DuBois, Amanda B., PhD

EDUCATION
B.S. summa cum laude (Cell and Molecular Biology) 2002, Louisiana Tech University
Ph.D. (Microbiology and Immunology) 2007, Tulane University 



EMPLOYMENT

2007 - Present Adjunct Senior Scientist, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM
8/07 - Present Postdoctoral Fellow for Dr. R. Lyon, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
12/02 - 5/07 Graduate Student for J. Clements, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
6/1/04 - 7/31/04 Intern for Dr. M. Doktycz, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
3/99 - 11/02 Student Researcher for Dr. W. Colgan, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA

 

HONORS AND AWARDS
Presidential Scholarship, Louisiana Tech University. 1999-2002
Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund Fellowship, Tulane University, 2002-2003
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Fellowship, US DHS, 2003-2006
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Dissertation Grant, US DHS, 2006-2007


 

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

  1. DuBois, A. B., L. C. Freytag and J. D. Clements: Evaluation of Combinatorial Vaccines Against Anthrax and Plague in a Murine Model. Vaccine 25(24): 4747-4754, 2007.

     

  2. DuBois, A. B., L. C. Freytag and J. D. Clements: Effect of Homologous and Heterologous Boosting on the Immune Responses to Combinatorial Anthrax and Plague Vaccines in Murine and Non-human Primate Models (in preparation).

     

ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS

  1. DuBois, A. B.: Monophyly of the Mesophelliceae. Poster presented at the 2002 Mycological Society of America National Conference, Corvallis, OR, 2002.

     

  2. DuBois, A. B.: Evaluation of Combinatorial Vaccines Against Anthrax and Plague. Poster presented at the 2004 American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2004.

     

  3. DuBois, A. B.: Evaluation of Combinatorial Vaccines Against Anthrax and Plague. Poster presented at the Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses Following Mucosal and Transcutaneous Immunization Meeting, Annecy, France, June 2004.

     

  4. DuBois, A. B.: Evaluation of Combinatorial Vaccines Against Anthrax and Plague. Poster presented at the 2005 American Society for Microbiology Biodefense Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2005.

     

  5. DuBois, A. B.: Evaluation of Combinatorial Vaccines Against Anthrax and Plague in a Non-human Primate Model. Poster presented at the 2007 American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 2007.