Maya Nadimpalli
Asst Professor
Assistant Professor
Faculty, Environmental Health
Secondary Appointment, Global Health
Secondary Appointment, Epidemiology
My research focuses on antibiotic resistance, one of the top threats facing humanity. Broadly, I use genomic and epidemiological approaches to understand how exposures to food, animals, and the environment can impact human colonization and infection with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Current projects are focused on:
- spillover of antibiotic resistance at the human-food animal interface in low and middle-income countries, where intensive animal production that relies on routine antibiotic use is expanding,
- the role of the gut microbiome in conferring protection against multidrug-resistant pathogens, with particular interests in the effects of breastfeeding and human milk in promoting a healthy infant gut environment,
- exploring the scale, scope, and underlying factors driving racial and ethnic disparities in community-acquired, drug-resistant infections in the United States and globally.
For a list of up to date publications, see Google Scholar. To learn more about ongoing projects or to explore training opportunities, check out the Nadimpalli Lab Website.
Select Media Coverage:
Chlorinated water supplies don’t disturb healthy gut microbiomes in young children, EurekAlert!
Antimicrobial resistance in the age of COVID-19, Nature Microbiology
Via Farmworkers, Superbugs Find a Route Away from Drug-Using Farms, Wired Science Blogs
Areas of Interest
- Antibiotic Resistance
- Community Based Research
- Food Safety
- Genomics
- Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
- Surveillance
- Vector-borne/Zoonotic Diseases
Education
- BA&Sc 2010, McGill University
- M.S. 2012, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- PhD 2015, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Courses Taught
- EHS 750: Envt.Dtrmnts.of Infect.Disease
Affiliations & Activities
In addition to my Rollins appointments, I am jointly appointed in PBEE and GMB.
Publications
- M.L. Nadimpalli, V.F. Lanza, M.C. Montealegre, S. Sultana, E. Fuhrmeister, C.J. Worby, L. Teichmann, L. Caduff, J.M. Swarthout, Y.S. Crider, A.M. Earl, J. Brown, S.P. Luby, M.A. Islam, T.R. Julian, A.J. Pickering, 2022, Drinking water chlorination has minor effects on the intestinal flora and resistomes of Bangladeshi children, Nature Microbiology, ,
- M.L. Nadimpalli, C. Chan, S. Doron, 2021, Antimicrobial Resistance: A Call to Action to Prevent the Next Epidemic of Inequality, Nature Medicine, ,
- M.L. Nadimpalli, C.D. Bourke, R.C. Roberston, E. Delarocque-Astagneau, A.R. Manges, and A.J. Pickering, 2020, Can Breastfeeding Protect Against Antimicrobial Resistance?, BMC Medicine, ,
- M. Nadimpalli, Y. Vuthy, A. de Lauzanne, L. Fabre, A. Criscuolo, M. Gouali, B.T. Huynh, T. Naas, T. Phe, L. Borand, J. Jacobs, A. Kerléguer, P. Piola, D. Guillemot, S. Le Hello, and E. Delarocque-Astagneau, 2019, Meat and fish as sources of extended-spectrum ?-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli, Cambodia, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25,