Josh Shak, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

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

  1. Deyoe JE, Kelly JD, Grijalva CG, Bonenfant G, Lu S, Anglin K, Garcia-Knight M, Pineda-Ramirez J, Briggs Hagen M, Saydah S, Abedi GR, Goldberg SA, Tassetto M, Zhang A, Donohue KC, Davidson MC, Diaz Sanchez R, Djomaleu M, Mathur S, Shak JR, Deeks SG, Peluso MJ, Chiu CY, Zhu Y, Halasa NB, Chappell JD, Mellis A, Reed C, Andino R, Martin JN, Zhou B, Talbot HK, Midgley CM, Rolfes MA. Association of culturable-virus detection and household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 - California and Tennessee, 2020-2022. The Journal of infectious diseases 2023. PMID: 36705269


  2. 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, Petropoulos CJ, Yee BC, Lambert J, Glidden DV, Rutherford GW, Deeks SG, Peluso MJ, Andino R, Martin JN, Kelly JD. 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. PMID: 36381627


  3. Daniel Kelly J, Lu S, Anglin K, Garcia-Knight M, Pineda-Ramirez J, Goldberg SA, Tassetto M, Zhang A, Donohue K, Davidson MC, Romero M, Sanchez RD, Djomaleu M, Mathur S, Chen JY, Forman CA, Servellita V, Montejano RD, Shak JR, Rutherford GW, Deeks SG, Abedi GR, Rolfes MA, Saydah S, Briggs-Hagen M, Peluso MJ, Chiu C, Midgley CM, Andino R, Martin JN. Magnitude and determinants of SARS-CoV-2 household transmission: a longitudinal cohort study. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2022. PMID: 35788827


  4. 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, Mathur S, Servellita V, McIlwain D, Gaudiliere B, Chen J, Martinez EO, Tavs JM, Bronstone G, Weiss J, Watson JT, Briggs-Hagen M, Abedi GR, Rutherford GW, Deeks SG, Chiu C, Saydah S, Peluso MJ, Midgley CM, Martin JN, Andino R, Kelly JD. Infectious viral shedding of SARS-CoV-2 Delta following vaccination: A longitudinal cohort study. PLoS pathogens 2022. PMID: 36095030


  5. Gustavson AM, Purnell A, Adly M, Awan O, Br?u 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, Rodriguez IG, Romesser J, Rud B, Seidel I, Tepper A, Trinh H, Tonkin B, Vachachira J, Yang H, Shak JR. A Learning Health System Approach to Long COVID Care. Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS 2022. PMID: 36425345


  6. Chochua S, D'Acremont V, Hanke C, Alfa D, Shak J, Kilowoko M, Kyungu E, Kaiser L, Genton B, Klugman KP, Vidal JE. Increased Nasopharyngeal Density and Concurrent Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis Are Associated with Pneumonia in Febrile Children. Volume 11 of Issue 12. PloS one 2016. PMID: 27907156


  7. Shak JR, Johnson AK, Goldschlager N. Focal ST-Segment Elevation in a Young Man. Volume 176 of Issue 9. JAMA internal medicine 2016. PMID: 27429393


  8. Vidal JE, Shak JR, Canizalez-Roman A. The CpAL quorum sensing system regulates production of hemolysins CPA and PFO to build Clostridium perfringens biofilms. Volume 83 of Issue 6. 2015. PMID: 25824838


  9. 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. The adult nasopharyngeal microbiome as a determinant of pneumococcal acquisition. Volume 2. 2014. PMID: 25671106


  10. Shak JR, Cremers AJ, Gritzfeld JF, de Jonge MI, Hermans PW, Vidal JE, Klugman KP, Gordon SB. Impact of experimental human pneumococcal carriage on nasopharyngeal bacterial densities in healthy adults. Volume 9 of Issue 6. PloS one 2014. PMID: 24915552


  11. 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. Functional genomic characterization of virulence factors from necrotizing fasciitis-causing strains of Aeromonas hydrophila. Volume 80 of Issue 14. 2014. PMID: 24795370


  12. Shak JR, Ludewick HP, Howery KE, Sakai F, Yi H, Harvey RM, Paton JC, Klugman KP, Vidal JE. Novel role for the Streptococcus pneumoniae toxin pneumolysin in the assembly of biofilms. Volume 4 of Issue 5. mBio 2013. PMID: 24023386


  13. 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. Characterization of Aeromonas hydrophila wound pathotypes by comparative genomic and functional analyses of virulence genes. Volume 4 of Issue 2. mBio 2013. PMID: 23611906


  14. Shak JR, Vidal JE, Klugman KP. Influence of bacterial interactions on pneumococcal colonization of the nasopharynx. Volume 21 of Issue 3. Trends in microbiology 2012. PMID: 23273566


  15. Shak JR, Sodikoff JB, Speckman RA, Rollin FG, Chery MP, Cole CR, Suchdev PS. Anemia and Helicobacter pylori seroreactivity in a rural Haitian population. Volume 85 of Issue 5. 2011. PMID: 22049049


  16. Kuzmin IV, Bozick B, Guagliardo SA, Kunkel R, Shak JR, Tong S, Rupprecht CE. Bats, emerging infectious diseases, and the rabies paradigm revisited. Volume 4. 2011. PMID: 24149032


  17. Francois F, Roper J, Joseph N, Pei Z, Chhada A, Shak JR, de Perez AZ, Perez-Perez GI, Blaser MJ. The effect of H. pylori eradication on meal-associated changes in plasma ghrelin and leptin. Volume 11. 2011. PMID: 21489301


  18. Shak JR, Whitaker JA, Ribner BS, Burd EM. Aminoglycoside-resistant Aeromonas hydrophila as part of a polymicrobial infection following a traumatic fall into freshwater. Volume 49 of Issue 3. Journal of clinical microbiology 2011. PMID: 21209173


  19. Shak JR, Dick JJ, Meinersmann RJ, Perez-Perez GI, Blaser MJ. Repeat-associated plasticity in the Helicobacter pylori RD gene family. Volume 191 of Issue 22. 2009. PMID: 19749042


  20. Shak JR, Roper J, Perez-Perez GI, Tseng CH, Francois F, Gamagaris Z, Patterson C, Weinshel E, Fielding GA, Ren C, Blaser MJ. The effect of laparoscopic gastric banding surgery on plasma levels of appetite-control, insulinotropic, and digestive hormones. Volume 18 of Issue 9. 2008. PMID: 18408980