Curriculum Vitae
Phat Linh Tran, Ph.D.
Instructor
(revised 2/21/2013)
Office Address:
Education
2008
1999
1999
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
School of Medicine
3601 4th Street Stop 7217
Lubbock, TX 79430-7217
Work Phone. 806/743-2480
Fax. 806.743.2471
phat.tran@ttuhsc.edu
Ph.D. Medical Microbiology and Immunology,
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center,
Lubbock, TX
B.A. Biochemistry, Biology Minor, Honors College
with Highest Honors, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
TX
B.S. Cell and Molecular Biology, Chemistry Minor
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Academic Appointments
2012Instructor, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Texas
Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX
Positions and Employment
2008-12
Post Doctoral Research Associate, Texas Tech
University Health Sciences Center, TX
2002-08
Graduate student, Texas Tech University Health
Sciences Center, TX
1999-02
Medical research technician, Texas Tech University
Health Sciences Center, TX
1997-99
Fellow, The Howards Hughes Medical Institute
(HHMI), Texas Tech University, TX
Languages
English
Vietnamese (native speaker)
Citizenship
U.S. citizen
Other Experience and Professional Memberships
1
1997-02
2002-08
2009-10
2011-
Member, American Society of Cell Biology
Member, American Society of Microbiology
American Society for Biomaterials
The Association for Research in Vision and
Ophthalmology
Awards and Honors
1996
The Outstanding Major for Pre-med Award, Amarillo
College, Amarillo, TX
1996
The CRC Press Chemistry Achievement Award,
Amarillo College, Amarillo, TX
1996-99
Member of Phi Theta Kappa, Texas Tech University,
TX
1996-99
The National Dean’s List Awards, Texas Tech
University, TX
1996-98
The Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship, Texas Tech
University, TX
1996-97
Texas Tech University Scholarship, Texas Tech
University, TX
1996-99
The H. Y. Price, Jr. Memorial Scholarship, Texas
Tech University, TX
1998-99
The Chancellor Endowed/TTU Honors Scholarship,
Texas Tech University, TX
1999
The Golden Key Honors Society Award, Texas Tech
University, TX
1999
The Honors Dean Award, Texas Tech University, TX
1996-99
Texas Tech University Honors Program, Texas Tech
University, TX
1999
BA. awarded with highest honors, Texas Tech
University, TX
Interests
Volunteer work, Travel, and, Photography.
Bibliography and Publications
Publications
Vercellino T, Morse A, Tran P, Song L, Hamood A, Reid T, et al.
(2013). Inhibition of S. aureus and E. coli biofilm formation in
reverse osmosis systems using an organo-selenium surface
treatment. Desalination journal. Manuscript accepted, DES-D-1201338R1.
P. Tran, A. Hamood, T. Mosley, T. Gray, C. Jarvis, D. Webster, B.
Amaechi, T. Enos, T. Reid. 2013. Organo-Selenium Containing
Dental Sealant Inhibits Bacterial Biofilm. Journal of Dental
Research. 2013, Manuscript accepted, JDR-12-0572.R2.
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Vercellino T, Morse A, Tran P, Song L, Hamood A, Reid T, et al.
2013. Attachment of organo-selenium to polyamide composite
reverse osmosis membranes to inhibit biofilm formation of S.
aureus and E. coli. Desalination. 309(0):291-295.
Phat L. Tran, Nathan Lowry, Thomas Campbell, Ted W. Reid,
Daniel Webster, Eric Tobin, Arash Aslani, Thomas Mosley, Janet
Dertien, Jane A Colmer-Hamood, Abdul N Hamood. 2012. An
organoselenium compound inhibits Staphylococcus aureus biofilms
on hemodialysis catheters in vivo. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother.
56(2):972-8. Listed as a featured article on Global Medical
Discovery [ISSN 1929-8536] (http://globalmedicaldiscovery.com).
October 15, 2012.
Pushpa Nidadavolu, Wail Amor, Phat L. Tran, Janet Dertien, JaneColmer A. Hamood, and Abdul N. Hamood. 2012. Garlic cream
inhibits biofilm formation by bacterial pathogens from burn wounds.
