MelissaLise DownsbroughCullimoreMDPhD

PubMed

• 2 citations
  The Modified Clinical Progression Scale for Pediatric Patients: Evaluation as a Severity Metric and Outcome Measure in Severe Acute Viral Respiratory Illness.
  Gertz, S. J., Gertz, S. J., Shannon B Leland, Steven J Staffa, Margaret M Newhams, Robinder G Khemani, John C Marshall, Cameron C Young, Aline B Maddux, Mark W Hall, S...> ;Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2023 Dec 1
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  NFKB2 haploinsufficiency identified via screening for IFN-α2 autoantibodies in children and adolescents hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2-related complications.
  Gertz, S. J., Gertz, S. J., Aaron Bodansky, Sara E Vazquez, Janet Chou, Tanya Novak, Amer Al-Musa, Cameron Young, Margaret Newhams, Suden Kucukak, Laura D Zambrano, An...> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2023 Apr 1
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  Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Characteristics and Outcomes in Children and Adolescents With COVID-19 or Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Admitted to U.S. ICUs.
  Melania M Bembea, Laura L Loftis, Ravi R Thiagarajan, Cameron C Young, Timothy P McCadden, Margaret M Newhams, Suden Kucukak, Elizabeth H Mack, Julie C Fitzgerald, Cou...> ;Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2023 May 1
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  Association of Asthma With Treatments and Outcomes in Children With Critical Influenza.
  Gertz, S. J., Gertz, S. J., Aline B Maddux, Jocelyn R Grunwell, Margaret M Newhams, Sabrina R Chen, Samantha M Olson, Natasha B Halasa, Scott L Weiss, Bria M Coates, J...> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. in Practice. 2023 Mar 1
• Factors Associated With COVID-19 Non-vaccination in Adolescents Hospitalized Without COVID-19.
  Gertz, S. J., Gertz, S. J., Leila C Sahni, Ashley M Price, Samantha M Olson, Margaret M Newhams, Pia S Pannaraj, Aline B Maddux, Natasha B Halasa, Katherine E Bline, M...> ;Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2023 Feb 9
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  Life-Threatening Complications of Influenza vs Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in US Children.
  Gertz, S. J., Gertz, S. J., Li, S., Natasha B Halasa, Andrew J Spieker, Cameron C Young, Samantha M Olson, Margaret M Newhams, Justin Z Amarin, Kristin L Moffitt, Mari...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2023 Feb 8
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  BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccination Against Coronavirus Disease 2019 is Associated With a Decreased Likelihood of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Aged 5-18 Years-U...
  Gertz, S. J., Gertz, S. J., Laura D Zambrano, Margaret M Newhams, Samantha M Olson, Natasha B Halasa, Ashley M Price, Amber O Orzel, Cameron C Young, Julie A Boom, Lei...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2023 Feb 8
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  Tachyarrhythmias During Hospitalization for COVID-19 or Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children and Adolescents.
  Gertz, S. J., Gertz, S. J., Audrey Dionne, Kevin G Friedman, Cameron C Young, Margaret M Newhams, Suden Kucukak, Ashley M Jackson, Julie C Fitzgerald, Laura S Smallcom...> ;Journal of the American Heart Association. 2022 Oct 18
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  Measurement of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Antigens in Plasma of Pediatric Patients With Acute Coronavirus Disease 2019 or Multisystem Inflammatory...
  Gertz, S. J., Gertz, S. J., George B Sigal, Tanya Novak, Anu Mathew, Janet Chou, Yubo Zhang, Navaratnam Manjula, Pradeepthi Bathala, Jessica Joe, Nikhil Padmanabhan, D...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2022 Oct 12
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  Health Impairments in Children and Adolescents After Hospitalization for Acute COVID-19 or MIS-C.
  Gertz, S. J., Gertz, S. J., Aline B Maddux, Laura Berbert, Cameron C Young, Leora R Feldstein, Laura D Zambrano, Suden Kucukak, Margaret M Newhams, Kristen Miller, Mad...> ;Pediatrics. 2022 Sep 1
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  Vaccine Effectiveness Against Life-Threatening Influenza Illness in US Children.
  Gertz, S. J., Gertz, S. J., Samantha M Olson, Margaret M Newhams, Natasha B Halasa, Leora R Feldstein, Tanya Novak, Scott L Weiss, Bria M Coates, Jennifer E Schuster, ...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2022 Aug 25
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  DDX58 Is Associated With Susceptibility to Severe Influenza Virus Infection in Children and Adolescents.
  Sanghun Lee, Yu Zhang, Margaret Newhams, Tanya Novak, Paul G Thomas, Peter M Mourani, Mark W Hall, Laura L Loftis, Natalie Z Cvijanovich, Keiko M Tarquinio, Adam J Sch...> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2022 Nov 28
