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CURRICULUM VITAE

Revised 07/03/12

Mark A. James, Ph.D.

EDUCATIONAL University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

BACKGROUND: PhD degree in Tropical Medicine, 1979.

Immunoparasitology specialty.

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

MS degree in Zoology, 1975.

University of Wisconsin, Madison

BS degree in Zoology, 1972.

LANGUAGES: Spanish

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY:

July 2012-present Professor and Chair

Department of Environmental Health Sciences

Executive Director, Global Health Programs

Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology

College of Public Health

Kent State University

Kent, OH 44242

July 2011-June 2012 Professor of Epidemiology

Executive Director, Global Health Programs



Kent, OH 44242

July 2010-June 2011 Founding Dean, Professor of Epidemiology



Kent, OH 44242

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1999-2010 Vice Chair

Department of Tropical Medicine

Tulane University

New Orleans, LA 70112

2004-2010 Professor


Tulane University


2010-present Adjunct Professor


Tulane University


2006-present Adjunct Professor

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Tulane University School of Medicine


1994-2004 Associate Professor


Tulane University


1988-1994 Assistant Professor


Tulane University


1983-1988 Visiting Research Assistant Professor

Department of Veterinary Pathobiology

University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign

1981-1983 Visiting Assistant Professor

University Representative & Investigator


Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado

Barquisimeto, Venezuela

(Collaborative research project)

Based at Barquisimeto, Venezuela

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1979-1981 Research Associate

Department of Veterinary Pathobiology


Kent State University: Service Appointments

Globalization Task Force (chair), 2011-2012

Institutional Review Board, 2011 to present

Provost’s Advisory Council, 2011 to present

Provost’s Promotion Advisory Board, 2011-2012

University Diversity Action Council, 2011 to present

Kent State University, College of Public Health: Committee Appointments

College Advisory Committee, 2011 to present

Global Health Committee (chair), 2011 to present

Reappointment/Tenure/Promotion Committee, 2011 to present

Senior Epidemiology Faculty Search Committee (chair), 2011-2012

Introduction to Global Health course (coordinator), 2011 to present

AWARDS AND HONORS

Excellence in Teaching Award, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane

University, 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005.

Recipient, Teaching Scholar Award, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical

Medicine, 1999; Finalist, 1998. Teaching Scholar Selection Committee, 2000-2010.

Nominee, ASPH/Pfizer Award for Teaching Excellence; Tulane School of Public Health

and Tropical Medicine, 2005, 2006, and 2007.

ASPH/Pfizer Public Health Academy of Distinguished Teachers, Inaugural Member, 2007.

Finalist, President’s Award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional Teaching, Tulane

University, 2007.

Secretary of General Faculty, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane

University 1990/1991.

SPHTM, Personnel and Honors (Appointment, Promotion and Tenure, 2010) Committee,

1996-2010; Chair of Committee, 1999-2010.

Executive Committee, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1999-2010.

Vice Chair, General Faculty, SPHTM, 1997-1998.

Chair, General Faculty, SPHTM, 1998-1999.

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University Senate, Tulane University, 1991-1997.

Committee on Research, University Senate, Tulane University, 2009-2010.

Council on Education for Public Health Re-Accreditation Committee, SPHTM, 1995, 2002,

2008.

Chair, Search Committee: Chair, Department of International Health and Development,

SPHTM, 2004. Member, Search Committee: Chair, Department of Tropical Medicine,

SPHTM, 2008.

Member of site-visit team; evaluation of Ph.D. program in International Development,

Tulane University; appointed by Dean of The Graduate School, September 10, 2004.

Member, special faculty grievance committee; Tulane University, December 2, 2004.

Chair, Biomedical Institutional Review Board, Tulane University Health Sciences Center,

2006-2010; Vice Chair, 2001-2005; Member, 2000-2010.

Chair, Data Safety and Monitoring Board, Reproducibility of a Sporozoite Challenge Model

for Plasmodium vivax in Human Volunteers, Malaria Vaccine and Drug Testing Center,

Cali, Colombia, 2007; 2011.

Delta Omega, National Public Health Honor Society, 1996.

Treasurer, Eta Chapter, Delta Omega, 1997-2010.

Patent No. 5,456,911. Synthetic malarial antigens and uses thereof. M.A. James and

S. Montenegro, issued October 10, 1995.

Special Emphasis Panel; NIH-NIAID-DMID-97-002: Human Immune Resistance to

Malaria in Endemic Areas, U.S. Embassy, London, England, July 24, 1998.

Grant Review Panel; NIH/NIAID, P01; Unsolicited Program Project Application: Vaccine

Discovery for Chagas’ Disease, January 12, 2004.

Grant Review Panel; NIH/NIAID; Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Research

Committee (MIDRC), February 23-25, 2005.

Grant Review Panel; NIH/NHLBI, P01; Unsolicited Program Project Application:

Mechanisms of Erythrocytic Infection and Anemia in Malaria, May 12, 2004; re-submission

and review, January 28, 2005.

Grant Review Panel; NIH/Fogarty International Center; Global Infectious Diseases (GID)

Program, March 19, 2009.

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Chair, Scientific Advisory Group (SAG); NIAID/NIH International Centers of Excellence

in Malaria Research (ICEMR); Latin American Center for Malaria Research and Control,

Caucaseco Scientific Research Center, Socrates Herrera, MD (PI); March 2011 to present.

Grant Review Panel; AIBS/Military Infectious Diseases Research Program: Infectious

Diseases Diagnostics and Leishmaniasis panels, Washington, D.C., January 8-10, 2000;

December 13-15, 2000; January 6-8, 2002 (panel chair); February 17-19, 2003 (panel

chair); April 8-10, 2003 (panel chair); January 21/March 11/April 13, 2004 (panel chair);

January 28/March 16/April 5, 2005 (panel chair); January 24, 27/March 20/April 26, 2006

(panel chair); January 26/April 18, 2007 (panel chair); January 15/March 10, 2008; January

23, 2009 (panel chair); January 21, 2010 (panel chair); January 20, 2011 (panel chair);

January 12, March 5, 2012 (panel chair); Peer-Reviewed Medical Research Program, July

12-13, 2001; May 10-11, 2004; May 5, 2005.

Grant Reviewer; COLCIENCIAS (Science, Technology and Innovation Council of

Colombia); 2000 to present. Site Visit: Fundacion Instituto de Inmunologia de Colombia,

March 31-April 4, 2003; Site visit: Research Centers of Excellence in Tropical Medicine,

October 8-18, 2004; November 5-10, 2006; Site visit: Science, Technology and Innovation

in Health, Reduction in the Burden of Diseases Transmitted by Vectors (Malaria, Dengue,

Leishmania, Chagas) and Induced by Mycobacteria (Tuberculosis), Bogota, Colombia,

October 25-26, 2011.

Reviewer: Accounts of Chemical Research; Acta Tropica; American Journal of Tropical

Medicine and Hygiene; Biochimica et Biophysica Acta; Biochimie; Biopolymers; Clinical

Microbiology Reviews; Experimental and Molecular Pathology; Experimental

Parasitology; Human Immunology; International Journal of Infectious Diseases; Journal

of the American Medical Association; Journal of Clinical Microbiology; Journal of

Infectious Diseases; Journal of Medical Primatology; Journal of Parasitology; Parasite

Immunology; Protein Science; Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and

Hygiene; Vaccine.

Grant Reviewer; The Wellcome Trust: Animal Health in the Developing World Initiative.

August 2004.

