SHERWOOD, ROBERT L., PHD

EDUCATION
B.S. (Microbiology) 1976, Brigham Young University
M.S. (Microbiology) 1978, Brigham Young University
Ph.D. (Microbiology) 1984, University of California at Davis

EMPLOYMENT

2007 - Present Director of Applied Life Sciences and Toxicology; Senior Scientist, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM
2005 - 9/09 Director of Preclinical Microbiology and Immunotoxicology; Senior Scientist, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM
2003 - 2005 Division Manager, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Division, IIT Research Institute, Chicago, IL
2000 - 2005 Assistant Vice President, IIT Research Institute, Chicago, IL
1996 - 2003 Division Manager, Microbiology and Immunology Division, IIT Research Institute, Chicago, IL
1988 - 1996 Group Leader, Applied Microbiology, IIT Research Institute, Chicago, IL
1987 - 1996 Senior Microbiologist, IIT Research Institute, Chicago, IL
1986 - 1987 Staff Microbiologist, IIT Research Institute, Chicago, IL
1983 - 1986 Research Microbiologist, IIT Research Institute, Chicago, IL
1978 - 1983 Research Assistant, University of California, Davis
1976 - 1978 Research Assistant, Brigham Young University


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Society for Microbiology
Society of Toxicology
Illinois Society for Microbiology (Environmental Councilor, 1994-1996,
     1997-1998)

AREAS OF RESEARCH
Biosafety level 2 and 3 infectious disease research; Animal models of infectious disease; Pulmonary immunotoxicology; Identification of highly pathogenic bacteria, viruses and fungi; Immunobiology of macrophages; Health effects of environmental and occupational inhalation exposures; Toxicity/pathogenicity testing of microbial pesticides; Microbial inactivation methods.

 

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REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

  1. Aranyi, C., W. J. O'Shea, R. L. Sherwood, J. A. Graham and F. J. Miller: Effects of Toluene Inhalation on Pulmonary Defenses of Mice. Toxicol. Lett. 25: 103-110, 1985.

     

  2. Sherwood, R. L., C. L. Leach, N. S. Hatoum and C. Aranyi: Effects of Acrolein on Macrophage Functions in Rats. Toxicol. Lett. 32: 41-49, 1986.

     

  3. Sherwood, R. L., W. E. Lippert and E. Goldstein: Effect of 0.64 ppm Ozone on Alveolar Macrophage Lysozyme Levels in Rats with Chronic Pulmonary Bacterial Infection. Environ. Res. 41: 378-389, 1986.

     

  4. Aranyi, C., J. N. Bradof and R. L. Sherwood: A Panel of In Vivo and In Vitro Assays for Macrophage Immunotoxicity Assessment. Proceedings of the Conference on Biotechnology Research Directions: Biomolecules, Argonne Lab, November 6, 1987.

     

  5. Sherwood, R. L., W. O'Shea, P. T. Thomas, H. V. Ratajczak, J. A. Graham and C. Aranyi: Effects of Inhalation of Ethylene Dichloride on Pulmonary Defenses of Mice and Rats. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 91: 491-496, 1987.

     

  6. Aranyi, C., S. N. Vana, J. N. Bradof and R. L. Sherwood: Effects of Inhalation of Red Phosphorus/Butyl Rubber Combustion Products on Alveolar Macrophage Responses in Rats. J. Appl. Toxicol. 8: 393-399, 1988.

     

  7. Sherwood, R. L., P. T. Thomas, C. Y. Kawanishi and J. D. Fenters: Comparison of Streptococcus Zooepidemicus and Influenza Virus Pathogenicity in Mice by Three Pulmonary Exposure Routes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 54: 1744-1751, 1988.

     

  8. Leach, C. L., N. S. Hatoum, R. L. Sherwood, C. R. Zeiss and P. J. Garvin: The Pulmonary Cellular and Antibody Response to Trimellitic Anhydride Inhalation. Inhal. Toxicol. 1: 37-47, 1989.

     

  9. Sherwood, R. L., P. T. Thomas, W. J. O'Shea, J. N. Bradof, H. V. Ratajczak, J. A. Graham and C. Aranyi: The Effects of Inhaled Hexachlorobenzene Aerosols on Rat Pulmonary Host Defenses. Toxicol. Ind. Health 5: 451-461, 1989.

