Angela Desmond, MD, PhD
Instructor A of Pediatrics
Infectious Diseases Physician Well-being Lead, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Instructor, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Publications
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Drew Weissman lab (co-mentor)
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
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Drew Weissman lab (co-mentor)
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Education:
BA (Biology, English (Historical Concentration))
University of Pennsylvania, 2005.
MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 2015.
PhD (Immunology)
University of Texas Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 2015.
Permanent linkBA (Biology, English (Historical Concentration))
University of Pennsylvania, 2005.
MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 2015.
PhD (Immunology)
University of Texas Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 2015.
Description of Clinical Expertise
pediatric infectious diseases, neonatal herpesDescription of Other Expertise
well-beingDescription of Research Expertise
vaccines, mRNA-lipid nanoparticle vaccines, vaccines for birthing parents, neonatal herpes, herpes simplex virus, HSV-1, HSV-2, mouse models of neonatal herpes, vaccine correlates of protectionSelected Publications
Awasthi S, Knox JJ, Desmond A, Alameh MG, Gaudette BT, Lubinski JM, Naughton A, Hook LM, Egan KP, Tam YK, Pardi N, Allman D, Luning Prak ET, Cancro MP, Weissman D, Cohen GH, Friedman HM.: Trivalent nucleoside-modified mRNA vaccine yields durable memory B cell protection against genital herpes in preclinical models. J Clin Invest 131(23): e152310, Dec 2021.Desmond A, Offit PA.: On the Shoulders of Giants - From Jenner's Cowpox to mRNA Covid Vaccines. N Engl J Med 384(12): 1081-1083, Mar 2021.
LaTourette PC 2nd, Awasthi S, Desmond A, Pardi N, Cohen GH, Weissman D, Friedman HM.: Protection against herpes simplex virus type 2 infection in a neonatal murine model using a trivalent nucleoside-modified mRNA in lipid nanoparticle vaccine. Vaccine 38(47): 7409-7413, Nov 2020.
Desmond A, Offit PA.: The antivax movement and what allergists can do. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 125(1): 8-9.e2, Jul 2020.
Egan K, Hook LM, LaTourette P, Desmond A, Awasthi S, Friedman HM.: Vaccines to prevent genital herpes. Transl Res 220: 138-152, Jun 2020.
Case A, Desmond A, Lopes D, Dye K, Mapes K, Ruback S, Pop I, Kim JK, Chakravarty P, Smallshaw JE, Pop LM, Vitetta ES.: The Immunogenicity of Peptoid-Protein Conjugates. J Vaccines Vaccin 7(4): 329, Aug 2016.
Yan J, Chen YX, Desmond A, Silva A, Yang Y, Wang H, Hua X.: Cdx4 and menin co-regulate Hoxa9 expression in hematopoietic cells. PLoS One 1(1): e47, Dec 2006.
La P, Desmond A, Hou Z, Silva AC, Schnepp RW, Hua X.: Tumor suppressor menin: the essential role of nuclear localization signal domains in coordinating gene expression. Oncogene 25(25): 3537-46, Jun 2006.