Advisory Boards: Public Health Reports; Association of Schools of Public Health, 2001-

2011; Northeast Ohio Regional Board Children’s Hunger Alliance (honorary member),

2010-present.

Fellow, Center for Evidence-Based Global Health, Tulane University Health Sciences

Center, 2004-2010.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Peer-Reviewed Publications

1. Osorno M, Gonzalez I, Vega C, James M, Rodriguez S, Juarez J: Isolation and

identification of Trypanosoma theileri in Mexico. Veterinaria Mexicana 1981; 12: 19-23.

2. James MA, Levy MG, Ristic M: Isolation and partial characterization of culture-derived

soluble Babesia bovis antigen. Infection and Immunity 1981; 31: 358-361.

3. Smith RD, James MA, Ristic M, Aikawa M, Vega C: Bovine babesiosis: protection of

cattle with culture-derived soluble Babesia bovis antigen. Science 1981; 212: 335-338.

4. Montenegro S, James MA, Levy MG, Preston MD, Esparza H, Ristic M: Utilization of

culture-derived soluble antigen in the latex agglutination test for bovine babesiosis and

anaplasmosis. Veterinary Parasitology 1981; 8: 291-297.

5. James MA, Alger NE: Plasmodium berghei: effect of carrageenan on the course of infection

in the A/J mouse. International Journal for Parasitology 1981; 11: 217-220.

6. James MA, Kuttler KL, Levy MG, Ristic M: Antibody kinetics in response to vaccination

against Babesia bovis. American Journal of Veterinary Research 1981; 42: 1999-2001.

7. Kuttler KL, Levy MG, James MA, Ristic M: Efficacy of a nonviable culture-derived

Babesia bovis vaccine. American Journal of Veterinary Research 1982; 43: 281-284.

8. Molinar E, James MA, Kakoma I, Holland C, Ristic M: Antigenic and immunogenic

studies on cell culture-derived Babesia canis. Veterinary Parasitology 1982; 10: 29-40.

9. James MA, Montenegro-James S, Ristic M: Isolation of an in vitro produced soluble

Anaplasma-albumin complex. American Journal of Veterinary Research 1982; 43: 1863-

1865.

10. James MA: Antibody levels during bovine hemoparasitic diseases: trypanosomiasis,

anaplasmosis, and babesiosis. Acta Cientifica Venezolana 1983; 34: 185-190.

11. Montenegro-James S, James MA, Ristic M: Localization of culture-derived soluble Babesia

bovis antigens in the infected erythrocyte. Veterinary Parasitology 1983; 13: 311-316.

12. James MA, Coronado A, Melendez R, Ristic M: Antigen beads: a novel approach for the

delivery of a soluble Anaplasma immunogen. American Journal of Veterinary Research

1984; 45: 2123-2125.

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13. James MA: An update of the isolation and characterization of the culture-derived soluble

antigens of Babesia bovis. Veterinary Parasitology 1984; 14: 231-237.

14. James MA, Coronado A, Lopez W, Melendez R, Ristic M: Seroepidemiology of bovine

anaplasmosis and babesiosis in Venezuela. Tropical Animal Health and Production 1985;

17: 9-18.

15. Kakoma I, James MA, Jackson W, Bennett G, Ristic, M: Hematologic values of normal

Bolivian squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus): a comparison between wild-caught and

laboratory-bred male animals. Folia Primatologica 1985; 44: 102-107.

16. Montealegre F, Levy MG, Ristic M, James MA: Growth inhibition of Babesia bovis in

culture by secretions from bovine mononuclear phagocytes. Infection and Immunity 1985;

50: 523-526.

17. Montenegro-James S, James MA, Ristic M: Modified indirect fluorescent antibody test for

the serodiagnosis of Anaplasma marginale infections in cattle. American Journal of

Veterinary Research 1985; 46: 2401-2403.

18. James MA, Kakoma I, Ristic M, Cagnard M: Induction of protective immunity to

Plasmodium falciparum in Saimiri sciureus monkeys with partially purified exoantigens.

Infection and Immunity 1985; 49: 476-480.

19. James MA, Montenegro-James S, Fajfar-Whetstone C, Montealegre F, Erickson J, Ristic

M: Antigenic relationship between Plasmodium falciparum and Babesia bovis: reactivity

with antibodies to culture-derived soluble exoantigens. Journal of Protozoology 1987; 34:

328-332.

20. Kakoma I, James MA, Jackson W, Montealegre F, Bennett G, Carpunky P, Ristic

M: Distribution characteristics and relationships between hematologic variables of

healthy Bolivian squirrel monkeys. Laboratory Animal Science 1987; 37: 352-353.

21. Kakoma I, James MA, Jackson W, Montealegre F, Bennett G, Carpunky P, Ristic M:

Correlative clinical biochemistry and hematological profiles of laboratory-bred Bolivian

squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus). Journal of Medical Primatology 1987; 16: 273-276.

22. Whiteley HW, Everitt JI, Kakoma I, James MA, Ristic M: Pathologic changes associated

with fatal Plasmodium falciparum infection in the Bolivian squirrel monkey (Saimiri

sciureus boliviensis). American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1987; 37: 1-8.

23. James MA: Application of exoantigens of Babesia and Plasmodium in vaccine

development. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1989;

Suppl., 83: 67-72.

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24. James MA, Fajfar-Whetstone CJ, Kakoma I, Buese MM, Clabaugh GW, Hansen R, Ristic

M: Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of affinity-purified Plasmodium falciparum

exoantigens in Aotus nancymai monkeys. Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 1991; 42:

49-54.

25. Montenegro-James S, James MA, Toro Benitez M, Leon E, Baek BK, Guillen AT: Efficacy

of purified Anaplasma marginale initial bodies as a vaccine against anaplasmosis.

Parasitology Research 1991; 77: 93-101.

26. Mvondo JL, James MA, Campbell CC: Malaria and pregnancy in Cameroonian women.

Effect of pregnancy on Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia and the response to

chloroquine. Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 1992; 43: 1-5.

27. Mvondo JL, James MA, Sulzer A, Campbell CC: Malaria and pregnancy in Cameroonian

women. Naturally acquired antibody responses to asexual blood-stage antigens and the

circumsporozoite protein of Plasmodium falciparum. Transactions of the Royal Society of

Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1992; 86: 486-490.

28. Kakoma I, James MA, Whiteley HE, Montelegre F, Buese M, Fajfar-Whetstone CJ,

Clabaugh GW, Baek BK: Platelet kinetics and other hematological profiles in experimental

Plasmodium falciparum infection: a comparative study between Saimiri and Aotus

monkeys. Korean Journal of Parasitology 1992; 30: 177-182.

29. Toebe CS, Montenegro-James S, Noya O, Riggione F, James MA: Detection of antibodies

to a 70 kDa Plasmodium falciparum exoantigen in malarious subjects using synthetic

peptides. Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 1993; 44: 1-4.

30. James MA, Montenegro-James S, Fajfar-Whetstone CJ: Immunogenicity and antigenic

reactivity of a carrier-free synthetic peptide complex derived from a 70 kDa Plasmodium

falciparum exoantigen. Parasitology Research 1993; 79: 501-507.

31. Tshefu K, James MA: Relationship of antibodies to soluble Plasmodium falciparum antigen

(Pf70) and protection against malaria in a human population living under intense

transmission in Kinshasa, Zaire. Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 1995; 46: 72-76.

32. Kuvibidila S, James MA, Warrier RP, Yu L, Ode D, Tshefu KA: Soluble transferrin

receptor as an index of iron status in Zairian children with malaria. Journal of Tropical

Medicine and Hygiene 1995; 98: 373-378.

