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Amelia K Pinto, PhD

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Amelia.Pinto@uky.edu
760 Press Ave Room 617

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  • Assistant Professor

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Biography and Education

Biography

My research primarily focuses on viral immunology, specifically investigating diseases caused by emerging viruses, including dengue, Zika, Rift Vally fever,  Chikungunya, and SARS-CoV-2. My work involves developing murine models for studying viral disease and evaluating vaccine efficacy in at-risk populations.  My research aims to enhance understanding of virus-host interactions, vaccine development, and immune response mechanisms.

Selected Publications

Stone ET, Pinto AK. Viruses. 2023 Apr 13;15(4). doi: 10.3390/v15040958. Review. PubMed PMID: 37112938; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10146733.

Nasr MC, Geerling E, Pinto AK. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2022;13:898810. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.898810. eCollection 2022. Review. PubMed PMID: 35795152; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9252434.

Geerling E, Hameed M, Weger-Lucarelli J, Pinto AK. Front Immunol. 2022;13:1015563. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1015563. eCollection 2022. Review. PubMed PMID: 36532060; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9747772.

Stone ET, Hassert M, Geerling E, Wagner C, Brien JD, Ebel GD, Hirsch AJ, German C, Smith JL, Pinto AK. Cell Rep. 2022 Feb 15;38(7):110388. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110388. PubMed PMID: 35172138; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8919300.

Geerling E, Pinski AN, Stone TE, DiPaolo RJ, Zulu MZ, Maroney KJ, Brien JD, Messaoudi I, Pinto AK. iScience. 2022 Jan 21;25(1):103553. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103553. Epub 2021 Dec 3. PubMed PMID: 34877479; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8639477.

Geerling E, Stone ET, Steffen TL, Hassert M, Brien JD, Pinto AK. Front Immunol. 2021;12:739025. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.739025. eCollection 2021. PubMed PMID: 34531877; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8439568.

Hassert M, Steffen TL, Scroggins S, Coleman AK, Shacham E, Brien JD, Pinto AK. J Virol. 2021 Jul 26;95(16):e0057321. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00573-21. Epub 2021 Jul 26. PubMed PMID: 34076486; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8312874.

Hassert M, Geerling E, Stone ET, Steffen TL, Feldman MS, Dickson AL, Class J, Richner JM, Brien JD, Pinto AK. PLoS Pathog. 2020 Dec;16(12):e1009163. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009163. eCollection 2020 Dec. PubMed PMID: 33326500; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7773324.

Pinto AK, Brien JD, Lam CY, Johnson S, Chiang C, Hiscott J, Sarathy VV, Barrett AD, Shresta S, Diamond MS. mBio. 2015 Sep 15;6(5):e01316-15. doi: 10.1128/mBio.01316-15. PubMed PMID: 26374123; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4600115.