Elaine Tuomanen

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Elaine I. Tuomanen
Born (1951-01-23) January 23, 1951 (age 74)
NationalityAmerican
Known forInfectious disease

Elaine I. Tuomanen is an American pediatrician and chair of the Department of Infectious Diseases at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. She is noted for her research on Molecular pathogenesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae. [1]

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Elaine Tuomanen received her M.D. from McGill University. She is a member of the Association of American Physicians and a Fellow of the American Academy for Microbiology. At St. Jude's Research Hospital, she focuses on the pathogenesis of infectious diseases in children, which can be seen in her initiatives of the Children's GMP Manufacturing Facility and the Translational Trials Unit. [2] Among her influential contributions are studies that link pneumococcal virulence factors to specific host receptors, the inflammatory bioactivities of cell wall, and the increased susceptibility of children with sickle cell disease to pneumococcal disease. [3] Her studies have been funded by the National Institutes of Health for over 30 years, and she has authored hundreds of peer-reviewed publications, reviews, and book chapters. [4]

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  1. ↑ "Elaine I. Tuomanen, MD". St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Calendar of Activities in the Russian Federation & Eurasia". American Society For Microbiology. Archived from the original on 2016-07-01.
  3. ↑ Obert, CA; Gao, G; Sublett, J; Tuomanen, EI; Orihuela, CJ (December 2007). "Assessment of molecular typing methods to determine invasiveness and to differentiate clones of Streptococcus pneumoniae". Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 7 (6): 708–16. doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2007.07.011. PMC   2128056 . PMID   17768094.
  4. ↑ "St. Jude / PIDS 2016 Research Conference Biographies". PIDS.org. Archived from the original on 2016-05-13. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Humann, J; Mann, B; Gao, G; Moresco, P; Ramahi, J; Loh, LN; Farr, A; Hu, Y; Durick-Eder, K; Fillon, SA; Smeyne, RJ; Tuomanen, EI (9 March 2016). "Bacterial Peptidoglycan Transverses the Placenta to Induce Fetal Neuroproliferation and Aberrant Postnatal Behavior". Cell Host & Microbe. 19 (3): 388–99. doi:10.1016/j.chom.2016.02.009. PMC   4787272 . PMID   26962947.
  6. ↑ Inagaki, K; Song, MS; Crumpton, JC; DeBeauchamp, J; Jeevan, T; Tuomanen, EI; Webby, RJ; Hakim, H (2016). "Correlation Between the Interval of Influenza Virus Infectivity and Results of Diagnostic Assays in a Ferret Model". J. Infect. Dis. 213 (3): 407–10. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiv331. PMC   4704662 . PMID   26068783.
  7. ↑ Brown, AO; Mann, B; Gao, G; Hankins, JS; Humann, J; Giardina, J; Faverio, P; Restrepo, MI; Halade, GV; Mortensen, EM; Lindsey, ML; Hanes, M; Happel, KI; Nelson, S; Bagby, GJ; Lorent, JA; Cardinal, P; Granados, R; Esteban, A; LeSaux, CJ; Tuomanen, EI; Orihuela, CJ (September 2014). "Streptococcus pneumoniae translocates into the myocardium and forms unique microlesions that disrupt cardiac function". PLOS Pathogens. 10 (9) e1004383. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004383 . PMC   4169480 . PMID   25232870.
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