Donna C. Sullivan, PhD
PROFESSOR EMERITUS
Department:
SOM-Medicine-ID
Email:
dsullivan@umc.edu
Education
| Louisiana State University Medical Center, Microbiology and Immunology | 1989 |
| Louisiana State University Medical Center, PhD, Microbiology and Immunology | 1986 |
| Millsaps College, BS, Biology | 1975 |
Current Positions
| Professor, School of Graduate, Department of Health Sciences | 07/2008 - Present |
| Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine | 07/2008 - Present |
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology | 04/1990 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments
| Associate Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine | 07/2000 - 07/2008 |
| Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine | 07/1990 - 07/2000 |
| Instructor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine | 07/1989 - 07/1990 |
| Professor Emeritus, UMMC, School of Medicine |
Sponsored Program Funding
| Extramural, Kras Colorectal Cancer Project, Bio-Rad Laboratories | 07/2012 - 06/2013 |
| Extramural, Rapid, Cost-Effective Nucleic Acid Testing for Active Surveillance and Molecular Diagnosis of Healthcare-Associated Infections Near Point-of-Care, NIH/NIBIR | 12/2010 - 06/2015 |
| Extramural, Base Pair Mentorship Program, Howard Hughes Medical Institute | 09/2007 - 08/2012 |
| Extramural, Pharmacogenomics of Natural Products with Antifungal Activity, NIH | 01/2004 - 06/2006 |
| Extramural, Base Pair Mentorship Program, Howard Hughes Medical Institutes | 10/2003 - 08/2007 |
| Extramural, Azole Antifungal Resistance in Histoplasma capsulatum, American College of Clinical Pharmacy | 01/2000 - 12/2001 |
| Extramural, Differential Expression of Genes Encoding for Azole Antifungal Resistance in Pathogenic Fungi, Society of Infectious Diseases | 06/1998 - 07/1999 |
| Extramural, Center for Disease Control, Interagency Personnel Agreement | 12/1994 - 12/1996 |
| Extramural, Genomic Analysis of Blastomyces dermatitidis and Dimorphic Fungi, Mississippi Lung Association Grant | 07/1994 - 06/1997 |
| Extramural, Cloning and Identification of Blastomyces dermatitidis Genes, Mississippi Lung Association Grant | 07/1992 - 06/1994 |
| Extramural, Interaction Between Human Herpesvirus Type 6 and Human T cell Leukemia Virus Type 1, General Research Support Grant | 03/1991 - 02/1992 |
| Extramural, Characterization of Blastomyces dermatitidis Antigens, Mississippi Lung Association Grant | 07/1990 - 06/1991 |
| Extramural, Development of Antisera Against Human Herpesvirus Type 6 Glycoproteins, General Research Support Gran | 01/1989 - 12/1990 |
Publications
Journal Article | |
| Kelley, K., Cosman, A., Belgrader, P., Chapman, B., and Sullivan, D. Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by a Duplex Droplet Digital PCR Assay J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2013 ; 51:7 2033-2039; | 2013 |
| Sullivan, D. C., and Chapman, S. W. Bacteria That Masquerade As Fungi: Actinomycosis/Nocardia Proceeding of the American Thoracic Society, 7: 216-221.2010 | 2010 |
| Sullivan, D. C., Flowers, H., Rockhold, R., Herath, H. M. T. B., and Nanayakkara, N. P. D. Antibacterial activity of synthetic fire ant venom: The solenopsins and isosolenopsins American Journal of Medical Sciences, 338(4): 287-291 2009 | 2009 |
| White H D Sullivan D Wiggers T B Whitehurst A Antibiotic Surveillance of Streptococcus pneumoniae In Mississippi. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science. 19(1):5-11 2006 | 2006 |
| Burgess, S. C., Cummings, T. S., Steegh AMT Hanson LA Sullivan D Cand Nolan R L Distinguishing closely related streptogramin-resistant Enterococcus faecium: ANPs in one specific 16-23S rRNA intergenic region. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances. 5(10): 855-862. | 2006 |
| Gillis LM White H D Whitehurst A Sullivan D Vancomycin-Tolerance among Clinical Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Mississippi during 1999-2001. American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 330(2):65-68, August 2005 | 2005 |
| Rogers PD Pearson MM Cleary JD Sullivan DC Chapman SW Diffferential expression of genes encoding immunomodulatory proteins in response to amphotericin B in human mononuclear cells identified by cDNA microarray analysis. The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 50(6):811-7 2002 | 2002 |
