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A.D. Keegan
CURRICULUM VITAE
Achsah Dorsey Keegan, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Program in Oncology
Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center
Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases
Date: 6-30-14
Office Address: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases
800 W. Baltimore St., Rm 318
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 706-8174
(410) 706-8234 fax
Education: B.S. Zoology, (Magna Cum Laude)
Duke University, 1983
Ph.D. Immunology (Molecular Biology and Genetics)
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1989
Advisor: Dr. Daniel H. Conrad
Post-graduate
Education:
1989-1994 Post-doctoral research as National Research Council Associate and NIAID Staff Fellow, Laboratory of Immunology, NIAID, NIH
Advisor: Dr. William E. Paul
Employment
History:
1994-1999 Scientist I, Department of Immunology, Jerome H. Holland Laboratory,
American Red Cross, 15601 Crabbs Branch Way, Rockville, MD 20855
1996-2001 Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, George Washington University Medical Center (GWUMC), Washington, D.C.
1996-2007 Member of the Institute for Biomedical Sciences, GWUMC, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Oncology, Program in Immunology
1999-2002 Scientist II, Department of Immunology, Jerome H. Holland Laboratory
2000-2004 Deputy Head, Department of Immunology, Holland Laboratory
2001-2004 Associate Professor of Immunology with tenure, GWUMC
2001-2004 Director, Graduate Program in Immunology, the Institute for Biomedical Sciences, GWUMC
2002-2004 Senior Scientist, Department of Immunology, Jerome H. Holland Laboratory
2004-present Professor (with tenure) of Microbiology and Immunology
Program in Oncology, Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
2004-2012 Adjunct Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, GWUMC
2005-present Program Leader, Immunity and Inflammation, Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, University of Maryland, School of Medicine
2005-present Member, Graduate Program in Life Sciences (GPILS), University of Maryland School of Medicine, Program in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, and Program in Molecular Medicine
2012-present Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Maryland, School of Medicine
2013-present VA Health Research Scientist, Baltimore VA Medical Center
Professional
Memberships:
American Association of Immunologists, since 1990
ASBMB, since 2003
International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research, since 2004
International Cytokine Society, since 2005
Society for Leukocyte Biology, since 2010
Honors and Awards:
Cum laude Society, Queen Anne School, 1979
Daughter's of the Cincinnatti Scholarship, 1979-1981
Duke University, Grant-in aid, 1979-1981
Phi Eta Sigma, Duke University, 1980
Phi Beta Kappa, Duke University, 1983
Dean's List and Class Honors, 1980-1983
National Research Council Associate, (1989-92)
American Red Cross, "On-the-spot" Merit Award, 1996
Tiffany Award for Excellence in Management, 2004
Teaching Commendation-HDID-Immunology, 2006
Administrative
Service:
Institutional: Holland Laboratory, American Red Cross
Library Committee: 1994-1997, Chair 96-97.
Seminar Series: Immunoregulation, 1995
Regulation of Hematopoiesis by Cytokines, 1997
Signaling in the Immune System, 2004
Search Committee: Immunology Department, 1996, 1998, 2002
Molecular Biology Department, 1997
IACUC: 2001-2004
Presentation, Fogarty Center Fellows in Blood Safety, July 01, 02
George Washington University and GWIBS
Thesis Committee:
Dubravka Donjerkovic, MCOP, 1997-1999
Robert McKallip, MCOP, 1999
Sheila Caldwell, MCOP, 1999-2001
Mary Litzinger, IMM, 2000-2004
Jodi Camberg, Biochem, 2004
Sun Park, Genetics, 2004
William Gwinn, IMM, 2003-2007
Yan Su, IMM, 2004-2007
Examination Committee:
Jennifer Hinshaw, 1999
Jennifer Mariner, 1999
Samantha Soldin, 1999
Michael Petrus, 2002
Mary Beth Daucher, 2002
Steering Committee, Program in Immunology, GWIBS, 1997-1999
Admission Committee, 1997-1999.
