orcid: 0000-0001-8824-8809

My current work in the Pekosz Lab are based in molecular virology. I work within the Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response, with the Mostafa Lab at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine as well as other collaborators.

My interests include:

The phenotypic consequences of Influenza B evolution in epithelial cells.
The development of primary cell line models to interrogate viral determinants of host disease.
Bioinformatic tool development for assessing influenza genomic evolution.
Genomic surveillance of influenza viruses.

Publications

PREPRINT SARS-CoV-2 variants from long-term, persistently infected immunocompromised patients have altered syncytia formation, temperature-dependent replication, and serum neutralizing antibody escape

Wouters et al. 2023. BioRvix

The Influenza B Virus Victoria and Yamagata Lineages Display Distinct Cell Tropism and Infection-Induced Host Gene Expression in Human Nasal Epithelial Cell Cultures

Wilson & Akin et al. 2023. Viruses

Adverse outcomes in SARS-CoV-2–infected pregnant mice are gestational age–dependent and resolve with antiviral treatment

Creisher et al. 2023. JCI

Late-presenting Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in a Non-Endemic Setting During COVID-19 Travel Restrictions

Robben et al. 2021. Millitary Medicine