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Curriculum Vitae
Jessica Brandt
University Address:
Duke University
Levine Science Research Center
Email: jessica.brandt@duke.edu
Education and Training:
• 2013-present – Duke University, Durham NC, PhD Student, Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health
Program
• 2012-2013 – The Fulbright Program, U.S. Graduate Student Fellowship to Rome, Italy, Medical Sciences
• 2011-2012 - The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore MD, Masters of Health
Sciences (MHS) in Environmental Health Studies, GPA 3.86
o Specialty Track in Environmental Toxicology and Pathophysiology
o Certificate of Risk Sciences and Public Policy
• 2007-2011 – The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Public Health Studies,
GPA 3.7
• 2009 - New York University Study Abroad Program , Florence, Italy
• 2003-2007 Woodside High School, Woodside CA, Diploma, Valedictorian
Experience:
• 2012-2013 – The Fulbright Program, U.S. Graduate Student Fellowship to Rome, Italy, Medical Sciences
o Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Università di Roma (Sapienza)
o Project Title: “Studying Sex Differences in Sjögren’s Syndrome”
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2011-2012 - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD Student Research Assistant,
DeLisa Fairweather, PhD, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Division of Molecular and Translational
Toxicology
o Project Title: Sex Differences in Heart Disease: Translation to Human Disease
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2011 Fall - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD ٠۰ Teaching Assistant
o Course Title: The Environment and Your Health
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2011 Summer - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD ٠۰Summer Diversity
Research Program, DeLisa Fairweather, PhD, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Division of
Molecular and Translational Toxicology (see above)
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2010 (February-August) - Chemonics International, Inc., Washington, DC ٠۰ International Health Group
Intern
Research and contribution (expatriate recruitment) to proposals to the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) including that of a worldwide TB project, a health sector reform
project for Albania, and a worldwide and multi-sectoral indefinite quantity contract (IQC); internal and
external communications strategy and development
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2010 Spring - Fellow, Aitchison Public Service Fellowship in Government, Washington, DC. ٠۰Johns
Hopkins University
Political Science coursework and internship in Washington, DC; courses including American Political
Though, Executive Politics and Policymaking, and Changing News Cycles; internship at Chemonics
International, Inc.
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2009 Summer - Mental Health Association of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA ٠۰Public Policy Intern
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Research and composition for a successful proposal to city government of a broad mental illness
stigma-reducing program throughout 11 city districts
Affiliations:
• 2013-present Society of Duke Fellows
Honors and Awards:
• 2013-present Duke University Graduate School Chancellor’s Scholar
• 2012-2013 Fulbright Graduate Student Award to Italy
• 2011 Summer, Diversity Summer Internship Program
• 2011 Johns Hopkins University, Graduated with Honors
• 2010 Johns Hopkins Aitchison Public Service Fellow
Publications:
1) Priori R., Scrivo R., Brandt J., Valerio M., Casadei L., Valesini G., Manetti C. 2013. Metabolomics in rheumatic
diseases: The potential of an emerging methodology for improved patient diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment
efficacy. Autoimmun Rev. 10:1022-30.
2) Coronado M. J., Brandt J.E., Kim E., Bucek A., Bedja D, Abston E.D., Shin J., Gabrielson K.L., Mitzner W., and
Fairweather D. 2012. Testosterone and interleukin-1b increase cardiac remodeling during acute coxsackievirus
B3 myocarditis via serpin A 3n. Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. 302:H1726-H1736.
3) Abston E. D., J. G. Barin, D. Cihakova, A. Bucek, M. J. Coronado, J. E. Brandt, D. Bedja, J. B. Kim, D.
Georgakopoulos, K. L. Gabrielson, W. Mitzner, and D. Fairweather. 2012. IL-33 independently induces
eosinophilic pericarditis and cardiac dilation: ST2 improves cardiac function. Circ Heart Fail. 5:366-375.
4) Abston E. D., M. J. Coronado, A. Bucek, J. A. Onyimba, J. E. Brandt, E. Kim, D. Bedja, Y. Sung, J. A. Frisancho,
A. J. Radtke, K. L. Gabrielson, W. Mitzner, and D. Fairweather. 2012. TLR3 deficiency induces chronic
inflammatory cardiomyopathy in resistant mice following coxsackievirus B3 infection: role for IL-4. Am. J. Physiol.
Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol., Under revision.
5) Coronado M.J., Kostuk E.W., Bedja D., Cunningham M.W., Abston E.D., Bucek A., Brandt J.E., Frisancho J.A.,
Gabrielson K.L., Malhotra D., Biswal S., Cooper L.T., Fairweather D. 2012. Sex differences in heart failure during
acute myocarditis: testosterone increases serum ST2. Circulation. Manuscript under revision.
6) Fairweather D., Coronado M.J., Garton, A.E., Dziedzic J.L., Bucek A., Cooper Jr. L.T., Brandt J.E., Alikhan F.S.,
Wang H., Endres C.J., Choi J., Pomper M.G., and Guilarte T.R. 2012. Sex differences in translocator protein 18
kDa (TSPO) in the heart: implications for imaging myocardial inflammation. J Am Coll Cardiol Img, Manuscript
under review.
7) Stafford K. A., Douglass E.J., Brandt J.E., Bucek A., Coronado M.J., Kew R.R., Cooper L.T., and Fairweather D.
2012. Vitamin D receptor increases a proinflammatory response during coxsackievirus B3 myocarditis.
Hormones & Behavior, Under revision.
8) Abston E. D., Bucek A., Brandt J.E., Coronado M.J., and Fairweather D. 2012. IL-33 induces mural thrombi
during CVB3 myocarditis that are regulated by TRIF. Manuscript in preparation.
9) Onyimba J. A., Coronado M.J., Bucek A., Brandt J.E., Kim E., Frisancho J.A., Shin J., Kim J.B., and Fairweather
D. 2012. TLR2 deficiency drives alternative activation of macrophages resulting in increased viral replication
during coxsackievirus B3 myocarditis. Manuscript in preparation.
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Presentations:
• Brandt J.E. and Clines R.J. 2013. Academic and University Life in the United States. Presentation to Italian
Fulbright Scholars to the U.S., Rome, IT.
• Brandt J.E., Coronado M.J., Fairweather D. 2011. Association of serpin A 3n with cardiovascular remodeling in
humans and mice with dilated cardiomyopathy is regulated by testosterone and interleukin -1b. Poster
presentation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Summer Research Program, Baltimore
MD.
Additional:
• 2013 – Participation on Duke University’s Fulbright Campus Committee