Mission and Goals Committee, Dept. of Micro and Immunol, 1998
Search Committee, Dept. of Immunology, GWUMC, 2000
Operations Committee, GWIBS, 2000-2004
Director, Graduate Program in Immunology, 2001-2004
Executive Committee, GWIBS, 2004
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE
Graduate Student Advisor:
Deepa Rajagopal, Micro and Immuno, 2005
Aakanksha Pant, Micro and Immuno, 2005
Yanchun Li, 2006-2007 (MM, Cancer Biology)
Teresa Hsi, Micro and Immuno, 2008
Carolyn Morris, MMI, 2009-2011
Brigit Quinn, MMI, 2012-2014
Rotation Advisor: Minjun Yu, MMI, 2005
Holly Porter, Mol Med, 2006
Preeta Dasgupta, MMI, 2007
Nicolas Johnson, MD/PhD, MMI, 2008
Stephanie Lehman, MMI, 2014
Oral Examination
Committee: Smita Chandran, 2006 (MMI)
Lynn Li (Chair), 2006 (MM, Cancer Biology)
Kristina Harris, 2006 (MM, Physiology)
Michele Weiss (Chair), 2007 (MM, Cancer Biology)
Yoni Skupsky, 2007 (MM, Physiology)
Limei Lin (Chair), 2007 (MM, Cancer Biology)
Steven Bowen, 2008 (MMI)
Mark Marohn, 2008 (MMI)
Patrick Hagner (Chair), 2008 (MM, Cancer Biology)
Zhongping Liao (Chair), 2008 (MM, Cancer Biology)
Kaushal Asrani (Chair), 2008 (MM, Cancer Biology)
Kathryn Hodge (Chair), 2009 (MM, Cancer Biology)
Michelle Sallin (Chair), 2009 (MM, Cancer Biology)
Amanda Boggs, (Chair), 2010 (MM, Cancer Biology)
Jessica Bennett, (Chair), 2010 (MM, Cancer Biology)
Rex Sun, (Chair), 2010 (MM, Physiology)
Tiha Long, 2011 (MM, Cancer Biology)
Sarah Horvat, 2011 (MM, Physiology)
Drew Roberts, 2011 (MM, Cancer Biology)
Jennifer Fox, 2012 (MM, Cancer Biology)
Gloria Serena, 2013 (MM, Physiology)
Irina Tiper, 2013 (MM, Cancer Biology)
Greg Conway, 2014 (MM, Cancer Biology)
Haley Simpson, 2014 (MM, Cancer Biology)
Thesis Committee:
Nick Bushar, (Reader, Graduate School Rep) MMI, 2005-09
Michelle Weber Laird (Reader), MMI, 2005-09
Smita Chandran, (Reader) MMI, 2007-09
Ranjani Prabakhara, (Reader, Graduate School Rep) MMI, 07-09
Limei Lin, (Graduate School Rep) MM, Cancer Biology, 2007-09
Bhavik Desai, Biomedical Sciences, Dental, 2007-08
Yoni Skupsky, (Reader, Graduate School Rep) MSTP, MM, Physiology, 2007-2009
Lani Lorenzo, (Reader) MMI, 2007-2011
Kristen Burdette, MMI, (Reader) 2008-2012
Nathaniel Noyes, MM, Physiology, 2010-2014
Nate Archer, MMI, (Reader) 2010-2013
Julie B. Craig, MSTP, MM, Physiology, (Reader, Graduate School Rep) 2010-2013
Carly Page, MMI, (Reader) 2010-2012
Jessica Shiu, MSTP, MMI, (Reader, Graduate School Rep) 2010-2013
Rex Sun, MM, Physiology, 2011-present
Sarah Horvat, MM, Physiology, 2011-2014
Drew Roberts, MM, Cancer Biology, 2012-present
Patrick Adair, MM, Physiology, 2012-present
Aaron Christenson-Quick, MMI, 2012-present
Christina Young, Biochemistry, 2013-present
Irina Tiper, MM, Cancer Biology, 2013-present
Experimental Therapeutics Retreat Committee, 2005
Admission Committee, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, GPILS, 2005-2007
Core Advisory Committee, Cancer Biology, Molecular Medicine, GPILS, 2006-2012
Qualifying Exam Coordinator, Cancer Biology, Molecular Medicine, GPILS, 2007-
2011
Search Committee, Dept. of Surgery (Transplantation), UMB, 2006-2007