33. McLaughlin GL, Ssenyonga SS, Nanteza E, Rubaire-Akiki, Wafula O, Hansen RD, Vodkin

MH, Novak RJ, Gordon VR, Montenegro-James S, James MA, Aviles H, Armijos R,

Santrich C, Weigle K, Saravia N, Wozniak E, Gaye O, Mdachi R, Shapiro SZ, Chang K-P,

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Kakoma I: PCR-based detection and typing of parasites. In: Parasitology for the 21st

Century--Proceedings of ICOPA VIII. CAB International, Wallingford Oxon, UK, Eds.

M.A. Ozcel and M.Z. Alkan. 1996; Chap. 25: 261-287.

34. Montenegro-James S, Praba A, Hutchinson L, Giraldo LE, McLaughlin G, James MA: The

use of PCR in a clinical microbiology laboratory: molecular approaches to laboratory

diagnosis. In: Parasitology for the 21st Century--Proceedings of ICOPA VIII. CAB

International, Wallingford Oxon, UK, Eds. M.A. Ozcel and M.Z. Alkan. 1996; Chap. 49:

11-20.

35. Samudio M, Montenegro-James S, Cabral M, Martinez J, Rojas de Arias A, James MA:

Cytokine responses in Trypanosoma cruzi-infected children in Paraguay. American Journal

of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1998; 58: 119-121.

36. Samudio M, Montenegro-James S, de Cabral M, Martinez J, Rojas de Arias A,

Woroniecki O, James MA: Differential expression of systemic cytokine profiles in

Chagas' disease is associated with endemicity of Trypanosoma cruzi infections. Acta

Tropica 1998; 69: 89-97.

37. Duque S, Montenegro-James S, Arévalo-Herrera M, Praba AD, Villinger F, Herrera S,

James MA: Expression of cytokine genes in Aotus monkeys immunized with synthetic and

recombinant Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum antigens. Annals of Tropical Medicine

and Parasitology 1998; 92: 553-559.

38. Samudio M, Montenegro-James S, Kasamatsu E, Cabral M, Schinini A, Rojas de Arias A,

James MA: Local and systemic cytokine expression during chronic Trypanosoma cruzi

infection in a Cebus monkey model. Parasite Immunology 1999; 21: 451-460.

39. Praba-Egge AD, Montenegro S, Cogswell FB, Hopper T, James MA: Cytokine responses

during acute simian Plasmodium cynomolgi and Plasmodium knowlesi infections. American

Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2002; 67: 586-596.

40. Duque Beltran S, Nicholls Orejuela RS, Arevalo Jamaica A, Guerrero Lozano R,

Montenegro S, James MA: Detection of Giardia duodenalis antigen in human fecal eluates

by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using polyclonal antibodies. Memorias do Instituto

Oswaldo Cruz 2002; 97: 1165-1168.

41. Praba-Egge AD, Montenegro S, Arevalo-Herrera M, Hopper T, Herrera S, James MA:

Human cytokine responses to mesoendemic malaria on the Pacific Coast of Colombia.

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 2003; 97: 327-337.

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42. Muehlenbein M, Alger J, Cogswell F, James MA, Krogstad D: The reproductive endocrine

response to Plasmodium vivax infection in Hondurans. American Journal of Tropical

Medicine and Hygiene 2005; 73: 178-187.

43. Muehlenbein MP, Cogswell FB, James MA, Koterski J, Ludwig GC: Testosterone

correlates with Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis virus infection in macaques. Virology

Journal 2006; 3: 19.

44. Buekens P, Almendares O, Carlier Y, Dumonteil E, Eberhard M, Gamboa-Leon R, James

M, Padilla N, Wesson D, Xiong X: Mother-to-child transmission of Chagas’ disease in

North America: Why Don’t We Do More? Maternal and Child Health Journal 2007, DOI

10.1007/s10995-007-0246-8.

45. Solarte Y, Zamora F, Manzano R, Rocha L, Castillo Z, James MA, Herrera S, Arevalo-

Herrera M: Effects of anticoagulants on Plasmodium vivax oocyst development in

Anopheles albimanus mosquitoes. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

2007; 77: 242-245.

46. Nardell EA, Bucher SJ, Brickner PW, Wang C, Vincent RL, Becan-McBride K, James MA,

Michael M, Sliney DH, Wright J: Safety of upper room ultraviolet germicidal air

disinfection for room occupants: results from the tuberculosis ultraviolet shelter study

(TUSS). Public Health Reports 2008; 123: 52-60.

47. Doumbia S, Gowda C, Ramachandra SN, Doumbo OK, Poudiougou B, Ouattara A, Diakite

M, Diawara S, Dolo A, James MA, Johnson ES, Krogstad DJ. Naturally-acquired

antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum glycosylphsphatidyl-inositol (GPI) in seasonal

malaria transmission area of Bancoumana, Mali. Epidemiology and Infection (submitted).

48. Koehler J, Bolton M, Rollins A, Snook K, deHaro E, Henson E, Roger L, Martin L,

Krogstad D, James M, Rice J, Davison B, Veazey R, Prabhu R, Amedee A, Garry R,

Cogswell F: Altered immune responses in rhesus macaques co-infected with SIV and

Plasmodium cynomolgi: an animal model for coincident AIDS and relapsing malaria PLoS

ONE 4(9): e7139. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007139.

49. Rabito FA, Carlson J, Holt E, Iqbal S, James MA: Cockroach exposure independent of

sensitization status and association with hospitalizations for asthma in inner-city children.

Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2011; 106: 103-109.

50. Londono-Renteria BL, Eisele TP, Keating J, Carvajal D, Palacios D, James MA, Wesson D.

Antibody response against Anopheles albimanus (Diptera: Culicidae) salivary protein as a

measure of mosquito bite exposure in Haiti. Journal of Medical Entomology 2010; 47:

1156-1163.

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51. Solarte Y, Manzano MR, Rocha L, Hurtado H, James M, Arevalo M, Herrera S.

Plasmodium vivax sporozoite production in Anopheles albimanus mosquitoes for vaccine

clinical trials. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2011; 84: 28-34,

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2011.09-0499.

52. Billo, MA, Johnson ES, Doumbia SO, Poudiougou B, Sagara I, Diawara SI, Diakite M,

Diallo M, Doumbo OK, Tounkara A, Rice J, James MA, Krogstad DJ. Sickle cell trait

protects against Plasmodium falciparum infection. American Journal of Epidemiology (in

press-2012).

Abstracts and Proceedings

1. Osorno M, Gonzalez I, James M, Rodriguez S, Vega CA, Romo O: Isolation and

identification of Trypanosoma theileri in Mexico. Abstracts, Reunion Annual 1979: Proc.

Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Pecuarias, 5, p. 5.

2. Osorno M, Gonzalez I, James M, Rodriguez S, Vega C, Romo O: Isolation and

identification of Trypanosoma theileri in Mexico. Associacion Mexicana de Parasitologia

Veterinaria A.C. Abstract, 1980.

3. Ristic M, Levy MG, James MA: Cell culture-derived Babesia bovis immunogens:

characteristics and mechanism of protection. Seventh National Anaplasmosis Conference.

Abstract, 1981.

4. James MA: Immunochemical properties of culture-derived immunogens for bovine

anaplasmosis and babesiosis. Abstract 117. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical

Association 1982; 181:267, 1982.

