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CURRICULUM VITAE
Revised 07/03/12
Mark A. James, Ph.D.
EDUCATIONAL
BACKGROUND:
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
PhD degree in Tropical Medicine, 1979.
Immunoparasitology specialty.
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
MS degree in Zoology, 1975.
University of Wisconsin, Madison
BS degree in Zoology, 1972.
LANGUAGES:
Spanish
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY:
July 2012-present
Professor and Chair
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Executive Director, Global Health Programs
Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology
College of Public Health
Kent State University
Kent, OH 44242
July 2011-June 2012 Professor of Epidemiology
Executive Director, Global Health Programs
College of Public Health
Kent State University
Kent, OH 44242
July 2010-June 2011 Founding Dean, Professor of Epidemiology
College of Public Health
Kent State University
Kent, OH 44242
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1999-2010
Vice Chair
Department of Tropical Medicine
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70112
2004-2010
Professor
Department of Tropical Medicine
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70112
2010-present
Adjunct Professor
Department of Tropical Medicine
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70112
2006-present
Adjunct Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA 70112
1994-2004
Associate Professor
Department of Tropical Medicine
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70112
1988-1994
Assistant Professor
Department of Tropical Medicine
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70112
1983-1988
Visiting Research Assistant Professor
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology
University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign
1981-1983
Visiting Assistant Professor
University Representative & Investigator
University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign
Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado
Barquisimeto, Venezuela
(Collaborative research project)
Based at Barquisimeto, Venezuela
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1979-1981
Research Associate
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology
University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign
Kent State University: Service Appointments
Globalization Task Force (chair), 2011-2012
Institutional Review Board, 2011 to present
Provost’s Advisory Council, 2011 to present
Provost’s Promotion Advisory Board, 2011-2012
University Diversity Action Council, 2011 to present
Kent State University, College of Public Health: Committee Appointments
College Advisory Committee, 2011 to present
Global Health Committee (chair), 2011 to present
Reappointment/Tenure/Promotion Committee, 2011 to present
Senior Epidemiology Faculty Search Committee (chair), 2011-2012
Introduction to Global Health course (coordinator), 2011 to present
AWARDS AND HONORS
Excellence in Teaching Award, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane
University, 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005.
Recipient, Teaching Scholar Award, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical
Medicine, 1999; Finalist, 1998. Teaching Scholar Selection Committee, 2000-2010.
Nominee, ASPH/Pfizer Award for Teaching Excellence; Tulane School of Public Health
and Tropical Medicine, 2005, 2006, and 2007.
ASPH/Pfizer Public Health Academy of Distinguished Teachers, Inaugural Member, 2007.
Finalist, President’s Award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional Teaching, Tulane
University, 2007.
Secretary of General Faculty, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane
University 1990/1991.
SPHTM, Personnel and Honors (Appointment, Promotion and Tenure, 2010) Committee,
1996-2010; Chair of Committee, 1999-2010.
Executive Committee, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1999-2010.
Vice Chair, General Faculty, SPHTM, 1997-1998.
Chair, General Faculty, SPHTM, 1998-1999.
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University Senate, Tulane University, 1991-1997.
Committee on Research, University Senate, Tulane University, 2009-2010.
Council on Education for Public Health Re-Accreditation Committee, SPHTM, 1995, 2002,
2008.
Chair, Search Committee: Chair, Department of International Health and Development,
SPHTM, 2004. Member, Search Committee: Chair, Department of Tropical Medicine,
SPHTM, 2008.
Member of site-visit team; evaluation of Ph.D. program in International Development,
Tulane University; appointed by Dean of The Graduate School, September 10, 2004.
Member, special faculty grievance committee; Tulane University, December 2, 2004.
Chair, Biomedical Institutional Review Board, Tulane University Health Sciences Center,
2006-2010; Vice Chair, 2001-2005; Member, 2000-2010.
Chair, Data Safety and Monitoring Board, Reproducibility of a Sporozoite Challenge Model
for Plasmodium vivax in Human Volunteers, Malaria Vaccine and Drug Testing Center,
Cali, Colombia, 2007; 2011.
Delta Omega, National Public Health Honor Society, 1996.
Treasurer, Eta Chapter, Delta Omega, 1997-2010.
Patent No. 5,456,911. Synthetic malarial antigens and uses thereof. M.A. James and
S. Montenegro, issued October 10, 1995.
Special Emphasis Panel; NIH-NIAID-DMID-97-002: Human Immune Resistance to
Malaria in Endemic Areas, U.S. Embassy, London, England, July 24, 1998.
Grant Review Panel; NIH/NIAID, P01; Unsolicited Program Project Application: Vaccine
Discovery for Chagas’ Disease, January 12, 2004.
Grant Review Panel; NIH/NIAID; Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Research
Committee (MIDRC), February 23-25, 2005.
Grant Review Panel; NIH/NHLBI, P01; Unsolicited Program Project Application:
Mechanisms of Erythrocytic Infection and Anemia in Malaria, May 12, 2004; re-submission
and review, January 28, 2005.
Grant Review Panel; NIH/Fogarty International Center; Global Infectious Diseases (GID)
Program, March 19, 2009.
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Chair, Scientific Advisory Group (SAG); NIAID/NIH International Centers of Excellence
in Malaria Research (ICEMR); Latin American Center for Malaria Research and Control,
Caucaseco Scientific Research Center, Socrates Herrera, MD (PI); March 2011 to present.
Grant Review Panel; AIBS/Military Infectious Diseases Research Program: Infectious
Diseases Diagnostics and Leishmaniasis panels, Washington, D.C., January 8-10, 2000;
December 13-15, 2000; January 6-8, 2002 (panel chair); February 17-19, 2003 (panel
chair); April 8-10, 2003 (panel chair); January 21/March 11/April 13, 2004 (panel chair);
January 28/March 16/April 5, 2005 (panel chair); January 24, 27/March 20/April 26, 2006
(panel chair); January 26/April 18, 2007 (panel chair); January 15/March 10, 2008; January
23, 2009 (panel chair); January 21, 2010 (panel chair); January 20, 2011 (panel chair);
January 12, March 5, 2012 (panel chair); Peer-Reviewed Medical Research Program, July
12-13, 2001; May 10-11, 2004; May 5, 2005.
Grant Reviewer; COLCIENCIAS (Science, Technology and Innovation Council of
Colombia); 2000 to present. Site Visit: Fundacion Instituto de Inmunologia de Colombia,
March 31-April 4, 2003; Site visit: Research Centers of Excellence in Tropical Medicine,
October 8-18, 2004; November 5-10, 2006; Site visit: Science, Technology and Innovation
in Health, Reduction in the Burden of Diseases Transmitted by Vectors (Malaria, Dengue,
Leishmania, Chagas) and Induced by Mycobacteria (Tuberculosis), Bogota, Colombia,
October 25-26, 2011.
Reviewer: Accounts of Chemical Research; Acta Tropica; American Journal of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene; Biochimica et Biophysica Acta; Biochimie; Biopolymers; Clinical
Microbiology Reviews; Experimental and Molecular Pathology; Experimental
Parasitology; Human Immunology; International Journal of Infectious Diseases; Journal
of the American Medical Association; Journal of Clinical Microbiology; Journal of
Infectious Diseases; Journal of Medical Primatology; Journal of Parasitology; Parasite
Immunology; Protein Science; Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and
Hygiene; Vaccine.
Grant Reviewer; The Wellcome Trust: Animal Health in the Developing World Initiative.
August 2004.