| Chapman, SW Rogers PD Rinaldi MG and Sullivan DC Susceptibilities of clinical and laboratory isolates of Blastomyces dermatitdis to ketoconazole, itraconazole, and fluconazole. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 42:978-980 1998 | 1998 |
| Chapman, S. W., Sullivan, D. C., and Chapman, B. Differentiation of Clinical Blastomyces dermatitidis isolates by protein profile and restriction fragment length polymorphisms. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 19B: 155. 1995 | 1995 |
| Cao, W., and Sullivan, D.C. Human Herpesvirus 6 Does not Enhance Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-I) Expression in the HTLV-I-Transformed Cell Line MT-4 Journal of Infectious Diseases 166: 446-447. | 1992 |
| Sullivan D C and Nolan R L Serologic Testing for Hepatitis C Virus Mississippi Morbidity Report 9: 1 - 2 1991 | 1991 |
| Sullivan DC Gray WL Caughman GB Robertson,AT and O'Callaghan DJ Temporal Regulation of Equine Herpesvirus Type 3 Transcription Virus Research 15: 135-148 1990 | 1990 |
| Sullivan, D.C., Allen, G.P., and O'Callaghan, D.J. Synthesis and Processing of Equine Herpesvirus Type 1 Glycoprotein 14 Virology 173:638-646 1989 | 1989 |
| Caughman GB Robertson AT Gray WL Sullivan, DC and O'Callaghan, DJ Characterization of Equine Herpesvirus Type 1 Immediate Early Proteins Virology 163:563-571 1988 | 1988 |
| Baumann RP Sullivan,DC Staczek J and O'Callaghan DJ . Genetic relatedness and colinearity of the genomes of equine herpesvirus types one and three. J. Virol. 57:816-825.. Genetic relatedness and colinearity of the genomes of equine herpesvirus types one and three. J Virol. 57:816-825 1986 | 1986 |
| Sullivan, DC Atherton SSCaughman GB Staczek J and O'Callaghan DJ Oncogenic transformation of primary hamster embryo cells by equine herpesvirus type 3 Virus Research 5:201-212 1986 | 1986 |
| O'Callaghan DJ Baumann RP Sullivan DC Caughman GC Flowers CC Robertson AT and Staczek J Genomes of the Equine Herpesviruses: Molecular structure regions of homology and DNA sequences associated with transformation In: "Herpesvirusers". Ed. F. Rapp. UCLA Symposium on Molecular and Cellular Biology,1985 p.507-525 1985 | 1985 |
| O'Callaghan DJ Baumann RP Sullivan DC Caughman GB and Staczek J Genomes of the Equine Herpesviruses:Molecular structure,regions of homology,and DNA sequences associated with transformation Journal of Cellular Biochemisrty,8B:170 1984 | 1984 |
| Sullivan DC Atherton SS Staczek J and O'Callaghan DJ Structure of the Genome of Equine Herpesvirus Type 3 Virology 132:352-367 1984 | 1984 |
| Atherton SS Sullivan DC Dauenhauer SA Ruyechan WT and O'Calloghan DJ Properties of the Genome of Equine Herpesvirus Type 3 Virology 120:18-32 1982 | 1982 |
| Kruckeberg WC Sander BJ and Sullivan DC Glycolytic Enzymes of the Infected Mouse Erythrocyte Plasmodium berghei Exp Parasitology 51:438-443 1981 | 1981 |
Review Article | |
| Chapman, S. W., Sullivan, D. C., and Cleary, J. D. The Search for the Holy Grail of Antifungal Therapy. Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc. 119: 197–216. 2008 | 2008 |
Abstracts | |
| Sullivan D, Kelley K, Chapman B, Belgrader P. Droplet Digital PCR for Detection of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Clinical Swabs 52nd Interscience Conference for Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. San Francisco, CA, 2012. | 2012 |
| Sullivan D, Chapman B, Henderson H, Molitoisz S. Serosurvey for Antibodies to Balamuthia mandrillaris in Missssippi Residents 52nd Interscience Conference for Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. San Francisco, CA, 2012 | 2012 |
| Sample R C Sullivan D C Kelley K and Rockhold R Induction of apoptosis by solenopsin B: Evaluation by DNA microarray and RT2 ProfilerTM PCR array analysis FASEB J 23 526 15 2009 | 2009 |
| Rockhold R W Bordenstein S McKeown J McGuire S L Reznikoff W Sullivan D Yates A and the Muse of Fire Team Putting the fire in science education: The Muse of Fire Project focuses student interest in science using region-specific biology FASEB J 23 464 9 2009 | 2009 |