Faculty Reviewer, Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases Research in Progress,
2007- present
GPILS Awards Committee, 2007-2008
Chair, GPILS Awards Committee, 2008
Appointment, Promotions, and Tenure Committee, 2007-2011
Subcommittee on Evaluation Guidelines for Non-Traditional Candidates, 2008
Representative of APT Committee Presentation to WIMS, 2009
Chair, Appointment, Promotions, and Tenure Committee, 2009-2011: Presentations:
Department of Anesthesiology Retreat, September 12, 2009
New Faculty Orientation, October 8, 2009
Department of Epidemiology APT Committee, September 9, 2010
New Faculty Orientation, October 7, 2010
Department of Epidemiology Faculty Presentation, November 18, 2010
K-Scholars Symposium, April 15, 2011
Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS), 2008- present
Internal Scientific Advisory Panel, Program Project Grant entitled, "Protease Functions in
Intestinal Mucosal Pathobiology". Drs. Fasano, Antalis, Vogel, and Shea- Donohue, 2007-2009
Steering Committee, T32 Training Program in Molecular and Cellular Immunology,
2007-2009
Advisory Committee, T32 Training Program in Vascular Biology,
2009-present
Co-organizer of the Goidl/Grollman Symposium (May 11, 2010), UMB 2010.
Co-Director, T32 Training Program in Signaling Pathways in Innate Immunity,
2010-present
Member, Department of Microbiology and Immunology Appointment, Promotions, and Tenure Committee, 2011-present
REAP Program Coordinator, Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, 2012-
2014
Faculty Scientific Advisory Committee for Health Sciences Facility III, 2012 – present
Education Resource Advisory Group: Vision 2020, 2013-present
Local:
Invited guest, Women in Science Club, Walt Whitman High School, 1995
Study section for the American Heart Association, Maryland affiliate; 1996-1999.
Presentation, Montgomery County High School Teachers, 1997, 1999
Science Fair Judge, Stone Ridge School, 2000-2002
Guest Lecturer, Frederick Ladies Book Club, Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks; October, 2011
National:
Co-chair, Minisymposium on Cytokine Receptors, April 27, 1994, AAI meeting,
Anaheim, CA.
Co-chair, Minisymposium on Receptors and Signal Transduction I, February 23,
1997, AAI meeting, San Francisco, CA
Organizing Committee, 1997 Annual Meeting, Society for Leukocyte Biology
Chair, Workshop on Signal Transduction, December 5, 1997, Society for Leukocyte
Biology Annual National Meeting
Chair, Symposium on Cytokines, December 6, 1997, Society for Leukocyte Biology
Annual National Meeting
Focus Group, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation, NIAID. May 4,
1998.
Co-chair, Minisymposium on IL-4 and IL-13 activated responses, Experimental Biology ‘
99, April 17, 1999, Washington , D.C.
Co-chair, Minisymposium on IL-4/IL-13, American Association of Immunologists, May
12, 2000, Seattle, WA
Chair, Novel Therapeutic Approaches to Asthma I, February 12, 2002, Keystone
Symposium 2002, Rethinking the Pathogenesis of Asthma, Santa Fe, NM.
Co-chair, Minisymposium on STATs, American Association of Immunologists, April 24,
2002, New Orleans, LA.
