1. Name: Srinivas Mummidi

2. Work Address: Rm 2.120 EREBL School of Medicine UT Rio Grande Valley 1214 W. Schunior Edinburg, TX 78541

3. Email Address: [email protected]

4. Citizenship: United States of America

5. Education:

1986 B.V.Sc. & A.H. AP Agricultural University, Hyderabad, India 1989 M.V.Sc. Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, India 1996 Ph.D. Iowa State University, Ames, IA

6. Postdoctoral training:

1996-2000 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

7. Current Titles and Affiliations: 2019- Associate Professor, Department of Human Genetics, South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute (STDOI), University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX

8. Previous Appointments: 2016-2019 Associate Professor/Research, Department of Human Genetics, South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute (STDOI), University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX 2008-2015 Associate Professor/Research, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 2002-2015 Research Health Scientist, GS-13, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX 2002-2015 Head, Molecular Biology Core, Center for Personalized Medicine and VA Research Center for AIDS and HIV-1 infection, STVHCS, San Antonio, TX 2000-2007 Assistant Professor/Research, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

9. Peer-reviewed Publications (Total 62; Google Scholar h-index = 32; i10-index = 46; Total citations = 4671).

1) Mummidi, S., Brooks, M. A., Paul, P. S., Lyoo, Y. S., & Zaberezhny, A. D. (1996). The VP4 and VP7 of bovine rotavirus VMRI are antigenically and genetically closely related to P-type 5, G-type 6 strains. Vet Microbiol, 51(3-4), 241-255. 2) Mummidi, S., Paul, P. S., & Holland, R. E. (1996). Sequence and phylogenetic analysis of the VP7 of a bovine rotavirus with G6 subtype. Virus , 12(3), 203-204. 3) Alkhatib, G., Ahuja, S. S., Light, D., Mummidi, S., Berger, E. A., & Ahuja, S. K. (1997). CC receptor 5-mediated signaling and HIV-1 Co-receptor activity share common structural determinants. Critical residues in the third extracellular loop support HIV-1 fusion. J Biol Chem, 272(32), 19771-19776. 4) Mummidi, S., Ahuja, S. S., McDaniel, B. L., & Ahuja, S. K. (1997). The human CC chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) gene. Multiple transcripts with 5'-end heterogeneity, dual promoter usage, and evidence for polymorphisms within the regulatory regions and noncoding exons. J Biol Chem, 272(49), 30662-30671. 5) Mummidi, S., Paul, P., & Holland, R. (1997). Sequence analysis of VP7 gene of a bovine rotavirus with G6 subtype. Adv Exp Med Biol, 412, 93-94. 6) Ahuja, S. S., Mummidi, S., Malech, H. L., & Ahuja, S. K. (1998). Human dendritic cell (DC)-based anti-infective therapy: engineering DCs to secrete functional IFN- gamma and IL-12. J Immunol, 161(2), 868-876. 7) Mummidi, S., Ahuja, S. S., Gonzalez, E., Anderson, S. A., Santiago, E. N., Stephan, K. T., Craig, F. E., O'Connell, P., Tryon, V., Clark, R. A., Dolan, M. J., & Ahuja, S. K. (1998). Genealogy of the CCR5 locus and chemokine system gene variants associated with altered rates of HIV-1 disease progression. Nat Med, 4(7), 786-793. 8) Gonzalez, E., Bamshad, M., Sato, N., Mummidi, S., Dhanda, R., Catano, G., Cabrera, S., McBride, M., Cao, X. H., Merrill, G., O'Connell, P., Bowden, D. W., Freedman, B. I., Anderson, S. A., Walter, E. A., Evans, J. S., Stephan, K. T., Clark, R. A., Tyagi, S., Ahuja, S. S., Dolan, M. J., & Ahuja, S. K. (1999). Race-specific HIV-1 disease-modifying effects associated with CCR5 haplotypes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 96(21), 12004-12009. 