Jessica Grembi

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

306B Huck Life Sciences
University Park, PA
She/Her
jag548@psu.edu

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Publications

Huck Affiliations

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences

Most Recent Publications

Pathways through which water, sanitation, hygiene, and nutrition interventions reduce antibiotic use in young children: a mediation analysis of a cluster-randomized trial.

A Nguyen, G Heitmann, A Mertens, S Ashraf, M Rahman, S Ali, M Rahman, B Arnold, Jessica Grembi, A Lin, A Ercumen, J Benjamin-Chung, 2025, eClinicalMedicine on p. 103147

Treatment heterogeneity of water, sanitation, hygiene, and nutrition interventions on child growth by environmental enteric dysfunction and pathogen status for young children in Bangladesh.

Z Butzin-Dozier, Yunwen Ji, J Coyle, I Malenica, E Rogawski McQuade, Jessica Grembi, J Platts-Mills, E Houpt, J Graham, Shahjahan Ali, Md. Ziaur Rahman, M Alauddin, S Famida, S Akther, M Hossen, P Mutsuddi, A Shoab, Mahbubur Rahman, Md. Ohedul Islam, R Miah, M Taniuchi, Jie Liu, S Alauddin, C Stewart, S Luby, J Colford, Jr, A Hubbard, A Mertens, Audrie Lin, 2025, PLoS neglected tropical diseases on p. e0012881

Water, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions can reduce child antibiotic use: evidence from Bangladesh and Kenya.

A Ercumen, A Mertens, Z Butzin-Dozier, D Jung, Shahjahan Ali, B Achando, G Rao, C Hemlock, A Pickering, C Stewart, Sophia Tan, Jessica Grembi, J Benjamin-Chung, M Wolfe, G Ho, Md. Ziaur Rahman, C Arnold, H Dentz, S Njenga, T Meerkerk, B Chen, M Nadimpalli, Md. Ohedul Islam, A Hubbard, C Null, L Unicomb, Mahbubur Rahman, J Colford, Jr, S Luby, Benjamin Arnold, Audrie Lin, 2025, Nature Communications on p. 556

Associations between weather extremes and faecal contamination along pathogen transmission pathways in rural Bangladeshi households: a prospective observational study.

C Niven, Mahfuza Islam, A Nguyen, Jessica Grembi, A Mertens, A Pickering, L Kwong, M Alam, D Sen, S Islam, Mahbubur Rahman, L Unicomb, A Hubbard, S Luby, J Colford, Jr, Benjamin Arnold, J Benjamin-Chung, A Ercumen, 2025, The Lancet Planetary Health on p. e5-e13

Influence of hydrometeorological risk factors on child diarrhea and enteropathogens in rural Bangladesh.

Jessica Grembi, A Nguyen, M Riviere, G Heitmann, A Patil, T Athni, S Djajadi, A Ercumen, A Lin, Y Crider, A Mertens, M Karim, M Islam, R Miah, S Famida, M Hossen, P Mutsuddi, S Ali, M Rahman, Z Hussain, A Shoab, R Haque, M Rahman, L Unicomb, S Luby, B Arnold, A Bennett, J Benjamin-Chung, 2024, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases on p. e0012157

Influence of Temperature and Precipitation on the Effectiveness of Water, Sanitation, and Handwashing Interventions against Childhood Diarrheal Disease in Rural Bangladesh: A Reanalysis of the WASH Benefits Bangladesh Trial.

A Nguyen, Jessica Grembi, M Riviere, G Barratt Heitmann, W Hutson, T Athni, A Patil, A Ercumen, Audrie Lin, Y Crider, A Mertens, L Unicomb, Mahbubur Rahman, S Luby, Benjamin Arnold, J Benjamin-Chung, 2024, Environmental Health Perspectives on p. 47006

Is detection of enteropathogens and human or animal faecal markers in the environment associated with subsequent child enteric infections and growth: an individual participant data meta-analysis.

A Mertens, Benjamin Arnold, J Benjamin-Chung, A Boehm, J Brown, D Capone, T Clasen, E Fuhrmeister, Jessica Grembi, D Holcomb, J Knee, L Kwong, Audrie Lin, S Luby, R Nala, K Nelson, S Njenga, C Null, A Pickering, Mahbubur Rahman, H Reese, L Steinbaum, J Stewart, R Thilakaratne, O Cumming, J Colford, Jr, A Ercumen, 2024, The Lancet Global Health on p. e433-e444

Human metabolome variation along the upper intestinal tract.

J Folz, R Culver, J Morales, Jessica Grembi, G Triadafilopoulos, D Relman, K Huang, D Shalon, O Fiehn, 2023, Nature Metabolism on p. 777-788

Introducing riskCommunicator: An R package to obtain interpretable effect estimates for public health.

Jessica Grembi, E Rogawski McQuade, 2022, PLoS One on p. e0265368

High-throughput low-cost nl-qPCR for enteropathogen detection: A proof-of-concept among hospitalized patients in Bangladesh.

K Flaherty, Jessica Grembi, V Ramachandran, F Haque, S Khatun, Mahmudu Rahman, S Maples, T Becker, A Spormann, G Schoolnik, A Hryckowian, Eric Nelson, 2021, PLoS One on p. e0257708

Most-Cited Papers

Human metabolome variation along the upper intestinal tract.

J Folz, R Culver, J Morales, Jessica Grembi, G Triadafilopoulos, D Relman, K Huang, D Shalon, O Fiehn, 2023, Nature Metabolism on p. 777-788

Identification of Widespread Antibiotic Exposure in Patients With Cholera Correlates With Clinically Relevant Microbiota Changes.

L Alexandrova, F Haque, P Rodriguez, A Marrazzo, Jessica Grembi, V Ramachandran, A Hryckowian, C Adams, Siddique MSA, A Khan, F Qadri, J Andrews, Mahmudur Rahman, A Spormann, G Schoolnik, A Chien, Eric Nelson, 2019, Journal of Infectious Diseases on p. 1655-1666

Introducing riskCommunicator: An R package to obtain interpretable effect estimates for public health.

Jessica Grembi, E Rogawski McQuade, 2022, PLoS One on p. e0265368

Gold Standard Cholera Diagnostics Are Tarnished by Lytic Bacteriophage and Antibiotics.

Eric Nelson, Jessica Grembi, D Chao, J Andrews, L Alexandrova, P Rodriguez, V Ramachandran, M Sayeed, J Wamala, A Debes, D Sack, A Hryckowian, F Haque, S Khatun, M Rahman, A Chien, A Spormann, G Schoolnik, 2020, Journal of Clinical Microbiology

High-Throughput Multiparallel Enteropathogen Detection via Nano-Liter qPCR.

Jessica Grembi, K Mayer-Blackwell, S Luby, A Spormann, 2020, Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology on p. 351