMC12371514; DOI: 10.2196/76835;

Blumenthal KG, King AJ, Stone VE, Bartels S, Norton DT, Eippert ML, Zhang Y, Wurcel A. Geospatial Socioeconomic Indicators and Penicillin Allergy Delabeling in Primary Care Patients. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Aug 01; 8(8):e2528714. PMID: 40844781; PMCID: PMC12374214; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.28714;

Sato T, Grussing ED, Patel R, Ridgway J, Suzuki J, Sweigart B, Miller R, Wurcel AG. Natural Language Processing for Identification of Hospitalized People Who Use Drugs: Cohort Study. JMIR AI. 2025 Jul 18; 4:e63147. PMID: 40680182; PMCID: PMC12294639; DOI: 10.2196/63147;

Foong KS, Doron S, Wurcel A. Incomplete documentation of ß-lactam allergy in long-term care facility residents increases risk of high-risk antibiotic use for Clostridioides difficile infection. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2025 Jul 12; 82(14):770-771. PMID: 39726291

Benrubi L, Westgard LK, Sato T, Zollo-Venecek K, Barnewolt B, Kogelman L, Wurcel AG. Implementation of Systems to Support Status-Neutral HIV Care in the Emergency Department. Sex Transm Dis. 2025 Dec 01; 52(12):713-719. PMID: 40608692

Shah RJ, McDowell A, King A, Zhang Y, Stone VE, Bartels SJ, Wurcel AG, Blumenthal KG. Disparities in penicillin allergy delabeling among gender marginalized populations: A cross-sectional study. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2025 Oct; 13(10):2842-2844. PMID: 40615078

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Quaye A, Karunasiri C, Richard J, Arsnow M, Montague R, Craig W, Wurcel AG. Association between Reusable Anesthesia Circuits and Hospital Waste Reduction, Cost Savings, and Environmental Impact: A Quality Improvement Study. Perioper Care Oper Room Manag. 2025 Sep; 40. PMID: 40809989; PMCID: PMC12341448; DOI: 10.1016/j.pcorm.2025.100518;

Benrubi L, Sato T, Westgard LK, Zollo-Venecek K, Socrates B, Sweigart B, Ridgway JP, Suzuki J, Morales Y, Goodman-Meza D, Wurcel AG. Sensitivity and Specificity of Natural Language Processing Systems for Identification of Hospitalized People Who Use Drugs. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025 Jul; 12(7):ofaf370. PMID: 40672759; PMCID: PMC12264426; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf370;

Webber AA, Nehemiah A, Graham-Stephenson A, Ladin K, Wurcel AG, Saraidaridis JT. Barriers and opportunities to improve shared decision-making for patients with ulcerative colitis: a qualitative study. J Gastrointest Surg. 2025 Sep; 29(9):102125. PMID: 40541607; DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2025.102125;

Blumenthal KG, Jiang B, King AJ, Mann JT, Zhang Y, Wurcel AG. Derivation and Validation of an Electronic Health Record Penicillin Allergy De-Labeling Prevalence Measure. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Apr 30; 80(4):723-726. PMID: 39708368

Grussing ED, Dershwitz SD, Asupoto O, Martin M, Beniers PJ, Batchelder AW, Wurcel AG. "How much more on the nurse?:" a qualitative analysis of inpatient nurses' perspectives on offering HIV testing. BMC Nurs. 2025 Mar 26; 24(1):327.View Related Profiles.

Batchelder, Abigail
Wurcel, Alysse

PMID: 40140816; PMCID: PMC11948804; DOI: 10.1186/s12912-025-02845-z;

Linden GS, Krivicich LM, Puzzitiello RN, Lipson SE, Desai V, Alswang JM, Gabriel D, Wurcel AG, Ryan SP, Chen AF, Salzler MJ. Risk factors for readmission and mortality after irrigation & debridement for septic arthritis in persons who inject drugs. J Orthop. 2025 Apr; 62:156-159. PMID: 40241859; PMCID: PMC11997257; DOI: 10.1016/j.jor.2025.03.047;

Grussing ED, Sato T, Cabrera A, Wurcel AG. Offering is not enough: an attempt to increase infectious diseases testing at a large county jail in Massachusetts. Health Justice. 2025 Mar 15; 13(1):15. PMID: 40088367; PMCID: PMC11909820; DOI: 10.1186/s40352-024-00299-0;

Luo Z, Kent DE, Shah P, Poplausky D, MacRae MC, Boomsma C, Jasper JM, Wurcel AG, Byhoff E, Tang AM, Doron S, Subbaraman R. Perceptions of sources of transmission among hospital employees infected with severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in an urban tertiary care hospital: a qualitative study to inform future pandemic management. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2025; 5(1):e78. PMID: 40109910; PMCID: PMC11920918; DOI: 10.1017/ash.2025.39;

Asupoto O, Anwar S, Westgard LK, Alsoubani M, Vindenes T, Wurcel AG. Language and racial disparities in treatment initiation for patients with pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacteria. BMC Res Notes. 2025 Mar 01; 18(1):89. PMID: 40025546; PMCID: PMC11871829; DOI: 10.1186/s13104-025-07126-1;

Foong KS, Doron S, Wurcel A. Penicillin allergy delabeling in long-term care facilities: if not now, then when? Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2025; 5(1):e61. PMID: 40026770; PMCID: PMC11869062; DOI: 10.1017/ash.2025.30;

Bedi NS, Carpenter E, Tsering D, Zhou Y, Raubenhold R, Allee L, Mahoney EJ, Wurcel A, Byhoff E. An assessment of bias in driver's license suspension based on toxicology screening of patients in serious motor vehicle collisions. Acad Emerg Med. 2025 Jan 24.View Related Profiles.

Wurcel, Alysse
Allee, Lisa
Bedi, Neil

PMID: 39853800; PMCID: PMC12287414; DOI: 10.1111/acem.15118;

Bovell-Ammon BJ, Onofrey S, Kimmel SD, Wurcel AG, Klevens M. Incarceration history and HIV testing among people who inject drugs in the Boston metro area: a pooled cross-sectional study. Res Sq. 2024 Dec 17.View Related Profiles.

