Christine Petersen

Professional Training and experience

• DVM, Cornell University
• PhD, Harvard University

• Investigation of host-pathogen interaction between the immune system and Leishmania species in domestic and International cohorts (India, Brazil)
• Evaluation of key comorbidities their immunologic mechanisms required to induce clearance of disease vs. progression in domestic and International cohorts (Brazil, Ethiopia)
• Understanding of processing of and immune responses to carbohydrates
• Development of diagnostics and epidemiological studies of Brucella canis
• Transmission and Immunological Bayesian Hierarchical Modeling in collaboration with members of the Biostatistics department
• Understanding the epidemiologic and immunologic factors that lead to clinical Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases
• Identification of reservoirs and prevention of zoonotic diseases

Recent Awards & Honors

• Scientific Program Chair, American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020-2023
• Fellow, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
• President, American Council for Molecular, Cellular and Immunoparasitology,  Nov. 2016-2018
• Inducted as member of Leishvet, the governing body that determines treatment and control guidelines for global veterinary Leishmaniosis,  2014- present
• Deputy Editor for PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Editor, Infection and Immunity and guest editor for PLoS Pathogens 
• Ad-hoc reviewer NIH NIAID Tropical Disease Research Centers P50, Sept. 2011, IHD study section, Feb 2013, DVM-oriented T35/32 review Nov. 2014, Diagnostic Devices SBIR/STTR review, June, Nov. 2016, March 2017, VMD Oct. 2018, Feb. 2019, Clinical Research and Field Studies of Infectious Diseases (CRFS) Oct. 2019, special NIAID Tick-borne diseases panel Jan 2020
• Standing member of VMD 2020-2024

Publications