Elaine Tuomanen

Elaine I. Tuomanen, M.D. is an American pediatrician and chair of the Department of Infectious Diseases at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. She is noted for her research on Molecular pathogenesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae.[1]

Elaine I. Tuomanen M.D.
Born (1951-01-23) January 23, 1951
NationalityAmerican
Known forInfectious disease

Career

Elaine Tuomanen received her M.D. from McGill University. She is a member of the Association of American Physicians and a Fellow of the American Academy for Microbiology. At St. Jude’s Research Hospital, she focuses on the pathogenesis of infectious diseases in children, which can be seen in her initiatives of the Children’s GMP Manufacturing Facility and the Translational Trials Unit.[2] Among her influential contributions are studies that link pneumococcal virulence factors to specific host receptors, the inflammatory bioactivities of cell wall, and the increased susceptibility of children with sickle cell disease to pneumococcal disease.[3] Her studies have been funded by the National Institutes of Health for over 30 years, and she has authored hundreds of peer-reviewed publications, reviews, and book chapters.[4]

Recent publications
  • Bacterial Peptidoglycan Transverses the Placenta to Induce Fetal Neuroproliferation and Aberrant Postnatal Behavior.[5]
  • Correlation Between the Interval of Influenza Virus Infectivity and Results of Diagnostic Assays in a Ferret Model.[6]
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae translocates into the myocardium and forms unique microlesions that disrupt cardiac function.[7]

Awards
  • 1980 Bristol Award, The American Society for Infectious Diseases
  • 1987 Outstanding Young Woman of America
  • 1983-1986 Parker B. Francis Research Award, The American Thoracic Society
  • 1986 Vector Outstanding Young Investigator Research Award, American Society for Microbiology
  • 1997 E. Mead Johnson Award of American Academy of Pediatrics, Outstanding Research in Pediatrics
  • 1998 Maxwell Finland Award from Infectious Diseases Society of America
  • 2006 Selected as one of "America’s Top Pediatricians"
  • 2010 Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
  • 2012 Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • 2014 The inaugural Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) Distinguished Research Award

References
  1. "Elaine I. Tuomanen, MD". St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  2. "Calendar of Activities in the Russian Federation & Eurasia". American Society For Microbiology. Archived from the original on 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2011. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. Obert, CA; Gao, G; Sublett, J; Tuomanen, EI; Orihuela, CJ (December 2007). "Assessment of molecular typing methods to determine invasiveness and to differentiate clones of Streptococcus pneumoniae". Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 7 (6): 708–16. doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2007.07.011. PMC 2128056. PMID 17768094.
  4. "St. Jude / PIDS 2016 Research Conference Biographies". PIDS.org. Archived from the original on 2016-05-13. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  5. Humann, J; Mann, B; Gao, G; Moresco, P; Ramahi, J; Loh, LN; Farr, A; Hu, Y; Durick-Eder, K; Fillon, SA; Smeyne, RJ; Tuomanen, EI (9 March 2016). "Bacterial Peptidoglycan Transverses the Placenta to Induce Fetal Neuroproliferation and Aberrant Postnatal Behavior". Cell Host & Microbe. 19 (3): 388–99. doi:10.1016/j.chom.2016.02.009. PMC 4787272. PMID 26962947.
  6. Inagaki, K; Song, MS; Crumpton, JC; DeBeauchamp, J; Jeevan, T; Tuomanen, EI; Webby, RJ; Hakim, H (2016). "Correlation Between the Interval of Influenza Virus Infectivity and Results of Diagnostic Assays in a Ferret Model". J. Infect. Dis. 213 (3): 407–10. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiv331. PMC 4704662. PMID 26068783.
  7. Brown, AO; Mann, B; Gao, G; Hankins, JS; Humann, J; Giardina, J; Faverio, P; Restrepo, MI; Halade, GV; Mortensen, EM; Lindsey, ML; Hanes, M; Happel, KI; Nelson, S; Bagby, GJ; Lorent, JA; Cardinal, P; Granados, R; Esteban, A; LeSaux, CJ; Tuomanen, EI; Orihuela, CJ (September 2014). "Streptococcus pneumoniae translocates into the myocardium and forms unique microlesions that disrupt cardiac function". PLOS Pathogens. 10 (9): e1004383. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004383. PMC 4169480. PMID 25232870.
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