Wurcel, Alysse
Bovell-Ammon, Benjamin
Kimmel, Simeon

PMID: 39764124; PMCID: PMC11702856; DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5367945/v1;

Wang LA, O'Leary ST, Wurcel A, Blumenthal K. Resurgence of Syphilis: A Critical Time to Improve Access to Penicillin Allergy Evaluation. Sex Transm Dis. 2025 Jun 01; 52(6):e23-e25. PMID: 39681085; PMCID: PMC12064397; DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000002122;

Linden GS, Lipson SE, Desai V, Krivicich LM, Puzzitiello RN, Gabriel D, Alswang JM, Wurcel AG, Ryan SP, Chen AF, Salzler MJ. Injection drug use is associated with repeat irrigation and debridement in native joint septic arthritis. J Orthop. 2025 Jun; 64:18-22. PMID: 39651339; PMCID: PMC11617899; DOI: 10.1016/j.jor.2024.11.006;

Kennedy SS, Saber LB, Brown VM, Boehm RA, Olotu AA, Osei J, Pluznik JA, Riback LR, Sidibeh E, Jordan B, O'Donovan E, Mangla A, Nzokou C, Elam TL, Gubser J, Koutoujian PJ, Siddiqi KA, Wilensky S, Phillips VL, Wurcel AG, Zawitz CJ, Akiyama MJ, Spaulding AC. Four Models of Wastewater-Based Monitoring for SARS-CoV-2 Complementing Individual Screening in Jail Settings. Am J Public Health. 2024 Nov; 114(11):1232-1241. PMID: 39357007; PMCID: PMC11447785; DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307785;

Foong KS, Doron S, Fowle L, Cumming M, Leaf J, Bolstorff B, Brandeburg C, Chen Y, Wurcel A. Documented penicillin allergy and beta-lactam antibiotic use in Massachusetts long-term care facilities: opportunities for penicillin allergy delabeling. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2024; 4(1):e166. PMID: 39430796; PMCID: PMC11488468; DOI: 10.1017/ash.2024.434;

Wilk S, Abdul-Mutakabbir JC, Doron S, Yen C, Berk J, Wurcel A. Antimicrobial resistance in carceral settings. Lancet. 2024 Sep 14; 404(10457):1015-1016. PMID: 39277283; PMCID: PMC12019760; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01693-3;

Ngassa Y, Finn J, Brinkley Rubinstein L, Wurcel A. Implementation of Rapid COVID-19 Testing in Criminal Justice Residential Reentry Sites. J Correct Health Care. 2024 Oct; 30(5):347-354. PMID: 39193627; PMCID: PMC11807904; DOI: 10.1089/jchc.23.09.0077;

Tenner RA, Grussing ED, Manning D, Ngassa Y, van den Berg JJ, Vazquez GA, Doron S, Campion M, Wurcel AG. "It's easier to take a pill than fix a problem:" qualitative analysis of barriers and facilitators to antimicrobial stewardship program implementation in carceral settings. BMC Glob Public Health. 2024 Aug 26; 2(1):59. PMID: 39681969; PMCID: PMC11622897; DOI: 10.1186/s44263-024-00090-1;

Mendelsohn A, Sato T, Subedi A, Wurcel AG. State-of-the-Art Review: Evaluation and Management of Delusional Infestation. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Aug 16; 79(2):e1-e10. PMID: 39039925; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciae250;

Mendelsohn A, Sato T, Subedi A, Wurcel AG. Executive Summary: State-of-the-Art Review: Evaluation and Management of Delusional Infestation. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Aug 16; 79(2):287-288. PMID: 39039944; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciae255;

Asupoto O, Li X, Hemberg JL, Emerson A, Black D, Geana MV, Wickliffe J, Glenn J, Ramaswamy M, Wurcel AG. COVID-19 and influenza vaccine uptake in women with criminal-legal system involvement. Vaccine. 2024 Aug 30; 42(21):126176. PMID: 39079808; PMCID: PMC11949299; DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126176;

Foong KS, Fowle L, Doron S, Cumming M, Leaf J, Bolstorff B, Brandeburg C, Chen Y, Wurcel A. Antibiotic allergy prevalence and documentation quality in Massachusetts long-term care facilities: A cross-sectional survey. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2024 Sep; 133(3):335-340.e1. PMID: 38897407; DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2024.06.019;

Shah RV, Wurcel AG. Operationalization of Status Neutral Human Immunodeficiency Virus Care for Criminal-Legal Involved Populations. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2024 Sep; 38(3):613-625. PMID: 38876904; DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2024.04.008;

Sundaram G, Sato T, Goodman-Meza D, Haddad M, Thakarar K, Feinberg J, Springer SA, Barton K, Butler N, Eaton EF, Wurcel AG. Perspectives on benefits and risks of creation of an "injection drug use" billing code. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2024 Sep; 164:209392. PMID: 38735482; DOI: 10.1016/j.josat.2024.209392;

Brown VM, Ogutu EA, Kauffman AE, Kennedy SS, Tenner RA, Wurcel AG, Zawitz CJ, Spaulding AC, Akiyama MJ. Guiding the Implementation of Wastewater-based Surveillance for Carceral Infection Control with Perspectives from People with Lived Experience of Incarceration during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Res Sq. 2024 May 08. PMID: 38766265; PMCID: PMC11100867; DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4214768/v1;

Wurcel AG, Abdul-Mutakabbir JC, Doron S, Yen C, Berk J. Examining Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Implementation in Carceral Settings. AMA J Ethics. 2024 May 01; 26(5):E399-407. PMID: 38700524; PMCID: PMC12001836; DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.399;

Westgard LK, Sato T, Bradford WS, Eaton EF, Pilcher F, Hale AJ, Singh D, Martin M, Appa AA, Meyer JP, Weimer MB, Barakat LA, Felsen UR, Akiyama MJ, Ridgway JP, Grussing ED, Thakarar K, White A, Mutelayi J, Krsak M, Montague BT, Nijhawan A, Balakrishnan H, Marks LR, Wurcel AG. National HIV and HCV Screening Rates for Hospitalized People who Use Drugs Are Suboptimal and Heterogeneous Across 11 US Hospitals. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 May; 11(5):ofae204. PMID: 38746950; PMCID: PMC11093397; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae204;

Haber LA, Wurcel AG, Berk J. Measles in jails and prisons. Lancet Public Health. 2024 May; 9(5):e280. PMID: 38614107; PMCID: PMC11983354; DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00074-4;

Wurcel AG, Suzuki J, Schranz AJ, Eaton EF, Cortes-Penfield N, Baddour LM. Strategies to Improve Patient-Centered Care for Drug Use-Associated Infective Endocarditis: JACC Focus Seminar 2/4. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 Apr 09; 83(14):1338-1347. PMID: 38569764; PMCID: PMC12360283; DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2024.01.034;

Wurcel AG, London K, Crable EL, Cocchi N, Koutoujian PJ, Winkelman TNA. Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy and Infectious Diseases Care for Justice-Involved Populations. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Apr; 30(13):S94-S99.View Related Profiles.