9) Mummidi, S., Bamshad, M., Ahuja, S. S., Gonzalez, E., Feuillet, P. M., Begum, K., Galvis, M. C., Kostecki, V., Valente, A. J., Murthy, K. K., Haro, L., Dolan, M. J., Allan, J. S., & Ahuja, S. K. (2000). Evolution of human and non-human primate CC chemokine receptor 5 gene and mRNA. Potential roles for haplotype and mRNA diversity, differential haplotype-specific transcriptional activity, and altered transcription factor binding to polymorphic nucleotides in the pathogenesis of HIV- 1 and simian immunodeficiency virus. J Biol Chem, 275(25), 18946-18961. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M000169200 10) Gonzalez, E., Dhanda, R., Bamshad, M., Mummidi, S., Geevarghese, R., Catano, G., Anderson, S. A., Walter, E. A., Stephan, K. T., Hammer, M. F., Mangano, A., Sen, L., Clark, R. A., Ahuja, S. S., Dolan, M. J., & Ahuja, S. K. (2001). Global survey of genetic variation in CCR5, RANTES, and MIP-1alpha: impact on the epidemiology of the HIV-1 pandemic. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 98(9), 5199-5204. doi: 10.1073/pnas.091056898 11) Mangano, A., Gonzalez, E., Dhanda, R., Catano, G., Bamshad, M., Bock, A., Duggirala, R., Williams, K., Mummidi, S., Clark, R. A., Ahuja, S. S., Dolan, M. J., Bologna, R., Sen, L., & Ahuja, S. K. (2001). Concordance between the CC chemokine receptor 5 genetic determinants that alter risks of transmission and disease progression in children exposed perinatally to human immunodeficiency virus. J Infect Dis, 183(11), 1574-1585. doi: 10.1086/320705 12) Mummidi, S., Catano, G., Lam, L., Hoefle, A., Telles, V., Begum, K., Jimenez, F., Ahuja, S. S., & Ahuja, S. K. (2001). Extensive repertoire of membrane-bound and soluble dendritic cell-specific ICAM-3-grabbing nonintegrin 1 (DC-SIGN1) and DC- SIGN2 isoforms. Inter-individual variation in expression of DC-SIGN transcripts. J Biol Chem, 276(35), 33196-33212. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M009807200 13) Bamshad, M. J., Mummidi, S., Gonzalez, E., Ahuja, S. S., Dunn, D. M., Watkins, W. S., Wooding, S., Stone, A. C., Jorde, L. B., Weiss, R. B., & Ahuja, S. K. (2002). A strong signature of balancing selection in the 5' cis-regulatory region of CCR5. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 99(16), 10539-10544. doi: 10.1073/pnas.162046399 14) Gonzalez, E., Rovin, B. H., Sen, L., Cooke, G., Dhanda, R., Mummidi, S., Kulkarni, H., Bamshad, M. J., Telles, V., Anderson, S. A., Walter, E. A., Stephan, K. T., Deucher, M., Mangano, A., Bologna, R., Ahuja, S. S., Dolan, M. J., & Ahuja, S. K. (2002). HIV-1 infection and AIDS dementia are influenced by a mutant MCP- 1 allele linked to increased monocyte infiltration of tissues and MCP-1 levels. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 99(21), 13795-13800. doi: 10.1073/pnas.202357499 15) Winiarczyk, S., Paul, P. S., Mummidi, S., Panek, R., & Gradzki, Z. (2002). Survey of porcine rotavirus G and P genotype in Poland and the United States using RT- PCR. J Vet Med B Infect Dis Vet Public Health, 49(8), 373-378. 16) Chandrasekar, B., Mummidi, S., Perla, R. P., Bysani, S., Dulin, N. O., Liu, F., & Melby, P. C. (2003). Fractalkine (CX3CL1) stimulated by nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB)-dependent inflammatory signals induces aortic smooth muscle cell proliferation through an autocrine pathway. Biochem J, 373(Pt 2), 547-558. doi: 10.1042/BJ20030207 17) Chandrasekar, B., Bysani, S., & Mummidi, S. (2004). CXCL16 signals via Gi, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, Akt, I kappa B kinase, and nuclear factor-kappa B and induces cell-cell adhesion and aortic smooth muscle cell proliferation. J Biol Chem, 279(5), 3188-3196. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M311660200 18) Chandrasekar, B., Vemula, K., Surabhi, R. M., Li-Weber, M., Owen-Schaub, L. B., Jensen, L. E., & Mummidi, S. (2004). Activation of intrinsic and extrinsic proapoptotic signaling pathways in interleukin-18-mediated human cardiac endothelial cell death. J Biol Chem, 279(19), 20221-20233. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M313980200 19) Chandrasekar, B., Mummidi, S., Claycomb, W. C., Mestril, R., & Nemer, M. (2005). Interleukin-18 is a pro-hypertrophic cytokine that acts through a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1-Akt-GATA4 signaling pathway in cardiomyocytes. J Biol Chem, 280(6), 4553-4567. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M411787200 20) Chandrasekar, B., Mummidi, S., Valente, A. J., Patel, D. N., Bailey, S. R., Freeman, G. L., Hatano, M., Tokuhisa, T., & Jensen, L. E. (2005). The pro- atherogenic cytokine interleukin-18 induces CXCL16 expression in rat aortic smooth muscle cells via MyD88, interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase, tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6, c-Src, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, Akt, c-Jun N-terminal kinase, and activator -1 signaling. J Biol Chem, 280(28), 26263-26277. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M502586200 21) Sundrud, M. S., Vancompernolle, S. E., Eger, K. A., Bruno, T. C., Subramaniam, A., Mummidi, S., Ahuja, S. K., & Unutmaz, D. (2005). Transcription factor GATA- 1 potently represses the expression of the HIV-1 coreceptor CCR5 in human T cells and dendritic cells. Blood, 106(10), 3440-3448. doi: 10.1182/blood-2005-03- 0857 22) Wooding, S., Stone, A. C., Dunn, D. M., Mummidi, S., Jorde, L. B., Weiss, R. K., Ahuja, S., & Bamshad, M. J. (2005). Contrasting effects of natural selection on human and chimpanzee CC chemokine receptor 5. Am J Hum Genet, 76(2), 291- 301. doi: 10.1086/427927 23) Chandrasekar, B., Mummidi, S., Mahimainathan, L., Patel, D. N., Bailey, S. R., Imam, S. Z., Greene, W. C., & Valente, A. J. (2006). Interleukin-18-induced human coronary artery smooth muscle cell migration is dependent on NF-kappaB- and AP-1-mediated matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression and is inhibited by atorvastatin. J Biol Chem, 281(22), 15099-15109. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M600200200 24) Chandrasekar, B., Valente, A. J., Freeman, G. L., Mahimainathan, L., & Mummidi, S. (2006). Interleukin-18 induces human cardiac endothelial cell death via a novel signaling pathway involving NF-kappaB-dependent PTEN activation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 339(3), 956-963. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.11.100 25) Patel, D. N., Bailey, S. R., Gresham, J. K., Schuchman, D. B., Shelhamer, J. H., Goldstein, B. J., Foxwell, B. M., Stemerman, M. B., Maranchie, J. K., Valente, A. J., Mummidi, S., & Chandrasekar, B. (2006). TLR4-NOX4-AP-1 signaling mediates lipopolysaccharide-induced CXCR6 expression in human aortic smooth muscle cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 347(4), 1113-1120. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.07.015 26) Cortez, D. M., Feldman, M. D., Mummidi, S., Valente, A. J., Steffensen, B., Vincenti, M., Barnes, J. L., & Chandrasekar, B. (2007). IL-17 stimulates MMP-1 expression in primary human cardiac fibroblasts via p38 MAPK- and ERK1/2- dependent C/EBP-beta , NF-kappaB, and AP-1 activation. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 293(6), H3356-3365. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00928.2007 27) Mariappan, M. M., Feliers, D., Mummidi, S., Choudhury, G. G., & Kasinath, B. S. (2007). High glucose, high insulin, and their combination rapidly induce laminin- beta1 synthesis by regulation of mRNA translation in renal epithelial cells. Diabetes, 56(2), 476-485. doi: 10.2337/db05-1334 28) Mummidi, S., Adams, L. M., VanCompernolle, S. E., Kalkonde, M., Camargo, J. F., Kulkarni, H., Bellinger, A. S., Bonello, G., Tagoh, H., Ahuja, S. S., Unutmaz, D., & Ahuja, S. K. (2007). Production of specific mRNA transcripts, usage of an alternate promoter, and octamer-binding transcription factors influence the surface expression levels of the HIV coreceptor CCR5 on primary T cells. J Immunol, 178(9), 5668-5681. 