Lesley Skalla

Lesley is a Research and Education Librarian at the Duke Medical Center Library & Archives. She serves as the liaison to Biomedical Research and Population Health, the IACUC librarian, and is the lead for Data Management at the Medical Center Library.

Current Appointments and Affiliations

• Prof Library Staff, Medical Center Library & Archives, School of Medicine

Contact Information

• Subject Headings
  • Data Management
  • Data Sharing
  • Information Services
  • Information retrieval
  • Scholarly Communication
  • Systematic reviews (Medical research)
• Publications

  Journal Articles

  • Tong, S. Y. C., Fowler, V. G., Skalla, L., & Holland, T. L. (2025). Management of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: A Review. JAMA, 334(9), 798–808. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.4288
  • Sutton, K. N., Lydon, E., Rader, A., Barton, K. D., Skalla, L. A., Wang, T.-W., … King, H. A. (2025). A Systematic Review of Health-Related Quality-of-Life Measurement in Patients With Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections. Clin Infect Dis, 81(Supplement_1), S24–S31. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaf294
  • Rader, A., Ruffin, F., Fai, C., Barton, K. D., Skalla, L. A., Wang, T.-W., … King, H. A. (2025). A Systematic Review of Health-Related Quality-of-Life Measurement in Patients With Complicated Intraabdominal Infections. Clin Infect Dis, 81(Supplement_1), S40–S47. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaf299
  • Minter, D. J., Wang, T.-W., Rader, A., Barton, K. D., Skalla, L. A., Boucher, H. W., … Doernberg, S. B. (2025). A Systematic Review of Health-Related Quality-of-Life Measurement in Patients With Complicated Urinary Tract Infections. Clin Infect Dis, 81(Supplement_1), S16–S23. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaf293
  • Krah, N. M., Fai, C., Sutton, K. N., Rader, A., Barton, K. D., Skalla, L. A., … Doernberg, S. B. (2025). A Systematic Review of Health-Related Quality-of-Life Measurement in Patients With Hospital-Acquired/Ventilator-Associated Bacterial Pneumonia. Clin Infect Dis, 81(Supplement_1), S32–S39. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaf296
  • Dussault, N., Ho, D., Dukkipati, H., Vick, J. B., Skalla, L. A., Ma, J., … Kaufman, B. G. (2025). Provider Perspectives on Implementation of Adult Community-Based Palliative Care: A Scoping Review. Med Care Res Rev, 82(4), 301–318. https://doi.org/10.1177/10775587241303963
  • Mourad, A., Parsons, J. B., Skalla, L. A., Holland, T. L., & Jenkins, T. C. (2025). Combination therapy with fosfomycin for Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia or endocarditis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials. JAC Antimicrob Resist, 7(3), dlaf101. https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlaf101
  • Mourad, A., Nwafo, N., Skalla, L., Holland, T. L., & Jenkins, T. C. (2025). Oral Versus Intravenous Antibiotic Therapy for Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia or Endocarditis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized, Controlled Trials. Clin Infect Dis, 80(1), 29–36. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciae476
  • Sugrue, R. P., Olsen, J., Abi Antoun, M. E., Skalla, L. A., Cate, J., James, A. H., … Federspiel, J. J. (2024). Standard Compared With Extended Red Blood Cell Antigen Matching for Prevention of Subsequent Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn: A Systematic Review. Obstet Gynecol, 144(4), 444–453. https://doi.org/10.1097/AOG.0000000000005701
  • Ramirez, M. M., Fillipo, R., Allen, K. D., Nelson, A. E., Skalla, L. A., Drake, C. D., & Horn, M. E. (2024). Use of Implementation Strategies to Promote the Uptake of Knee Osteoarthritis Practice Guidelines and Improve Patient Outcomes: A Systematic Review. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 76(9), 1246–1259. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.25353
  • Lachiewicz, P. F., Skalla, L. A., & Purcell, K. F. (2024). Surgical Treatment of Severe Heterotopic Ossification After Total Hip Arthroplasty Over the Last 25 Years: A Systematic Review of the Literature and a New Case Series. J Arthroplasty, 39(9S1), S312-S317.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2024.02.017
  • Pace, R., Goldstein, K. M., Williams, A. R., Clayton-Stiglbauer, K., Meernik, C., Shepherd-Banigan, M., … Zullig, L. L. (2024). The Landscape of Care for Women Veterans with Cancer: An Evidence Map. J Gen Intern Med, 39(12), 2300–2316. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-024-08903-7
  • Mourad, A., Hillenbrand, M., Skalla, L. A., Holland, T. L., Zwischenberger, B. A., Williams, A. R., & Turner, N. A. (2023). Scoping review of percutaneous mechanical aspiration for valvular and cardiac implantable electronic device infective endocarditis. Clin Microbiol Infect, 29(12), 1508–1515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2023.08.018
  • Ramirez, M., Fillipo, R., Allen, K., Nelson, A., Drake, C., Skalla, L., & Horn, M. (2023). Use of Implementation Strategies to Promote Adherence of Knee Osteoarthritis Guidelines and Improve Patient Outcomes: A Systematic Review [abstract]. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 75(suppl 9).
  • Green, M. D., Dalmage, M. R., Lusk, J. B., Kadhim, E. F., Skalla, L. A., & O’Brien, E. C. (2023). Public reporting of black participation in anti-hypertensive drug clinical trials. Am Heart J, 258, 129–139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2023.01.001
  • Tsubota, T., Nelson, R. A., Thulin, J. D., Howell, L., & Bahr, J. M. (1995). Annual changes in serum concentrations of prolactin in captive male black bears (Ursus americanus). Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, 104(2), 187–191. https://doi.org/10.1530/jrf.0.1040187

  Conference Papers

  • Ho, D., Dissault, N., Vick, J., Skalla, L., Dukkipati, H., Ma, J., & Kaufman, B. (2024). IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY-BASED PALLIATIVE CARE: A SYSTEMATIC SCOPING REVIEW. In Innovation in Aging (Vol. 8, pp. 233–233). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igae098.0753
  • Sugrue, R. P., Antoun, M. E. A., Olsen, J., Stonehill, A., Cate, J. J., Watkins, V. Y., … Federspiel, J. J. (2024). Systematic review of recipient alloimmunization using standard ABO plus D versus an extended donor match protocol. In AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY (Vol. 230, pp. S41–S41).
  • Skalla, L. A., & Welch, J. E. (2000). Regulation of glutathione synthesis in the rat testis. In BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION (Vol. 62, pp. 291–292).
  • Howell-Skalla, L., Nelson, R., & Bahr, J. (1999). The role of prolactin in testicular recrudescence in the black bear. In BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION (Vol. 60, pp. 98–98).
  • HowellSkalla, L., Nelson, R. A., & Bahr, J. M. (1997). Seasonal changes in serum prolactin and testosterone concentrations and in testicular luteinizing hormone receptor mRNA expression in the male black bear (Ursus americanus). In BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION (Vol. 56, pp. 90–90).
  • Sugrue, R. P., Abi Antoun, M. E., Olsen, J., Stonehill, A., Cate, J. M., Watkins, V. Y., … Federspiel, J. J. (n.d.). Impact of standard ABO and Rhesus D crossmatching versus extended red blood cell antigen matching (c, E and K) of donor blood on alloimmunization in adults of reproductive age. Presented at the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, Washington, DC.