Selected Grants
Interferon-inducible cell-intrinsic host defense against Chlamydia trachomatis
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2028Duke Training Grant in Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1988 - 2027Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health - BIRCWH
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2027Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026Summer Scholars in Genome Sciences & Medicine
Inst. Training Prgm or CMESignificant Contributor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2026Interferon-inducible cell-intrinsic host defense against Chlamydia trachomatis
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2028Duke Training Grant in Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1988 - 2027Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health - BIRCWH
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2027Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026Summer Scholars in Genome Sciences & Medicine
Inst. Training Prgm or CMESignificant Contributor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2026Mechanisms of microbial modulation of cancer immunotherapy
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation · 2022 - 2026Investigating the Mucin Utilization Capabilities of Akkermansia muciniphila
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2026Akkermansia muciniphila as a mucosal vaccine platform for emerging pathogens
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute · 2022 - 2025The Role of Host Genetics in Modulating the Beneficial Effects of the Gut Commensal Akkermansia muciniphila
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund · 2023 - 2025Interdisciplinary Research Training Program in AIDS
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2025A spatial transcriptional analsysis of Chlamydia-mediated upper genital tract pathology
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2025Genetic and Genomics Training Grant
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025Basic Immunology Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025Characterizing and Exploiting Ruminococcus gnavus mediated induction of antimicrobial peptides
FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2024Genetic analysis of mucin utilization by Akkermansia muciniphila and its impact on host physiology
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024Dissecting the role of the Inclusion membrane protein IncE, a master multitasking scaffolding protein, in the pathogenesis of Chlamydia trachomatis infections
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - San Francisco · 2022 - 2024Viral Oncology Training Grant
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1980 - 2024The role of Akkermansia muciniphila in the progression of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) disease
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Bloom Science · 2023 - 2024Functional characterization of early Chlamydia effectors
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2023Defining the bacterial and host mechanisms of action for immuno-metabolic control of fat gain by commensal Clostridium immunis
FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2022 - 2023Defining human interferon-stimulated genes with novel functions in host defense to Chlamydia infections
FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2023Subversion of the host cell cytoskeleton and innate immunity during Chlamydia infection
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2022A comprehensive research resource to define mechanisms underlying microbial regulation of host metabolism in pediatric obesity and obesity-targeted therapeutics
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2022Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Weill Cornell Medicine · 2021 - 2022Mechanisms of methylthioadenosine signaling during Salmonella infection
FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2022The impact of genetic diversity among Akkermansia strains on the effectivenes of immune checkpoint inhibitors in cancer immunotherapies
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2022Structure-Function Analysis of Chlamydia Secretion Chaperones
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2022Posttranslational modifications of host proteins by Chlamydia effectors
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2021Genetic analysis of a beneficial gut bacterium
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2018 - 2020Genetics Training Grant
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1979 - 2020Organization and Function of Cellular Structure
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2020Biochemistry and Structure of Lipid A Enzymes
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2020Enzymology of Chlamydial Pathogenesis
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2020Human Genetic Variance and Cellular Responses to Sexually Transmitted Infections
ResearchPD/PI · Awarded by University of Maryland · 2009 - 2019The use of NExtGEn Genetics to determine gene function in genetically intractable but medically important microbes
FellowshipMentor · Awarded by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · 2018 - 2019Interferon-driven ubiquitin response targets Chlamydia inclusions in human cells
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2019BWF Ad Hoc grant Request ID# 1018498
ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund · 2017 - 2018Genetic Analysis in an intractable gut microbe
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2018Characterization of a novel Salmonella regulator of IL-10 production and its role in pathogenesis
FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2018Forward and Reverse Genetics in Chlamydia
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2017Investigating the Type II Secretion System of Chlamydia trachomatis
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2017Institutional Training Grant in Pediatric Infectious Disease
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2016The role of cyclic-di-AMP in the regulation of Chlamydia cellular functions
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2016Small Molecule Inhibitors of Polysaccharide Capsule Biogenesis as Novel Therapeutics for Urinary Tract Infections
FellowshipMentor · Awarded by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · 2012 - 2015Instrumentation for Quantitative Phosphoproteomics and Acetylomics
EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2015Chlamydia Effector Proteins
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2014IsoCyte Laser Scanning Plate Cytometer for High-throughput, High-content Assays
EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2012Genetic Analysis in Chlamydia
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2012Chlamydia co-option of Eukaryotic Lipid Droplets
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2011Live cell widefield fluorescence microscope with activation and bleaching lasers
EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2011Identification of Coxiella burnetti Effector Proteins
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2009Integrated instrument systems for maintenance and delivery of RNAi libraries
EquipmentCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2008 - 2009Alternative Endpoints for Plague Challenge Models
ResearchConsultant · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2008Functional Genomic Analysis of the Chlamydia Inclusion
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2006External Relationships
- American Association of Medical Colleges
- Bloom Science, Inc.
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