5. Ristic M, James MA, Shamansky L, Kakoma I, Liu HY, Nichols J: Culture-derived

Plasmodium falciparum exoantigens: Isolation and characterication of protective

polypeptides. Proc. Asia Pacific Conf. on Malaria: Practical Considerations on Malaria

Vaccines and Clinical Trials, University of Hawaii, pp. 194-205, 1985.

6. McLaughlin GL, Montenegro-James S, Vodkin MH, Howe D, Toro M, Leon E, Armijos R,

Kakoma I, Greenwood BM, Hassan-King M, Marich J, Ruth J, James MA: Molecular

approaches to malaria and babesiosis diagnosis. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

1992; 87 (Suppl. III): 57-68.

7. Tshefu KA, Kuvibidila S, Warrier RP, Yu L, Ode D, James MA: Effects of cerebral malaria

and inflammation on soluble transferrin receptors in Zairean children. Abstr. 1407. XV

International Congress of Nutrition, Adelaide, Australia, 1993.

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8. Kuvibidila S, Tshefu KA, Warrier RP, Ode D, Yu L, James MA: Possible influence of

vitamin A status but not protein energy malnutrition on plasma transferrin receptor levels in

children with malaria. Southern Society for Pediatric Research, 1994.

9. Kuvibidila S, James MA, Warrier R, Ode D, Yu L, Tshefu KA: Plasma ferritin levels in

Zairean children with severe, moderate, and/or asymptomatic malaria. The American

Pediatric Society/The Society for Pediatric Research, 1994.

10. Montenegro-James S, Praba A, Hutchinson L, James MA: The use of PCR in a clinical

microbiology laboratory. International Congress of Parasitology, Izmir, Turkey, 1994.

11. Duque S, Montenegro-James S, Praba A, Hutchinson L, Herrera MA, Herrera S, James

MA: Perfiles de citocinas en la respuesta adquirida a malaria en la costa del Pacífico de

Colombia. Biomédica, Suppl. 1, November, pg. 95. Proceedings of the VIII Colombian

Congress of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Armenia, Colombia, 10-12 November

1995.

12. Montenegro-James S, Duque S, Herrera MA, Praba A, Hutchinson L, Herrera S, James

MA: Expresión de citocinas en monos (Aotus) después de su inmunización con antígenos

Plasmodium vivax y Plasmodium falciparum sintéticos y recombinantes. Biomédica, Suppl.

1, November, pg. 95. Proceedings of the VIII Colombian Congress of Parasitology and

Tropical Medicine, Armenia, Colombia, 10-12 November 1995.

13. James MA, Montenegro-James S, Duque S, Praba AD, Hutchinson L, Herrera MA, Herrera

S: Cytokine responses to human Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria.

The FASEB Journal 1996; 10: A1219. Abstr. 1270.

14. Samudio M, Montenegro-James S, Cabral M, Schinini A, Martinez J, Rojas de Arias A,

Woronesky O, James MA: Evidence of a Th2 (IL-4) response in seropositive chagasic

individuals with abnormal EKG in a hyperendemic area of the Paraguayan Chaco. 45th

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Baltimore,

MD, 2 December 1996. Abstr. 56.

15. Samudio M, Montenegro-James S, Kasamatsu E, Cabral M, Schinini A, Rojas de Arias A,

James MA: Local and systemic cytokine expression during experimental chronic

Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a monkey model. 45th Annual Meeting of the American

Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Baltimore, MD, 4 December 1996. Abstr. 277.

16. Davison B, Cogswell F, Didier ES, James MA, Henson MC, Baskin GB, Krogstad DJ:

Plasmodium coatneyi in the rhesus macaque as a model of malaria in human pregnancy.

45th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,

Baltimore, MD, 4 December 1996. Abstr. 302.

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17. Samudio M, Montenegro-James S, Kasamatsu E, Schinini A, Cabral M, Rojas de Arias A,

James MA: Use of PCR to detect Trypanosoma cruzi in blood and cardiac tissue of

chronically infected monkeys. 45th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical

Medicine and Hygiene, Baltimore, MD, 5 December 1996. Abstr. 578.

18. Praba AD, Montenegro-James S, Giraldo LE, Quintana J, McLaughlin G, James MA: Use

of a combined nested PCR system for diagnosis and determination of drug-resistant malaria.

45th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,

Baltimore, MD, 5 December 1996. Abstr. 538.

19. Davison BB, Cogswell FB, Henson E, Falkenstein KP, Baskin GB, Henson MC, James

MA, Krogstad DJ: Effects of prior exposure to Plasmodium coatneyi on the outcome of

pregnancy in Plasmodium coatneyi-infected rhesus monkeys. 46th Annual Meeting of the

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Orlando, FL, 10 December 1997,

Abstr. 314.

20. Praba AD, Montenegro-James S, Vergara J, Kohli T, Herrera S, James MA: Cytokine

responses during acute malarial episodes in Buenaventura on the Pacific Coast of

Colombia. 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and

Hygiene, San Juan, PR, 20 October 1998, Abstr. 101.

21. Praba AD, Cogswell F, Montenegro-James S, James MA: Cytokine responses during acute

simian malaria infection in the rhesus monkey. 47th Annual Meeting of the American

Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, San Juan, PR, 21 October 1998, Abstr. 200.

22. Cox AL, Montenegro-James S, James MA, Rogers LB, Didier ES: Comparison of three

stool fixatives for the detection of microsporidia by PCR. 47th Annual Meeting of the

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, San Juan, PR, 22 October 1998,

Abstr. 555.

23. Duque S, Nicholls RS, Arevalo A, Guerrero R, Montenegro-James S, James MA. Detection

of Giardia lamblia antigens in human fecal eluates by an immunoenzymatic dot-ELISA.

XVth International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Cartagena, Colombia,

August 20-25, 2000.

24. Peralta ML, Duque S, Nicholls RS, Arevalo A, Guerrero R, Montenegro-James S, James

MA. Detection of 31, 65 and 170 kDa Giardia lamblia antigens in human fecal specimens.

XVth International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Cartagena, Colombia,

August 20-25, 2000.

25. Duque S, Nicholls S, Arevalo A, Guerrero R, Montenegro-James S, James MA. Detection

of Giardia lamblia antigens in human fecal specimens by ELISA. XVth International

Congress of Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Cartagena, Colombia, August 20-25, 2000.

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26. Montenegro-James S, Praba AD, Cogswell F, Kohli T, James MA. Cytokine responses

during acute simian malaria infections. Oxford 2000 Conference, Oxford, UK, September

18-19, 2000.

27. Davison BB, Cogswell FB, Baskin GB, James M, Rogers LB, Dodd MJ, Kaack B,

Falkenstein KP, Henson EW, Krogstad DJ. In utero priming of infant macaques to malaria

infection. 49th

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,

Houston, TX, 2 November 2000, Abstr. 271.

28. Davison BB, Cogswell FB, Baskin GB, Montenegro-James S, James MA, Henson MC,

Rogers LB, Jefferson AA, Kaack B, Rasmussen TA, Phillippi K, Krogstad DJ. A

comparison of the clinical and immunologic profile of eight Plasmodium coatneyi-infected-

nulligravid rhesus monkeys (PCN) with eight primigravid monkeys (PCP) and without (P)

malaria. 50th

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,

Atlanta, GA, 13 November 2001, Abstr. 722.

29. Davison BB, Cogswell FB, Baskin GB, Montenegro-James S, James MA, Henson MC,

Rogers LB, Jefferson AA, Kaack B, Rasmussen TA, Phillippi K, Krogstad DJ. Pregnancy

immunosuppression: an in vivo experiment in nonhuman primates validates a controversial

hypothesis. 8th

IFPA Meeting, Melbourne, Australia, 6-10 October 2002.