Advisory Boards: Public Health Reports; Association of Schools of Public Health, 20012011; Northeast Ohio Regional Board Children’s Hunger Alliance (honorary member),
2010-present.
Fellow, Center for Evidence-Based Global Health, Tulane University Health Sciences
Center, 2004-2010.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Peer-Reviewed Publications
1.
Osorno M, Gonzalez I, Vega C, James M, Rodriguez S, Juarez J: Isolation and
identification of Trypanosoma theileri in Mexico. Veterinaria Mexicana 1981; 12: 19-23.
2.
James MA, Levy MG, Ristic M: Isolation and partial characterization of culture-derived
soluble Babesia bovis antigen. Infection and Immunity 1981; 31: 358-361.
3.
Smith RD, James MA, Ristic M, Aikawa M, Vega C: Bovine babesiosis: protection of
cattle with culture-derived soluble Babesia bovis antigen. Science 1981; 212: 335-338.
4.
Montenegro S, James MA, Levy MG, Preston MD, Esparza H, Ristic M: Utilization of
culture-derived soluble antigen in the latex agglutination test for bovine babesiosis and
anaplasmosis. Veterinary Parasitology 1981; 8: 291-297.
5.
James MA, Alger NE: Plasmodium berghei: effect of carrageenan on the course of infection
in the A/J mouse. International Journal for Parasitology 1981; 11: 217-220.
6.
James MA, Kuttler KL, Levy MG, Ristic M: Antibody kinetics in response to vaccination
against Babesia bovis. American Journal of Veterinary Research 1981; 42: 1999-2001.
7.
Kuttler KL, Levy MG, James MA, Ristic M: Efficacy of a nonviable culture-derived
Babesia bovis vaccine. American Journal of Veterinary Research 1982; 43: 281-284.
8.
Molinar E, James MA, Kakoma I, Holland C, Ristic M: Antigenic and immunogenic
studies on cell culture-derived Babesia canis. Veterinary Parasitology 1982; 10: 29-40.
9.
James MA, Montenegro-James S, Ristic M: Isolation of an in vitro produced soluble
Anaplasma-albumin complex. American Journal of Veterinary Research 1982; 43: 18631865.
10.
James MA: Antibody levels during bovine hemoparasitic diseases: trypanosomiasis,
anaplasmosis, and babesiosis. Acta Cientifica Venezolana 1983; 34: 185-190.
11.
Montenegro-James S, James MA, Ristic M: Localization of culture-derived soluble Babesia
bovis antigens in the infected erythrocyte. Veterinary Parasitology 1983; 13: 311-316.
12.
James MA, Coronado A, Melendez R, Ristic M: Antigen beads: a novel approach for the
delivery of a soluble Anaplasma immunogen. American Journal of Veterinary Research
1984; 45: 2123-2125.
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13.
James MA: An update of the isolation and characterization of the culture-derived soluble
antigens of Babesia bovis. Veterinary Parasitology 1984; 14: 231-237.
14.
James MA, Coronado A, Lopez W, Melendez R, Ristic M: Seroepidemiology of bovine
anaplasmosis and babesiosis in Venezuela. Tropical Animal Health and Production 1985;
17: 9-18.
15.
Kakoma I, James MA, Jackson W, Bennett G, Ristic, M: Hematologic values of normal
Bolivian squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus): a comparison between wild-caught and
laboratory-bred male animals. Folia Primatologica 1985; 44: 102-107.
16.
Montealegre F, Levy MG, Ristic M, James MA: Growth inhibition of Babesia bovis in
culture by secretions from bovine mononuclear phagocytes. Infection and Immunity 1985;
50: 523-526.
17.
Montenegro-James S, James MA, Ristic M: Modified indirect fluorescent antibody test for
the serodiagnosis of Anaplasma marginale infections in cattle. American Journal of
Veterinary Research 1985; 46: 2401-2403.
18.
James MA, Kakoma I, Ristic M, Cagnard M: Induction of protective immunity to
Plasmodium falciparum in Saimiri sciureus monkeys with partially purified exoantigens.
Infection and Immunity 1985; 49: 476-480.
19.
James MA, Montenegro-James S, Fajfar-Whetstone C, Montealegre F, Erickson J, Ristic
M: Antigenic relationship between Plasmodium falciparum and Babesia bovis: reactivity
with antibodies to culture-derived soluble exoantigens. Journal of Protozoology 1987; 34:
328-332.
20.
Kakoma I, James MA, Jackson W, Montealegre F, Bennett G, Carpunky P, Ristic
M: Distribution characteristics and relationships between hematologic variables of
healthy Bolivian squirrel monkeys. Laboratory Animal Science 1987; 37: 352-353.
21.
Kakoma I, James MA, Jackson W, Montealegre F, Bennett G, Carpunky P, Ristic M:
Correlative clinical biochemistry and hematological profiles of laboratory-bred Bolivian
squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus). Journal of Medical Primatology 1987; 16: 273-276.
22.
Whiteley HW, Everitt JI, Kakoma I, James MA, Ristic M: Pathologic changes associated
with fatal Plasmodium falciparum infection in the Bolivian squirrel monkey (Saimiri
sciureus boliviensis). American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1987; 37: 1-8.
23.
James MA: Application of exoantigens of Babesia and Plasmodium in vaccine
development. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1989;
Suppl., 83: 67-72.
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24.
James MA, Fajfar-Whetstone CJ, Kakoma I, Buese MM, Clabaugh GW, Hansen R, Ristic
M: Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of affinity-purified Plasmodium falciparum
exoantigens in Aotus nancymai monkeys. Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 1991; 42:
49-54.
25.
Montenegro-James S, James MA, Toro Benitez M, Leon E, Baek BK, Guillen AT: Efficacy
of purified Anaplasma marginale initial bodies as a vaccine against anaplasmosis.
Parasitology Research 1991; 77: 93-101.
26.
Mvondo JL, James MA, Campbell CC: Malaria and pregnancy in Cameroonian women.
Effect of pregnancy on Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia and the response to
chloroquine. Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 1992; 43: 1-5.
27.
Mvondo JL, James MA, Sulzer A, Campbell CC: Malaria and pregnancy in Cameroonian
women. Naturally acquired antibody responses to asexual blood-stage antigens and the
circumsporozoite protein of Plasmodium falciparum. Transactions of the Royal Society of
Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1992; 86: 486-490.
28.
Kakoma I, James MA, Whiteley HE, Montelegre F, Buese M, Fajfar-Whetstone CJ,
Clabaugh GW, Baek BK: Platelet kinetics and other hematological profiles in experimental
Plasmodium falciparum infection: a comparative study between Saimiri and Aotus
monkeys. Korean Journal of Parasitology 1992; 30: 177-182.
29.
Toebe CS, Montenegro-James S, Noya O, Riggione F, James MA: Detection of antibodies
to a 70 kDa Plasmodium falciparum exoantigen in malarious subjects using synthetic
peptides. Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 1993; 44: 1-4.
30.
James MA, Montenegro-James S, Fajfar-Whetstone CJ: Immunogenicity and antigenic
reactivity of a carrier-free synthetic peptide complex derived from a 70 kDa Plasmodium
falciparum exoantigen. Parasitology Research 1993; 79: 501-507.
31.
Tshefu K, James MA: Relationship of antibodies to soluble Plasmodium falciparum antigen
(Pf70) and protection against malaria in a human population living under intense
transmission in Kinshasa, Zaire. Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 1995; 46: 72-76.
32.