     

  10. Sherwood, R. L., H. Ratajczak, E. M. Furedi-Machacek, A. Shefner and S. Shimada: Immunopathology Study of MY-1 in MRL-MPJ-1pr Mice. Jpn. Pharmacol. Therapeut. 18: 193-203, 1990.

     

  11. George, S. E., M. J. Kohan, D. A. Whitehouse, J. P. Creason, C. Y. Kawanishi, R. L. Sherwood and L. D. Claxton: Distribution, Clearance, and Mortality of Environmental Pseudomonads in Mice Upon Intranasal Exposure. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 57: 2420-2425, 1991.

     

  12. Thomas, P. T. and R. L. Sherwood: Immunoassays to Detect Environmental Contaminants. In Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology and Immunology (A. Veheri, R. C. Tilton and A. Balows, eds.), pp. 444-450 Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1991.

     

  13. Ratajczak, H. V., P. T. Thomas, R. V. House, C. L. Gaworski, R. L. Sherwood, M. I. Luster, K. L. Hagen, K. Abdo, C. D. Jackson, J. Roycroft and C. Aranyi: Local versus Systemic Immunotoxicity of Isobutyl Nitrite Following Subchronic Inhalation Exposure of Female B6C3F1 Mice. Fundam. Appl. Toxicol. 27: 177-184, 1995.

     

  14. Thomas, P. T., R. Boyne and R. L. Sherwood: Good Laboratory Practice Considerations: Nonclinical Immunotoxicology Studies. In Methods in Immunotoxicology (G. Burleson, J. Dean and A. Munson, eds.), pp. 25-36, Wiley-Liss, New York, 1995.

     

  15. Sherwood, R. L., D. L. McCormick, S. Zheng and R. L. Beissinger: Influence of Steric Stabilization of Liposome-Encapsulated Hemoglobin on Listeria Monocytogenes Host Defense. Artif. Cells Blood Substit. Immobil. Biotechnol. 23: 665-679, 1995.

     

  16. Thomas, P. T. and R. L. Sherwood: Host Resistance Models in Immunotoxicology. In Experimental Immunotoxicology (R. Smialowicz and M. Holsapple, eds.), pp. 29-45, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1996.

     

  17. Sherwood, R. L.: Immune Effects of Biologic Agents. In Pulmonary Immunotoxicology (M. D. Cohen, J. T. Zelikoff and R. B. Schlesinger, eds.), pp. 181-197, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA, 2000.

     

  18. Sherwood, R. L., R. V. House, H. V. Ratajczak, R. I. Freudenthal, and R. T. Henrich: Immunotoxicity Evaluation of Resorcinol Bis-diphenylphosphate (Fyrolflex® RDP) in B6C3F1 Mice. Int. J. Toxicol. 19: 265-275, 2000.

     

  19. Khalili, N. R., J. D. Vyas, W. Weangkaew, S. Westfall, S. J. Parulekar and R. L. Sherwood: Synthesis and Characterization of Activated Carbon and Bioactive Sorbent from Paper Mill Sludge. J. Sep. Purif. Tech. 26: 295-304, 2002.

     

  20. Mett, V., J. Lyons, K. Musiychuk, J. A. Chichester, T. Brasel, R. Couch, R. Sherwood, G. A. Palmer, S. J. Streatfield and V. Yusibov: A Plant-Produced Plague Vaccine Candidate Confers Protection to Monkeys. Vaccine 25(16): 3014-3017, 2007.

     

  21. Gutting, B. W., S. R. Channel, A. E. Berger, J. M. Gearhart, G. A. Andrews, R. L. Sherwood and T. L. Nichols: Mathematically Modeling Inhalation Anthrax. Microbe 3: 1-8, 2008.

     

  22. VanAndel, R., R. Sherwood, C. Gennings, C. R. Lyons, J. Hutt, A. Gigliotti and E. Barr: Clinical and Pathologic Features of Cynomolgus Macaques (Macaca fascicularis) Infected with Aerosolized Yersinia pestis. Comp. Med. 58: 63-70, 2008.
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