Editorial Board Member - JAR
ELENA A. USACHEVA
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Pathology
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
United States
BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Elena A. Usacheva is presently working as an Research Scientist in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research at NorthShore University HealthSystem in the United States. She is also Assistant Professor in University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, USA. Her PhD in molecular biology was completed in Federal Center of Genetic and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms in Moscow, Russia. She had specific training in the field of DNA instability and unusual DNA formation at the Center for Genome Research, Institute Bioscience and Technology, Houston, USA. At Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (Chicago) she extended her experience in the field of neurodegenerative diseases in genetic and protein projects. Dr. Usacheva has over 20 year’s research experience and broad background in molecular biology and microbiology. Her current interest is in the area of molecular microbiology, developing new molecular diagnostics for infection diseases. Special interest is antimicrobial resistance and its detection. As PI on NIH-funded grants and diagnostics clinical trials her goal is implementing of advanced technologies to clinical diagnostics of infectious diseases. She has demonstrated a record of successful research in many peer-reviewed manuscripts and international meetings.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Her research interests are
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Molecular detection of clinical pathogens
- Applied molecular biology
- Research on nosocomial and community pathogens
- Bacteria-host interaction
- Biomarkers for infectious diseases
Other Editorial Board Members - JAR
LUIS CLAUDIO NASCIMENTO DA SILVA
Ceuma University
Rua dos Castanheiros Jardim Renascença 65075120 - São Luís
Brazil
Magdolna Csavas
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy
University of Debrecen
Hungary
RAVINDRA K. MALIK
Natural and Forensic Sciences Department
Albany State University
United States
JUAN CARLOS SALAZAR
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Physician in Chief Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Academic Director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and
Director of the Pediatric and Youth HIV Program
United States
SALEH A. NASER
Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences
University of Central Florida
United States
TZI BUN NG
School of Biomedical Sciences
Chinese University of Hong Kong
China
GHASSAN M. MATAR
Department of Experimental Pathology, Immunology & Microbiology
Faculty of Medicine
American University of Beirut
Lebanon