Wurcel, Alysse
Crable, Erika

PMID: 38561870; PMCID: PMC10986832; DOI: 10.3201/eid3013.230742;

Asupoto O, Anwar S, Wurcel AG. A health literacy analysis of online patient-directed educational materials about mycobacterium avium complex. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2024 May; 35:100424. PMID: 38487177; PMCID: PMC10937302; DOI: 10.1016/j.jctube.2024.100424;

Thakarar K, Appa A, Abdul Mutakabbir JC, Goff A, Brown J, Tuell C, Fairfield K, Wurcel A. Frame Shift: Focusing on Harm Reduction and Shared Decision Making for People Who Use Drugs Hospitalized With Infections. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Feb 17; 78(2):e12-e26. PMID: 38018174; PMCID: PMC11487100; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciad664;

Thakarar K, Appa A, Abdul Mutakabbir JC, Goff A, Brown J, Tuell C, Fairfield K, Wurcel A. Executive Summary: State-of-the-Art Review: Frame Shift-Focusing on Harm Reduction and Shared Decision Making for People Who Use Drugs Hospitalized With Infections. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Feb 17; 78(2):233-235. PMID: 38018164; PMCID: PMC12098010; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciad665;

Puzzitiello RN, Lipson SE, Michaud RG, York BR, Finch DJ, Menendez ME, Ryan SP, Wurcel AG, Salzler MJ. Effect of Antibiotic Administration Before Joint Aspiration on Synovial Fluid White Blood Cell Count in Native Joint Septic Arthritis. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Jan; 11(1):ofad600. PMID: 38221984; PMCID: PMC10787370; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad600;

Wurcel AG, Guardado R, Grussing ED, Koutoujian PJ, Siddiqi K, Senst T, Assoumou SA, Freund KM, Beckwith CG. Racial differences in testing for infectious diseases: An analysis of jail intake data. PLoS One. 2023; 18(12):e0288254.View Related Profiles.

Wurcel, Alysse
Assoumou, Sabrina

PMID: 38117818; PMCID: PMC10732427; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288254;

Cassarino N, Wurcel A. Publications About the Epidemiology of Endocarditis Should Discuss Harm Reduction Tools and Medications for Opioid Use Disorder. Am J Cardiol. 2023 Dec 01; 208:214. PMID: 37867091; DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.09.002;

Ngassa Y, Huang K, Doron S, Vazquez GA, Campion M, Blumenthal KG, Wurcel AG. "Let a sleeping dog lie": Perspectives from patients and clinicians about penicillin allergy delabeling. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2024 Jan; 132(1):95-97. PMID: 37858672; PMCID: PMC10869107; DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2023.10.014;

D Grussing E, Pickard B, Khalid A, Smyth E, Childs V, Zubiago J, Nunez H, Jung A, Morales Y, Daudelin DH, Wurcel AG. Implementation of a bundle to improve HIV testing during hospitalization for people who inject drugs. Implement Res Pract. 2023; 4:26334895231203410. PMID: 37936964; PMCID: PMC10548809; DOI: 10.1177/26334895231203410;

Cassarino N, Ahnger-Pier KK, Wurcel A. Trends in COVID-19 and influenza vaccine ordering and distribution in Massachusetts jails. Vaccine. 2023 Oct 20; 41(44):6607-6611. PMID: 37758570; PMCID: PMC12285570; DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.09.045;

Plummer N, Guardado R, Ngassa Y, Montalvo C, Kotoujian PJ, Siddiqi K, Senst T, Simon K, Acevedo A, Wurcel AG. Racial Differences in Self-Report of Mental Illness and Mental Illness Treatment in the Community: An Analysis of Jail Intake Data. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2023 Nov; 50(6):966-975.View Related Profiles.

Wurcel, Alysse
Montalvo, Cristina

PMID: 37733128; PMCID: PMC10543583; DOI: 10.1007/s10488-023-01297-4;

Bigham Z, Boms O, Guardado R, Bunn DA, Glenn JE, Wurcel AG. Increased Mortality of Black Incarcerated and Hospitalized People: a Single State Cohort Analysis. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2024 Oct; 11(5):2973-2980. PMID: 37672188; DOI: 10.1007/s40615-023-01755-7;

Bedi NS, Tsering D, Raubenhold R, Allee L, Mahoney EJ, Wurcel A, Byhoff E. Analysis of bias in toxicology screening of patients in serious motor vehicle collisions. Acad Emerg Med. 2024 Feb; 31(2):185-186.View Related Profiles.

Wurcel, Alysse
Allee, Lisa
Bedi, Neil

PMID: 37606997

Thomas TS, Dunderdale C, Lu MT, Walpert AR, Shen G, Young MCH, Torriani M, Chu JT, Haptu HH, Manandhar M, Wurcel A, Adler GK, Grinspoon SK, Srinivasa S. Visceral Adiposity Index as a Measure of Cardiovascular Disease in Persons With Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Aug; 10(8):ofad398. PMID: 37559752; PMCID: PMC10407462; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad398;

Kimmel SD, Wurcel AG. Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Long-Acting Therapies to Improve HIV Viral Suppression. Ann Intern Med. 2023 Jul; 176(7):1001-1002.View Related Profiles.