30. Doumbia S, Gowda C, Ramachandra SN, Doumbo OK, Poudiougou B, Ouattara A, Diakite

M, Diawara S, Dolo A, James MA, Johnson ES, Krogstad DJ. Natural antibodies to P.

falciparum glycosylphsphatidyl-inositol (GPI) in an area with seasonal malaria transmission

(Bancoumana, Mali). 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine

and Hygiene, Denver, CO, 12 November 2002.

31. Randall A, Ylostalo J, James M, Krogstad DJ, Cogswell FB. TNF-associated message in a

rhesus monkey model of human vivax malaria. 53rd

Annual Meeting of the American

Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Miami, FL, 10 November 2004.

32. Koehler JW, Bolton M, Cogswell FB, Martin LN, Krogstad DJ, James MA, Garry RF.

Primate Pilot Study: Coincident AIDS/Relapsing Malaria. 53rd

Annual Meeting of the

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Miami, FL, 10 November 2004.

33. Koehler JW, Bolton M, Cogswell FB, Martin LN, Krogstad DJ, James MA, Garry RF.

Primate Pilot Study: Coincident AIDS/Relapsing Malaria. 54th


American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Washington, D.C., 12 November

2005.

34. Koehler JW, Bolton M, Martin LN, Krogstad DJ, James MA, Garry RF, Davison B, Veazey

R, Cogswell FB. A novel rhesus model for HIV and malaria parasite co-infection:

synergistic effects on pathogenesis and immune responses. U.S. Army Medical Research

Institute of Infectious Diseases. Fort Detrick, MD, 2006.

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35. Buekens P, Alger J, Almendares O, Althabe F, Amador D, Belizan J, Bergel E, Carrerata

ML, Del Cid J, Dumonteil E, Gamboa-Leon R, Giron L, James M, Padilla N, Ponce C,

Ponce E, Sosa-Estani S, Zuniga C. Rapid test and digital pictures for multi-site

epidemiologic studies of Chagas’ disease in pregnancy. 20th

Annual Meeting of the Society

for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research, June 18-19, 2007.

36. Gamboa-Leon R, Padilla-Raygoza N, Almendares O, Cafferata ML, James M, Dumonteil

E, Buekens P. Seroprevalence of antibodies against Trypanosoma cruzi in pregnant women

of Mexico. First North American Parasitology Congress, June 24, 2007.

37. Sosa-Estani S, Buekens P, Alger J, Almendares O, Althabe F, Amador D, Belizan J, Bergel

E, Cafferata ML, Del Cid J, Dumonteil E, Gamboa-Leon R, Gibbons L, Giron L, James M,

Chippaux JP, Padilla N, Ponce C, Ponce E, Zuniga C. Multi-site epidemiological study of

Chagas’ disease in pregnant women from four Latin American countries. 56th

Annual

Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Philadelphia, PA,

November 2007.

38. Londono-Renteria B, Carvajal D, Palacios D, Bennett A, Moses L, Massay C, Keating J,

Eisele T, James M, Krogstad D, Wesson D. Comparison of immunogenic proteins to saliva

of Anopheles albimanus, Anopheles stephensi and Aedes aegypti in serum from individuals

living in areas where these species are or are not endemic. 58th


American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Washington, D.C., November 2009.

Book Chapters

1. James MA: Immunology of Babesia infections. Malaria and Babesiosis: Research

Findings and Control Measures, Ed(s). M. Ristic, J. Kreier, P. Ambroise-Thomas,

Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 53-64, 1984.

2. James MA: Immunology of babesiosis. Babesiosis of Domestic Animals and Man. Ed. M.

Ristic. CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL., pp. 109-130, 1988.

3. James MA and Johnson R: Oversight of clinical trials: the role of OHRP, FDA and the IRB.

Research Compliance Professional’s Handbook. Health Care Compliance Association,

Minneapolis, MN., pp. 42-45, 2008.

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE:



Primary Instructor: Special Topics in Public Health Immunology; Special Topics in

Immunity to Infectious Diseases (EPI 60195/80195)

Primary Instructor and Course Coordinator: Introduction to Global Health (PH 10002)


Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine

Primary Instructor: Immunology (TRMD 6170), Immunoparasitology (TRMD 7180); and

Biological Basis of Health and Disease (SPHL 6010) online; BSPH undergraduate

program, The Cell, The Individual, and The Community (SPHU 1020). Guest lecturer in

various tropical medicine, international health, and epidemiology courses.

Course Director: T-2 Parasitology. Tulane School of Medicine, 2002-2004.

Course Director: T-2 Medical Immunology. Tulane School of Medicine, 2006-2010.

Guest lecturer and seminar speaker:

University of Illinois, Department of Genetics and Development. Immunology --Spring

1976-1980; Fall 1977. Topics: Kinetics of the Antibody Response; Purification of

Antibodies; Maturation of the Antibody Response; Immunological Diseases (autoimmunity

and immunodeficiency); Immediate and Delayed Hypersensitivities.

Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado, School of Veterinary Science,

Barquisimeto, Venezuela--January and September 1981. Topics: Immunodiagnosis of

Hemotropic Diseases: In vitro Cultivation and Antigenic Characterization of Babesia bovis.

University of Illinois, College of Veterinary Medicine. Mechanisms of Microbial

Infections. Spring 1979; Summer 1981, 1984, 1986, 1988. Topics: Immunology of

Malaria; Antibodies--Types and Function; Immediate Hypersensitivities, Molecular

Approaches to Vaccines.

Universidad Simon Bolivar, Division of Biological Science, Department of Cellular

Biology, Caracas, Venezuela--November 1981. Topic: Purification and Characterization of

a Culture-derived Soluble Anaplasma marginale Antigen.

Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado, School of Veterinary Medicine,

Department of Medicine and Surgery, Barquisimeto, Venezuela. Short Course: Clinical

Immunology (5 lectures), April-May 1983.

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University of Illinois, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology. Departmental Seminar.

Topic: Immunobiology of Malaria. September 18, 1985.

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Chairman of Session: Mechanisms

of Malarial Immunity. Denver, CO. December 9, 1986.

Midwest Tropical Disease Research Meeting, University of Illinois, College of Medicine.

Prospects for Specific Vaccines Against Malaria: Current Status, Rockford, IL. March 27,

1987.

International Agriculture Seminar Series, University of Illinois, Prospects for Specific

Vaccines Against Malaria: Current Status. Urbana, IL. April 22, 1987.

University of Illinois, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Departmental Seminar.

Topic: Update on Malaria Immunity and Vaccine Research. September 23, 1987.

Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, IL. Seminar. Topic: Characterization of Plasmodium

falciparum Peptides. June 6, 1988.

Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Immunology

and Parasitology, Departmental Seminar. Topic: Immunity to Malaria: Characterization of

Plasmodium falciparum Peptides. November 30, 1988.

Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology

and Parasitology, Baton Rouge, LA. Departmental Seminar. Topic: Immunity to Malaria:

Characterization of Plasmodium falciparum Peptides, April 28, 1989; (guest lecturer)

Immunity to Malaria: A Current Overview, January 22, 1990.

Ponce School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Seminar.

Topic: The Use of Synthetic Peptides in Vaccines and Immunodiagnosis. February 21,

1990.

Tulane University School of Medicine, Clinical Immunology Seminar. Topic: Molecular

Approaches to Malaria Diagnosis. April 27, 1990.

National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico. Lecture Series: Immunology

of Malaria. August 20-23, 1991.

Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Update Course on

Parasitic Diseases. Topic: Immunodiagnosis--the current status. September 13, 1991;

August 21, 1992; March 19, 1994.

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Tulane University School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology,

Departmental Seminar. Topic: Synthetic Blood-Stage Peptides and Immunity to Malaria.

October 30, 1991.

Tulane/LSU Clinical Immunology Seminar. Topic: Synthetic Blood-Stage Peptides and

Immunity to Malaria. February 14, 1992.

Tulane/LSU Clinical Immunology Seminar. Topic: Evaluation of Malaria Tests in

Honduras. November 6, 1992.

Tulane Human Genetics Seminar. Topic: Synthetic Blood-Stage Peptides and Immunity to

Malaria. December 8, 1992.

University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Departments of Pathology and

Microbiology, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Departmental Seminar. Topic: Synthetic

Blood-Stage Peptides and Immunity to Malaria. February 18, 1993.

Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary

Microbiology and Parasitology, Baton Rouge, LA. VMP 7417 - Immune Response to

Infections and Parasitic Agents; (guest lecturer) Recent Advances in Antimalarial

Immunity, April 13, 1993.

USAID/HealthTech Project, Arlington, VA. Malaria Diagnostics Workshop (Invited Panel

Discussant). May 14, 1993.

Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology,

Immunology, and Parasitology, Departmental Seminar. Topic: Immunopathology of

Malaria. March 21, 1994.

Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Tropical

Medicine, Faculty Seminar. Topic: Immunopathology of Malaria. March 24, 1994.

Presidential Symposium, Southeastern Society of Parasitologists, Baton Rouge, LA. Topic:

Immunopathology of Malaria. March 28, 1994.

Tulane/LSU Clinical Immunology Seminar. Topic: Cytokine Responses and Immunity

to Malaria. October 7, 1994.

Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud, Asunción, Paraguay. Seminar. Topic:

Cytokines in Parasitic Infections. January 10, 1995.


Microbiology and Parasitology, Baton Rouge, LA. VMP 7417 - Immune Responses to

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Infectious and Parasitic Agents; (guest lecturer) Malaria Vaccination: Current Status.

March 30, 1995.

Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Special Lecture (TRMD 617-

Immunology): Immunopathogenesis of HIV/AIDS. November 30, 1995.

Informational Link, Inc. Seminar on Diagnosis and Comprehensive Management of HIV.

Topic: HIV Infection and Progression to AIDS: Immunity and Immunopathogenesis of

Disease. New Orleans, LA. May 10, 1996.

Symposium on Immune Aspects of Protozoan Infections, Annual Midwestern Conference

of Parasitologists. Topic: Immunological Aspects of Malaria. Northeast Missouri State

University, Kirksville, MO. June 7, 1996.

Review Course for Certificate in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers' Health

(sponsored by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene). Topic:

Immunology: Biologic Basis of Naturally Acquired Immunity and Immunization. New

Orleans, LA. September 14, 1996.

Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, INHL 607-The Social Impact of

HIV/AIDS: An Introduction to the Epidemic-1996, Topic: Immunology of AIDS. October

26, 1996.

Tulane/LSU Clinical Immunology Seminar. Topic: Cytokines and the

Immunopathogenesis of Parasitic Diseases: Studies on Chagas' Disease. January 17,

1997.


Microbiology and Parasitology, Baton Rouge, LA. VMP 7417 - Imuune Responses to

Infectious and Parasitic Agents; (guest lecturer) Current Status of Vaccination Against

Malaria, January 23, 1997.

Instituto de Inmunologia, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Guest Lecture:

Immunobiology of Chagas' Disease, May 23, 1997.

AsoClinic, Laboratorio de Inmunologia, Simposio: "Tecnicas Moleculares en El

Diagnostico de Enfermedades Infecciosas". Topic: Immunopathogenesis of HIV/AIDS.

Centro Médico IMBANACO, Cali, Colombia, May 24, 1997.

Universite du Mali, Faculte de Medecine, de Pharmacie et D'Odontostomatologie,

Departement D'Epidémiologie des Affections Parasitaires. Topic: The Role of Cytokines

in Malaria. Bamako, Mali, July 25, 1997.

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Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, INHL 607-The Social Impact of

HIV/AIDS: An Introduction to the Epidemic-1997, Topic: Immunology of AIDS. October

25, 1997.

New Orleans Citywide Infectious Diseases Conference. Topic: Cytokines and Infectious

Diseases. Touro Infirmary, October 2, 1998.

Tulane/LSU Clinical Immunology Seminar Series. Topic: Cytokine Mediated Responses

to Acute Malaria Infections. December 18, 1998.


Microbiology and Parasitology, Baton Rouge, LA. Seminar: Cytokine Responses in Acute

Malaria Infections. March 11, 1999; VMP 7417 - Immune Responses to Infectious and

Parasitic Agents; Update on Malaria Vaccines (guest lecturer), March 19, 1999.

Instituto de Inmunologia, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Seminar: Cytokine

Responses in Acute Plasmodium Infections. May 10, 1999.

Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Epidemiology.

Seminar: On-site comprehensive TB prevention and control program in homeless shelters

of New Orleans. December 6, 2000.

New Orleans Citywide Infectious Diseases Conference. Topic: Immunology of Infectious

Disease. Children's Hospital, July 20, 2001.

Central Methodist College Pre-Medical Career Day. Keynote Speaker. Topic: Public Health

Education: Antidote to Fear and Imagined Risks in Today's World. Fayette, MO. December

2, 2001.

Tulane/LSU Clinical Immunology Seminar Series. Topic: Effects of Fungal Allergens and

Parasitic Infections in Asthmatics. March 21, 2003.

Seminar on Ethical Dilemmas in International Health Research. Center for Evidence-Based

Global Health, Tulane University Health Sciences Center. April 28, 2004.

National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine. Seminar: What’s Your Specialty? New

Orleans, July 8/July 22, 2004; July 6/July 12, 2005.

Tulane/LSU Clinical Immunology Seminar Series. Topic: DNA Vaccines for Leishmaniasis

and Chagas’ Disease. May 6, 2005.

Centro Internacional de Vacunas, Cali, Colombia. Topic: Current Status of Malaria Vaccine

Development. August 19, 2005.

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Symposium “Surveillance and Control of Malaria on the Pacific Coast of Colombia”, Cali,

Colombia. Topic: Malaria Antigens as Vaccine Candidates: An Update. August 22, 2005.

Television interview, Channel TelePacifico (Cali, Colombia), Program “Salud es Vida”,

discussion of global efforts on malaria vaccine development, August 23, 2005.

New Orleans Citywide Infectious Diseases Conference. Topic: Immunology of Infectious

Disease with Emphasis on Immunity to Parasites. Ochsner Clinic Foundation, July 14,

2006.

Clinical Trial Regulation, Compliance, and Good Clinical Practice Gulf Coast Regional

Symposium. Topic: Research Disaster Preparedness at Tulane University. Jointly sponsored

by Ochsner Health Systems, LSU Health Science Center-New Orleans, and Tulane

University, April 27, 2007.

Gates Millennium Scholars: Welcome Address. Tulane School of Public Health and

Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, March 23, 2010.

Student Quality Advisory Committee, Kent State University: Update on the College of

Public Health, Kent, OH, January 20, 2011.

Summit County Health District, 2011 All Staff Meeting: Update on the College of Public

Health at Kent State University—Responses to Regional Public Health Issues and Beyond,

Akron, OH, January 21, 2011.

