
Read Pukkila-Worley MD
Instructor in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
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119 Belmont St Dept ofWorcester, MA 01605
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Summary
- Dr. Read Pukkila-Worley, MD is an infectious disease specialist in Worcester, Massachusetts. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts. He is an Instructor in Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Education & Training
- Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2007 - 2009
- Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2007
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineClass of 2004
Certifications & Licensure
- MA State Medical License 2006 - 2026
- American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsIntestinal immunity in C. elegans is activated by pathogen effector-triggered aggregation of the guard protein TIR-1 on lysosome-related organelles.Samantha Y Tse-Kang, Khursheed A Wani, Nicholas D Peterson, Amanda Page, Fiachra Humphries
Immunity. 2024-10-08 - 2 citationsLysosome-related organelle integrity suppresses TIR-1 aggregation to restrain toxic propagation of p38 innate immunity.Samantha Y Tse-Kang, Read Pukkila-Worley
Cell Reports. 2024-09-24 - 3 citationsTranscriptional suppression of sphingolipid catabolism controls pathogen resistance in C. elegans.Mohamad A Nasrallah, Nicholas D Peterson, Elizabeth S Szumel, Pengpeng Liu, Amanda L Page
Plos Pathogens. 2023-10-01
Press Mentions
- Research Reveals Mechanism of Effector-Triggered ImmunitySeptember 27th, 2024
Grant Support
- An Immune Surveillance Network in C. elegansUNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER2017–2027
- Detection of pathogen infection by monitoring host cell membrane dynamicsUNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER2021–2026
- Detection of pathogen infection by monitoring host cell membrane dynamicsUNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER2021–2026