Marisa C Nielsen, PhD, D(ABMM)
Assistant Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Biography
Marisa C. Nielsen received her B.S in Microbiology and her M.S. in Environmental Microbiology from University of Arizona. She spent nearly a decade working in clinical microbiology before deciding to pursue her PhD at University of California, Irvine. Afterwards, she completed her Clinical Microbiology Fellowship at University of Texas, Medical Branch. She is a certified Specialist in Microbiology by the American Society for Clinical Pathology and a board-accredited Diplomate of the American Board of Medical Microbiology. Her interests range from microbiome research to infectious diseases diagnostics and microscopy, with a specific focus on pathogens acquired from environmental exposures and the protective role of commensal organisms in the infection process.
Currently, she is an Assistant Professor for Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, the Assistant Director for Clinical Microbiology at Boston Medical Center, and holds a BU-BMC Cancer Center Faculty Appointment.
Websites
Education
- University of California, Irvine, PhD
- University of Arizona, MS
- University of Arizona, BS
Publications
- Published on 3/1/2025
Nielsen MC. The Advancement of Infectious Diseases Diagnostics. Clin Lab Med. 2025 Mar; 45(1):xiii-xiv. PMID: 39892941.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/12/2024
Nielsen MC, Miller NS. Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Lyme Disease in the United States. Clin Lab Med. 2025 Mar; 45(1):137-144. PMID: 39892932.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/1/2024
Martins MF, Dauphinais MR, Tabackman A, Narasimhan PB, Nielsen MC, Miller NS, Sahay A, Namachivayam M, Janarthanan S, Palanivel C, Lakshminarayanan S, Koura KG, Sinha P. Clearing the air: microcosting the carbon impact of drug-susceptible pulmonary TB treatment. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2024 Oct 01; 28(10):488-493. PMID: 39334542.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/4/2024
Urbach H, Sileo N, Lerma S, Nguyen K, Sosa Soto G, Nielsen M, Heiderich A, Holsapple J, Vuppula S, Campbell JI. Ceftaroline for Central Nervous System Infections: Case Report of a Young Infant, and Scoping Review. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2024 Jul 01; 43(7):663-668. PMID: 38451889.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/24/2023
Nielsen MC, Cerqueira FM, Kavuri SB, Raymond CM, Muneeb A, Kudlicki AS, Tariq S, Liu M, Routh AL, Qiu S, Ren P. Diverse Clinical Manifestations and Challenges of Mucormycosis: Insights From Serial Cases. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Nov; 10(11):ofad527. PMID: 39139204.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/5/2023
Medeiros I, Vadlamudi C, Doonan K, Nielsen MC, Miller NS. Implementation of an HIV RNA Qualitative PCR Assay in an HIV Diagnostic Algorithm: A Single-Institution Experience. Am J Clin Pathol. 2023 Jul 05; 160(1):11-17. PMID: 36869833.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/21/2023
McChesney GR, Nielsen MC, Fang R, Williams-Bouyer N, Lindsey RW. The Effect of Povidone-Iodine Irrigation on the Efficacy of Antibiotic Cement In Vitro. Orthopedics. 2024; 47(1):10-14. PMID: 37341567.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/23/2023
Raymond CM, Nielsen MC, Silva C, Tanabe M, Clement C, Williams-Bouyer N, He J. Vacuoles in the Breast: A Histologic Clue for an Unusual Presentation of an Atypical Organism. Cureus. 2023 Mar; 15(3):e36586. PMID: 37095826.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/18/2023
Nielsen MC, Clarner P, Paroha R, Lee S, Thwe PM, Ren P. Comparison of Analytical Sensitivity (Limit of Detection) of Xpert MTB/RIF and Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for Non-Sputum Specimens. Pathogens. 2023 Jan 18; 12(2). PMID: 36839429.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/14/2022
Nielsen MC, Clarner P, Ren P. Wrong Place at the Wrong Maritime. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Sep 14; 75(5):907-909. PMID: 36108269.
Read at: PubMed
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