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Laurel Legenza, PharmD, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow Teaching Faculty, Director of Global Health


Highlighted Publications:

Legenza L, McNair K, Gao S, Lacy JP, Olson BJ, Fritsche TR, Schulz LT, LaMuro S, Spray-Larson F, Siddiqui T, Rose WE. A geospatial approach to identify patterns of antibiotic susceptibility at a neighborhood level in Wisconsin, United States. Sci Rep. 2023;13(1):7122.

Legenza L, Morris AO, Safdar N, Chui MA. "What brought you in today?": Modeling patient-provider clinic visits to characterize rural providers' antibiotic treatment decisions. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2023;S1551-7411(23)00064-5.

Legenza L, Coetzee R, Rose WE, Esack T, Crombie K, Mina M, Safdar N, Barnett SG. Application of consolidated framework for implementation research to improve Clostridioides difficile infection management in district hospitals. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2022;18(12):4100-4111.

Ortiz DA, Legenza LM, Olson BJ, Knapp CC, Killian SB, Meece JK, Hall MC, Fritsche TR. Surveillance for multidrug resistant Escherichia coli carriage in cattle, dogs and humans reveals predominance of CMY-2, CTX-M-15 and CTX-M-9 groups of β-lactamases. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 2022;89:101880.

Svenson EL, Tun R, Conway J, Legenza L, Svenson JM, Duffy S, Svenson JE. A One Health approach to compare self-prescribed antibiotic usage across rural and semi-urban populations in San Lucas Tolimán, Guatemala. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2021;32(4):1798-1817. 

Legenza LM, Seys Rañola TM, Schmitz NS, Zorek JA. Chapter 14: Population Health. In: Zorek JA. Interprofessional Practice in Pharmacy: Featuring Illustrated Case Studies. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2021:303-330.

Legenza L, Nickman N, Drews FA, Tigh J, Rim M, Kelly MP, Tyler LS. Perceived workload assessed using the NASA Task Load Index in academic health center community pharmacies before and after implementation of a central call center. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2019;76(21):1794-1805. PMID: 31612926

Legenza L, Barnett S, Lacy J, See C, Desotell N, Eibergen A, Piccirillo J, Rose W. Geographic mapping of Escherichia coli susceptibility: development of a novel clinical decision support tool. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2019;63(6):e00048-19. PMID: 30936105

Wenthur CJ, Legenza L, Weinfurter N, Lorenzen A, Bowen D. The Pharmacists Role in Combating Statewide Epidemics. J Pharm Soc Wis. 2019;22(2):8-20.

Legenza L, Barnett S, Rose W, Emmerling T, Peh KH, Safdar N, Coetzee R. Clostridium difficile infection perceptions and practices in South Africa. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2018;7:125. PMID: 30386594

Legenza L, Barnett S, Rose W, Bianchini M, Safdar N, Coetzee R. The epidemiology and outcomes of Clostridium difficile infection among hospitalised patients in South Africa: results of a multicenter retrospective study. BMJ Global Health. 2018;3:e000889. PMID: 30057799

Legenza L, Barnett S, Rose W. Antimicrobial stewardship culture and use of antimicrobial resistance data in clinical practice. J Pharm Soc Wis. 2018;21(4):49-53. 

Legenza L, Barnett S, Rose W. Vaccines in development for the primary prevention of Clostridium difficile infection. J Am Pharm Assoc. 2017;57:547-549. PMID: 28712463