Exciting news, a new treatment is FDA approved for resistant refractory CMV! Takeda’s LIVTENCITY (maribavir) For People 12 and Older with Post-Transplant Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Refractory (With or Wo Genotypic Resistance) to Conventional Antiviral Therapy takeda.com/newsroom/newsr…

If someone comes to you for nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea in the setting of antibiotic use, please take ten seconds and explain to them that this is not an allergy. Then please please do not add it to their allergy list. This is actively harming patients.

The Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution met today to review what is known about the #COVID19 variant B.1.1.529. They advised WHO that it should be designated a Variant of Concern. WHO has named it Omicron, in line with naming protocols bit.ly/3r8YrEd

Vaccine inequity = more #COVID19 transmission and death = more opportunity for new variants to emerge = more social and economic disruption. Join our fight for vaccine justice and to end this pandemic: who.int/vaccinequity #VaccinEquity

Excited to share- new manuscript from my lab (supported by SIDP YIRA) and an amazing team of collaborators, identifying the first mechanism of amphotericin B resistance in Candida auris, has been accepted for publication at CMI- Read the preprint now biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

🔥 2021 Update to the PrEP Guidelines dropped today! 🔥 Check them out at the link below: cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/risk/p…

The final presentation of the #ASMMicrobe2022 Antimicrobial stewardship: beyond the basics pre-workshop, will be given by Dr. Yewande Dayo PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP ! She will be discussing the intersection of race and ASP.! Join us on 06/09/2022 in DC to hear her lecture! SIDP

FREE ACCESS! Black Pharmacists know the barriers to vaccine confidence & uptake amongst Black individuals. buff.ly/3SSJiSH is a framework to leverage them for equity in COVID-19 vaccine uptake. @jaycdoesID @bns_IDPharmD @ramarawalker @yewyD @robbieleanneC Meshell Maxam

CRO = CEFTRIAXONE CTX = CEFOTAXIME That’s it, that’s the tweet. My pet peeve when I see CTX as ceftriaxone in the EMR lol.

NEW Resource! 🚨 Check out this infographic detailing the pathophys of severe #CAP. Highlighting the role of immune response & opportunities for personalized therapies. Created by SIDP members & available here: buff.ly/3NxU2Fa. Resource sponsored by Dompe. Ramara E. Walker, PharmD, BCIDP, AAHIVP

Good news! My article received enough downloads to be a #TopDownloadedArticle in @jaccpjournal! Such a pleasure writing this with my girlfriends! Yewande Brenda Simiyu Ramara E. Walker, PharmD, BCIDP, AAHIVP Meshell Maxam #RobbieChristian

Feeling incredibly blessed that I’ve been selected to receive a @NIH_LRP award through NIAID News 🙏🏿 This is life changing, and I’m beyond grateful for all of my research mentors and colleagues for their invaluable support!

Ramara E. Walker, PharmD, BCIDP, AAHIVP, Abhishek Deshpande, Michael Rothberg et al: Clinicians seem most receptive to ID PharmD recommendations for IV to PO conversion and least receptive to limiting DOT in patients with CAP. bit.ly/3NrMUd9

At #IDWeek2024? Visit halls J,K on Oct. 17 for a poster on racial disparities in pneumonia care, presented by Ramara Walker, PharmD, BCIDP, AAHIVP, based on research by #AHRQ's Michael Rothberg, MD, MPH.

Happening now! Stop by the Foundation Lounge until 4pm PT to get your professional headshot taken. 📸 #IDWeek2024

Big congratulations to our PharmD, Ramara E. Walker, PharmD, BCIDP, AAHIVP, for presenting her research on racial disparities in CAP treatment! Important insights that highlight the need for equitable healthcare practices. #HealthcareEquity #IDWeek2024 #InfectiousDiseases

#NewProfilePic thanks to IDWeek!

Today’s Grand Rounds were presented by ID clinical pharmacist, Dr. Ramara Walker, who delivered an insightful talk on health disparities in antimicrobial use. A critical and thought-provoking session! #InfectiousDiseases #AntimicrobialStewardship #HealthEquity

Great job by ID pharmacist Dr. Walker on her #IDWeek2025 poster presentation exploring pathogen detection in community-acquired pneumonia 👏 #IDPharmacist #infectiousdiseases