Kuvibidila S, James MA, Warrier RP, Yu L, Ode D, Tshefu KA: Soluble transferrin
receptor as an index of iron status in Zairian children with malaria. Journal of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene 1995; 98: 373-378.
33.
McLaughlin GL, Ssenyonga SS, Nanteza E, Rubaire-Akiki, Wafula O, Hansen RD, Vodkin
MH, Novak RJ, Gordon VR, Montenegro-James S, James MA, Aviles H, Armijos R,
Santrich C, Weigle K, Saravia N, Wozniak E, Gaye O, Mdachi R, Shapiro SZ, Chang K-P,
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Kakoma I: PCR-based detection and typing of parasites. In: Parasitology for the 21st
Century--Proceedings of ICOPA VIII. CAB International, Wallingford Oxon, UK, Eds.
M.A. Ozcel and M.Z. Alkan. 1996; Chap. 25: 261-287.
34.
Montenegro-James S, Praba A, Hutchinson L, Giraldo LE, McLaughlin G, James MA: The
use of PCR in a clinical microbiology laboratory: molecular approaches to laboratory
diagnosis. In: Parasitology for the 21st Century--Proceedings of ICOPA
VIII. CAB
International, Wallingford Oxon, UK, Eds. M.A. Ozcel and M.Z. Alkan. 1996; Chap. 49:
11-20.
35.
Samudio M, Montenegro-James S, Cabral M, Martinez J, Rojas de Arias A, James MA:
Cytokine responses in Trypanosoma cruzi-infected children in Paraguay. American Journal
of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1998; 58: 119-121.
36.
Samudio M, Montenegro-James S, de Cabral M, Martinez J, Rojas de Arias A,
Woroniecki O, James MA: Differential expression of systemic cytokine profiles in
Chagas'
disease is associated with endemicity of Trypanosoma cruzi infections. Acta
Tropica 1998; 69: 89-97.
37.
Duque S, Montenegro-James S, Arévalo-Herrera M, Praba AD, Villinger F, Herrera S,
James MA: Expression of cytokine genes in Aotus monkeys immunized with synthetic and
recombinant Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum antigens. Annals of Tropical Medicine
and Parasitology 1998; 92: 553-559.
38.
Samudio M, Montenegro-James S, Kasamatsu E, Cabral M, Schinini A, Rojas de Arias A,
James MA: Local and systemic cytokine expression during chronic Trypanosoma cruzi
infection in a Cebus monkey model. Parasite Immunology 1999; 21: 451-460.
39.
Praba-Egge AD, Montenegro S, Cogswell FB, Hopper T, James MA: Cytokine responses
during acute simian Plasmodium cynomolgi and Plasmodium knowlesi infections. American
Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2002; 67: 586-596.
40.
Duque Beltran S, Nicholls Orejuela RS, Arevalo Jamaica A, Guerrero Lozano R,
Montenegro S, James MA: Detection of Giardia duodenalis antigen in human fecal eluates
by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using polyclonal antibodies. Memorias do Instituto
Oswaldo Cruz 2002; 97: 1165-1168.
41.
Praba-Egge AD, Montenegro S, Arevalo-Herrera M, Hopper T, Herrera S, James MA:
Human cytokine responses to mesoendemic malaria on the Pacific Coast of Colombia.
Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 2003; 97: 327-337.
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42.
Muehlenbein M, Alger J, Cogswell F, James MA, Krogstad D: The reproductive endocrine
response to Plasmodium vivax infection in Hondurans. American Journal of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene 2005; 73: 178-187.
43.
Muehlenbein MP, Cogswell FB, James MA, Koterski J, Ludwig GC: Testosterone
correlates with Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis virus infection in macaques. Virology
Journal 2006; 3: 19.
44.
Buekens P, Almendares O, Carlier Y, Dumonteil E, Eberhard M, Gamboa-Leon R, James
M, Padilla N, Wesson D, Xiong X: Mother-to-child transmission of Chagas’ disease in
North America: Why Don’t We Do More? Maternal and Child Health Journal 2007, DOI
10.1007/s10995-007-0246-8.
45.
Solarte Y, Zamora F, Manzano R, Rocha L, Castillo Z, James MA, Herrera S, ArevaloHerrera M: Effects of anticoagulants on Plasmodium vivax oocyst development in
Anopheles albimanus mosquitoes. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2007; 77: 242-245.
46. Nardell EA, Bucher SJ, Brickner PW, Wang C, Vincent RL, Becan-McBride K, James MA,
Michael M, Sliney DH, Wright J: Safety of upper room ultraviolet germicidal air
disinfection for room occupants: results from the tuberculosis ultraviolet shelter study
(TUSS). Public Health Reports 2008; 123: 52-60.
47. Doumbia S, Gowda C, Ramachandra SN, Doumbo OK, Poudiougou B, Ouattara A, Diakite
M, Diawara S, Dolo A, James MA, Johnson ES, Krogstad DJ. Naturally-acquired
antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum glycosylphsphatidyl-inositol (GPI) in seasonal
malaria transmission area of Bancoumana, Mali. Epidemiology and Infection (submitted).
48. Koehler J, Bolton M, Rollins A, Snook K, deHaro E, Henson E, Roger L, Martin L,
Krogstad D, James M, Rice J, Davison B, Veazey R, Prabhu R, Amedee A, Garry R,
Cogswell F: Altered immune responses in rhesus macaques co-infected with SIV and
Plasmodium cynomolgi: an animal model for coincident AIDS and relapsing malaria PLoS
ONE 4(9): e7139. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007139.
49. Rabito FA, Carlson J, Holt E, Iqbal S, James MA: Cockroach exposure independent of
sensitization status and association with hospitalizations for asthma in inner-city children.
Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2011; 106: 103-109.
50. Londono-Renteria BL, Eisele TP, Keating J, Carvajal D, Palacios D, James MA, Wesson D.
Antibody response against Anopheles albimanus (Diptera: Culicidae) salivary protein as a
measure of mosquito bite exposure in Haiti. Journal of Medical Entomology 2010; 47:
1156-1163.
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51. Solarte Y, Manzano MR, Rocha L, Hurtado H, James M, Arevalo M, Herrera S.
Plasmodium vivax sporozoite production in Anopheles albimanus mosquitoes for vaccine
clinical trials. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2011; 84: 28-34,
doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2011.09-0499.
52. Billo, MA, Johnson ES, Doumbia SO, Poudiougou B, Sagara I, Diawara SI, Diakite M,
Diallo M, Doumbo OK, Tounkara A, Rice J, James MA, Krogstad DJ. Sickle cell trait
protects against Plasmodium falciparum infection. American Journal of Epidemiology (in
press-2012).
Abstracts and Proceedings
1.
Osorno M, Gonzalez I, James M, Rodriguez S, Vega CA, Romo O: Isolation and
identification of Trypanosoma theileri in Mexico. Abstracts, Reunion Annual 1979: Proc.
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Pecuarias, 5, p. 5.
2.
Osorno M, Gonzalez I, James M, Rodriguez S, Vega C, Romo O: Isolation and
identification of Trypanosoma theileri in Mexico. Associacion Mexicana de Parasitologia
Veterinaria A.C. Abstract, 1980.
3.
Ristic M, Levy MG, James MA: Cell culture-derived Babesia bovis immunogens:
characteristics and mechanism of protection. Seventh National Anaplasmosis Conference.
Abstract, 1981.
4.
James MA: Immunochemical properties of culture-derived immunogens for bovine
anaplasmosis and babesiosis. Abstract 117. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical
Association 1982; 181:267, 1982.
5.
