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  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Julie Overbaugh is affiliated with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, focusing on infectious diseases, virology, and immunology. The scientist has produced a significant body of work with a particular emphasis on HIV research and treatment as well as SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 studies.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Subfields of study covered by their research include:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Virology
  • Immunology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

The scientist's research topics focus on:

  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment

Popular venues for their publications include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Viruses
  • iScience
  • eLife

Frequent co-authors collaborating with the scientist are:

  • F. A. Matsen
  • Helen Y. Chu
  • Dara A. Lehman
  • Meghan Garrett
  • Hannah L. Itell

Recent published papers by the scientist include:

  • "Epitope profiling reveals binding signatures of SARS-CoV-2 immune response in natural infection and cross-reactivity with endemic human CoVs," 2021, Cell Reports
  • "Dynamics of HIV DNA reservoir seeding in a cohort of superinfected Kenyan women," 2020, PLoS Pathogens
  • "Understanding protection from SARS-CoV-2 by studying reinfection," 2020, Nature Medicine
  • "High-resolution profiling of pathways of escape for SARS-CoV-2 spike-binding antibodies," 2021, Cell
  • "HIV reservoir quantification using cross-subtype multiplex ddPCR," 2021, iScience

Among distinctions, Julie Overbaugh was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020.

Best Publications

  • HIV infection

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  • HIV/AIDS in Women: An Expanding Epidemic

    Thomas C. Quinn;Thomas C. Quinn;Julie Overbaugh

  • HIV-1 neutralizing antibodies induced by native-like envelope trimers

    Rogier W. Sanders;Rogier W. Sanders;Marit J. Van Gils;Ronald Derking;Devin Sok;Devin Sok

  • Hormonal contraception, vitamin A deficiency, and other risk factors for shedding of HIV-1 infected cells from the cervix and vagina

    Sara B Mostad;Julie Overbaugh;Dana M DeVange;Mary J Welch

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 V1-V2 Envelope Loop Sequences Expand and Add Glycosylation Sites over the Course of Infection, and These Modifications Affect Antibody Neutralization Sensitivity

    Manish Sagar;Xueling Wu;Sandra Lee;Julie Overbaugh

  • Correlates of mother-to-child human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) transmission: association with maternal plasma HIV-1 RNA load, genital HIV-1 DNA shedding, and breast infections.

    Grace C. John;Ruth W. Nduati;Dorothy A. Mbori-Ngacha;Barbra A. Richardson

  • Selection for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Envelope Glycosylation Variants with Shorter V1-V2 Loop Sequences Occurs during Transmission of Certain Genetic Subtypes and May Impact Viral RNA Levels

    Bhavna Chohan;Dorothy Lang;Manish Sagar;Bette Korber

  • HIV-1 subtype D infection is associated with faster disease progression than subtype A in spite of similar plasma HIV-1 Loads

    Jared M Baeten;Bhavna Chohan;Ludo Lavreys;Ludo Lavreys;Vrasha Chohan

  • Neutralization Escape Variants of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Are Transmitted from Mother to Infant

    Xueling Wu;Adam B. Parast;Barbra A. Richardson;Ruth Nduati

  • HIV vaccine research: the way forward.

    Anthony S. Fauci;Margaret I. Johnston;Carl W. Dieffenbach;Dennis R. Burton

  • Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 coreceptors participate in postentry stages in the virus replication cycle and function in simian immunodeficiency virus infection.

    B Chackerian;E M Long;P A Luciw;J Overbaugh

  • Specific N-linked and O-linked glycosylation modifications in the envelope V1 domain of simian immunodeficiency virus variants that evolve in the host alter recognition by neutralizing antibodies.

    Bryce Chackerian;Lyle M. Rudensey;Julie Overbaugh

  • Subtypes of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and Disease Stage among Women in Nairobi, Kenya

    Joel R. Neilson;Grace C. John;Jean K. Carr;Paul Lewis

  • Longitudinal Analysis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA in Breast Milk and of Its Relationship to Infant Infection and Maternal Disease

    Christine M Rousseau;Ruth W Nduati;Barbra A Richardson;Matthew S Steele

  • Evaluation of the association between the concentrations of key vaginal bacteria and the increased risk of HIV acquisition in African women from five cohorts: a nested case-control study.

    R Scott McClelland;Jairam R Lingappa;Sujatha Srinivasan;John Kinuthia

  • Selection Forces and Constraints on Retroviral Sequence Variation

    Julie Overbaugh;Charles R. M. Bangham

  • Rapid Detection of HIV-1 Proviral DNA for Early Infant Diagnosis Using Recombinase Polymerase Amplification

    David S. Boyle;Dara A. Lehman;Lorraine Lillis;Dylan Peterson

  • Gender differences in HIV-1 diversity at time of infection.

    Long Em;Martin Hl;Kreiss Jk;Rainwater Sm;Rainwater Sm

  • The Effect of Treatment of Vaginal Infections on Shedding of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1

    Chia C. Wang;R. Scott McClelland;Marie Reilly;Julie Overbaugh

  • Receptors and entry cofactors for retroviruses include single and multiple transmembrane-spanning proteins as well as newly described glycophosphatidylinositol-anchored and secreted proteins

    Julie Overbaugh;A. Dusty Miller;Maribeth V. Eiden

  • Human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected cells in breast milk: association with immunosuppression and vitamin A deficiency.

    Ruth W. Nduati;Grace C. John;Barbra A. Richardson;Julie Overbaugh

  • HIV-Specific Antibodies Capable of ADCC Are Common in Breastmilk and Are Associated with Reduced Risk of Transmission in Women with High Viral Loads

    Jennifer Mabuka;Jennifer Mabuka;Ruth Nduati;Katherine Odem-Davis;Dylan Peterson

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbra A. Richardson
Barbra A. Richardson University of Washington
Grace John-Stewart
Grace John-Stewart University of Washington
Kishorchandra Mandaliya
Kishorchandra Mandaliya University of Washington
R. Scott McClelland
R. Scott McClelland University of Washington
Joan K. Kreiss
Joan K. Kreiss University of Washington
Jeckoniah O. Ndinya-Achola
Jeckoniah O. Ndinya-Achola University of Nairobi
Ludo Lavreys
Ludo Lavreys Johnson & Johnson (Netherlands)
Walter Jaoko
Walter Jaoko University of Nairobi
Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha
Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha United Nations Children's Fund
Jared M. Baeten
Jared M. Baeten University of Washington

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