| Sample R C Whitley D Henegar J Sullivan D C and Chinchar G RNA interference techniques as an approach to elucidating ranavirus gene function FASEB J 23 439 6 2009 | 2009 |
| Wiggers E Bender S Cook C Rockhold R Sullivan D Development of a DNA identification program for elementary students based on participation in the Base Pair Summer Research Institute Mississippi Academy of Sciences p 71 Mississippi Academy of Sciences. p 71 Vicksburg Mississippi | 2006 |
| Sutton L Chapman B White H Sullivan D C Rockhold R Deshazo R Bandara Herath H M T and Nanayakkara N.P.D Effects of synthetic fire ant venom alkaloids on human cells. Mississippi Academy of Sciences. p. 63. Vicksburg, Mississippi, Feb. 2006 Mississippi Academy of Sciences p 63 Vicksburg Mississippi | 2006 |
| Wiggers E Phillips M Sullivan D Surveillance of gram negative bacteria in non ICU settings: antimicrobial susceptibilities and prevalence. Proceedings of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences.p.61 Proceedings of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences.p 61 Vicksburg Mississippi | 2006 |
| Phillips M Wiggers E Sullivan D Surveillance of gram negative bacteria in the ICU: antimicrobial susceptibilities and prevalence. Proceedings of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences. p. 64. Vicksburg, Mississippi, Feb. 2006. | 2006 |
| Sullivan D C and Kraus L M Inhibition of Human Erythrocyte Hexokinase by Disodium Carbamyl Phosphate or Sodium Cyanate Antisickling Agents Fed Proc 39(6): 3195 1980 | 1980 |
| Oelshlegel, F J Jr and Sullivan D C Studies on Glycerol Metabolism in the Mouse Plasmodium berghei Malaria System Clin Res 26(1):29 1978 | 1978 |
| Oelshlegel F J Jr and Sullivan D C In Vitro and In Vivo Perturbations of Red Cell Glycolysis in Phenylketonuria Clin Res 25 (3): 324 1977 | 1977 |
| Oelshlegel FJ Jr Sullivan D C and Sanders B J Hexokinase in Red Cell Malaria Host Parasite Interactions Fed Proc 35 (7): 212 1976 | 1976 |
Book Chapter | |
| Chapman,S.W., and Sullivan, D. C. Blastomycosis In Harrison's Principles of Internal Medcine. D.Kasper,A. Fauci,D. Longo,E.Braunwald,S. Hauser,J. L., Jameson, eds.17th edition. March,2012, p 1646-148. | 2012 |
| Chapman S W and Sullivan D C Blastomycosis dermatitidis In Mandell GL Gordon DR Bennett JE Dolin R eds Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases 7th ed September 2010 p 3319 3332 2010 | 2010 |
| Chapman, SW, Sullivan, DC. Blastomycosis, p. 1011-1013. Harrison's Infectious Diseases. Kasper, DL, and Fauci, A, eds. McGraw Hill, New York. | 2010 |
| Chapman, SW, and Sullivan, DC. Miscelloaneous Mycoses and Algal Infections, p 1031-1037. Harrison's Infectious Diseases. Kasper, DL, and Fauci, A, eds. McGraw Hill, New York. | 2010 |
| Chapman S W and Sullivan D C Basic biology and epidemiology of nocardiosis Up To Date 2008 2008 | 2008 |
| Chapman S W and Sullivan D C Diagnosis and Treatment of Blastomycosis In Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Mycoses Duane R Hospenthal and Michael G Rinaldi Editors Humana Press Totowa NJ p 277 293 2008 | 2008 |
| Chapman S W and Sullivan D C In Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine D Blastomycosis Kasper A Fauci D Longo E Braunwald S Hauser J L Jameson eds 17th Edition p 1249 1251 2008 | 2008 |
| Chapman S W and Sullivan D C Miscellaneous mycoses and algal infections In Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine D Kasper A Fauci D Longo E Braunwald S Hauser J L Jameson eds 17th Edition 2008 p 1263 1267 | 2008 |
| Chapman S W and Sullivan D C Mycology, pathogenesis, and epidemiology of blastomycosis. Up To Date, 2008. | 2008 |
| Chapman, SW, Sullivan, DC. Miscellaneous Mycoses and Algal Infections. p. 1263-1267. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17th ed. Fauci, AS, Kaspar, DL, Lango, DL, Baunwald, E, Hauser, SL, Jameson, JL, Loscalzo, J., eds. McGraw Hill, New York. | 2008 |
| Sullivan D C and Chapman S W Systemic Mycoses In Educational Review Manual in Infections Diseases Burke A Cunha ed 3rd Edition Castle Connolly Graduate Medical Publishing Ltd 2007 p257 289 | 2007 |
