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Gail H Cassell, Ph.D.

Dr. Cassell is vice president for TB Drug Development at the Infectious Disease Research Institute in Seattle, Washington, professor emeritus and former chair, Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and former vice president for scientific affairs and distinguished Lilly research scholar for infectious diseases at Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis, Indiana. She founded the Forum on Drug Discovery, Development and Translation, which she continues to co-chair, at the Institute of Medicine. She has a distinguished record of national service with the National Academy of Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control, and several other national and international institutions.

Affiliations:

Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Dr. Cassell is a leader on efforts to address multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB). She and Barry Bloom, former dean of Harvard School of Public Health, co-lead an Institute of Medicine project on drug supply chain issues related to MDRTB. She actively advises numerous government agencies, NGOs, and foundations on the scale-up of MDRTB diagnosis and treatment in endemic areas around the world, including in Russia. Dr. Cassell is advising the GHSM Sentinel Project on pediatric drug-resistant tuberculosis, a global partnership that aims to develop and deploy evidence-based strategies to prevent child deaths from drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Mycoplasma pulmonis V-1 surface protein variation: occurrence in vivo and association with lung lesions.
Authors: Authors: Talkington DF, Fallon MT, Watson HL, Thorp RK, Cassell GH.
Microb Pathog
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Serum antibody does not account for differences in the severity of chronic respiratory disease caused by Mycoplasma pulmonis in LEW and F344 rats.
Authors: Authors: Simecka JW, Davis JK, Cassell GH.
Infect Immun
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High-frequency variation in Mycoplasma pulmonis colony size.
Authors: Authors: Dybvig K, Simecka JW, Watson HL, Cassell GH.
J Bacteriol
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Neonatal serologic response at term to the genital mycoplasmas.
Authors: Authors: Dinsmoor MJ, Ramamurthy RS, Cassell GH, Gibbs RS.
Pediatr Infect Dis J
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Short-term exposure to nitrogen dioxide enhances susceptibility to murine respiratory mycoplasmosis and decreases intrapulmonary killing of Mycoplasma pulmonis.
Authors: Authors: Parker RF, Davis JK, Cassell GH, White H, Dziedzic D, Blalock DK, Thorp RB, Simecka JW.
Am Rev Respir Dis
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Subunit structure of the variable V-1 antigen of Mycoplasma pulmonis.
Authors: Authors: Watson HL, Dybvig K, Blalock DK, Cassell GH.
Infect Immun
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Induction of class II MHC antigen expression in macrophages by Mycoplasma species.
Authors: Authors: Stuart PM, Cassell GH, Woodward JG.
J Immunol
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Ureaplasma urealyticum pneumonia: experimental production and demonstration of age-related susceptibility.
Authors: Authors: Rudd PT, Cassell GH, Waites KB, Davis JK, Duffy LB.
Infect Immun
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Upper respiratory tract is the major site of antibody production in mycoplasmal induced chronic respiratory disease.
Authors: Authors: Simecka JW, Patel P, Davis JK, Cassell GH.
Reg Immunol
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Mycoplasma hominis septic thrombophlebitis in a patient with multiple trauma: a case report and literature review.
Authors: Authors: Martinez OV, Chan J, Cleary T, Cassell GH.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
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