Specialties
Experience writing on topics for professionals and lay people including allergies, autoimmune disease, cancer, genetics, respiratory disease, and virology.
Interests
Her passion is writing about medical-related topics for professional and lay audiences. she is also a passionate sailor!
Education
Marshall University
Minor in chemistry
Research thesis: Identification of Novel Ribosome Inactivating Proteins from Nicotiana Tabacum.
Tufts University School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences
Thesis: Wild derived inbred strains of mice: Novel Model Systems to Study Innate Immunity.
Studied in the lab or Alexander Poltorak, first author on the paper leading to the 2011 Nobel Prized in Medicine
Publications:
Garg V, Shen J, Li C, Agarwal S, Gebre A, Robertson S, Huang J, Han L, Jiang L, Stephan K, Wang LT, Lekstrom-Himes J. 2019. Pharmacokinetic and Drug-Drug Interaction Profiles of the Combination of Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor. Clin Transl Sci. 12(3):267-275.
Godwin, J., Ge, X., Stephan, K.¸Jurge, A., Tullius, S.,and Iacomini, J. 2010. Identification of a miRNA signature of renal ischemia reperfusion injury. PNAS. 10:14339-14344.
Losick VP*, Stephan K*, Smirnova II, Isberg RR, Poltorak A. 2009. A hemidominant Naip5 allele in mouse strain MOLF/Ei-derived macrophages restricts Legionella pneumophila intracellular growth. Infect Immun. 77:196-204, *these authors contributed equally to this work
Stephan K. Wild derived inbred strains of mice: Novel Model Systems to Study Innate Immunity. [dissertation]. Boston (MA): Tufts University; 2008.
Stephan K., Smirnova I, Jacque B, Poltorak A. 2007. Genetic analysis of innate immune responses in wild-derived strains of mice. Eur. J. Immunol. 37: 212-223.
Jacque B, Stephan K, Smirnova I, Kim B, Gilling D, Poltorak A. 2006. Mice expressing high levels of soluble CD14 retain LPS in the circulation and are resistant to LPS-induced lethality. Eur. J. Immunol. 36: 1-10.
Harvard Medical School
Research fellow in the Transplantation Research Center at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Children's Hospital.
Investigated the role of miRNAs in renal ischemia reperfusion injury and repair.