| Dorman N J and Sullivan D C Review of Viral Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract 2nd ed Revised and Expanded”, Albert Z. Kapikian, ed. In: Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 40 (4): 925-926. | 1995 |
Presentations
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Blood Sucking Insects and Their Nasty Little Hitchhikers, MS Nurse Practioner's Conference, Jackson, MS | 03/2013 |
| Poster Presentation, Burton,M.J.,and Sulliva,D. A survey of genotypes and mutational patterns in veterans with chronic hepatitis B infection., Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, San Francisco,CA September 9-12 2012 | 09/2012 |
| Poster Presentation, Sullivan,D.,Chapman,B.,Henderson,H.,and Molitorisz,S.Serosurvey for Antibodies to Balamuthia mandrillaris in Mississippi Residents., Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, San Francisco,CA September 9-12, 2012 | 09/2012 |
| Poster Presentation, Sullivan,D.,Kelley,L.,Chapman,B.,and Belgrader,P Droplet Digital PCR for Dectection of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Clinical Swabs, Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, San Francisco,CA September 9-12-2012 | 09/2012 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Life in the Fast Lane: Molecular Techniques in Clinical Laboratories, LA/MS/TN Am. Soc. Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Tunica, MS | 04/2012 |
| Winter 2012 for Ambulatory Medicine Rotation in the Amazon Jungle of Peru, Polio and Other Enteric Viruses (I) Peru Lecture, Medical Tower | 02/2012 |
| Winter 2012 for Ambulatory Medicine Rotation in the Amazon Jungle of Peru, Polio and Other Enteric Viruses (II) Peru Lecture, Medical Tower | 02/2012 |
| Winter 2012 for the Abulatory Medicine Rotation in the Amazon Jungle of Peru, Arboviruses Peru Lecture, Medical Tower | 02/2012 |
| Winter 2011 for Ambulatory Medicine Roatation in the Amazon Jungle of Peru, Polio and Other Enteric Viruses (I) Peru Lecture, ETC Conference Room | 02/2011 |
| Winter 2011 for Ambulatory Medicine Rotation in the Amazon Jungle of Peru, Polio and Other Enteric Viruses (II) Peru Lecture, ETC Conference Room | 02/2011 |
| Winter 2011 for Ambulatory Medicine Rotation in the Amazon Jungle of Peru, Arbovirueses Peru Lecture, Medical Tower | 02/2011 |
| Winter 2011 for Ambulatory Medicine Rotation in the Amazon Jungle of Peru, Transmissisble Spongiform Encephalopathies Peru Lecture, Medical Tower | 02/2011 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Ongoing Cluster Multi-clonal Dissemination of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Soft Tissue Infections in A Veterans’ Long Term Care Facility. Infectious Diseases Society of America Annual Meeting, Infectious Diseases Society of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia PA | 11/2009 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Muse of Fire Project: Focusing student interest in science using region specific biology, Experimental Biology Meeting, New Orleans LA | 04/2009 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Post-translational modification of a high school mentorship program. 3rd Annual Conference on Understanding Interventions that Broaden Participation in Research Careers, 3rd Annual Conference on Understanding Interventions that Broaden Participation in Research Careers, Bethesda MD | 2009 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Synthetic Fire Ant Venom Induces Apoptosis in Human Cells. 48th ICCAC, 48th ICCAC, Washington DC | 2008 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, BASE PAIR pre-professional education through a research mentorship initiative. 27th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Pharmacology Society, 27th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Pharmacology Society, University MS | 11/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Synthetic fire ant venom alkaloids: effects on human cells, 27th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Pharmacology Society, University MS | 11/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, 69th Annual Meeting Mississippi Academy of Science. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Science 50 118, 69th Annual Meeting Mississippi Academy of Science, Mississippi Academy of Science | 2005 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Antibacterial activity of synthetic fire ant venom alkaloids, 45th ICAAC, Washington DC | 2005 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Candida albicans pharmacogenomics of a novel antifungal agent nonadecynoic acid 45th ICAAC, Candida albicans pharmacogenomics of a novel antifungal agent nonadecynoic acid 45th ICAAC, New Orleans LA | 2005 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Differential Transcriptome Expression: Rhodanase and Cyanide Clearance, 45th ICAAC, New Orleans LA | 2005 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Anti-Mycotic Pharmacogenomics in Candidemia, 44th ICAAC, Washington DC | 2004 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Antibacterial Activity of Synthetic Fire Ant Venom Alkaloids, Antibacterial Activity of Synthetic Fire Ant Venom Alkaloids SEPS Annual Meeting, Oxford MS | 2004 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Antibiotic resistance among gram negative bacteria in a hospital ICU. 68th Annual Meeting Mississippi Academy of Science. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Science 49: 66., Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Science 49 66, 68th Annual Meeting Mississippi Academy of Science | 2004 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Base Pair and the Community of Science Forum (CSF): Using the power of the child to educate the village, 68th Annual Meeting Missississippi Academy of Science, Mississippi Academy of Science | 2004 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Comparison of gram negative bacteria from ICU and non ICU settings. South Central Branch of the American Society of Microbiology Annual Meeting, South Central Branch of the American Society of Microbiology Annual Meeting, Starkville MS | 2004 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Surveillance of gram negative bacteria in the ICU antimicrobial susceptibilities and prevalence, South Central Branch of the American Society of Microbiology Annual Meeting, Starkville MS | 2004 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, . Molecular typing of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) by PCR-RFLP of an outbreak in nursing home patients 42nd ICAAC San Diego CA, 42nd ICAAC, San Diego, CA | 2002 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Gene profiling of Histoplasma capsulatum macrophage interaction 42nd ICAAC, 42nd ICAAC, San Diego CA | 2002 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pharmacodynamics of amphotericin B (AB) in a histoplasmosis infection model, 42nd ICAAC, San Diego CA | 2002 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Genome-wide evaluation of differential gene expression in response to sub-inhibitory concentrations of amphotericin B in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Annual Meeting of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy 115, Annual Meeting of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy | 10/2001 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Amphotericin B Induced Gene expression in Human Macrophages, 40th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy., 40th Interscience Conference | 2001 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Gene expression profiling of amphotericin B exposure in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells, Annual Meeting of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy 114, Annual Meeting of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy | 2001 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Genome-wide evaluation of differential gene expression in response to sub-inhibitory concentrations of fluconazole in Saccharomyces cerevieiae, Focus on Fungal Infections 11, Washington DC | 2001 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Amphotericin B-induced differential expression of genes encoding immunomodulatory proteins in human B- and T-lymphocytes, Annual Meeting of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy 204, Annual Meeting of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy | 2000 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Genome-wide evaluation of differential