Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Advanced Inflammatory Bowel Disease Fellowship, Medicine, University of Pennsylvania 2014 - 2015
  • Gastroenterology Fellowship, Medicine, University of Pennsylvania 2011 - 2015
  • Internal Medicine Residency, Medicine, University of Pennsylvania 2009 - 2011
  • MD./PhD., Washington University School of Medicine 2009
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Protocol CNTO1275CRD3007 awarded by Janssen Research & Development, LLC 2019 - 2024
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Chachu, Karen A., Anna D. LoBue, David W. Strong, Ralph S. Baric, and Herbert W. Virgin. “Immune mechanisms responsible for vaccination against and clearance of mucosal and lymphatic norovirus infection..” Plos Pathogens 4, no. 12 (December 12, 2008). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000236.
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    • Purtha, Whitney E., Karen A. Chachu, Herbert W. Virgin, and Michael S. Diamond. “Early B-cell activation after West Nile virus infection requires alpha/beta interferon but not antigen receptor signaling..” Journal of Virology 82, no. 22 (November 2008): 10964–74. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.01646-08.
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    • Chachu, Karen A., David W. Strong, Anna D. LoBue, Christiane E. Wobus, Ralph S. Baric, and Herbert W. Virgin. “Antibody is critical for the clearance of murine norovirus infection..” Journal of Virology 82, no. 13 (July 2008): 6610–17. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00141-08.
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    • Thackray, Larissa B., Christiane E. Wobus, Karen A. Chachu, Bo Liu, Eric R. Alegre, Kenneth S. Henderson, Scott T. Kelley, and Herbert W. Virgin. “Murine noroviruses comprising a single genogroup exhibit biological diversity despite limited sequence divergence..” Journal of Virology 81, no. 19 (October 2007): 10460–73. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00783-07.
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    • Au, Nora, Elke Kuester-Schoeck, Veena Mandava, Laura E. Bothwell, Susan P. Canny, Karen Chachu, Sierra A. Colavito, et al. “Genetic composition of the Bacillus subtilis SOS system..” Journal of Bacteriology 187, no. 22 (November 2005): 7655–66. https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.187.22.7655-7666.2005.
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