Wurcel, Alysse
Kimmel, Simeon

PMID: 37399553

Szewczyk BR, Tenner R, Grussing E, Campion M, Andujar Vazquez G, Bylsma T, Doron S, Wurcel AG. Establishing a baseline of antibiotic use in Massachusetts jails reveals heterogeneity in quantity of prescriptions and duration of therapy. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2023; 3(1):e106. PMID: 37396192; PMCID: PMC10311689; DOI: 10.1017/ash.2023.175;

Lodolo L, Smyth E, Ngassa Y, Pickard B, LeClair AM, Beckwith CG, Wurcel A. "To Be Honest, You Probably Would Have to Read It 50 Times": Stakeholders Views on Using the Opt-Out Approach for Vaccination in Jails. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 May; 10(5):ofad212. PMID: 37197230; PMCID: PMC10184438; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad212;

Wurcel AG, DeSimone DC, Marks L, Baddour LM, Sendi P. Which trial do we need? Long-acting glycopeptides versus oral antibiotics for infective endocarditis in patients with substance use disorder. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2023 Aug; 29(8):952-954. PMID: 37044275; DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2023.04.005;

Ngassa Y, Smyth E, Pickard B, Maner M, Rubinstein LB, Wurcel A. Implementation of rapid COVID-19 testing at Massachusetts trial courts. Health Justice. 2023 Apr 10; 11(1):21. PMID: 37036544; PMCID: PMC10084651; DOI: 10.1186/s40352-023-00220-1;

Rich KM, Guardado R, Bigham ZR, Boms O, Long M, Wurcel AG. The Impact of Incarceration on Readmissions Among Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Hospitalized at a Community Hospital. Gastro Hep Adv. 2023; 2(5):660-665. PMID: 39129865; PMCID: PMC11308048; DOI: 10.1016/j.gastha.2023.03.016;

Kraus C, Guardado R, Wurcel AG. Corrections Officers' and Sheriffs' Perceptions of COVID-19 Vaccine Operationalization. J Correct Health Care. 2023 Apr; 29(2):150-155. PMID: 36809061; PMCID: PMC10325811; DOI: 10.1089/jchc.21.12.0133;

Riback LR, Dickson P, Ralph K, Saber LB, Devine R, Pett LA, Clausen AJ, Pluznik JA, Bowden CJ, Sarrett JC, Wurcel AG, Phillips VL, Spaulding AC, Akiyama MJ. Coping with COVID in corrections: a qualitative study among the recently incarcerated on infection control and the acceptability of wastewater-based surveillance. Health Justice. 2023 Feb 07; 11(1):5. PMID: 36749465; PMCID: PMC9903258; DOI: 10.1186/s40352-023-00205-0;

Boomsma C, Poplausky D, Jasper JM, MacRae MC, Tang AM, Byhoff E, Wurcel AG, Doron S, Subbaraman R. Sources of exposure and risk among employees infected with severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in a large, urban, tertiary-care hospital in the United States. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2023; 3(1):e20. PMID: 36819772; PMCID: PMC9936511; DOI: 10.1017/ash.2022.366;

Cassarino N, Lodolo L, Smyth E, Ramaswamy M, Wurcel A. "The bottom line is that it is all about trust": Interviews with Health Services Administrators about perceived barriers and facilitators to vaccine administration in jails. J Clin Transl Sci. 2023; 7(1):e50. PMID: 37008613; PMCID: PMC10052395; DOI: 10.1017/cts.2022.519;

Samarakoon U, Accarino J, Wurcel AG, Jaggers J, Judd A, Blumenthal KG. Penicillin allergy delabeling: Opportunities for implementation and dissemination. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2023 May; 130(5):554-564. PMID: 36563744; PMCID: PMC11949300; DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2022.12.023;

Arasaratnam RJ, Chow TG, Liu AY, Khan DA, Blumenthal KG, Wurcel AG. Penicillin Allergy Evaluation and Health Equity: A Call to Action. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2023 Feb; 11(2):422-428. PMID: 36521831; DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2022.12.001;

Dauria E, Clemenzi-Allen A, Nowotny K, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Williams B, Wurcel A. Increasing availability of COVID-19 vaccine to older adults under community supervision. Int J Prison Health. 2022 Nov 15; ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print):88-94. PMID: 36367307; PMCID: PMC10114607; DOI: 10.1108/IJPH-06-2022-0035;

Wurcel AG, Kraus C, Johnson O, Zaller ND, Ray B, Spaulding AC, Flynn T, Quinn C, Day R, Akiyama MJ, Del Pozo B, Meyer F, Glenn JE. Stakeholder-engaged research is necessary across the criminal-legal spectrum. J Clin Transl Sci. 2023; 7(1):e5. PMID: 36755540; PMCID: PMC9879908; DOI: 10.1017/cts.2022.501;

Wurcel AG, Guardado R, Ortiz C, Bornmann CR, Gillis J, Huang K, Doron S, Campion M, Blumenthal KG. Low frequency of allergy referral for penicillin allergy evaluation in an urban Boston primary care setting. J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob. 2023 Feb; 2(1):93-96. PMID: 37780102; PMCID: PMC10509991; DOI: 10.1016/j.jacig.2022.09.004;

Hamdan S, Smyth E, Murphy ME, Grussing ED, Wei M, Guardado R, Wurcel A. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in HIV Testing in People Who Use Drugs Admitted to a Tertiary Care Hospital. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2022 Nov; 36(11):425-430. PMID: 36301195; PMCID: PMC9700355; DOI: 10.1089/apc.2022.0165;

Morales Y, Smyth E, Zubiago J, Bearnot B, Wurcel AG. "They Just Assume That We're All Going to Do the Wrong Thing With It. It's Just Not True": Stakeholder Perspectives About Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters in People Who Inject Drugs. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Oct; 9(10):ofac364. PMID: 36267246; PMCID: PMC9579457; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac364;

Rich KM, Zubiago J, Murphy M, Guardado R, Wurcel AG. The association of gender with receptive and distributive needle sharing among individuals who inject drugs. Harm Reduct J. 2022 Sep 30; 19(1):108. PMID: 36180917; PMCID: PMC9524088; DOI: 10.1186/s12954-022-00689-3;

Baddour LM, Weimer MB, Wurcel AG, McElhinney DB, Marks LR, Fanucchi LC, Esquer Garrigos Z, Pettersson GB, DeSimone DC. Management of Infective Endocarditis in People Who Inject Drugs: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2022 Oct 04; 146(14):e187-e201. PMID: 36043414; DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001090;

Erfani P, Sandoval RS, Rich KM, Ojo A, Walker L, White-Hammond G, Lambert E, Wurcel A. Ask Me Anything": Lessons learned in implementing a COVID-19 vaccine information initiative in Massachusetts jails. Vaccine. 2022 May 11; 40(22):2981-2983. PMID: 35440414; PMCID: PMC8989684; DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.04.018;