gene expression in experimental fluconazole resistance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Annual Meeting of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy 127, Annual Meeting of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy | 2000 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, . Identification of mycelial and yeast phase Blastomyces dermatitidis genes by differential display, 39th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 39th Interscience Conference | 1999 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, . Differential expression of a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase homolog in fluconazole resistant Candida albicans, 39th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 39th Interscience Conference | 1999 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Differential gene expression in azole resistant isolates of Blastomyces dermatitidis, Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America., Infectious Diseases Society of America | 1999 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Differential gene expression in isogenic isolates of fluconazole resistant Candida albicans, Annual Meeting of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, American College of Clinical Pharmacy | 1999 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Identification of genes associated with resistance to antifungal agents in Blastomyces dermatitidis, Focus on Fungal Infections, San Diego CA | 1999 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, RAPD analysis of multiple clinical isolates of Blastomyces dermatitidis, Focus on Fungal Infections, San Diego CA | 1999 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, An approach to the identification of a murine hematopoietic homing receptor by the use of differential display PCR, 37th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, Seattle WA | 1995 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Comparison of Clinical Blastomyces dermatitidis isolates by restriction fragment length and random amplified polymorphism DNA analysis, 35th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, San Francisco CA | 1995 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Differential Expression Cloning Used to Analyze HHV-6 Infected HSB-2 Cells, 19th International Herpesvirus Workshop, Vancouver Canada | 1994 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Analysis of Monoclonal Antibodies Against Blastomyces dermatitdis, 32nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Anaheim CA | 1992 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Interaction of Human Herpesvirus Type 6 and Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-I) in HTLV-I Transformed T Cells, American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, New Orleans LA | 1992 |
| Polypeptide and Immunogenic Analysis of Multiple Blastomyces dermatitidis Isolates, 32nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Anaheim CA | 1992 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Recombinant Expression Vector Library of Antigen Recognition Molecules for HHV-6, 17th International Herpesvirus Workshop, Edinburgh Scotland | 1992 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Susceptibility Studies of Clinical and Laboratory Isolates of Blastomyces dermatitidis, 32nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Anaheim CA | 1992 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Interaction of Human Herpesvirus Type 6 and HTLV-I in HTLV-I Transformed T cells, South Central Branch Meeting American Society of Microbiology, Jackson MS | 1991 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Analysis of Polyvalent Antisera to Human Herpesvirus Type 6 Infected Cell Polypeptides, South Central Branch Meeting American Society of Microbiology, Little Rock AR | 1990 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Identification of Species Specific Polypeptides of Blastomyces dermatitidis, Histoplasma capsulatum, and Candida albicans, South Central Branch Meeting American Society of Microbiology, Little Rock AR | 1990 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Synthesis and Processing of Glycoprotein 17/18 of Equine Herpesvirus Type I, Proc 13th International Herpesvirus Conference, University of California-Irvine Irvine GA | 1988 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Equine Herpesvirus Type 3 Transcriptional Regulation, Proc 12th International Herpesvirus Conference, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia | 1987 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Regulation of Equine Herpesvirus Type 3 Transcription, South Central Branch Meeting American Society of Microbiology, Shreveport LA | 1986 |
