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Last published 2026
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Holly D. Maples

High Impact

Professor

UAMS primary UA Little Rock

Also affiliated: Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (2020); Arkansas Children's Hospital (2003–2025); Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2024); Wayne State University (2020); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2025); Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (2020)

Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy

19 h-index 54 pubs 2,961 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

  • Humans
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Child
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  • Staphylococcal Infections
  • Vancomycin
  • United States
  • Pediatrics
  • Infant
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Area Under Curve
  • Adolescent
  • Child, Preschool

Links

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Holly D. Maples, a Professor in Pharmacy Practice at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy, focuses her research on antimicrobial stewardship and therapeutic drug monitoring, particularly for serious infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Her work has contributed to revised consensus guidelines for vancomycin therapy, developed in collaboration with major professional societies. Maples also investigates patterns of hospital antibiotic use, including analyses of pediatric data from a global perspective, and examines antimicrobial stewardship strategies specifically within pediatric populations. Her scholarship includes 54 publications, with an h-index of 19, and she has been recognized as a highly cited researcher. She frequently collaborates with colleagues at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Adriana Sarmiento Clemente and Steven Dahl, on shared publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 19
  • Publications: 54
  • Citations: 2,961

Positions

  • Director of Impact and Postgradaute Research 2020–present
    University of Essex East 15 ORCID
  • Professor publications 2003–2025
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy Institutional directory
  • Senior Lecturer in Theatre 2014–2019
    Brunel University London College of Business, Art, and Humanities ORCID
  • Lecturer in Theatre 2007–2014
    University of East Anglia Literature, Drama, and Creative Writing ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Optimizing Antibiotic Duration for Acute Otitis Media: A Tale of Two Pediatric Emergency Departments (2026)
    Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society DOI OpenAlex
  • Impact of Reflex Urine Culture Algorithm in a Pediatric Emergency Department (2026)
    Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society DOI OpenAlex
  • Evaluation and treatment of infective endocarditis in children and adolescents with underlying CHD: a Paediatric Acute Care Cardiology Collaborative Clinical Practice Guideline (2025)
    Cardiology in the Young DOI OpenAlex
  • Evaluating the Impact of Handshake Rounds on Antibiotic Prescribing in Children Diagnosed With Community Acquired Pneumonia (2025)
    Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society DOI OpenAlex
  • Measurement of Practice-Level Antibiotic Utilization in a Medicaid Patient-Centered Medical Home Program (2025)
    The Annals of Family Medicine 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Identifying Disparities in Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing for Urinary Tract Infections (2024)
    Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society DOI OpenAlex
  • Evaluating the Impact of Order Set Implementation in Prescribing Practices for Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections Between a Non-academic and an Academic Children’s Hospital in the Inpatient General Pediatric Population (2024)
    Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • The Impact of a UTI Pathway Bundle on Antibiotic Prescribing for Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections Through the Lens of Health Equity in Two Emergency Departments within a Children’s Hospital System (2024)
    Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society DOI OpenAlex
  • Assessment of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Usage Following Initiation of Handshake Stewardship in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Initiative (2024)
    Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society DOI OpenAlex
  • Feasibility and Prevalence of Early Antibiotic De-Escalation in Patients with Viral Encephalitis (2024)
    Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society DOI OpenAlex
  • 1710. Clostridioides difficile Bundle Implementation Reduces Unnecessary Testing in Pediatric Patients (2023)
    Open Forum Infectious Diseases DOI OpenAlex
  • Time for a Change: Considering Vancomycin Alternatives for Pediatric Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia (2023)
    Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 16 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • 933. Antibiotic Prescribing Changes in Adults During COVID-19 in Outpatient Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMH) in Arkansas (2022)
    Open Forum Infectious Diseases DOI OpenAlex
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship in Cystic Fibrosis (2022)
    Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Lactococcus Species Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection in Pediatrics: A Case Series (2022)
    Frontiers in Medicine 4 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Collaboration Network

147 Collaborators 94 Institutions 6 Countries

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