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 Senior Associate Dean for Academic Advancement leading Appointment, Promotion and Tenure policies. She is Associate Dean for Physician Scientist Training and directs the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP). She is also a Research Health Scientist, GRECC Investigator and Staff Physician for the VA Maryland Health Care System. In addition, she is a member of our NIH funded Pepper Center. 

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

Improving Outcomes for People with Diabetic Foot Complications

1. O'Hara LM, Lydecker AD, Robinson GL, O'Hara NN, Kim JJ, Littman AJ, Schmidt BM, Addison O, Margolis DJ, Roghmann M. Understanding Patient Preferences Regarding Limb Salvage for Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Discrete Choice Experiment. Diabetes Care 2025 Jul 3:dc250478. doi: 10.2337/dc25-0478. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40608361.
2. Lydecker AD, Kim JJ, Robinson GL, Johnson JK, Brown CH, Petruccelli CC, Terrin ML, Margolis DJ, Roghmann M. Chlorhexidine vs routine foot washing to prevent diabetic foot ulcers: a randomized, blinded clinical trial. JAMA Netw Open 2025 Feb 3;8(2):e2460087.
3. Robinson GL, Drumheller J, Lydecker AD, Rammling B, Dennis EA, Addison O, Prior SJ, Beamer BA, Sorkin JD, Gottlieb HD, Trent K, Roghmann M. Home-Based Exercise to Improve Functional Outcomes in Veterans With a Recently Healed Diabetic Foot Ulcer: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Sep 23;14:e71237. doi: 10.2196/71237. PMID: 40986852
4. Kim JJ, Lydecker A, Davé R, Bork JT, Roghmann M. 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.
5. 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. O'Hara LM, Newman M, Lydecker AD, Robinson GL, Hong A, Boucher C, Osei P, Molloy EK, Johnson JK, Gurses AP, Jones H, Jacobs Slifka K, Roghmann M. Enhanced barrier precautions to prevent transmission of Staphylococcus aureus and Carbapenem-resistant organisms in nursing home chronic ventilator units. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2025 Aug 22:1-8. doi: 10.1017/ice.2025.10237. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40844634
2. Mody L, Gibson KE, Cassone M, Vijayasiri G, Clement T, Snitkin E, Saint S, Krein SL, Janevic MR, Thiel J, Ridenour J, Nguyen A, Hicks O, Bej TA, El Chakhtoura NG, Min L, Galecki A, Greene T, Roghmann M, Chigurupati L, Perez F, Jump RLP. Epidemiology and transmission dynamics of multidrug-resistant organisms in nursing homes within the United States. Nat Commun. 2025 Mar 13;16(1):2487. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-57566-3. PMID: 40082431
3. Mayoryk S, O’Hara LM, Robinson GL, Lydecker AD, Jacobs Slifka K, Jones H, Roghmann M. Optimizing the implementation of Enhanced Barrier Precautions in community-based nursing homes. Amer J Infect Control. 2025 Jan;53(1):126-131. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2024.09.014. Epub 2024 Sep 20. PMID: 39307397
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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. Woodworth MH, Babiker A, Prakash-Asrani R, Mehta CC, Steed DB, Ashley A, Koundakjian D, Acharya A, Grooms L, Bower CW, Suchindran DR, Trehan T, Halpin AL, Spalding Walters M, Reddy SC, Samore MH, Roghmann M, Hayden MK, Van Riel J, Burd EM, Lohsen S, Satola SW, Fridkin SK. Microbiota Transplantation Among Patients Receiving Long-Term Care: The Sentinel REACT Nonrandomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Jul 1;8(7):e2522740.doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.22740.
2. Hoffmann DE, von Rosenvinge EC, Roghmann M, Palumbo FB, McDonald D, Ravel J. The DTC microbiome testing industry needs more regulation. Science. 2024 Mar 15;383(6688):1176-1179. doi: 10.1126/science.adk4271. Epub 2024 Mar 14. PMID: 38484067.
3. 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).
4. 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.
5. Hoffmann D, Palumbo F, Ravel J, Roghmann M, Rowthorn V, von Rosenvinge E. Improving regulation of microbiota transplants. Science. 2017 Dec 15;358(6369):1390-1391.
6. Roghmann M, 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.