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  A Description of COVID-19-Directed Therapy in Children Admitted to US Intensive Care Units 2020.
  Gertz, S. J., Gertz, S. J., Jennifer E Schuster, Natasha B Halasa, Mari Nakamura, Emily R Levy, Julie C Fitzgerald, Cameron C Young, Margaret M Newhams, Florence Bourg...> ;Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2022 May 30
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  BNT162b2 Protection against the Omicron Variant in Children and Adolescents.
  Gertz, S. J., Gertz, S. J., Price, A., Olson, S., Newhams, M., Halasa, N., Boom, J., Sahni, L., Pannaraj, P., Irby, K., Bline, K., Maddux, A., Nofziger, R., Cameron, M...> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2022 May 19
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  Effectiveness of BNT162b2 Vaccine against Critical Covid-19 in Adolescents.
  Gertz, S. J., Gertz, S. J., Olson, S., Newhams, M., Halasa, N., Price, A., Boom, J., Sahni, L., Pannaraj, P., Irby, K., Walker, T., Schwartz, S., Maddux, A., Mack, E.,...> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2022 Feb 24
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  Effectiveness of Maternal Vaccination with mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine During Pregnancy Against COVID-19-Associated Hospitalization in Infants Aged <6 Months - 17 States, Ju...
  Gertz, S. J., Gertz, S. J., Natasha B Halasa, Samantha M Olson, Mary A Staat, Margaret M Newhams, Ashley M Price, Julie A Boom, Leila C Sahni, Melissa A Cameron, Pia S...> ;MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2022 Feb 18
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  Effectiveness of BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) mRNA Vaccination Against Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Among Persons Aged 12-18 Years - United States, July...
  Gertz, S. J., Gertz, S. J., Laura D Zambrano, Margaret M Newhams, Samantha M Olson, Natasha B Halasa, Ashley M Price, Julie A Boom, Leila C Sahni, Satoshi Kamidani, Ke...> ;MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2022 Jan 14
• 2 citations
  Risk Factors Associated with Mechanical Ventilation in Critical Bronchiolitis.
  Sydney Brouillette, Vannessa Williams, Ariann Lenihan, Nichole Nemec, Joseph Lukowski, Cheng Zheng, Melissa L. Cullimore, Sidharth Mahapatra> ;Children. 2021 Nov 11
• 75 citations
  Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA Vaccination Against COVID-19 Hospitalization Among Persons Aged 12-18 Years - United States, June-September 2021.
  Gertz, S. J., Gertz, S. J., Samantha M. Olson, Margaret M Newhams, Natasha B. Halasa, Ashley M Price, Julie A. Boom, Leila C. Sahni, Katherine Irby, Tracie C. Walker, ...> ;MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2021 Oct 22
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  Independent and Interdependent Immunoregulatory Effects of IL-27, IFN-β, and IL-10 in the Suppression of Human Th17 Cells and Murine Experimental Autoimmune Encephalom...
  Denise C. Fitzgerald, Zoe Fonseca-Kelly, Melissa Cullimore, Pegah Safabakhsh, Christiaan J. M. Saris, Guang Xian Zhang, Abdolmohamad Rostami> ;Journal of Immunology. 2013 Apr 1
• 7 citations
  Intravenous tolerance effectively overcomes enhanced pro-inflammatory responses and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis severity in the absence of IL-12 receptor...
  Denise C. Fitzgerald, Guang-Xian Zhang, Shuo Yu, Melissa Cullimore, Zhao Zhao, Abdolmohamad Rostami> ;Journal of Neuroimmunology. 2012 Jun 15
• 21 citations
  IL‐10 deficiency blocks the ability of LPS to regulate expression of tolerance‐related molecules on dendritic cells
  Fang Zhou, Bogoljub Ciric, Hongmei Li, Yaping Yan, Ke Li, Melissa Cullimore, Elisabetta Lauretti, Patricia Gonnella, Guang Xian Zhang, Abdolmohamad Rostami> ;European Journal of Immunology. 2012 Jun 1
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  IL-9 is important for T-cell activation and differentiation in autoimmune inflammation of the central nervous system
  Hongmei Li, Bardia Nourbakhsh, Melissa Cullimore, Guang Xian Zhang, Abdolmohamad Rostami> ;European Journal of Immunology. 2011 Aug 1
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  Kit (W-sh) Mice Develop Earlier and More Severe Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Due to Absence of Immune Suppression
  Hongmei Li, Bardia Nourbakhsh, Farinaz Safavi, Ke Li, Hui Xu, Melissa Cullimore, Fang Zhou, Guang-Xian Zhang, Abdolmohamad Rostami> ;Journal of Immunology. 2011 Jul 1
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  The encephalitogenicity of T(H)17 cells is dependent on IL-1- and IL-23-induced production of the cytokine GM-CSF.
  Mohamed El-Behi, Bogoljub Ciric, Hong Dai, Yaping Yan, Melissa Cullimore, Farinaz Safavi, Guang-Xian Zhang, Bonnie N. Dittel, Abdolmohamad Rostami> ;Nature Immunology. 2011 Jun 1
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Journal Articles