Wurcel AG, Zubiago J, Reyes J, Smyth E, Balsara KR, Avila D, Barocas JA, Beckwith CG, Bui J, Chastain CA, Eaton EF, Kimmel S, Paras ML, Schranz AJ, Vyas DA, Rapoport A. Surgeons' Perspectives on Valve Surgery in People With Drug Use-Associated Infective Endocarditis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 Sep; 116(3):492-498.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 35108502; PMCID: PMC9339044; DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.12.068;

Wurcel AG, Guardado R, Beckwith CG. Hepatitis C Virus Is Associated With Increased Mortality Among Incarcerated Hospitalized Persons in Massachusetts. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Dec; 8(12):ofab579. PMID: 34934776; PMCID: PMC8684448; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab579;

Wurcel AG, Essien UR, Ortiz C, Fu X, Mancini C, Zhang Y, Blumenthal KG. Variation by Race in Antibiotics Prescribed for Hospitalized Patients With Skin and Soft Tissue Infections. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Dec 01; 4(12):e2140798. PMID: 34940871; PMCID: PMC8703249; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.40798;

Wurcel AG, Yu S, Burke D, Lund A, Schelling K, Weingart SN, Freund KM. Implementation of a Patient-Provider Agreement to Improve Healthcare Delivery for Patients With Substance Use Disorder in the Inpatient Setting. J Patient Saf. 2021 Dec 01; 17(8):e1827-e1832. PMID: 32398540; PMCID: PMC7785299; DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000721;

Wurcel AG, Chen G, Zubiago JA, Reyes J, Nowotny KM. Heterogeneity in Jail Nursing Medical Intake Forms: A Content Analysis. J Correct Health Care. 2021 Dec; 27(4):265-271. PMID: 34724807; PMCID: PMC8875295; DOI: 10.1089/jchc.20.04.0018;

Rushford A, Terry S, Davi J, Parsons S, Inker L, Kaitin K, Levine P, Garlick J, Folta S, Hudson L, Hennessy E, Wurcel AG, Sege R, Fenwood ME, Burstein D, Dangel AR, Kurtz-Rossi S, Rubin C, Daudelin D, Seidel C, Selker H, Genco C, Rohrbach A, Ming L. Broadly Engaged Team Science in Clinical and Translational Research. Springer. 2021.

Zubiago J, Wurcel AG, Guardado R, Byhoff E. Barriers to severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) testing reported by healthcare workers during the first pandemic wave at an academic center in Boston, Massachusetts. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Jan; 44(1):118-121. PMID: 34544514; PMCID: PMC8503078; DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.417;

Khorasani S, Zubiago J, Carreiro J, Guardado R, Wurcel AG. Influenza Vaccination in Massachusetts Jails: A Mixed-Methods Analysis. Public Health Rep. 2022; 137(5):936-943. PMID: 34524903; PMCID: PMC9379841; DOI: 10.1177/00333549211041659;

Dong KR, Daudelin DH, Koutoujian PJ, Cabrera A, Pezzullo O, Grossman A, Siddiqi K, Khorasani S, Wurcel AG. Lessons Learned from the Pathways to Community Health Study to Evaluate the Transition of Care from Jail to Community for Men with HIV. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2021 Sep; 35(9):360-369. PMID: 34463134; PMCID: PMC8563456; DOI: 10.1089/apc.2021.0060;

Byhoff E, Paulus JK, Guardado R, Zubiago J, Wurcel AG. Healthcare workers' perspectives on coronavirus testing availability: a cross sectional survey. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Jul 21; 21(1):719. PMID: 34289840; PMCID: PMC8294832; DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06741-5;

Khorasani SB, Koutoujian PJ, Zubiago J, Guardado R, Siddiqi K, Wurcel AG. COVID-19 Vaccine Interest among Corrections Officers and People Who Are Incarcerated at Middlesex County Jail, Massachusetts. J Urban Health. 2021 Aug; 98(4):459-463. PMID: 34041670; PMCID: PMC8152706; DOI: 10.1007/s11524-021-00545-y;

Wurcel AG, Reyes J, Zubiago J, Koutoujian PJ, Burke D, Knox TA, Concannon T, Lemon SC, Wong JB, Freund KM, Beckwith CG, LeClair AM. "I'm not gonna be able to do anything about it, then what's the point?": A broad group of stakeholders identify barriers and facilitators to HCV testing in a Massachusetts jail. PLoS One. 2021; 16(5):e0250901. PMID: 34038430; PMCID: PMC8153419; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250901;

Wurcel AG. Rise in Endocarditis-related Hospitalizations in Young People Who Use Opioids: A Call to Action. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 May 18; 72(10):1782-1783. PMID: 32270858; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa376;

Barocas JA, Morgan JR, Wang J, McLoone D, Wurcel A, Stein MD. Outcomes Associated With Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Among Persons Hospitalized for Infective Endocarditis. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 02 01; 72(3):472-478.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 31960025; PMCID: PMC7850516; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa062;

Zubiago J, Murphy M, Guardado R, Daudelin D, Patil D, Wurcel A. Increased HIV testing in people who use drugs hospitalized in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2021 May; 124:108266. PMID: 33771274; PMCID: PMC7831875; DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108266;

Springer SA, Barocas JA, Wurcel A, Nijhawan A, Thakarar K, Lynfield R, Hurley H, Snowden J, Thornton A, Del Rio C. Federal and State Action Needed to End the Infectious Complications of Illicit Drug Use in the United States: IDSA and HIVMA's Advocacy Agenda. J Infect Dis. 2020 09 02; 222(Suppl 5):S230-S238.View Related Profiles.

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Seval N, Wurcel A, Gunderson CG, Grimshaw A, Springer SA. The Impact of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder on Hepatitis C Incidence Among Incarcerated Persons: A Systematic Review. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2020 Sep; 34(3):559-584. PMID: 32782102; PMCID: PMC7437982; DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2020.06.011;

Saldana CS, Vyas DA, Wurcel AG. Soft Tissue, Bone, and Joint Infections in People Who Inject Drugs. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2020 Sep; 34(3):495-509. PMID: 32782098; PMCID: PMC8757538; DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2020.06.007;

Shields MV, Toppo A, Menendez ME, Tybor D, Dewire P, Wurcel A, Salzler M. Treatment Outcomes in Septic Arthritis of the Foot and Ankle in People Who Inject Drugs. Foot Ankle Orthop. 2020 Jul; 5(3):2473011420928893.View Related Profiles.

