Listing of Current Fellows
Current ASM/CDC Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Awardees
Sheila Akinyi (2010)
sheila.akinyi@gmail.com
Preceptor: Dr. Venkatachalam Udhayakumar
Molecular Studies of Histidine
Rich Protein Deletions in Plasmodium isolates from South America
* Research Site: CDC, Atlanta
Haileeyesus Belay (2010)
uwd4@cdc.gov
Preceptor: Dr. Lihua Xiao
Molecular epidemiological
characterizations of Cryptosporidium isolates from humans and cattle in Et
* Research Site: CDC, Atlanta
Angela Bosco-Lauth (2011)
vue6@cdc.gov
Preceptor: Dr. Aaron Brault
Genetic determinants of viral persistence, altered immunity, and the potential for antibody mediated enhancement of flavivirus infections in avian hosts
*Research Site: CDC, Fot Collins
Janna Carrie Futch
(2011)
vyu1@cdc.gov
Preceptor: Dr. Vincent
Hill
Developing low-tech, field-deployable techniques for the rapid detection and
recovery of V. cholerae in environmental samples
*Research Site: CDC,
Atlanta
Shaw Gargis (2010)
shaw.gargis@gmail.com
Preceptor: Dr. Barry Fields
Identification of factors involved in biofilm adherence and intracellular
replication by Legionella
* Research Site: CDC, Atlanta
Sean Griffing (2010)
emx7@cdc.gov
Preceptor: Dr. Efrain Ribot
Development of a SNP analysis assay for the characterization of O157:H7 and
other STEC
* Research Site: CDC, Atlanta
Joan Kenney (2011)
vwx1@cdc.gov
Preceptor: Dr. Aaron Brault
Genetic determinants for flavivirus specificity to an alternating invertebrate-vertebrate life cycle or non-vectored single host cycle
*Research Site: CDC, Fort Collins
Luke Kingry (2011)
vtx8@cdc.gov
Preceptor: Dr. Jeannine Petersen
Assessment of genomic variations between highlu related clades of Francisella tularensis that result in significant differences in virulence
*Research Site: CDC, Fort Collins
Segundo Lascano (2010)
hgy2@cdc.gov
Preceptor: Dr. Ellen M Dotson
Chagas disease vector population structure and molecular characterization of T cruzi in Ecuador
* Research Site: CDC, Atlanta
Shannon McNulty (2010)
evk3@cdc.gov
Preceptor: Dr. Stuart T Nichol
Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Signaling Contributes to Hantaviral Pathogenesis
* Research Site: CDC, Atlanta
Theodros
Tsegaye (2011)
vtd5@cdc.gov
Preceptor:
Dr. Ellen Kersh
Analysis of anti-SHIV/HIV T-cell
immune responses (chemovaccination) that develop following use of PrEP
*Research Site: CDC, Atlanta
Janice Van Zee (2010)
vbx3@cdc.gov
Preceptor: Dr. Joseph Piesman
Variation in the population genetics of Ixodes
scapularis
* Research Site: CDC, Fort Collins
Jacklyn Wong (2011)
Preceptor: Dr. John Gimnig
* Research Site: CDC, Atlanta

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