Editorial Board Member - JAR
ELENA A. USACHEVA
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Pathology
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
United States
BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Elena A. Usacheva is presently working as an Research Scientist in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research at NorthShore University HealthSystem in the United States. She is also Assistant Professor in University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, USA. Her PhD in molecular biology was completed in Federal Center of Genetic and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms in Moscow, Russia. She had specific training in the field of DNA instability and unusual DNA formation at the Center for Genome Research, Institute Bioscience and Technology, Houston, USA. At Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (Chicago) she extended her experience in the field of neurodegenerative diseases in genetic and protein projects. Dr. Usacheva has over 20 year’s research experience and broad background in molecular biology and microbiology. Her current interest is in the area of molecular microbiology, developing new molecular diagnostics for infection diseases. Special interest is antimicrobial resistance and its detection. As PI on NIH-funded grants and diagnostics clinical trials her goal is implementing of advanced technologies to clinical diagnostics of infectious diseases. She has demonstrated a record of successful research in many peer-reviewed manuscripts and international meetings.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Her research interests are
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Molecular detection of clinical pathogens
- Applied molecular biology
- Research on nosocomial and community pathogens
- Bacteria-host interaction
- Biomarkers for infectious diseases
Other Editorial Board Members - JAR
SALEH A. NASER
Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences
University of Central Florida
United States
GEORGE DINOS
Department of Biochemistry
University of Patras
Greece
EUGENE A. CIOFFI
Department of Pharmacology
College of Medicine
University of South Alabama
United States
JUAN CARLOS SALAZAR
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Physician in Chief Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Academic Director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and
Director of the Pediatric and Youth HIV Program
United States
Jianxun Song
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Texas A&M University
United States
JANAK PADIA
Center of Biomolecular Therapeutics
University of Maryland
United States
Jean Carlet
World Alliance Against Antibiotic Resistance (WAAAR)
France
AMY H. TANG
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology
Eastern Virginia Medical School
United States
ROBERT TODD STRIKER
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Wisconsin
United States
LUIS CLAUDIO NASCIMENTO DA SILVA
Ceuma University
Rua dos Castanheiros Jardim Renascença 65075120 - São Luís
Brazil