Ristic M, James MA, Shamansky L, Kakoma I, Liu HY, Nichols J: Culture-derived
Plasmodium falciparum exoantigens: Isolation and characterication of protective
polypeptides. Proc. Asia Pacific Conf. on Malaria: Practical Considerations on Malaria
Vaccines and Clinical Trials, University of Hawaii, pp. 194-205, 1985.
6.
McLaughlin GL, Montenegro-James S, Vodkin MH, Howe D, Toro M, Leon E, Armijos R,
Kakoma I, Greenwood BM, Hassan-King M, Marich J, Ruth J, James MA: Molecular
approaches to malaria and babesiosis diagnosis. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
1992; 87 (Suppl. III): 57-68.
7.
Tshefu KA, Kuvibidila S, Warrier RP, Yu L, Ode D, James MA: Effects of cerebral malaria
and inflammation on soluble transferrin receptors in Zairean children. Abstr. 1407. XV
International Congress of Nutrition, Adelaide, Australia, 1993.
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8.
Kuvibidila S, Tshefu KA, Warrier RP, Ode D, Yu L, James MA: Possible influence of
vitamin A status but not protein energy malnutrition on plasma transferrin receptor levels in
children with malaria. Southern Society for Pediatric Research, 1994.
9.
Kuvibidila S, James MA, Warrier R, Ode D, Yu L, Tshefu KA: Plasma ferritin levels in
Zairean children with severe, moderate, and/or asymptomatic malaria. The American
Pediatric Society/The Society for Pediatric Research, 1994.
10.
Montenegro-James S, Praba A, Hutchinson L, James MA: The use of PCR in a clinical
microbiology laboratory. International Congress of Parasitology, Izmir, Turkey, 1994.
11.
Duque S, Montenegro-James S, Praba A, Hutchinson L, Herrera MA, Herrera S, James
MA: Perfiles de citocinas en la respuesta adquirida a malaria en la costa del Pacífico de
Colombia. Biomédica, Suppl. 1, November, pg. 95. Proceedings of the VIII Colombian
Congress of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Armenia, Colombia, 10-12 November
1995.
12.
Montenegro-James S, Duque S, Herrera MA, Praba A, Hutchinson L, Herrera S, James
MA: Expresión de citocinas en monos (Aotus) después de su inmunización con antígenos
Plasmodium vivax y Plasmodium falciparum sintéticos y recombinantes. Biomédica, Suppl.
1, November, pg. 95. Proceedings of the VIII Colombian Congress of Parasitology and
Tropical Medicine, Armenia, Colombia, 10-12 November 1995.
13.
James MA, Montenegro-James S, Duque S, Praba AD, Hutchinson L, Herrera MA, Herrera
S: Cytokine responses to human Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria.
The FASEB Journal 1996; 10: A1219. Abstr. 1270.
14.
Samudio M, Montenegro-James S, Cabral M, Schinini A, Martinez J, Rojas de Arias A,
Woronesky O, James MA: Evidence of a Th2 (IL-4) response in seropositive chagasic
individuals with abnormal EKG in a hyperendemic area of the Paraguayan Chaco. 45th
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Baltimore,
MD, 2 December 1996. Abstr. 56.
15.
Samudio M, Montenegro-James S, Kasamatsu E, Cabral M, Schinini A, Rojas de Arias A,
James MA: Local and systemic cytokine expression during experimental chronic
Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a monkey model. 45th Annual Meeting of the American
Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Baltimore, MD, 4 December 1996. Abstr. 277.
16.
Davison B, Cogswell F, Didier ES, James MA, Henson MC, Baskin GB, Krogstad DJ:
Plasmodium coatneyi in the rhesus macaque as a model of malaria in human pregnancy.
45th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,
Baltimore, MD, 4 December 1996. Abstr. 302.
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17.
Samudio M, Montenegro-James S, Kasamatsu E, Schinini A, Cabral M, Rojas de Arias A,
James MA: Use of PCR to detect Trypanosoma cruzi in blood and cardiac tissue of
chronically infected monkeys. 45th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene, Baltimore, MD, 5 December 1996. Abstr. 578.
18.
Praba AD, Montenegro-James S, Giraldo LE, Quintana J, McLaughlin G, James MA: Use
of a combined nested PCR system for diagnosis and determination of drug-resistant malaria.
45th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,
Baltimore, MD, 5 December 1996. Abstr. 538.
19.
Davison BB, Cogswell FB, Henson E, Falkenstein KP, Baskin GB, Henson MC, James
MA, Krogstad DJ: Effects of prior exposure to Plasmodium coatneyi on the outcome of
pregnancy in Plasmodium coatneyi-infected rhesus monkeys. 46th Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Orlando, FL, 10 December 1997,
Abstr. 314.
20.
Praba AD, Montenegro-James S, Vergara J, Kohli T, Herrera S, James MA: Cytokine
responses during acute malarial episodes in Buenaventura on the Pacific Coast of
Colombia. 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and
Hygiene, San Juan, PR, 20 October 1998, Abstr. 101.
21.
Praba AD, Cogswell F, Montenegro-James S, James MA: Cytokine responses during acute
simian malaria infection in the rhesus monkey. 47th Annual Meeting of the American
Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, San Juan, PR, 21 October 1998, Abstr. 200.
22.
Cox AL, Montenegro-James S, James MA, Rogers LB, Didier ES: Comparison of three
stool fixatives for the detection of microsporidia by PCR. 47th Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, San Juan, PR, 22 October 1998,
Abstr. 555.
23.
Duque S, Nicholls RS, Arevalo A, Guerrero R, Montenegro-James S, James MA. Detection
of Giardia lamblia antigens in human fecal eluates by an immunoenzymatic dot-ELISA.
XVth International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Cartagena, Colombia,
August 20-25, 2000.
24.
Peralta ML, Duque S, Nicholls RS, Arevalo A, Guerrero R, Montenegro-James S, James
MA. Detection of 31, 65 and 170 kDa Giardia lamblia antigens in human fecal specimens.
XVth International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Cartagena, Colombia,
August 20-25, 2000.
25.
Duque S, Nicholls S, Arevalo A, Guerrero R, Montenegro-James S, James MA. Detection
of Giardia lamblia antigens in human fecal specimens by ELISA. XVth International
Congress of Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Cartagena, Colombia, August 20-25, 2000.
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26.
Montenegro-James S, Praba AD, Cogswell F, Kohli T, James MA. Cytokine responses
during acute simian malaria infections. Oxford 2000 Conference, Oxford, UK, September
18-19, 2000.
27.
Davison BB, Cogswell FB, Baskin GB, James M, Rogers LB, Dodd MJ, Kaack B,
Falkenstein KP, Henson EW, Krogstad DJ. In utero priming of infant macaques to malaria
infection. 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,
Houston, TX, 2 November 2000, Abstr. 271.
28.
Davison BB, Cogswell FB, Baskin GB, Montenegro-James S, James MA, Henson MC,
Rogers LB, Jefferson AA, Kaack B, Rasmussen TA, Phillippi K, Krogstad DJ. A
comparison of the clinical and immunologic profile of eight Plasmodium coatneyi-infectednulligravid rhesus monkeys (PCN) with eight primigravid monkeys (PCP) and without (P)
malaria. 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,
Atlanta, GA, 13 November 2001, Abstr. 722.
29.
Davison BB, Cogswell FB, Baskin GB, Montenegro-James S, James MA, Henson MC,
Rogers LB, Jefferson AA, Kaack B, Rasmussen TA, Phillippi K, Krogstad DJ. Pregnancy
immunosuppression: an in vivo experiment in nonhuman primates validates a controversial
hypothesis. 8th IFPA Meeting, Melbourne, Australia, 6-10 October 2002.