Invited participant, Meeting "Exploring the Integration of Psychoneuroimmunology and
Tumor Immunology in Cancer Control Research," April 15-16, 2004, Bethesda,
MD, sponsored by the National Cancer Institute.
Working Group, NOVA Television and DVD project "Immunology: A History," with
State of the Art production company, 2004-2007.
Invited participant, Research Group on the Usability of the Website for the Office
of Extramural Research, NIH, May 19, 2004, NCI Communication Technology Research Center, NIH-Usability Testing Lab, Rockville, MD.
Member, American Association of Immunologists, Education Committee, 2005-2009
Program Block Chair, American Association of Immunologists, Annual Meeting, 2007 -
2010
Co-chair, Minisymposium on Eosinophils, Mast cells, and Basophils, American Association of Immunologists, May 18, 2007, Miami, FL.
Co-chair, Minisymposium on Cytokines and Chemokines, American Association of
Immunologists, May 8-12, 2009, Seattle, WA.
Invited Faculty Member, American Association of Immunologists Introductory Course, 2010-2012.
Alternate Representative of the American Association of Immunologists to the Board of Trustees meeting of the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) International, September 24-25, 2011, Bethesda, MD.
Invited Course Moderator and Speaker, “Deeper Insights into the Mechanisms of Asthma and Allergic Inflammation,” AAAAI Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 2012.
Representative of the American Association of Immunologists to the Board of Trustees of the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory
Animal Care (AAALAC) International, 2013-present.
Co-Chair, Major Symposium, “Cytokines: In Sickness and in Health,” American
Association of Immunologists, May 2-5, 2014, Pittsburgh, PA.
Grant review
Study section for the American Heart Association, National Committee, Immunology and Microbiology II; 1998
Site visit review of Program Project Grant, NCI, 9/22/98-9/24/98, Cleveland, OH and
reporter to parent committee 12/2/98
Ad hoc reviewer for Allergy and Immunology study section. 10/22-10/23/98.
Invited member, Special Emphasis Panel, Asthma and Allergic Diseases Research
Centers, 3/10/99-3/12/99.
Chartered member. Allergy and Immunology study section, 1999-2003.
Invited member, Special Emphasis Panel, Asthma and Allergic Diseases Research
Centers, 4/10/01-4/11/01.
Chair, Special Emphasis Panel, Allergy and Immunology study section, 7/30/02
Invited member, Special Emphasis Panel, Unsolicited Program Project Grant Review,
12/17/02.
Program Project Grant Review, NCI, Teleconference review, 1/27/04
Invited member, Program Project Grant Cytokine Review Group, NCI, 9/27/04
Invited member, Special Review Panel, Centers for Medical Countermeasures Against
Radiation, NCI, 6/20-6/22/05
Invited member, International Grant Review Panel, GRIP and FIRCA, 2/9- 2/10/06
Ad hoc reviewer for CMI-A study section. 6/20-6/21/06.
Ad hoc reviewer for SBDD study section, 3/9/07-3/11/07
Invited member, Program Project Cluster Review, Grant Cytokine Review Group, NCI,
06/04-06/05/2007
Invited member, Bone Biology Special Emphasis Panel, 06/13/07
Invited member, Program Project Cluster Review, Cellular and Tissue Biology, NCI,
10/16/08
Invited member, Bone Biology (MOSS) Special Emphasis Panel, 10/22/08
Invited member, NHLBI Program Project Review Special Emphasis Panel, 01/06/09
Ad hoc reviewer for SBDD study section, 02/08/09
Chartered member. Cellular and Molecular Immunology-B, 2010-2014.
Invited reviewer for Medical Research Council, United Kingdom, 09/05/12
Invited International Reviewer for Medical Research Council, South Africa, Unit
Immunology of Infectious Diseases, 07/25/13.