Global Health Panel Presentation, Moderator and Presentation on Malaria, College of

Public Health, Kent State University, KSU KIVA, October 12, 2011.

Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Seminar: Malaria—Immunity,

Immunopathogenesis, and Vaccine Development, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 21,

2011.

Global Education Summit 2012, Expanding Your College Around the World, Remarks

Topic: Update on the Globalization Task Force, Kent State University Student Center,

March 15, 2012.

Symposium: Prospects for Elimination of Malaria in Latin America, Remarks. Topic: Role

of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Latin American Center of Excellence for Malaria

Research and Control, Cali, Colombia, June 1, 2012

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ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS

James M, Levy M, Kakoma I, Ristic M: Studies on cell culture-derived Babesia bovis antigens.

Abstr. 142. 60th Annual Meeting of the Conference of Research Workers in Animal

Disease, Chicago, IL, 1979.

James MA, Levy MG, Ristic M: Isolation and partial characterization of culture-derived soluble

Babesia bovis antigens. Abstr. 270. 61st Annual Meeting of the Conference of Research

Workers in Animal Disease, November 10, 1980.

James MA: Immunochemical properties of culture-derived immunogens for bovine anaplasmosis

and babesiosis. Abstr. 117. Annual Meeting of the American Veterinary Medical

Association, July 21, 1982.

James MA: Epidemiology of bovine anaplasmosis and babesiosis in the Centro-occidental region of

Venezuela. Symposium on the Biology and Control of Hemoparasites in Ruminants. Third

Venezuelan Congress of Microbiology, Barquisimeto, Venezuela, November 10, 1982.

James MA: Immunochemical properties of immunogens derived from in vitro cultures of Babesia

bovis. Venezuelan Society of Parasitology, Maracay, Venezuela, March 12, 1983.

James MA: Isolation and characterization of culture-derived soluble antigens of Babesia bovis.

Second International Immunoparasitology Symposium, Lincoln, Nebraska, August 3-5,

1983.

James MA: Immunity to Babesia infection. Second International Conference on Malaria and

Babesiosis, Annecy, France, September 19, 1983.

James MA, Cagnard M, Kakoma I, Ristic M: Soluble exoantigens of Plasmodium falciparum in

vitro. II. Induction of protective immunity in squirrel monkeys. Abstr. 12. Annual Meeting

of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Baltimore, Maryland,

December 3, 1984.

James MA, Shamansky L, Fajfar-Whetstone C, Basgall E, Ristic M, Cagnard M: Detection of

Plasmodium falciparum surface antigens by monospecific antibodies to soluble malarial

polypeptides. Abstr. 15. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine

and Hygiene, Miami, Florida, November 4, 1985.

James MA, Ristic M, Montenegro-James S, Montealegre F, Fajfar-Whetstone C, Shamansky L,

Lysakowski P, Nichols J: Antigenic relationship between Plasmodium falciparum and

Babesia bovis: Reactivity with antibodies to culture-derived soluble exoantigens. Abstr. 17.

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Miami,

Florida, November 4, 1985.

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James MA: Prospects for specific vaccines: Malaria. Biotechnology in the Americas. III. Vaccines

and Health Care, Interciencia/PAHO/Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 6, 1986.

James MA: Prospects for specific vaccines: Animal hemoparasites. Biotechnology in the Americas.

III. Vaccines and Health Care, Interciencia/PAHO/Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina,

October 6, 1986.

James MA: Vaccination of squirrel monkeys using purified Plasmodium falciparum exoantigens.

IV Venezuelan Congress of Microbiology, Maracay, Venezuela, November 4-8, 1986.

James MA, Montenegro-James S, Liu HY, Fajfar-Whetstone C, Kakoma I, Kyin S, Ristic M:

Immunogenicity of an exoantigen-derived synthetic Plasmodium falciparum peptide.

Abstr. 66. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,

Denver, CO, December 10, 1986.

James MA: Application of babesial exoantigen concept toward malaria vaccine development. 3rd

International Conference on Malaria and Babesiosis, Annecy, France, September 10, 1987.

James MA, Montenegro-James S, Baek BK, Toro M, Lopez R, Ristic M: Significance of babesiosis

in the diagnosis and control of human malaria in the tropics. Abstr. 30. Annual Meeting of

the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Los Angeles, CA, November 30,

1987.

James MA, Kakoma I, Hansen R, Fajfar-Whetstone C, Buese M, Kataha PK, Ristic M: Affinity

purification and characterization of Plasmodium falciparum exoantigens with human

antimalarial antibodies. Abstr. 370. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical

Medicine and Hygiene, Los Angeles, CA, December 3, 1987.

James MA: Immunochemical characterization of culture-derived Babesia antigens. XI

Panamerican Conference of Veterinary Science, Lima, Peru, August 17, 1988.

James MA, Montenegro-James S, Fajfar-Whetstone CJ, Ma S-J, Ristic M: Immunogenicity of a

carrier-free synthetic peptide complex derived from a 70 kd Plasmodium falciparum

exoantigen. Abstr. 272. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and

Hygiene, Washington, D.C., December 7, 1988.

James MA, Toebe CS, Montenegro-James S, Noya O, Riggione F: Use of synthetic peptides in the

detection of Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage antibodies in residents of Bolivar State,

Venezuela. Abstr. 258. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and

Hygiene, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 13, 1989.

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James MA, Montenegro-James S, Paniagua F, Noya O, Riggione F, Toebe CS: Detection of

circulating antigen in sera of malarious patients with a direct peptide-ELISA. Abstr. 287.

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, New Orleans,

LA, November 7, 1990.

James MA: Use of synthetic peptides for diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum circulating antigens.

Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Protozoology, Caxambu, Brazil, November 6,

1990.

James MA, Montenegro-James S, Alger J, Ordoñez L: Field evaluation of a peptide-ELISA for the

diagnosis of malaria in Honduras. Abstr. 71. Annual Meeting of the American Society of

Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Seattle, Washington, November 17, 1992.

James MA: Rapid diagnosis of parasitic infections. Interamerican Congress of Pediatric Infectious

Diseases, Monterrey, Mexico, November 20, 1992.

Alger J, Ordoñez L, Pérez R, Montenegro-James S, James MA: Antibody responses to Plasmodium

vivax antigens in humans living in a malaria-endemic region of Honduras. Abstr. 584.

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Atlanta, GA,

November 4, 1993.

Montenegro-James S, James MA, Noya O, Baliache de Marcano, N: Cytokine responses to

naturally-acquired Plasmodium infections in a malaria-endemic region of Venezuela. Abstr.

67P. 3rd International Conference on Cytokines: Basic Principles and Practical

Applications, Florence, Italy, March 28, 1994.

Tshefu KA, James MA: Relationship of antibodies to soluble Plasmodium falciparum antigen

Pf70 and protection against malaria in Kinshasa, Zaire. Abstr. 152. Annual

Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Cincinnati, OH,

November 16, 1994.

James MA, Montenegro-James S, Noya O, Hutchinson L, Firmani M, Alger J, Baliache de

Marcano N: Cytokine responses to naturally-acquired Plasmodium infections in a

malaria-endemic region of Venezuela. Abstr. 325. Annual Meeting of the American Society

of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Cincinnati, OH, November 16, 1994.

Duque S, Montenegro-James S, Praba A, Hutchinson L, Herrera MA, Herrera S, James MA:

Cytokine profiles in response to malaria acquired on the Pacific Coast of Colombia.

Abstr. 21. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,

San Antonio, TX, November 18, 1995.

