Merrell Laboratory
 

Kathleen R. Jones, Ph.D.

Graduate Student

USUHS

Emerging Infectious Diseases Graduate Program

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

 kajones @ usuhs.mil

Education

• 1999 - Bachelor of Science, Microbiology and Genetics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

• 2003 - Master of Science, Interdisciplinary Biology, Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana

• 2011 - Doctor of Philosophy, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
  Advisor: Dr. D. Scott Merrell

  
   

Laboratory Work Experience

• 1999-2004 - SureTech Laboratories, Land O'Lakes,  Indianapolis, Indiana

Publications

Jones K.R., Jang S., Chang J.Y., Kim J., Chung I.S., Olsen C.H., Merrell D.S., Cha J.H. Polymorphisms in the intermediate region of VacA impact Helicobacter pylori-induced disease development. J Clin Microbiol. 49(1):101-10, 2011.

Jones K.R., Whitmire, J.M., Merrell D.S. A tale of two toxins: Helicobacter pylori CagA and VacA modulate host pathways that impact disease. Front Microbiol. 1:115, 2010.

Jang S., Jones K.R., Olsen C.H., Joo Y.M., Yoo Y.J., Chung I.S., Cha J.H., Merrell D.S. Epidemiological link between gastric disease and polymorphisms in VacA and CagA. J Clin Microbiol. 48(2):559-67, 2010.

Jones K.R., Joo Y.M., Jang S., Yoo Y.J., Lee H.S., Chung I.S., Olsen C.H., Whitmire J.M., Merrell D.S., Cha J.H. Polymorphism in the CagA EPIYA motif impacts development of gastric cancer. J Clin Microbiol. 47(4):959-68, 2009.

Jones, K.R. , Cha J., and Merrell D.S. Who’s Winning the War? Molecular Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance in Helicobacter pylori. Current Drug Therapy 3(3): 190-203, 2008.
 

Gancz H., Jones K.R., Merrell D.S. Sodium chloride affects Helicobacter pylori growth and gene expression. J Bacteriol. 190(11):4100-5, 2008.