Editorial Activity and Manuscript Review
Section Editor, Journal of Immunology, 2008-2012
Faculty of 1000 Biology, Immunology Faculty, Allergy and Hypersensitivity Section
2008-present
Associate Editor, Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research, 2013-2016
Ad hoc reviews for: Cell, Immunity, Journal of Immunology (member of pool of expert reviewers), Journal of Biological Chemistry, J. Exp. Med., Blood, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., FASEB J., Cytokine, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, International Immunology, Clinical Immunology, Infection and Immunity, Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research
Teaching Service: GWUMC
Development and Immunology (BMSC 213), 1997-2004
4 hrs/week for 20 students
Molecular and Cellular Immunology (IMM230), 1999-2004
4 hrs/week for 10 students
Director, Molecular & Cell Immunology (IMM230), 1999-02
8 hrs/week for 10 students
Director, Readings in Immunology (IMM398) 1999-2004
Director, Research in Immunology (IMM399) 2001-2004
Women in Science and Technology (GW), 1999.
Cell Biology, (BMSC212), 2002
UMB
HDID, 2005-present
6 hours, ~150 students
Teaching Commendation-Immunology 2006
Graduate Immunobiology, 2006-present
10 hours for ~20 students
GPILS Core, 2006-2008
2 hours for 35 students,
Signal Transduction, GPILS616, 2007-present
4 hours for 30 students
Current Topics in Vascular and Stem Cell Biology, GPILS690, 2007-2012, 2 hours for 35
Advanced Immunology, 2011-present
2 hours for ~8 students
Molecules to Medicine, Course Director
14 hours 8-12 students
Supervision of Trainees:
Interns
Ms. Lisa McReynolds, intern, summer 1994, graduate of Wellesly College, 00,
Attending Medical School
Mr. Jonathan Austrian, intern, summers of 1995, 96, 97, B.S. University of
Pennsylvania, 00, Attended Cornell Medical School; co-author
Ms. Paige Greenberg, intern, summer 1999, graduate of Washington University, St.
Louis, 00
Mr. William White, Nathan Schnaper Summer Intern, Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum
Cancer Center, summer 2007, graduate University of Maryland, College Park.
Ms. Sade Solola, Nathan Schnaper Summer Intern, Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum
Cancer Center, summer 2009, graduate Loyola College of Maryland.
Ms. Morgan Hawkins, REAP Scholar, CVID, summer 2013; attending Barry College in
Florida.
Mr. James D. Keegan, intern, summer 2013, graduate University of Miami, Coral
Gables, FL. Submission to FASEB Art contest, “Young Man Standing on Top of the World.”
Ms. Taylor Babin, Nathan Schnaper Summer Intern, Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum
Cancer Center, summer 2014; attending Sacred Heart University in Connecticut.
Graduate students
Ms. Erica Helm Hanson, GW graduate student, 1999-2004 (PhD); post-doctoral fellow
with Dr. Suzanne Ostrand-Rosenberg, UMBC; currently overseas
Mr. Andrew Ford, GW graduate student, 2001-2007 (PhD), post-doctoral
fellow at UMB, currently policy fellow with National Academy of Sciences.
Ms. Kristy Markos Greeneltch, GW graduate student, 2001-2004 (PhD); post-doctoral
fellow with Dr. Scott Abrams, NCI; currently scientific analyst law offices.
Ms. Jennifer Solomon (co-mentor), GW graduate student, 2001-03 (PhD); post-
doctoral fellow with Dr. Craig Walsh, UC Irvine, Scientist with Miltenyi.
Mr. Minjun Yu, GPILS, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, 2005-2010 (PhD);
currently post-doctoral fellow with Dr. Donna Farber, Columbia University
(Arthritis Foundation Fellowship Award)
Ms. Holly Porter, GPILS, Molecular Medicine Program, 2006-2012; Meyerhoff Fellow,
received NCI F31 pre-doctoral fellowship (2010-2011), GSA research award (2012); currently pursuing Forensic Science programs.