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Ediri Metitiri

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  • Ph.D. in Integrated Biomedical Sciences

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  • Cancer Biology

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  • Ron Rodriguez, M.D.

Ediri Metitiri

Ph.D. Student

Biography

Ediri is a first-year graduate student interested in cancer biology and pathophysiology. She is learning how to conduct translational research from clinical experts in their field.

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Lewis, T.C., Metitiri, E.E., Mentz, G.B., Ren, X., Carpenter, A.R., Goldsmith, A.M, Wicklund, K.E., Eder, B.N., Comstock, A.T., Ricci, J.M., Brennan, S.R., Washington, G.L., Owens, K.B., Mukherjee, B., Robins, T.G., Batterman, S.A., Hershenson, M.B. and the Community Action Against Asthma Steering Committee. Influence of viral infection on the relationships between airway cytokines and lung function in asthmatic children. Respiratory Research, 2018 Nov 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-018-0922-9

Lewis, T.C., Metitiri, E.E., Mentz, G.B., Ren, X., Goldsmith, A.M, Eder, B.N., Wicklund, K.E., Walsh, M.P., Comstock, A.T., Ricci, J.M., Brennan, S.R., Washington, G.L., Owens, K.B., Mukherjee, B., Robins, T.G., Batterman, S.A., Hershenson, M.B. and the Community Action Against Asthma Steering Committee. Impact of community respiratory viral infections in urban children with asthma. Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, 29 Oct 2018.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anai.2018.10.021

Rajput, C., Walsh, M.P., Eder, B.N., Metitiri, E.E., Popova, A.P., Hershenson, M.B. Rhinovirus infection induces distinct transcriptome profiles in polarized human macrophages. Physiological Genomics, 2018 May 1.PMID 29521598 https://doi.org/10.1152/physiolgenomics.00122.2017

American Thoracic Society International Conference                          San Francisco, CA May 2016

In inner-city children with asthma infected with rhinovirus, viral load correlates with nasal aspirate cytokine expression but not respiratory symptoms https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2016.193.1_MeetingAbstracts.A1080

Nasal aspirate CXCL10, CXCL8, and IFN-λ correlate with symptoms and lung function in inner-city asthmatic children with respiratory viral infections https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2016.193.1_MeetingAbstracts.A6418

American Thoracic Society International Conference                                San Diego, CA  May 2014

Natural rhinovirus colds decrease respiratory tract expression of microRNA cluster 17-92 in patients with asthma https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2014.189.1_MeetingAbstracts.A4887

Education

M.Sc., Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine 2011

 

Awards

R25 IMSD grant

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