30.
Doumbia S, Gowda C, Ramachandra SN, Doumbo OK, Poudiougou B, Ouattara A, Diakite
M, Diawara S, Dolo A, James MA, Johnson ES, Krogstad DJ. Natural antibodies to P.
falciparum glycosylphsphatidyl-inositol (GPI) in an area with seasonal malaria transmission
(Bancoumana, Mali). 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine
and Hygiene, Denver, CO, 12 November 2002.
31. Randall A, Ylostalo J, James M, Krogstad DJ, Cogswell FB. TNF-associated message in a
rhesus monkey model of human vivax malaria. 53rd Annual Meeting of the American
Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Miami, FL, 10 November 2004.
32.
Koehler JW, Bolton M, Cogswell FB, Martin LN, Krogstad DJ, James MA, Garry RF.
Primate Pilot Study: Coincident AIDS/Relapsing Malaria. 53rd Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Miami, FL, 10 November 2004.
33.
Koehler JW, Bolton M, Cogswell FB, Martin LN, Krogstad DJ, James MA, Garry RF.
Primate Pilot Study: Coincident AIDS/Relapsing Malaria. 54th Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Washington, D.C., 12 November
2005.
34. Koehler JW, Bolton M, Martin LN, Krogstad DJ, James MA, Garry RF, Davison B, Veazey
R, Cogswell FB. A novel rhesus model for HIV and malaria parasite co-infection:
synergistic effects on pathogenesis and immune responses. U.S. Army Medical Research
Institute of Infectious Diseases. Fort Detrick, MD, 2006.
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35. Buekens P, Alger J, Almendares O, Althabe F, Amador D, Belizan J, Bergel E, Carrerata
ML, Del Cid J, Dumonteil E, Gamboa-Leon R, Giron L, James M, Padilla N, Ponce C,
Ponce E, Sosa-Estani S, Zuniga C. Rapid test and digital pictures for multi-site
epidemiologic studies of Chagas’ disease in pregnancy. 20th Annual Meeting of the Society
for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research, June 18-19, 2007.
36.
Gamboa-Leon R, Padilla-Raygoza N, Almendares O, Cafferata ML, James M, Dumonteil
E, Buekens P. Seroprevalence of antibodies against Trypanosoma cruzi in pregnant women
of Mexico. First North American Parasitology Congress, June 24, 2007.
37. Sosa-Estani S, Buekens P, Alger J, Almendares O, Althabe F, Amador D, Belizan J, Bergel
E, Cafferata ML, Del Cid J, Dumonteil E, Gamboa-Leon R, Gibbons L, Giron L, James M,
Chippaux JP, Padilla N, Ponce C, Ponce E, Zuniga C. Multi-site epidemiological study of
Chagas’ disease in pregnant women from four Latin American countries. 56th Annual
Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Philadelphia, PA,
November 2007.
38.
Londono-Renteria B, Carvajal D, Palacios D, Bennett A, Moses L, Massay C, Keating J,
Eisele T, James M, Krogstad D, Wesson D. Comparison of immunogenic proteins to saliva
of Anopheles albimanus, Anopheles stephensi and Aedes aegypti in serum from individuals
living in areas where these species are or are not endemic. 58th Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Washington, D.C., November 2009.
Book Chapters
1.
James MA: Immunology of Babesia infections. Malaria and Babesiosis: Research
Findings and Control Measures, Ed(s). M. Ristic, J. Kreier, P. Ambroise-Thomas,
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 53-64, 1984.
2.
James MA: Immunology of babesiosis. Babesiosis of Domestic Animals and Man. Ed. M.
Ristic. CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL., pp. 109-130, 1988.
3.
James MA and Johnson R: Oversight of clinical trials: the role of OHRP, FDA and the IRB.
Research Compliance Professional’s Handbook. Health Care Compliance Association,
Minneapolis, MN., pp. 42-45, 2008.
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
College of Public Health
Kent State University
Primary Instructor: Special Topics in Public Health Immunology; Special Topics in
Immunity to Infectious Diseases (EPI 60195/80195)
Primary Instructor and Course Coordinator: Introduction to Global Health (PH 10002)
Department of Tropical Medicine
Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
Primary Instructor: Immunology (TRMD 6170), Immunoparasitology (TRMD 7180); and
Biological Basis of Health and Disease (SPHL 6010) online; BSPH undergraduate
program, The Cell, The Individual, and The Community (SPHU 1020). Guest lecturer in
various tropical medicine, international health, and epidemiology courses.
Course Director: T-2 Parasitology. Tulane School of Medicine, 2002-2004.
Course Director: T-2 Medical Immunology. Tulane School of Medicine, 2006-2010.
Guest lecturer and seminar speaker:
University of Illinois, Department of Genetics and Development. Immunology --Spring
1976-1980; Fall 1977. Topics: Kinetics of the Antibody Response; Purification of
Antibodies; Maturation of the Antibody Response; Immunological Diseases (autoimmunity
and immunodeficiency); Immediate and Delayed Hypersensitivities.
Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado, School of Veterinary Science,
Barquisimeto, Venezuela--January and September 1981. Topics: Immunodiagnosis of
Hemotropic Diseases: In vitro Cultivation and Antigenic Characterization of Babesia bovis.
University of Illinois, College of Veterinary Medicine. Mechanisms of Microbial
Infections. Spring 1979; Summer 1981, 1984, 1986, 1988. Topics: Immunology of
Malaria; Antibodies--Types and Function; Immediate Hypersensitivities, Molecular
Approaches to Vaccines.
Universidad Simon Bolivar, Division of Biological Science, Department of Cellular
Biology, Caracas, Venezuela--November 1981. Topic: Purification and Characterization of
a Culture-derived Soluble Anaplasma marginale Antigen.
Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado, School of Veterinary Medicine,
Department of Medicine and Surgery, Barquisimeto, Venezuela. Short Course: Clinical
Immunology (5 lectures), April-May 1983.
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University of Illinois, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology. Departmental Seminar.
Topic: Immunobiology of Malaria. September 18, 1985.
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Chairman of Session: Mechanisms
of Malarial Immunity. Denver, CO. December 9, 1986.
Midwest Tropical Disease Research Meeting, University of Illinois, College of Medicine.
Prospects for Specific Vaccines Against Malaria: Current Status, Rockford, IL. March 27,
1987.
International Agriculture Seminar Series, University of Illinois, Prospects for Specific
Vaccines Against Malaria: Current Status. Urbana, IL. April 22, 1987.
University of Illinois, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Departmental Seminar.
Topic: Update on Malaria Immunity and Vaccine Research. September 23, 1987.
Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, IL. Seminar. Topic: Characterization of Plasmodium
falciparum Peptides. June 6, 1988.
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Immunology
and Parasitology, Departmental Seminar. Topic: Immunity to Malaria: Characterization of
Plasmodium falciparum Peptides. November 30, 1988.
Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology
and Parasitology, Baton Rouge, LA. Departmental Seminar. Topic: Immunity to Malaria:
Characterization of Plasmodium falciparum Peptides, April 28, 1989; (guest lecturer)
Immunity to Malaria: A Current Overview, January 22, 1990.
Ponce School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Seminar.
Topic: The Use of Synthetic Peptides in Vaccines and Immunodiagnosis. February 21,
1990.
Tulane University School of Medicine, Clinical Immunology Seminar. Topic: Molecular
Approaches to Malaria Diagnosis. April 27, 1990.