• Giant spinorbit interactions in argon photoionization  
  D. H. Jaecks, O. Yenen, K. W. McLaughlin, S. Canton, J. D. Bozek, and M. Downsbrough.*, Phys Rev A, 1/1/2004

Abstracts/Posters

• The role of T cells in reduced susceptibility to EAE in Immature Mice.
  Melissa Cullimore, Zoe Fonseca-Kelly, Denise Fitzgerald, A.M. Rostami, AOA Research Symposium, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 1/1/2011
• Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis in Immature Mice.
  Melissa Cullimore, Zoe Fonseca-Kelly, Denise Fitzgerald, A.M. Rostami, Sigma Xi Research Day Thomas, Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 1/1/2010

Lectures

• Fundamental of Pulmonary Gas Exchange, Cardiac Physiology and Mechanics 
  University of Rochester (2016-2017) - 1/1/2018
• Cardiac Surgery and Post-op Care 
  University of Rochester (2016-2017) - 1/1/2018
• Status Epilepticus 
  University of Rochester (2016-2017) - 1/1/2018
• Pulmonary Blood flow 
  University of Rochester (2016-2017) - 1/1/2018
• Pressure Volume Loops 
  University of Rochester (2016-2017) - 1/1/2018
• Myocardial Metabolism 
  University of Rochester (2016-2017) - 1/1/2018
• Vasoactive Medications 
  University of Rochester (2016-2017) - 1/1/2018
• CRRT 
  University of Rochester (2016-2017) - 1/1/2018
• Burns/Smoke Inhalation 
  University of Rochester (2016-2017) - 1/1/2018
• Lightning Injuries and Electrocution 
  University of Rochester (2016-2017) - 1/1/2018
• ECMO 
  University of Rochester (2016-2017) - 1/1/2018
• Hematology/Anemia and Coagulopathy 
  University of Rochester (2016-2017) - 1/1/2018
• Neurologic Control of Breathing and Monitoring 
  University of Rochester (2016-2017) - 1/1/2018
• Oxygen Delivery and Consumption 
  University of Rochester (2016-2017) - 1/1/2018
• The EBM behind keeping children home from school. 
  1/1/2016
• Viral Myocarditis 
  Geisinger Medical Center (2013-2015) - 1/1/2016
• Neonatal Lupus 
  Geisinger Medical Center (2013-2015) - 1/1/2016
• Overgrowth Syndromes 
  Geisinger Medical Center (2013-2015) - 1/1/2016
• Transverse Myelitis 
  Geisinger Medical Center (2013-2015) - 1/1/2016
• Failure to Thrive 
  Geisinger Medical Center (2013-2015) - 1/1/2016
• PNET 
  Geisinger Medical Center (2013-2015) - 1/1/2016
• Tics 
  Geisinger Medical Center (2013-2015) - 1/1/2016
• Bedwetting 
  Geisinger Medical Center (2013-2015) - 1/1/2016
• Sex Chromosome Aneuploidy 
  Geisinger Medical Center (2013-2015) - 1/1/2016
• Encephalitogenicity of TH17 cells is dependent on interleukin 1- and interleukin-23-induced GM-CSF cytokine production. (Oral Presentation) 
  Philadelphia, PA - 1/1/2011
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