CURRENT WORK
My current work is featured below.
PAST WORK
A small selection of my previous work is featured below.
EDUCATION
Projected Graduation 2024
Indiana University School of Medicine
Doctor of Philosophy
2016
Loyola University
Master of Science: Molecular Biology
2011
University of Mississippi
Bachelor of Science: Biology
GRANTS & AWARDS
2023
NIH T32 Institutional Training Grant (NIH T32 5T32AI060519): January 2023- Present
AAI Trainee Abstract Award: May 2023
2022
IUPUI Graduate Student Travel Fellowship- $800 for travel to “The Human Microbiome: Ecology and Evolution” Keystone Symposium: December 2022
PUBLICATIONS
Bloodworth, J.C., Hoji, A., Wolff, G., Mandal, R.K., Schmidt, N.W., Deshane, J.S., Morrow, C.D., Kloepfer, K.M., Cook-Mills, J.M. (2023). Dysbiotic lung microbial communities of neonates from allergic mothers confer neonate responsiveness to suboptimal allergen. Front Allergy, Mar 10;4:1135412. doi: 10.3389/falgy.2023.1135412. PMID: 36970065; PMCID: PMC10036811.
Cabanov, A., Flood, B. A., Bloodworth, J. C., Higgs, E. F., Fessler, J., Leung, M. Y. K., Cron, K. R., Trujillo, J., Pyzer, A. R., Rouhani, S., Strohbehn, G., Heiss, B., Ratain, M., Reid, P., Yeo, K. J., Sweis, R. F., Zha, Y., Gajewski, T. F. (2020) Abstract S04-02: Treatment with tocilizumab does not inhibit induction of anti-COVID-19 antibodies in patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 infection. Clinical Cancer Research, (26) (18 Supplement) S04-02; DOI: 10.1158/1557-3265. COVID-19-S04-02
Strohbehn, G. W., Heiss, B. L., Rouhani, S. J., Trujillo, J. A., Yu, J., Kacew, A. J., Higgs, E. F., Bloodworth. J. C., Cabanov, A., Wright, R. C., Koziol, A. K., Weiss, A., Danahey, K., Karrison, T. G., Edens, C. C., Bauer, Ventura, I., Pettit, N. N., Patel, B. K., Pisano, J., Strek, M. E., Gajewski, T. F., Ratain, M. J., Reid, P. D. (2021). COVIDOSE: A Phase II Clinical Trial of Low-Dose Tocilizumab in the Treatment of Noncritical COVID-19 Pneumonia. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 109 (3):688-696. doi: 10.1002/cpt.2117. Epub 2020 Dec 10. PMID: 33210302; PMCID: PMC7753375.
Sweis, R. F., Golan, S., Barashi, N., Hill, E., Andolfi, C., Werntz, R. P., Bloodworth, J. C., Steinberg, G. D. (2019). Association of the commensal urinary microbiome with response to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy in nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 37(7_suppl), 423-423. doi:10.1200/jco.2019.37.7_suppl.423
Higgs, E. F., Flood, B. A., Pyzer, A. R., Rouhani, S.J., Trujillo J. A., Cron, K. R., Cabanov, A., Fessler, J., Bloodworth. J. C., Beavis, K., Yeo, K. J., Sweis, R. F., Zha, Y., Gajewski, T. F. (2020) Abstract PO-067: Tissue banking from patients with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection. Clinical Cancer Research, (26) (18 Supplement) PO-067; DOI: 10.1158/1557-3265.COVID-19-PO-067
Shah, N., Kumar, S., Zaman, N., Pan, C.C., Bloodworth, J.C., Lei, W., Streicher, J. M., Hempel, N., Mythreye, K., Lee, N. Y. (2018). TAK1 activation of alpha-TAT1 and microtubule hyperacetylation control AKT signaling and cell growth. Nature Communications, 27;9(1):1696. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04121-y.
Pandya, K., Wyatt, D., Gallagher, B., Shah, D., Baker, A., Bloodworth, J. C., Zlobin. A., Pannuti, A., Green. A., Ellis, I.O., Filipovic, A., Sagert, J., Rana. A., Albain, K.S., Miele, L., Denning, M. F., Osipo, C. (2015). PKC Attenuates Jagged-1-Mediated Notch Signaling in ErbB-2-Positive Breast Cancer to Reverse Trastuzumab Resistance. Clinical Cancer Research, 22(1), 175-186. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-15-0179
Pan, C. C., Kumar, S., Shah, N., Bloodworth, J. C., Hawinkels, L. J., Mythreye, K., Hoyt, D. G. Lee, N. Y. (2015). Endoglin Regulation of Smad2 Function Mediates Beclin1 Expression and Endothelial Autophagy. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 290(24), 14884-14892. doi:10.1074/jbc.m114.630178