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          Cassie Holmes, M.S., CRNP, FNP-C





Cassie Holmes, M.S., CRNP, FNP-C


Clinical Trials Research Nurse Practitioner
    Cutaneous Microbiome and Inflammation Section Profile Image 
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                                                  301-655-3340
                
                                                10 Center Drive
                  
            Building 10, Room 13C429A
      
                  
                                   Bethesda MD 20892
                
                                                cassie.holmes@nih.gov 
                Summary
          Cassie Holmes completed her Master of Science in Nursing at Georgetown University in the family nurse practitioner program. She also has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience from the College of William & Mary. Cassie has previous nursing experience in the neurosurgical intensive care unit and primary/urgent care. Before joining the Cutaneous Microbiome and Inflammation Section at the NIAMS, she was a clinical research nurse practitioner at the NIAID. While at the NIAID, she cared for autoinflammatory disease patients on a natural history protocol and contributed to translational research.
        
                  Research Statement
          
            Cassie Holmes’s interest in clinical research began with a neurosurgical research internship at the Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, Maryland. She worked closely with Dr. Bizhan Aarabi and his team, culminating in her first publication in the *Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine*. She developed a strong commitment to ethical, high-quality human subject research, leading her to pursue a career in clinical research at the National Institutes of Health.Her current research interest is investigating skin microbes in patients with inflammatory skin disease and in healthy individuals. She works closely with Dr. Heidi Kong and her team in conducting translational studies to gain insight into the pathogenesis of skin diseases. 

            Scientific Publications
              Comparative effectiveness of surgical versus nonoperative management of unilateral, nondisplaced, subaxial cervical spine facet fractures without evidence of spinal cord injury: clinical article.

    Aarabi B, Mirvis S, Shanmuganathan K, Vaccaro AR, Holmes CJ, Akhtar-Danesh N, Fehlings MG, Dvorak MF
        

                    J Neurosurg Spine.
        
                    2014 Mar;
        
                    20(3).
        
                    doi: 10.3171/2013.11.SPINE13733
                            PMID: 24405465 
          Education
              
            **Georgetown University**M.S., Nursing (2020)**Virginia Commonwealth University**B.S., Nursing (2016)**College of William & Mary**B.S., Neuroscience (2015)             
                        Experience
              
            **Clinical Research Nurse Practitioner**Cutaneous Microbiome and Inflammation Section, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD (2021-Present)**Clinical Research Nurse Practitioner**Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD (2020-2021)**Clinical Nurse**Patient First, Leesburg, VA (2018-2020)**Neurosurgical ICU Nurse**Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (2017-2018)


Last Updated: March 2024


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