Makedonka mitreva biography

Mitreva was a member of the leadership of the Human Microbiome Project, where she led the Shotgun Metagenomics Working Group (22 institutions represented by.
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Makedonka Mitreva, PhD, professor of medicine is this year's recipient of this prestigious award as a recognition for her distinguished work in tropical.

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Journal of Data Mining in Genomics & Proteomics

ISSN: 2153-0602

Makedonka Mitreva

Makedonka Mitreva

The Genome Institute, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63108, USA

Biography

she is a Professor of Medicine and studies study neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). There are 17 parasitic and bacterial infections that cause blindness, anemia, malnutrition, growth and development stunting in children, and severe morbidity and mortality during pregnancy in women. These infections can also increase the risk of co-infection with HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Their impact on health and socioeconomic status (mainly in the developing world) result in promoting and maintaining poverty. As the United Nations secretary general recently stated, “Poverty reduction and the elimination of NTDs go hand-in-hand.”

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The American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (ASTMH) acknowledges individuals for their outstanding accomplishments in tropical medicine with the “Bailey K. Ashford Medal”. On November 17, at their annual conference, the ASTMH announced that Makedonka Mitreva, PhD, professor of medicine is this year’s recipient of this prestigious award as a recognition for her distinguished work in tropical medicine.

Dr. Mitreva and her lab have a sustained commitment to study neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Her research translates basic science advances in genomics into practical knowledge that contributes to the control or elimination of helminth NTDs (including hookworm, ascaris and whipworm; and flukes, including major biological cancerogens). More specifically, Dr. Mitreva’s research focuses on, i) taxonomically restricted and differentially represented metabolic pathways in helminths as anthelmintic drug targets. Dr. Mitreva has identified chokepoint enzymes within the parasite metabolic pathways that are essential for parasite survival and is characterizi

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Makedonka Mitreva, PhD

1. Rosa BA, Curtis K, Erdmann Gilmore P, Martin J, Zhang Q, Sprung R, Weil GJ, Townsend RR, Fischer PU, Mitreva M. Direct Proteomic Detection and Prioritization of 19 Onchocerciasis Biomarker Candidates in Humans. Mol Cell Proteomics. 2023 Jan;22(1):100454. doi: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2022.100454. Epub 2022 Nov 23. PMID: 36435333; PMCID: PMC9792368.

2. Tyagi R, Rosa BA, Swain A, Artyomov MN, Jasmer DP, Mitreva M. Intestinal cell diversity and treatment responses in a parasitic nematode at single cell resolution. BMC Genomics. 2024 Apr 4;25(1):341. doi: 10.1186/s12864-024-10203-7. PMID: 38575858; PMCID: PMC10996262.

3. Warner BB, Rosa BA, Ndao IM, Tarr PI, Miller JP, England SK, Luby JL, Rogers CE, Hall-Moore C, Bryant RE, Wang JD, Linneman LA, Smyser TA, Smyser CD, Barch DM, Miller GE, Chen E, Martin J, Mitreva M. Social and psychological adversity are associated with distinct mother and infant gut microbiome variations. Nat Commun. 2023 Sep 20;14(1):5824. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41421-4. PMID: 37726348; PMCID: PMC10509221.

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