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Wurcel AG, Dauria E, Zaller N, Nijhawan A, Beckwith C, Nowotny K, Brinkley-Rubinstein L. Spotlight on Jails: COVID-19 Mitigation Policies Needed Now. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 28; 71(15):891-892. PMID: 32221515; PMCID: PMC7385748; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa346;

Neilan TG, Nguyen KL, Zaha VG, Chew KW, Morrison L, Ntusi NAB, Toribio M, Awadalla M, Drobni ZD, Nelson MD, Burdo TH, Van Schalkwyk M, Sax PE, Skiest DJ, Tashima K, Landovitz RJ, Daar E, Wurcel AG, Robbins GK, Bolan RK, Fitch KV, Currier JS, Bloomfield GS, Desvigne-Nickens P, Douglas PS, Hoffmann U, Grinspoon SK, Ribaudo H, Dawson R, Goetz MB, Jain MK, Warner A, Szczepaniak LS, Zanni MV. Myocardial Steatosis Among Antiretroviral Therapy-Treated People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Participating in the REPRIEVE Trial. J Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 09; 222(Suppl 1):S63-S69. PMID: 32645158; PMCID: PMC7347082; DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa245;

Toppo AJ, Rogerson A, Oh DHW, Tybor DJ, Wurcel AG, Salzler MJ. Injection Drug Use in Patients With Spinal Epidural Abscess: Nationwide Data, 2000 to 2013. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2020 Jun 15; 45(12):843-850. PMID: 32004230; DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000003401;

Winston A, Wurcel AG, Gordon C, Goyal N. Viral hepatitis in patients on hemodialysis. Semin Dial. 2020 May; 33(3):254-262. PMID: 32394502; DOI: 10.1111/sdi.12882;

Toppo AJ, Oh DHW, Tybor DJ, Wurcel AG, Menendez ME, Ryan SP, Salzler MJ. Hospital Stays and Medical Expenses Increase Nationwide Among Patients With Septic Arthritis of the Shoulder Who Inject Drugs. Orthopedics. 2020 Jul 01; 43(4):e270-e277. PMID: 32324247; DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20200415-03;

Merchant E, Burke D, Shaw L, Tookes H, Patil D, Barocas JA, Wurcel AG. Hospitalization outcomes of people who use drugs: One size does not fit all. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2020 05; 112:23-28.View Related Profiles.

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Horner G, Daddona J, Burke DJ, Cullinane J, Skeer M, Wurcel AG. "You're kind of at war with yourself as a nurse": Perspectives of inpatient nurses on treating people who present with a comorbid opioid use disorder. PLoS One. 2019; 14(10):e0224335. PMID: 31648259; PMCID: PMC6812769; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0224335;

Wurcel AG, Boll G, Burke D, Khetarpal R, Warner PJ, Tang AM, Warner KG. Impact of Substance Use Disorder on Midterm Mortality After Valve Surgery for Endocarditis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 May; 109(5):1426-1432. PMID: 31630767; PMCID: PMC7153977; DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.09.004;

Hall R, Shaughnessy M, Boll G, Warner K, Boucher HW, Bannuru RR, Wurcel AG. Drug Use and Postoperative Mortality Following Valve Surgery for Infective Endocarditis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Sep 13; 69(7):1120-1129. PMID: 30590480; PMCID: PMC6743840; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy1064;

Hodges J, Reyes J, Campbell J, Klein W, Wurcel A. Successful Implementation of a Shared Medical Appointment Model for Hepatitis C Treatment at a Community Health Center. J Community Health. 2019 Feb; 44(1):169-171. PMID: 30132236; PMCID: PMC6330118; DOI: 10.1007/s10900-018-0568-z;

Huang KTL, Blazey-Martin D, Chandler D, Wurcel A, Gillis J, Tishler J. A multicomponent intervention to improve adherence to opioid prescribing and monitoring guidelines in primary care. J Opioid Manag. 2019; 15(6):445-453. PMID: 31850506; PMCID: PMC7787190; DOI: 10.5055/jom.2019.0535;

Wurcel AG. Drug-Associated Infective Endocarditis Trends: What's All the Buzz About? Ann Intern Med. 2019 Jan 01; 170(1):68-69. PMID: 30508422; PMCID: PMC6548684; DOI: 10.7326/M18-3026;

Wurcel AG, Burke DJ, Wang JJ, Engle B, Noonan K, Knox TA, Kim AY, Linas BP. The Burden of Untreated HCV Infection in Hospitalized Inmates: a Hospital Utilization and Cost Analysis. J Urban Health. 2018 08; 95(4):467-473.View Related Profiles.

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Oh DHW, Wurcel AG, Tybor DJ, Burke D, Menendez ME, Salzler MJ. Increased Mortality and Reoperation Rates After Treatment for Septic Arthritis of the Knee in People Who Inject Drugs: Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2000-2013. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2018 Aug; 476(8):1557-1565. PMID: 29762153; PMCID: PMC6259777; DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000534682.68856.d8;

Goulart MA, Wurcel AG, Stopka TJ. Investigating the Geographic Distribution of Shigellosis Among Men and Women in Massachusetts: Possible Implications for Men Who Have Sex With Men. Sex Transm Dis. 2018 Mar; 45(3):183-185. PMID: 29420446; DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000711;

Wurcel AG, Burke D, Skeer M, Landy D, Heimer R, Wong JB, Chui KKH, Stopka TJ. Sex work, injection drug use, and abscesses: Associations in women, but not men. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 Apr 01; 185:293-297. PMID: 29482054; PMCID: PMC5991097; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.12.028;

Wurcel AG, Yu S, Pacheco M, Warner K. Contracts with people who inject drugs following valve surgery: Unrealistic and misguided expectations. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 12; 154(6):2002.View Related Profiles.

