EDUCATION
B.S. (Biology, Psychology) 1998, University of Dayton
Ph.D. (Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics) 2004, The Ohio State University 

EMPLOYMENT

GRANTS, ACHIEVEMENTS, AND AWARDS
PsychoNeuroImmunology Research Society’s Scholar Award, 2000, 2001, 2002
Hayes Graduate Forum Research Award, 3rd Place, The Ohio State University, 2002
Viruses and Cancer Training Grant (T32-CA060395), Pennsylvania State University College
     of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, 2007-2009

AREAS OF RESEARCH
Modulation of lung macrophage and dendritic cell function by respiratory virus infection.

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REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

1. Ghoshal, K., S. Majumder, Q. Zhu, J. Hunzeker, J. Datta, M. Shah, J. F. Sheridan and S. T. Jacob: Influenza Virus Infection Induces Metallothionein Gene Expression in the Mouse Liver and Lung by Overlapping but Distinct Molecular Mechanisms. Mol. Cell. Biol. 21(24): 8301-8317, 2001.

    

2. Stark, J. L., R. Avitsur, J. Hunzeker, D. A. Padgett and J. F. Sheridan: Interleukin-6 and the Development of Social Disruption-Induced Glucocorticoid Resistance. J. Neuroimmunol. 124(1-2): 9-15, 2002.

    

3. Bailey, M., H. Engler, J. Hunzeker and J. Sheridan: The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis and Viral Infection. Viral Immunol. 16(2): 141-157, 2003.

    

4. Hunzeker, J., D. A. Padgett, P. A. Sheridan, F. S. Dhabhar and J. F. Sheridan: Modulation of Natural Killer Cell Activity During by Restraint Stress During an Influenza A/PR8 Infection in Mice. Brain Behav. Immun. 18(6): 526-535, 2004.

    

5. Avitsur, R., J. Hunzeker and J. F. Sheridan: Role of Early Stress in the Individual Differences in Host Response to Viral Infection. Brain Behav. Immun. 20(4): 339-348, 2006.

    

6. Nair, A., J. Hunzeker and R. H. Bonneau: Modulation of Microglia and CD8+ T Cell Activation During the Development of Stress-Induced Herpes Simplex Virus Type-1 Encephalitis. Brain Behav. Immun. 21(6): 791-806, 2007.

    

7. Ashcraft, K. A., J. Hunzeker and R. H. Bonneau: Psychological Stress Impairs the Local CD8+ T Cell Response to Mucosal HSV-1 Infection and Allows for Increased Pathogenicity via a Glucocorticoid Receptor-Mediated Mechanism. Psychoneuroendocrinology 33(7): 951-963, 2008.

    

8. Elftman, M. D., J. T. Hunzeker, J. C. Mellinger, R. H. Bonneau, C. C. Norbury and M. E. Truckenmiller: Stress-Induced Glucocorticoids at the Earliest Stages of Herpes Simplex Virus-1 Infection Suppress Subsequent Antiviral Immunity, Implicating Impaired Dendritic Cell Function. J. Immunol. 184(4): 1867-1875, 2010.

    

9. Lee, A. J., X. Zhou, M. Chang, J. Hunzeker, R. H. Bonneau, D. Zhou and S.-C. Sun: Regulation of Natural Killer T-Cell Development by Deubiquitinase CYLD. EMBO J. 29(9): 1600-1612, 2010.

    

10. Mays, J. W., M. T. Bailey, J. T. Hunzeker, N. D. Powell, T. Papenfuss, E. A. Karlsson, D. A. Padgett and J. F. Sheridan: Influenza Virus-Specific Immunological Memory is Enhanced by Repeated Social Defeat. J. Immunol. 184(4): 2014-2025, 2010.

     

11. Hunzeker, J., M. D. Elftman, J. C. Mellinger, M. F. Princiotta, R. H. Bonneau, M. E. Truckenmiller and C. C. Norbury: A Marked Reduction in Priming of Cytotoxic CD8+ T Cells by Stress-Induced Glucocorticoids Involves Multiple Deficiencies in Cross-Presentation by Dendritic Cells. J. Immunol. (submitted).