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Montenegro-James S, Duque S, Herrera MA, Praba A, Hutchinson L, Herrera S, James MA:

Cytokine expression in Aotus monkeys after immunization with synthetic and

recombinant P. vivax and P. falciparum antigens. Abstr. 22. Annual Meeting of the

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, San Antonio, TX, November, 18,

1995.

Montenegro-James S, Duque S, Praba A, Hutchinson L, Herrera MA, Herrera S, James MA:

Cytokine responses to Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria in humans

and the Aotus monkey model. Abstr. 34. 4th International Conference on Cytokines,

Florence, Italy, March 21, 1996.

James MA, Montenegro-James S, Duque S, Praba A, Hutchinson L, Herrera MA, Herrera S:

Cytokine responses to human Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria.

Abstr. 1270. ASBMB/ASIP/AAI Joint Meeting, New Orleans, LA, June 4, 1996.

Samudio M, Montenegro-James S, Cabral M, Schinini A, Martinez J, Rojas de Arias A,

Woronesky O, James MA: Cytokine responses in Trypanosoma cruzi-infected

children in Paraguay. Abstr. 278. 45th Annual Meeting of the American Society of

Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Baltimore, MD, December 4, 1996.

James MA: Respuesta inmune en las enfermedades infecciosas. Plenary Session. XLVI Congreso

Medico Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. July 11, 2003.

James MA: Malaria: respuesta inmune. Invited Conference. XLVI Congreso Medico Nacional,

Tegucigalpa, Honduras. July 11, 2003.

James MA: Protecting Human Research Subjects: Role of the Institutional Review Board. II

International Conference on Malarial Anemia, Cali, Colombia. February 23, 2004.

James MA: Immune Mechanisms in Malarial Anemia. II International Conference on Malarial

Anemia, Cali, Colombia. February 24, 2004.

James MA: Immune Mechanisms in Malarial Anemia. III International Conference on Malarial

Anemia, Cali, Colombia. November 26, 2005.

James MA: Scientific Writing. III International Conference on Malarial Anemia, Cali, Colombia.

November 27, 2005.

James MA: Respuesta inmune en las enfermedades infecciosas; Inmunopatogenesis de VIH/SIDA.

IX Curso Internacional en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

November 11, 2006.

James MA: Ética en investigación biomédica en humanos; Rol del comité ética (IRB) en la

Universidad de Tulane. Segundo Congreso de Investigación Científica, Tegucigalpa,

Honduras. October 30, 2008.

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James MA: Respuesta inmune a los parásitos. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras,

Tegucigalpa, Honduras. October 31, 2008.

James MA: Etica en la Investigacion para la Salud. Forum: Etica Medica, Colegio Medico de

Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. October 31, 2008.

James MA: Inmunopatología de Malaria. Simposio Internacional de Malaria, Universidad de

Córdoba, Montería, Colombia. November 27, 2008.

James MA: Inmunopatología de Malaria. II Simposio Internacional de Malaria, Universidad de

Córdoba, Montería, Colombia. September 30, 2010.

Chair--Doctoral Committees:

J. Louis Mvondo, Ph.D., 1990

Abdalla Aldras, Sc.D., 1991

Kitoto Tshefu, Ph.D., 1993

Kevin Baird, Ph.D., 1994

Margarita Samudio, Ph.D., 1996

Anita Praba-Egge, Ph.D., 2001

Served on 25 other doctoral dissertation committees, including committees outside of the

department in the SPHTM, in the School of Medicine, and internationally at the Universidad del

Valle, Cali, Colombia, and at the Ponce School of Medicine in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Chaired 2

masters theses (Carole Toebe, M.S., 1991; Jackeline Alger, M.S., 1992); and advises

approximately 20 MSPH/MPH students annually.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Public Health Association

Ohio Public Health Association

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Delta Omega-Eta Chapter Public Health Society

Sigma Xi Research Society

GRANT SUPPORT (Tulane University)

1. Completed

a. Tulane University Research Enhancement Fund, Phase II; Fungal Allergens: An

Investigation of Biomarkers of Mold Exposure. April 1, 2007-December 31, 2009.

$60,000. Co-investigator, 5% time (L.F. Grimsley, PhD, PI).

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b. Tulane-Xavier Minority Health International Research Training (MHIRT) Program,

U.S. Mentor, Merida, Mexico. Studies on Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas’ Disease,

2006-2012, 5% time (R. Oberhelman, PI).

c. Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Chagas’ Disease Research

in Yucatan, Mexico. July 1, 2008-June 30, 2010. $10,000. Principal Investigator,

5% time.

d. Biomedical Research Support Grant, Development of Synthetic Peptide-Based

Immunodiagnostic Tests for the Rapid Detection of Plasmodium falciparum

Infections in Venezuela, 1989-1990. $6,940.

e. Biomedical Research Support Grant, Development of a Monoclonal Antibody-

Based Peptide ELISA for Detection of Circulating Antigen in Malarious Patients,

1990-1991. $6,000.

f. LEQSF, Enhancement of Basic Biomedical Research Capabilities in the Department

of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, 1989-1990. $56,825 for equipment.

Principal investigator (with B. L. Cline).

g. LEQSF, Enhancement of Basic Biomedical Research Capabilities in the Department

of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, 1990-1991. $40,000 for equipment.

Principal investigator (with M. F. Wiser).

h. USAID, (Tulane subcontract), Synthetic Peptide Malaria Diagnosis in Honduras,

Jan. 1, 1991 - Dec. 31, 1992, $85,000.

i. Universidad del Valle/FES/CIDEIM/Tulane Consortium, Cytokine Patterns in Cell-

Mediated Responses to Experimental and Naturally-Acquired Plasmodium

falciparum and P. vivax infections, Aug. 20-31, 1994, $1,500.

j. USAID, Program in Science and Technology Cooperation, Synthetic Peptide-Based

Diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum Infections, Aug. 5, 1991 - Feb. 4, 1996,

$150,000. Principal investigator.

k. NIH, Malaria Epidemiology and Entomology in Mali, Tropical Medicine Research

Center Program Grant, April 1, 1996-March 31, 2001, $3,000,002. Co-investigator,

Immunology Core, 8% time (O.Doumbo and D. Krogstad, Co-PI).

l. Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Unrestricted Funds

Awarded for Excellence in Teaching (1993, 1994, 1995). $6,000 total.

m. Universidad del Valle/FES/Tulane Cooperative Agreement, dissertation research

funds for Anita D. Praba, Ph.D. candidate, February 9, 1996, $10,400.

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n. Fremont Novo Sciences Licensing Agreement for Malaria Diagnostic Assays,

contract for production of rabbit antibodies, May 28, 1997, $3,750 total.

o. Unity for the Homeless, Inc. Stopping the Spread of Tuberculosis by the Use of

Ultraviolet Light. April 1, 1999-March 31, 2004. $200,000 total.

p. The Wetmore Foundation. On-Site Comprehensive TB Prevention and Control

Program in Homeless Shelters of New Orleans. December 1, 1999-November 30,

2004. $199,900.

q. NIH, Rhesus Monkey Model of Malaria & Pregnancy. February 1, 2000-January

30, 2006. $2,400,000. Co-investigator, 10% time (B. Davison, DVM, PI).

r. NIH, Coincident AIDS and Malaria: Primate Pilot Study. October 1, 2003-

September 30, 2006. $1,397,476. Co-investigator, 5% time (R. Garry, PhD, PI).

s. Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Research Agreement: Malaria Serology. June 1, 2004-

May 31, 2007. $19,305. Principal Investigator, 5% time.

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