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Wurcel AG, Chen DD, Chui KKH, Knox TA. "Tweak Your Order Set!" Implementation of Modified Laboratory Order Set Improves Hepatitis C Virus Screening Rates in People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017; 4(2):ofx098. PMID: 28852673; PMCID: PMC5569929; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofx098;

Wurcel AG, Anderson JE, Chui KK, Skinner S, Knox TA, Snydman DR, Stopka TJ. Increasing Infectious Endocarditis Admissions Among Young People Who Inject Drugs. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2016 Sep; 3(3):ofw157. PMID: 27800528; PMCID: PMC5084714; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw157;

Goulart MA, Wurcel AG. Shigellosis in men who have sex with men: an overlooked opportunity to counsel with pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV. Int J STD AIDS. 2016 Nov; 27(13):1236-1238. PMID: 26945593; DOI: 10.1177/0956462416638609;

Wurcel AG, Chen DD, Fitzpatrick RE, Grasberger PE, Kirshner CH, Anderson JE, Chui KK, Knox TA. Hepatitis C Screening in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Lessons Learned From Syphilis Screening. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2016 Jan; 3(1):ofv215. PMID: 26885544; PMCID: PMC4751919; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofv215;

Wurcel AG, Merchant EA, Clark RP, Stone DR. Emerging and Underrecognized Complications of Illicit Drug Use. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Dec 15; 61(12):1840-9. PMID: 26270683; PMCID: PMC4657534; DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ689;

Taylor LE, Foont JA, DeLong AK, Wurcel A, Linas BP, Chapman S, Maynard MA, Cu-Uvin S, Mayer KH. The spectrum of undiagnosed hepatitis C virus infection in a US HIV clinic. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2014 Jan; 28(1):4-9.View Related Profiles.

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Sung S, Wurcel AG, Whittier S, Kulas K, Kramer LD, Flam R, Roberts JK, Tsiouris S. Powassan meningoencephalitis, New York, New York, USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013; 19(9):1549-51. PMID: 23969017; PMCID: PMC3810908; DOI: 10.3201/eid1909.121846;

McNairy ML, Wurcel AG, Huang F, Daily JP. Health care workers in Africa access a broad range of topics using evidence-based online medical information. Glob Public Health. 2012; 7(8):823-39. PMID: 22621407; DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2012.685488;

Ancuta P, Kamat A, Kunstman KJ, Kim EY, Autissier P, Wurcel A, Zaman T, Stone D, Mefford M, Morgello S, Singer EJ, Wolinsky SM, Gabuzda D. Microbial translocation is associated with increased monocyte activation and dementia in AIDS patients. PLoS One. 2008 Jun 25; 3(6):e2516. PMID: 18575590; PMCID: PMC2424175; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002516;

Schulze Zur Wiesch J, Lauer GM, Timm J, Kuntzen T, Neukamm M, Berical A, Jones AM, Nolan BE, Longworth SA, Kasprowicz V, McMahon C, Wurcel A, Lohse AW, Lewis-Ximenez LL, Chung RT, Kim AY, Allen TM, Walker BD. Immunologic evidence for lack of heterologous protection following resolution of HCV in patients with non-genotype 1 infection. Blood. 2007 Sep 01; 110(5):1559-69.View Related Profiles.

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Addo MM, Draenert R, Rathod A, Verrill CL, Davis BT, Gandhi RT, Robbins GK, Basgoz NO, Stone DR, Cohen DE, Johnston MN, Flynn T, Wurcel AG, Rosenberg ES, Altfeld M, Walker BD. Fully differentiated HIV-1 specific CD8+ T effector cells are more frequently detectable in controlled than in progressive HIV-1 infection. PLoS One. 2007 Mar 28; 2(3):e321. PMID: 17389912; PMCID: PMC1824710; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000321;

Kim AY, Schulze zur Wiesch J, Kuntzen T, Timm J, Kaufmann DE, Duncan JE, Jones AM, Wurcel AG, Davis BT, Gandhi RT, Robbins GK, Allen TM, Chung RT, Lauer GM, Walker BD. Impaired hepatitis C virus-specific T cell responses and recurrent hepatitis C virus in HIV coinfection. PLoS Med. 2006 Dec; 3(12):e492. PMID: 17194190; PMCID: PMC1705826; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030492;

Corey KE, Ross AS, Wurcel A, Schulze Zur Wiesch J, Kim AY, Lauer GM, Chung RT. Outcomes and treatment of acute hepatitis C virus infection in a United States population. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006 Oct; 4(10):1278-82. PMID: 16931171; PMCID: PMC1828916; DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2006.06.026;

Ancuta P, Autissier P, Wurcel A, Zaman T, Stone D, Gabuzda D. CD16+ monocyte-derived macrophages activate resting T cells for HIV infection by producing CCR3 and CCR4 ligands. J Immunol. 2006 May 15; 176(10):5760-71. PMID: 16670281; DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.10.5760;

McGovern BH, Wurcel A, Kim AY, Schulze zur Wiesch J, Bica I, Zaman MT, Timm J, Walker BD, Lauer GM. Acute hepatitis C virus infection in incarcerated injection drug users. Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Jun 15; 42(12):1663-70.View Related Profiles.

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Frahm N, Kiepiela P, Adams S, Linde CH, Hewitt HS, Sango K, Feeney ME, Addo MM, Lichterfeld M, Lahaie MP, Pae E, Wurcel AG, Roach T, St John MA, Altfeld M, Marincola FM, Moore C, Mallal S, Carrington M, Heckerman D, Allen TM, Mullins JI, Korber BT, Goulder PJ, Walker BD, Brander C. Control of human immunodeficiency virus replication by cytotoxic T lymphocytes targeting subdominant epitopes. Nat Immunol. 2006 Feb; 7(2):173-8. PMID: 16369537

Schulze zur Wiesch J, Lauer GM, Day CL, Kim AY, Ouchi K, Duncan JE, Wurcel AG, Timm J, Jones AM, Mothe B, Allen TM, McGovern B, Lewis-Ximenez L, Sidney J, Sette A, Chung RT, Walker BD. Broad repertoire of the CD4+ Th cell response in spontaneously controlled hepatitis C virus infection includes dominant and highly promiscuous epitopes. J Immunol. 2005 Sep 15; 175(6):3603-13. PMID: 16148104

Wurcel A, Zaman T, Zhen S, Stone D. Acceptance of HIV antibody testing among inpatients and outpatients at a public health hospital: a study of rapid versus standard testing. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2005 Aug; 19(8):499-505. PMID: 16124844

Frahm N, Adams S, Kiepiela P, Linde CH, Hewitt HS, Lichterfeld M, Sango K, Brown NV, Pae E, Wurcel AG, Altfeld M, Feeney ME, Allen TM, Roach T, St John MA, Daar ES, Rosenberg E, Korber B, Marincola F, Walker BD, Goulder PJ, Brander C. HLA-B63 presents HLA-B57/B58-restricted cytotoxic T-lymphocyte epitopes and is associated with low human immunodeficiency virus load. J Virol. 2005 Aug; 79(16):10218-25. PMID: 16051815

McGovern B, Fiore J, Wurcel A, Taglienti P, Bradley M, Galvin S, Libone G, Ramsey J, Molinaro-Gudas V, Drewniak S, Amick C, Andalkar A, Scheft H, Bica I. Delivering therapy for hepatitis C virus infection to incarcerated HIV-seropositive patients. Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Jul 1; 41 Suppl 1:S56-62.View Related Profiles.