National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico. Lecture Series:
of Malaria. August 20-23, 1991.
Immunology
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Update Course on
Parasitic Diseases. Topic: Immunodiagnosis--the current status. September 13, 1991;
August 21, 1992; March 19, 1994.
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Tulane University School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology,
Departmental Seminar. Topic: Synthetic Blood-Stage Peptides and Immunity to Malaria.
October 30, 1991.
Tulane/LSU Clinical Immunology Seminar. Topic: Synthetic Blood-Stage Peptides and
Immunity to Malaria. February 14, 1992.
Tulane/LSU Clinical Immunology Seminar.
Honduras. November 6, 1992.
Topic:
Evaluation of Malaria Tests in
Tulane Human Genetics Seminar. Topic: Synthetic Blood-Stage Peptides and Immunity to
Malaria. December 8, 1992.
University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Departments of Pathology and
Microbiology, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Departmental Seminar. Topic: Synthetic
Blood-Stage Peptides and Immunity to Malaria. February 18, 1993.
Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary
Microbiology and Parasitology, Baton Rouge, LA. VMP 7417 - Immune Response to
Infections and Parasitic Agents; (guest lecturer) Recent Advances in Antimalarial
Immunity, April 13, 1993.
USAID/HealthTech Project, Arlington, VA. Malaria Diagnostics Workshop (Invited Panel
Discussant). May 14, 1993.
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology,
Immunology, and Parasitology, Departmental Seminar. Topic: Immunopathology of
Malaria. March 21, 1994.
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Tropical
Medicine, Faculty Seminar. Topic: Immunopathology of Malaria. March 24, 1994.
Presidential Symposium, Southeastern Society of Parasitologists, Baton Rouge, LA. Topic:
Immunopathology of Malaria. March 28, 1994.
Tulane/LSU Clinical Immunology Seminar. Topic: Cytokine Responses and Immunity
to Malaria. October 7, 1994.
Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud, Asunción, Paraguay. Seminar. Topic:
Cytokines in Parasitic Infections. January 10, 1995.
Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary
Microbiology and Parasitology, Baton Rouge, LA. VMP 7417 - Immune Responses to
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Infectious and Parasitic Agents; (guest lecturer) Malaria Vaccination: Current Status.
March 30, 1995.
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Special Lecture (TRMD 617Immunology): Immunopathogenesis of HIV/AIDS. November 30, 1995.
Informational Link, Inc. Seminar on Diagnosis and Comprehensive Management of HIV.
Topic: HIV Infection and Progression to AIDS: Immunity and Immunopathogenesis of
Disease. New Orleans, LA. May 10, 1996.
Symposium on Immune Aspects of Protozoan Infections, Annual Midwestern Conference
of Parasitologists. Topic: Immunological Aspects of Malaria. Northeast Missouri State
University, Kirksville, MO. June 7, 1996.
Review Course for Certificate in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers' Health
(sponsored by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene). Topic:
Immunology: Biologic Basis of Naturally Acquired Immunity and Immunization. New
Orleans, LA. September 14, 1996.
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, INHL 607-The Social Impact of
HIV/AIDS: An Introduction to the Epidemic-1996, Topic: Immunology of AIDS. October
26, 1996.
Tulane/LSU Clinical Immunology Seminar. Topic: Cytokines and the
Immunopathogenesis of Parasitic Diseases: Studies on Chagas' Disease. January 17,
1997.
Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary
Microbiology and Parasitology, Baton Rouge, LA. VMP 7417 - Imuune Responses to
Infectious and Parasitic Agents; (guest lecturer) Current Status of Vaccination Against
Malaria, January 23, 1997.
Instituto de Inmunologia, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Guest Lecture:
Immunobiology of Chagas' Disease, May 23, 1997.
AsoClinic, Laboratorio de Inmunologia, Simposio: "Tecnicas Moleculares en El
Diagnostico de Enfermedades Infecciosas". Topic: Immunopathogenesis of HIV/AIDS.
Centro Médico IMBANACO, Cali, Colombia, May 24, 1997.
Universite du Mali, Faculte de Medecine, de Pharmacie et D'Odontostomatologie,
Departement D'Epidémiologie des Affections Parasitaires. Topic: The Role of Cytokines
in Malaria. Bamako, Mali, July 25, 1997.
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Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, INHL 607-The Social Impact of
HIV/AIDS: An Introduction to the Epidemic-1997, Topic: Immunology of AIDS. October
25, 1997.
New Orleans Citywide Infectious Diseases Conference. Topic: Cytokines and Infectious
Diseases. Touro Infirmary, October 2, 1998.
Tulane/LSU Clinical Immunology Seminar Series. Topic: Cytokine Mediated Responses
to Acute Malaria Infections. December 18, 1998.
Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary
Microbiology and Parasitology, Baton Rouge, LA. Seminar: Cytokine Responses in Acute
Malaria Infections. March 11, 1999; VMP 7417 - Immune Responses to Infectious and
Parasitic Agents; Update on Malaria Vaccines (guest lecturer), March 19, 1999.
Instituto de Inmunologia, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Seminar: Cytokine
Responses in Acute Plasmodium Infections. May 10, 1999.
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Epidemiology.
Seminar: On-site comprehensive TB prevention and control program in homeless shelters
of New Orleans. December 6, 2000.
New Orleans Citywide Infectious Diseases Conference. Topic: Immunology of Infectious
Disease. Children's Hospital, July 20, 2001.
Central Methodist College Pre-Medical Career Day. Keynote Speaker. Topic: Public Health
Education: Antidote to Fear and Imagined Risks in Today's World. Fayette, MO. December
2, 2001.
Tulane/LSU Clinical Immunology Seminar Series. Topic: Effects of Fungal Allergens and
Parasitic Infections in Asthmatics. March 21, 2003.
Seminar on Ethical Dilemmas in International Health Research. Center for Evidence-Based
Global Health, Tulane University Health Sciences Center. April 28, 2004.
National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine. Seminar: What’s Your Specialty? New
Orleans, July 8/July 22, 2004; July 6/July 12, 2005.
Tulane/LSU Clinical Immunology Seminar Series. Topic: DNA Vaccines for Leishmaniasis
and Chagas’ Disease. May 6, 2005.
Centro Internacional de Vacunas, Cali, Colombia. Topic: Current Status of Malaria Vaccine
Development. August 19, 2005.
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Symposium “Surveillance and Control of Malaria on the Pacific Coast of Colombia”, Cali,
Colombia. Topic: Malaria Antigens as Vaccine Candidates: An Update. August 22, 2005.
Television interview, Channel TelePacifico (Cali, Colombia), Program “Salud es Vida”,
discussion of global efforts on malaria vaccine development, August 23, 2005.
New Orleans Citywide Infectious Diseases Conference. Topic: Immunology of Infectious
Disease with Emphasis on Immunity to Parasites. Ochsner Clinic Foundation, July 14,
2006.
Clinical Trial Regulation, Compliance, and Good Clinical Practice Gulf Coast Regional
Symposium. Topic: Research Disaster Preparedness at Tulane University. Jointly sponsored
by Ochsner Health Systems, LSU Health Science Center-New Orleans, and Tulane
University, April 27, 2007.
Gates Millennium Scholars: Welcome Address. Tulane School of Public Health and
Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, March 23, 2010.
Student Quality Advisory Committee, Kent State University: Update on the College of
Public Health, Kent, OH, January 20, 2011.