| Molecular Biology of Equine Herpesviruses Scottish Branch Meeting, Biology and Molecular Genetics of Human and Animal Viruses Glasgow Scotland, Scottish Branch Meeting, Glasgow Scotland | 1985 |
| Oncogenic transformation of hamster embryo cells by equine herpesvirus type 3, South Central Branch Meeting American Society of Microbiology, Lake Charles LA | 1985 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Properties and Molecular Structure of Equine Herpesvirus Type 3 DNA Evidence for two Isomeric Forms, South Central Branch Meeting American Society of Microbiology, Baton Rouge LA | 1983 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Physical Structure and Properties of the Equine Herpesvirus Type 3 Genome, Proc 7th International Herpesvirus Conference, Cold Spring Harbor NY | 1982 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Physicochemical Properties and Structure of Equine Herpesvirus Type 3, South Central Branch Meeting American Society for Microbiology, Jackson MS | 1982 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| The SIGMA XI Scientific Research Award, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 1984 |
Professional Membership and Service
| American Association for the Advancement of Science, Member | |
| American Federation for Clinical Research, Member | |
| American Society for Microbiology, Member | |
| American Society for Virology, Member | |
| Infectious Disease Society of America, Member | |
| Southern Association of Clinical Microbiologists, Officer, President/Elect/Past |
Committee Service
| Medical Center - Institutional Biosafety, Member | 1996 - 2015 |
Community Service
| NWRAA Girls Softball League Brandon MS, Coach | 2000 - 2001 |
| YMCA Girls Softball League Brandon MS, Coach | 1997 - 1999 |
| St Paul's Leaning Center Brandon MS, Member of the Board | 1994 - 1996 |
| Marilyn Greene Medical Fund Brandon MS, Member of the Board | 1994 - 1995 |
| Middle Mississippi Girl Scout Troop # 796 Brandon MS, Leader | 1993 - 1998 |
Teaching Experience
| 625, Graduate, Course, Course Director, Basic Medical Microbiology | Fall |
| 798, Graduate, Course, Course Director, Dissertation and Dissertation Research | Fall |
| Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Medical Microbiology | Fall |
| 616, Graduate, Course, Course Director, Advanced Molecular Diagnositics | Spring |
| Dentistry, Lecture, Lecturer, Dental Microbiology | Spring |
| 798, Graduate, Course, Course Director, Dissertation and Dissertation Research | Spring |
| Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Virology | Spring |
| 798, Graduate, Course, Course Director, Dissertation and Dissertation Research | Summer |
| 798, Graduate, Course, Course Director, Dissertation and Dissertation Research | Winter |
Directed Student Learning
| Dissertation Committee Chair, Survey of Oral Hygiene Knowledge and Practice Among Mississippi Nursing Home Staff Advised: Robin Howard | 2009 - 2011 |
| Dissertation Committee Chair, A Survey of Emergency Medical Services Programs: National EMS education program accreditation and organizational effectiveness Advised: Attilla Hertelendy | 2009 - 2010 |
| Dissertation Committee Chair, Evaluation of Antimicrobial Potential of Synthetic Solenopsis invicta (Red Imported Fire Ant) Venom Alkaloids Advised: Heather Flowers | 2005 - 2006 |
| Dissertation Committee Chair, Studies of Human Herpesvirus Type 6: Invitro generation of antibody (Fab) to HHV-6, HHV-6 transcriptional activation of HTLV-1, and HHV-6's effects on host cellular gene expression Advised: Wangsen Cao | 1992 - 1996 |
| Dissertation Committee Chair, Advised: Peter David Rogers |