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Dr. Holger received her Pharm.D. from Nova Southeastern University and her Master in Public Health from Wayne State University. She completed a pharmacy practice residency in general medicine at Memorial Hospital West in Florida, a two-year infectious disease research fellowship in pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics and health outcomes at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI, and is licensed as a Consultant Pharmacist in Florida. She has worked as a faculty at Nova Southeastern University Barry and Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy since 2022 and is currently an assistant professor in the Pharmacy Practice department. Dr. Holger currently serves as the Program Director for the Infectious Diseases Health Outcomes Research Fellowship at the Barry and Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy.
Dr. Holger is currently a principal investigator in an internal grant that aims to identify the role of outer membrane vesicle production in phage-antibiotic combination treatment failure against multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In terms of collaborative research, Dr. Holger has published over 25 peer-reviewed manuscripts and delivered over 50 poster and podium presentations in national and international conferences. In her health outcomes studies, she worked with multidisciplinary teams to study clinical outcomes in patients with multidrug-resistant infections. Within the scope of this work, she quantified the impact of antibiotic treatment differences, resistance phenotype, disease severity, and demographic factors on patient mortality and healthcare utilization. These studies were developed using electronic health record data and then analyzed using SPSS software. For example, she used multivariate logistic regression to determine whether patient-specific factors were independent predictors for true bacterial infection. She also has extensive experience in collecting and managing patient data using the Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) tool.
In her pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies, she studied in vitro pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling of antimicrobials in combination with bacteriophages to treat multidrug-resistant bacteria. She has previously used multiple in vitro biofilm analyses, including an in vitro pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic CDC biofilm reactor (CBR) model (simulating human exposures) to investigate the activity of bacteriophage-antibiotic combinations against 10 clinical strains of P. aeruginosa. She used outer membrane vesicle quantification plus phage and antibiotic resistance testing to observe the impact of novel therapeutic strategies on resistance development and bactericidal activity in multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant strains of P. aeruginosa. Finally, she has used a combination of plate-, planktonic-based screening assays to identify synergistic antibiotic combinations effective at eradicating multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumanii. Her publications demonstrate her proficiency in measuring antimicrobial resistance development in vitro against multidrug resistant clinical strains.
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Education/Academic qualification
Master in Public Health , Wayne State University
2020 → 2022
Award Date: Dec 15 2022
Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy Fellowship, Wayne State University
Jul 2020 → Aug 2022
PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency Program, Memorial Hospital West
Jun 2019 → Jun 2020
Doctor of Pharmacy, Nova Southeastern University
Aug 2015 → May 2019
Bachelors of Science, Biology, Nova Southeastern University
Aug 2012 → May 2015
External positions
Adjunct Professor, Wayne State University
Jul 2020 → Aug 2022
PGY-1 Resident, Memorial Hospital West
Jul 2019 → Jul 2020
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Infectious Diseases
- Pharmacy
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Disciplines
- Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Impact of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm exopolysaccharide composition on bacteriophage and bacteriophage-antibiotic combination activity
Van Helden, S. R., Bleick, C. R., Holger, D. J., Ghali, A. E., Alexander, J., Kaye, K. S., Marshall, S. H., Rojas, L. J., Bonomo, R. A., Lehman, S. M. & Rybak, M. J., Jan 2026, In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 70, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multicenter Evaluation of Ceftazidime/Avibactam in Pediatric Patients Across the United States: Real-World Insights into the Management of Drug-Resistant Gram-Negative Infections
Morrisette, T., Stimes, G. T., Alvira-Arill, G. R., Lockowitz, C. R., Yuenger, V., Facer, E. E., Huang, A., Holger, D. J., Althubyani, A. A., El Ghali, A., Kesner, J., Kufel, W. D., Santevecchi, B. A., Venugopalan, V., Olney, K. B., Newland, J. G., Shelley, J., Walsh, L., Wilson, W. S. & Dassner, A. M. & 5 others, , Apr 2026, In: Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 13, 4, ofag177.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Antibiotic-induced neuropsychiatric toxicity: epidemiology, mechanisms and management strategies - a narrative literature review
Althubyani, A. A., Canto, S., Pham, H., Holger, D. J. & Rey, J., Jul 22 2024, In: Drugs in Context. 13Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Assessing Confidence and Competence of Student Pharmacists in a Virtual Medication Adherence Training Program
Creese, M., Hale, G., Benny, T., Bush, A., Holger, D. J., Bahamonde, J., Maravent, S., Steinberg, J. G., Brook, M., Metzner, M., Singh-Franco, D., Riskin, J. W. & Pansuria, M., May 2024, In: American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 88, 5, p. 100699 100699.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cefiderocol: early clinical experience for multi-drug resistant gram-negative infections
Ghali, A. E., Kunz Coyne, A. J., Lucas, K., Tieman, M., Xhemali, X., Lau, S. P., Iturralde, G., Purdy, A., Holger, D. J., Garcia, E., Veve, M. P. & Rybak, M. J., Jan 11 2024, In: Microbiology Spectrum. 12, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Press/Media
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Study Results from NOVA Southeastern University in the Area of Tuberculosis Reported (Updates In Pulmonary Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Pharmacotherapy: a Focus On Bpal and Bpalm)
2/22/24
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Findings from Wayne State University in Antibiotics Reported (Cefiderocol: early clinical experience for multi-drug resistant gram-negative infections)
2/19/24
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Findings from Wayne State University in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Reported (Phage-antibiotic Combinations Against Multidrug-resistant pseudomonas Aeruginosa In in Vitro Static and Dynamic Biofilm Models)
11/23/23
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