Journal of Medical Microbiology. 61(5):662-671
Phat L. Tran, Nathan Lowry, Thomas Campbell, Ted W. Reid,
Daniel Webster, Eric Tobin, Arash Aslani, Thomas Mosley, Janet
Dertien, Jane A Colmer-Hamood, Abdul N Hamood. 2012. An
organoselenium compound inhibits Staphylococcus aureus biofilms
on hemodialysis catheters in vivo. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother.
56(2):972-8.
Darryl Low, Abdul Hamood, Ted Reid, Thomas Mosley, Phat Tran,
Lianfa Song and Audra Morse. 2011. Attachment of selenium to a
reverse osmosis membrane to inhibit biofilm formation of S. aureus,
Journal of Membrane Science. 378(1-2):171-178.
Ted. Reid, Phat Tran, Thomas Mosley, Khiem Tran, Courtney
Jarvis, Saurabh Patel, Mayank Shashtri, Robert Hanes, and Abdul
Hamood. 2010. Biopolymers Containing Selenium: Their Synthesis
And Use. International Journal of Medical Devices. 5(1):23-36.
Tran, P. L., A. A. Hammond, T. Mosley, J. Cortez, T. Gray, J. A.
Colmer-Hamood, M. Shashtri, J. E. Spallholz, A. N. Hamood, and
T. W. Reid. 2009. Organoselenium Coating on Cellulose Inhibits
the Formation of Biofilms by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and
Staphylococcus aureus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75:3586-3592.
Reid, T.W., Tran, P., Spallholz, J. and Fralick, J. Counter Terrorism
Measures to Combat Yersinia Pestis with Selenium
Pharmaceuticals. Proceedings of the 2002 Joint Service Scientific
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Conference on Chemical and Biological Defense Research. 2003,
1-7.
Submitted
Vercellino T, Morse A, Tran P, Song L, Hamood A, Reid T, et al.
Inhibition of S. aureus and E. coli biofilm formation in reverse
osmosis systems using an organo-selenium surface treatment.
Desalination journal. Manuscript submitted.
Daniel J Good, Michael Jansen, Jon R Kaufman, Sohrab Sidhu,
Phat Tran, Thomas Mosley, Ted W Reid. Minimizing Risk And
Improving Outcomes Using Selenium As A Trabeculectomy Adjunct.
Journal of Glaucoma. 2012, Manuscript submitted.
Amaechi BT, Tran PL, Hamood AN, Mosley T, Gray T, Jarvis C,
Webster D, Reid TW. Organo-Selenium Containing Pit and Fissure
Sealant Inhibit Bacterial Attachment to Teeth. Journal of American
Dental Association. 2012, Manuscript submitted.
In preparation
James C. Wang, Phat Tran, Rob Hanes, Joehassin Cordero, John
Marchbanks, Ted Reid, Abdul Hamood. Organoselenium Coated
Tympanostomy Tubes Inhibit Biofilms. In preparation
Tyler Enos, Phat Tran, Ted Reid, Courtney Jarvis, Thomas Mosley,
and Abdul Hamood. Selenium Coated Polyester Bandage inhibits
the growth of Staphylococcus aureus. In preparation
Tran, P. L., S. Patel, C. Kruczek, T. W. Reid, T. Mosley, J. A.
Colmer-Hamood, and H. Abdul. An organo-selenium bandage
inhibits the formation of biofilm by Staphylococcus aureus and burn
wound pathogens in vivo. In preparation.
Phat L. Tran & Ted W. Reid. Synergistic Effect of Substance P with
Insulin and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I on Epithelial Migration of
the Transformed Human Corneal Epithelial Cells (SV-40). In
preparation.
K. Mitchell, A Arnett, J.-C. Auten, P. L. Tran, T. Mosley, K. Tran, C.
Jarvis, J. Thomas, R. Hanes, D. Webster, Leo Dominguez, A.
Hamood, T. W. Reid. The use of a covalent selenium coating to
inhibit biofilm formation on a silicone scleral buckle. In preparation.
Tran, P. L., Zhao, X., Li, X., Reid, T, W., and Fralick, J. A. New
selenium antimicrobials against Escherichia coli pYPR1 expressing
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the F1 antigen of Yersinia pestis. In preparation.