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Kim AY, Lauer GM, Ouchi K, Addo MM, Lucas M, Schulze Zur Wiesch J, Timm J, Boczanowski M, Duncan JE, Wurcel AG, Casson D, Chung RT, Draenert R, Klenerman P, Walker BD. The magnitude and breadth of hepatitis C virus-specific CD8+ T cells depend on absolute CD4+ T-cell count in individuals coinfected with HIV-1. Blood. 2005 Feb 01; 105(3):1170-8. PMID: 15459014

Lichterfeld M, Kaufmann DE, Yu XG, Mui SK, Addo MM, Johnston MN, Cohen D, Robbins GK, Pae E, Alter G, Wurcel A, Stone D, Rosenberg ES, Walker BD, Altfeld M. Loss of HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cell proliferation after acute HIV-1 infection and restoration by vaccine-induced HIV-1-specific CD4+ T cells. J Exp Med. 2004 Sep 20; 200(6):701-12. PMID: 15381726

Yu XG, Addo MM, Perkins BA, Wej F, Rathod A, Geer SC, Parta M, Cohen D, Stone DR, Russell CJ, Tanzi G, Mei S, Wurcel AG, Frahm N, Lichterfeld M, Heath L, Mullins JI, Marincola F, Goulder PJ, Brander C, Allen T, Cao Y, Walker BD, Altfeld M. Differences in the expressed HLA class I alleles effect the differential clustering of HIV type 1-specific T cell responses in infected Chinese and caucasians. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2004 May; 20(5):557-64. PMID: 15186531

Frahm N, Korber BT, Adams CM, Szinger JJ, Draenert R, Addo MM, Feeney ME, Yusim K, Sango K, Brown NV, SenGupta D, Piechocka-Trocha A, Simonis T, Marincola FM, Wurcel AG, Stone DR, Russell CJ, Adolf P, Cohen D, Roach T, StJohn A, Khatri A, Davis K, Mullins J, Goulder PJ, Walker BD, Brander C. Consistent cytotoxic-T-lymphocyte targeting of immunodominant regions in human immunodeficiency virus across multiple ethnicities. J Virol. 2004 Mar; 78(5):2187-200. PMID: 14963115

Draenert R, Verrill CL, Tang Y, Allen TM, Wurcel AG, Boczanowski M, Lechner A, Kim AY, Suscovich T, Brown NV, Addo MM, Walker BD. Persistent recognition of autologous virus by high-avidity CD8 T cells in chronic, progressive human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection. J Virol. 2004 Jan; 78(2):630-41. PMID: 14694094

Gandhi RT, Wurcel A, McGovern B, Lee H, Shopis J, Corcoran CP, Toner S, Giachetti C, Dockter J, Sax PE, Ukomadu C. Low prevalence of ongoing hepatitis B viremia in HIV-positive individuals with isolated antibody to hepatitis B core antigen. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2003 Dec 01; 34(4):439-41. PMID: 14615664

Gandhi RT, Wurcel A, Rosenberg ES, Johnston MN, Hellmann N, Bates M, Hirsch MS, Walker BD. Progressive reversion of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 resistance mutations in vivo after transmission of a multiply drug-resistant virus. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Dec 15; 37(12):1693-8. PMID: 14689353

Gandhi RT, Wurcel A, Lee H, McGovern B, Boczanowski M, Gerwin R, Corcoran CP, Szczepiorkowski Z, Toner S, Cohen DE, Sax PE, Ukomadu C. Isolated antibody to hepatitis B core antigen in human immunodeficiency virus type-1-infected individuals. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Jun 15; 36(12):1602-5. PMID: 12802762

Draenert R, Altfeld M, Brander C, Basgoz N, Corcoran C, Wurcel AG, Stone DR, Kalams SA, Trocha A, Addo MM, Goulder PJ, Walker BD. Comparison of overlapping peptide sets for detection of antiviral CD8 and CD4 T cell responses. J Immunol Methods. 2003 Apr 01; 275(1-2):19-29. PMID: 12667667

Addo MM, Yu XG, Rathod A, Cohen D, Eldridge RL, Strick D, Johnston MN, Corcoran C, Wurcel AG, Fitzpatrick CA, Feeney ME, Rodriguez WR, Basgoz N, Draenert R, Stone DR, Brander C, Goulder PJ, Rosenberg ES, Altfeld M, Walker BD. Comprehensive epitope analysis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-specific T-cell responses directed against the entire expressed HIV-1 genome demonstrate broadly directed responses, but no correlation to viral load. J Virol. 2003 Feb; 77(3):2081-92. PMID: 12525643

Day CL, Lauer GM, Robbins GK, McGovern B, Wurcel AG, Gandhi RT, Chung RT, Walker BD. Broad specificity of virus-specific CD4+ T-helper-cell responses in resolved hepatitis C virus infection. J Virol. 2002 Dec; 76(24):12584-95. PMID: 12438584

Stone DR, Corcoran C, Wurcel A, McGovern B, Quirk J, Brewer A, Sutton L, D'Aquila RT. Antiretroviral drug resistance mutations in antiretroviral-naive prisoners. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Oct 01; 35(7):883-6. PMID: 12228827

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 145 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 24 publications in 2024

Bar chart showing 145 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 24 publications in 2024

Year	Publications
2002	2
2003	5
2004	5
2005	6
2006	4
2007	2
2008	1
2012	1
2013	2
2014	1
2015	1
2016	3
2017	3
2018	5
2019	5
2020	10
2021	14
2022	11
2023	19
2024	24
2025	21

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2022 Tufts University School of Medicine : Tufts Springboard Award

2021 Tufts Medical Center Physicians’ Organization: Women in Science Mentorship Seed Award

2015-2018 The Lifespan/Brown Criminal Justice Research Training Program: Criminal Justice Research Training Pilot Award

2015-2016 Tufts University School of Medicine: Top Lecturer

2014 Massachusetts Infectious Diseases Society: Maxwell Finland Award for Research Excellence

2014 Massachusetts Infectious Diseases Society: Edward H. Kass Award for Clinical Excellence

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