Summit County Health District, 2011 All Staff Meeting: Update on the College of Public
Health at Kent State University—Responses to Regional Public Health Issues and Beyond,
Akron, OH, January 21, 2011.
Global Health Panel Presentation, Moderator and Presentation on Malaria, College of
Public Health, Kent State University, KSU KIVA, October 12, 2011.
Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Seminar: Malaria—Immunity,
Immunopathogenesis, and Vaccine Development, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 21,
2011.
Global Education Summit 2012, Expanding Your College Around the World, Remarks
Topic: Update on the Globalization Task Force, Kent State University Student Center,
March 15, 2012.
Symposium: Prospects for Elimination of Malaria in Latin America, Remarks. Topic: Role
of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Latin American Center of Excellence for Malaria
Research and Control, Cali, Colombia, June 1, 2012
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ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
James M, Levy M, Kakoma I, Ristic M: Studies on cell culture-derived Babesia bovis antigens.
Abstr. 142. 60th Annual Meeting of the Conference of Research Workers in Animal
Disease, Chicago, IL, 1979.
James MA, Levy MG, Ristic M: Isolation and partial characterization of culture-derived soluble
Babesia bovis antigens. Abstr. 270. 61st Annual Meeting of the Conference of Research
Workers in Animal Disease, November 10, 1980.
James MA: Immunochemical properties of culture-derived immunogens for bovine anaplasmosis
and babesiosis. Abstr. 117. Annual Meeting of the American Veterinary Medical
Association, July 21, 1982.
James MA: Epidemiology of bovine anaplasmosis and babesiosis in the Centro-occidental region of
Venezuela. Symposium on the Biology and Control of Hemoparasites in Ruminants. Third
Venezuelan Congress of Microbiology, Barquisimeto, Venezuela, November 10, 1982.
James MA: Immunochemical properties of immunogens derived from in vitro cultures of Babesia
bovis. Venezuelan Society of Parasitology, Maracay, Venezuela, March 12, 1983.
James MA: Isolation and characterization of culture-derived soluble antigens of Babesia bovis.
Second International Immunoparasitology Symposium, Lincoln, Nebraska, August 3-5,
1983.
James MA: Immunity to Babesia infection. Second International Conference on Malaria and
Babesiosis, Annecy, France, September 19, 1983.
James MA, Cagnard M, Kakoma I, Ristic M: Soluble exoantigens of Plasmodium falciparum in
vitro. II. Induction of protective immunity in squirrel monkeys. Abstr. 12. Annual Meeting
of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Baltimore, Maryland,
December 3, 1984.
James MA, Shamansky L, Fajfar-Whetstone C, Basgall E, Ristic M, Cagnard M: Detection of
Plasmodium falciparum surface antigens by monospecific antibodies to soluble malarial
polypeptides. Abstr. 15. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine
and Hygiene, Miami, Florida, November 4, 1985.
James MA, Ristic M, Montenegro-James S, Montealegre F, Fajfar-Whetstone C, Shamansky L,
Lysakowski P, Nichols J: Antigenic relationship between Plasmodium falciparum and
Babesia bovis: Reactivity with antibodies to culture-derived soluble exoantigens. Abstr. 17.
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Miami,
Florida, November 4, 1985.
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James MA: Prospects for specific vaccines: Malaria. Biotechnology in the Americas. III. Vaccines
and Health Care, Interciencia/PAHO/Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 6, 1986.
James MA: Prospects for specific vaccines: Animal hemoparasites. Biotechnology in the Americas.
III. Vaccines and Health Care, Interciencia/PAHO/Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina,
October 6, 1986.
James MA: Vaccination of squirrel monkeys using purified Plasmodium falciparum exoantigens.
IV Venezuelan Congress of Microbiology, Maracay, Venezuela, November 4-8, 1986.
James MA, Montenegro-James S, Liu HY, Fajfar-Whetstone C, Kakoma I, Kyin S, Ristic M:
Immunogenicity of an exoantigen-derived synthetic Plasmodium falciparum peptide.
Abstr. 66. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,
Denver, CO, December 10, 1986.
James MA: Application of babesial exoantigen concept toward malaria vaccine development. 3rd
International Conference on Malaria and Babesiosis, Annecy, France, September 10, 1987.
James MA, Montenegro-James S, Baek BK, Toro M, Lopez R, Ristic M: Significance of babesiosis
in the diagnosis and control of human malaria in the tropics. Abstr. 30. Annual Meeting of
the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Los Angeles, CA, November 30,
1987.
James MA, Kakoma I, Hansen R, Fajfar-Whetstone C, Buese M, Kataha PK, Ristic M: Affinity
purification and characterization of Plasmodium falciparum exoantigens with human
antimalarial antibodies. Abstr. 370. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene, Los Angeles, CA, December 3, 1987.
James MA: Immunochemical characterization of culture-derived Babesia antigens.
Panamerican Conference of Veterinary Science, Lima, Peru, August 17, 1988.
XI
James MA, Montenegro-James S, Fajfar-Whetstone CJ, Ma S-J, Ristic M: Immunogenicity of a
carrier-free synthetic peptide complex derived from a 70 kd Plasmodium falciparum
exoantigen. Abstr. 272. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and
Hygiene, Washington, D.C., December 7, 1988.
James MA, Toebe CS, Montenegro-James S, Noya O, Riggione F: Use of synthetic peptides in the
detection of Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage antibodies in residents of Bolivar State,
Venezuela. Abstr. 258. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and
Hygiene, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 13, 1989.
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James MA, Montenegro-James S, Paniagua F, Noya O, Riggione F, Toebe CS: Detection of
circulating antigen in sera of malarious patients with a direct peptide-ELISA. Abstr. 287.
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, New Orleans,
LA, November 7, 1990.
James MA: Use of synthetic peptides for diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum circulating antigens.
Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Protozoology, Caxambu, Brazil, November 6,
1990.
James MA, Montenegro-James S, Alger J, Ordoñez L: Field evaluation of a peptide-ELISA for the
diagnosis of malaria in Honduras. Abstr. 71. Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Seattle, Washington, November 17, 1992.
James MA: Rapid diagnosis of parasitic infections. Interamerican Congress of Pediatric Infectious
Diseases, Monterrey, Mexico, November 20, 1992.
Alger J, Ordoñez L, Pérez R, Montenegro-James S, James MA: Antibody responses to Plasmodium
vivax antigens in humans living in a malaria-endemic region of Honduras. Abstr. 584.
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Atlanta, GA,
November 4, 1993.
Montenegro-James S, James MA, Noya O, Baliache de Marcano, N: Cytokine responses to
naturally-acquired Plasmodium infections in a malaria-endemic region of Venezuela. Abstr.
67P. 3rd International Conference on Cytokines: Basic Principles and Practical
Applications, Florence, Italy, March 28, 1994.
Tshefu KA, James MA: Relationship of antibodies to soluble Plasmodium falciparum antigen
Pf70 and protection against malaria in Kinshasa, Zaire. Abstr. 152. Annual
Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Cincinnati, OH,
November 16, 1994.
James MA, Montenegro-James S, Noya O, Hutchinson L, Firmani M, Alger J, Baliache de
Marcano N: Cytokine responses to naturally-acquired Plasmodium infections in a
malaria-endemic region of Venezuela. Abstr. 325. Annual Meeting of the American Society
of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Cincinnati, OH, November 16, 1994.
Duque S, Montenegro-James S, Praba A, Hutchinson L, Herrera MA, Herrera S, James MA:
Cytokine profiles in response to malaria acquired on the Pacific Coast of Colombia.
Abstr. 21. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,
San Antonio, TX, November 18, 1995.