Cassie Kruczek, Kokila Kakarala, Phat L. Tran, Tyler Enos, Ted W.
Reid, Janet Dertien, Jane-Colmer A. Hamood, and Abdul N.
Hamood. An organo-selenium cream inhibits biofilm formation by
burn wound pathogens. In preparation.
Abstracts
Tran, P. and Reid, T. 1998. The Effects of Substance P (SP),
Insulin, and Insulin Like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) on Epithelial Cell
Migration. The 1998 annual HHMI/TTU Student Research Week,
Texas Tech University.
Tran, P. and Reid, T. 1998. The Effects of Substance P (SP),
Insulin, and Insulin Like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) on Epithelial Cell
Migration. The American Society for Cell Biology 38th Annual
Meeting December 12-16, 1998. San Francisco, CA.
Reid, T.W., Tran, P., Nishida, T., and Murphy C. J., The Stimulation
of Rabbit Corneal Epithelial Cell Migration in Culture by Substance
P, is Synergistic with Insulin and IGF-1, ARVO, May 9-14, 1999, Ft.
Lauderdale, Florida.
Reid, T.W., Tran P., and Fralick, J.A. Counter Terrorism Measures
to Combat Yersinia pestis with Selenium. 2002 Joint Service
Scientific Conference on Chemical & Biological Defense Research,
November 19-21, 2002, Hunt Valley MD.
Reid, T.W., Tran P., Spallholz J., and Fralick, J., Counter Terrorism
Measures to Combat Yersinia pestis with Selenium. Annual
Meeting of the Consortium of Biological Defense Researchers, April
28-30, 2003, Lubbock, TX.
Reid, T.W., Tran P., Spallholz J., and Fralick, J. The use of a
selenium-peptide to specifically inactivate Yersinia pestis. 2003
Joint Service Scientific Conference on Chemical & Biological
Defense Research, November 17-20, 2003, Hunt Valley MD.
Zhou, X., Tran, P., Fralick, J. and Reid, T.W. Design and structure
determination of a selenium labeled peptide antimicrobial. Protein
Society, San Diego CA, June 18-3, 2005.
Tran, P., Hammond, A., Mosley, T., Cortez, J., Gray, T., ColmerHamood, J., Looney, K., Shashtri, M., Spallholz, J., Hamood, A.,
and Reid, T. 2008. An Organo-Selenium Coating on Celllulose
Inhibits Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus
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Biofilms. The 20th annual TTUHSC Student Research Week, Texas
Tech University Health Sciences Center.
Reid, T.W., Tran, P., Mosley, T., Cortez, J., Shashtri, M.,
Spallholz, J. and Hamood, Bandages Coated with OrganoSelenium Inhibit Bacterial Attachment. Society for Biomaterials
Meeting, San Antonio, TX April 22-25, 2009.
Tran, P., Mosley, T., Cortez, J., Shashtri, M., Spallholz, J.,
Hamood. and Reid, T.W. Bandages Coated with Organo-Selenium
Inhibit Bacterial Attachment. Society for Biomaterials Meeting,
College Station, TX February 21, 2010.
Phat Tran, Abdul Hamood, Thomas Mosley, Courtney Jarvis, Josh
Thomas, Blake Lackey, and Ted Reid. Selenium Coated Contact
Lenses: Effects Upon Bacterial Biofilm Attachment. The Association
for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. May 6 – 10, Fort
Lauderdale, FL, 2012.
Reid, T.W., Tran, P., Mosley, T., Jarvis, C., Thomas, J., Tran, K.,
Hanes, R., Hamood, A. Antimicrobial properties of selenium
covalently incorporated into the polymer of contact lens case
material. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL, May 6 – 10, 2012.
Mitchell, K., Tran, P., Arnett, A.I., Mosley, T., Hanes, R., Jarvis, C.,
Hamood, A., Dominguez, L., and Reid, T.W. Organo-selenium
coatings inhibit multiple species of biofilm formation on ophthalmic
device material. Association for Research in Vision and
Ophthalmology Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL, May 6 – 10, 2012.
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