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Montenegro-James S, Duque S, Herrera MA, Praba A, Hutchinson L, Herrera S, James MA:
Cytokine expression in Aotus monkeys after immunization with synthetic and
recombinant P. vivax and P. falciparum antigens. Abstr. 22. Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, San Antonio, TX, November, 18,
1995.
Montenegro-James S, Duque S, Praba A, Hutchinson L, Herrera MA, Herrera S, James MA:
Cytokine responses to Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria in humans
and the Aotus monkey model. Abstr. 34. 4th International Conference on Cytokines,
Florence, Italy, March 21, 1996.
James MA, Montenegro-James S, Duque S, Praba A, Hutchinson L, Herrera MA, Herrera S:
Cytokine responses to human Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria.
Abstr. 1270. ASBMB/ASIP/AAI Joint Meeting, New Orleans, LA, June 4, 1996.
Samudio M, Montenegro-James S, Cabral M, Schinini A, Martinez J, Rojas de Arias A,
Woronesky O, James MA: Cytokine responses in Trypanosoma cruzi-infected
children in Paraguay. Abstr. 278. 45th Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Baltimore, MD, December 4, 1996.
James MA: Respuesta inmune en las enfermedades infecciosas. Plenary Session. XLVI Congreso
Medico Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. July 11, 2003.
James MA: Malaria: respuesta inmune. Invited Conference. XLVI Congreso Medico Nacional,
Tegucigalpa, Honduras. July 11, 2003.
James MA: Protecting Human Research Subjects: Role of the Institutional Review Board. II
International Conference on Malarial Anemia, Cali, Colombia. February 23, 2004.
James MA: Immune Mechanisms in Malarial Anemia. II International Conference on Malarial
Anemia, Cali, Colombia. February 24, 2004.
James MA: Immune Mechanisms in Malarial Anemia. III International Conference on Malarial
Anemia, Cali, Colombia. November 26, 2005.
James MA: Scientific Writing. III International Conference on Malarial Anemia, Cali, Colombia.
November 27, 2005.
James MA: Respuesta inmune en las enfermedades infecciosas; Inmunopatogenesis de VIH/SIDA.
IX Curso Internacional en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
November 11, 2006.
James MA: Ética en investigación biomédica en humanos; Rol del comité ética (IRB) en la
Universidad de Tulane. Segundo Congreso de Investigación Científica, Tegucigalpa,
Honduras. October 30, 2008.
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James MA: Respuesta inmune a los parásitos. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras,
Tegucigalpa, Honduras. October 31, 2008.
James MA: Etica en la Investigacion para la Salud. Forum: Etica Medica, Colegio Medico de
Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. October 31, 2008.
James MA: Inmunopatología de Malaria. Simposio Internacional de Malaria, Universidad de
Córdoba, Montería, Colombia. November 27, 2008.
James MA: Inmunopatología de Malaria. II Simposio Internacional de Malaria, Universidad de
Córdoba, Montería, Colombia. September 30, 2010.
Chair--Doctoral Committees:
J. Louis Mvondo, Ph.D., 1990
Abdalla Aldras, Sc.D., 1991
Kitoto Tshefu, Ph.D., 1993
Kevin Baird, Ph.D., 1994
Margarita Samudio, Ph.D., 1996
Anita Praba-Egge, Ph.D., 2001
Served on 25 other doctoral dissertation committees, including committees outside of the
department in the SPHTM, in the School of Medicine, and internationally at the Universidad del
Valle, Cali, Colombia, and at the Ponce School of Medicine in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Chaired 2
masters theses (Carole Toebe, M.S., 1991; Jackeline Alger, M.S., 1992); and advises
approximately 20 MSPH/MPH students annually.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Public Health Association
Ohio Public Health Association
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Delta Omega-Eta Chapter Public Health Society
Sigma Xi Research Society
GRANT SUPPORT (Tulane University)
1.
Completed
a.
Tulane University Research Enhancement Fund, Phase II; Fungal Allergens: An
Investigation of Biomarkers of Mold Exposure. April 1, 2007-December 31, 2009.
$60,000. Co-investigator, 5% time (L.F. Grimsley, PhD, PI).
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b.
Tulane-Xavier Minority Health International Research Training (MHIRT) Program,
U.S. Mentor, Merida, Mexico. Studies on Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas’ Disease,
2006-2012, 5% time (R. Oberhelman, PI).
c.
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Chagas’ Disease Research
in Yucatan, Mexico. July 1, 2008-June 30, 2010. $10,000. Principal Investigator,
5% time.
d.
Biomedical Research Support Grant, Development of Synthetic Peptide-Based
Immunodiagnostic Tests for the Rapid Detection of Plasmodium falciparum
Infections in Venezuela, 1989-1990. $6,940.
e.
Biomedical Research Support Grant, Development of a Monoclonal AntibodyBased Peptide ELISA for Detection of Circulating Antigen in Malarious Patients,
1990-1991. $6,000.
f.
LEQSF, Enhancement of Basic Biomedical Research Capabilities in the Department
of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, 1989-1990. $56,825 for equipment.
Principal investigator (with B. L. Cline).
g.
LEQSF, Enhancement of Basic Biomedical Research Capabilities in the Department
of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, 1990-1991. $40,000 for equipment.
Principal investigator (with M. F. Wiser).
h.
USAID, (Tulane subcontract), Synthetic Peptide Malaria Diagnosis in Honduras,
Jan. 1, 1991 - Dec. 31, 1992, $85,000.
i.
Universidad del Valle/FES/CIDEIM/Tulane Consortium, Cytokine Patterns in CellMediated Responses to Experimental and Naturally-Acquired Plasmodium
falciparum and P. vivax infections, Aug. 20-31, 1994, $1,500.
j.
USAID, Program in Science and Technology Cooperation, Synthetic Peptide-Based
Diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum Infections, Aug. 5, 1991 - Feb. 4, 1996,
$150,000. Principal investigator.
k.
NIH, Malaria Epidemiology and Entomology in Mali, Tropical Medicine Research
Center Program Grant, April 1, 1996-March 31, 2001, $3,000,002. Co-investigator,
Immunology Core, 8% time (O.Doumbo and D. Krogstad, Co-PI).
l.
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Unrestricted Funds
Awarded for Excellence in Teaching (1993, 1994, 1995). $6,000 total.
m.
Universidad del Valle/FES/Tulane Cooperative Agreement, dissertation research
funds for Anita D. Praba, Ph.D. candidate, February 9, 1996, $10,400.
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n.
Fremont Novo Sciences Licensing Agreement for Malaria Diagnostic Assays,
contract for production of rabbit antibodies, May 28, 1997, $3,750 total.
o.
Unity for the Homeless, Inc. Stopping the Spread of Tuberculosis by the Use of
Ultraviolet Light. April 1, 1999-March 31, 2004. $200,000 total.
p.
The Wetmore Foundation. On-Site Comprehensive TB Prevention and Control
Program in Homeless Shelters of New Orleans. December 1, 1999-November 30,
2004. $199,900.
q.
NIH, Rhesus Monkey Model of Malaria & Pregnancy. February 1, 2000-January
30, 2006. $2,400,000. Co-investigator, 10% time (B. Davison, DVM, PI).
r.
NIH, Coincident AIDS and Malaria: Primate Pilot Study. October 1, 2003September 30, 2006. $1,397,476. Co-investigator, 5% time (R. Garry, PhD, PI).
s.
Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Research Agreement: Malaria Serology. June 1, 2004May 31, 2007. $19,305. Principal Investigator, 5% time.