29) Chandrasekar, B., Patel, D. N., Mummidi, S., Kim, J. W., Clark, R. A., & Valente, A. J. (2008). Interleukin-18 suppresses adiponectin expression in 3T3-L1 adipocytes via a novel signal transduction pathway involving ERK1/2-dependent NFATc4 phosphorylation. J Biol Chem, 283(7), 4200-4209. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M708142200 30) Quinones, M. P., Kalkonde, Y., Estrada, C. A., Jimenez, F., Ramirez, R., Mahimainathan, L., Mummidi, S., Choudhury, G. G., Martinez, H., Adams, L., Mack, M., Reddick, R. L., Maffi, S., Haralambous, S., Probert, L., Ahuja, S. K., & Ahuja, S. S. (2008). Role of astrocytes and chemokine systems in acute TNFalpha induced demyelinating syndrome: CCR2-dependent signals promote astrocyte activation and survival via NF-kappaB and Akt. Mol Cell Neurosci, 37(1), 96-109. doi: 10.1016/j.mcn.2007.08.017 31) Venkatachalam, K., Mummidi, S., Cortez, D. M., Prabhu, S. D., Valente, A. J., & Chandrasekar, B. (2008). Resveratrol inhibits high glucose-induced PI3K/Akt/ERK-dependent interleukin-17 expression in primary mouse cardiac fibroblasts. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 294(5), H2078-2087. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.01363.2007 32) Camargo, J. F., Quinones, M. P., Mummidi, S., Srinivas, S., Gaitan, A. A., Begum, K., Jimenez, F., VanCompernolle, S., Unutmaz, D., Ahuja, S. S., & Ahuja, S. K. (2009). CCR5 expression levels influence NFAT translocation, IL-2 production, and subsequent signaling events during T lymphocyte activation. J Immunol, 182(1), 171-182. 33) Gornalusse, G., Mummidi, S., He, W., Silvestri, G., Bamshad, M., & Ahuja, S. K. (2009). CCL3L Copy number variation and the co-evolution of primate and viral genomes. PLoS Genet, 5(1), e1000359. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000359 34) Mummidi, S., Bonello, G. B., & Ahuja, S. K. (2009). Confirmation of differential binding of Interferon Regulatory Factor-1 (IRF-1) to the functional and HIV disease- influencing -2578 A/G polymorphism in CCL2. Genes Immun, 10(2), 197-198; author reply 199. doi: 10.1038/gene.2008.75 35) Shostakovich-Koretskaya, L., Catano, G., Chykarenko, Z. A., He, W., Gornalusse, G., Mummidi, S., Sanchez, R., Dolan, M. J., Ahuja, S. S., Clark, R. A., Kulkarni, H., & Ahuja, S. K. (2009). Combinatorial content of CCL3L and CCL4L gene copy numbers influence HIV-AIDS susceptibility in Ukrainian children. AIDS, 23(6), 679- 688. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283270b3f 36) Reddy, V. S., Prabhu, S. D., Mummidi, S., Valente, A. J., Venkatesan, B., Shanmugam, P., Delafontaine, P., & Chandrasekar, B. (2010). Interleukin-18 induces EMMPRIN expression in primary cardiomyocytes via JNK/Sp1 signaling and MMP-9 in part via EMMPRIN and through AP-1 and NF-kappaB activation. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 299(4), H1242-1254. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00451.2010 37) Venkatesan, B., Prabhu, S. D., Venkatachalam, K., Mummidi, S., Valente, A. J., Clark, R. A., Delafontaine, P., & Chandrasekar, B. (2010). WNT1-inducible signaling pathway protein-1 activates diverse cell survival pathways and blocks doxorubicin-induced cardiomyocyte death. Cell Signal, 22(5), 809-820. doi: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2010.01.005 38) Bonello, G. B., Pham, M. H., Begum, K., Sigala, J., Sataranatarajan, K., & Mummidi, S. (2011). An evolutionarily conserved TNF-alpha-responsive enhancer in the far upstream region of human CCL2 locus influences its gene expression. J Immunol, 186(12), 7025-7038. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.0900643 39) Jiang, D., Mummidi, S., Ahuja, S. K., & Jarrett, H. W. (2011). CCR5 promoter haplotype transcription complex characterization. J Health Care Poor Underserved, 22(4 Suppl), 73-90. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2011.0169 40) Mamtani, M., Mummidi, S., Ramsuran, V., Pham, M. H., Maldonado, R., Begum, K., Valera, M. S., Sanchez, R., Castiblanco, J., Kulkarni, H., Ndung'u, T., He, W., Anaya, J. M., & Ahuja, S. K. (2011). Influence of variations in CCL3L1 and CCR5 on tuberculosis in a northwestern Colombian population. J Infect Dis, 203(11), 1590-1594. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jir145 41) Murray, D. R., Mummidi, S., Valente, A. J., Yoshida, T., Somanna, N. K., Delafontaine, P., Dinarello, C. A., & Chandrasekar, B. (2012). beta2 adrenergic activation induces the expression of IL-18 binding protein, a potent inhibitor of isoproterenol induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy in vitro and myocardial hypertrophy in vivo. J Mol Cell Cardiol, 52(1), 206-218. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.09.022 42) Pham, M. H., Bonello, G. B., Castiblanco, J., Le, T., Sigala, J., He, W., & Mummidi, S. (2012). The rs1024611 regulatory region polymorphism is associated with CCL2 allelic expression imbalance. PLoS One, 7(11), e49498. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049498 43) Narasimhan, M., Rathinam, M., Riar, A., Patel, D., Mummidi, S., Yang, H. S., Colburn, N. H., Henderson, G. I., & Mahimainathan, L. (2013). Programmed cell death 4 (PDCD4): a novel player in ethanol-mediated suppression of protein translation in primary cortical neurons and developing cerebral cortex. Alcohol Clin Exp Res, 37(1), 96-109. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01850.x 44) Riar, A. K., Narasimhan, M., Rathinam, M. L., Vedpathak, D., Mummidi, S., Henderson, G. I., & Mahimainathan, L. (2014). Ethanol-induced transcriptional activation of programmed cell death 4 (Pdcd4) is mediated by GSK-3beta signaling in rat cortical neuroblasts. PLoS One, 9(5), e98080. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098080 45) Yoshida, T., Friehs, I., Mummidi, S., del Nido, P. J., Addulnour-Nakhoul, S., Delafontaine, P., Valente, A. J., & Chandrasekar, B. (2014). Pressure overload induces IL-18 and IL-18R expression, but markedly suppresses IL-18BP expression in a rabbit model. IL-18 potentiates TNF-alpha-induced cardiomyocyte death. J Mol Cell Cardiol, 75, 141-151. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2014.07.007 46) Somanna, N.K, Yariswamy, M., Garagliano, JM, Siebenlist, U. Mummidi, S., Valente, A.J., & Chandrasekar, B. Aldosterone-induced cardiomyocyte growth, and fibroblast migration and proliferation are mediated by TRAF3IP2. Cellular Signaling, 27(10), 1928-1938. doi: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2015.07.001. 47) Gornalusse, G. G., Mummidi, S., Gaitan, A.A., Jimenez, F., Manoharan, M., Avadhanam, N., Picton, A.C.P., Rogers, K., Murthy, K.K., Martinez, H., Murillo, A.M., Ramsuran, V., Chykarenko, Z.A., Hutt, R., Daskalakis, D., Shostakovich- Koretskaya, L., Salim S. Abdool Karim, Jeffrey N. Martin, Steven G. Deeks, Frederick Hecht, Elizabeth Sinclair, Caroline T. Tiemessen, Robert A. Clark, Jason Okulicz, Fred T. Valentine, Thumbi Ndung’u, Peter W. Hunt, Weijing He, Sunil K. Ahuja. Epigenetic mechanisms, T-cell activation, and CCR5 genetics interact to regulate Tcell expression of CCR5, the major HIV-1 coreceptor Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 112(34):E4762-71. 48) Mummidi S, Das NA, Carpenter AJ, Kandikattu H, Krenz M, Siebenlist U, Valente AJ, Chandrasekar B. Metformin inhibits aldosterone-induced cardiac fibroblast activation, migration and proliferation in vitro, and reverses aldosterone+salt- induced cardiac fibrosis in vivo. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2016 Sep;98:95-102. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2016.07.006. PubMed PMID: 27423273. 49) Erikson JM, Valente AJ, Mummidi S, Kandikattu HK, DeMarco VG, Bender SB, Fay WP, Siebenlist U, Chandrasekar B. Targeting TRAF3IP2 by Genetic and Interventional Approaches Inhibits Ischemia/Reperfusion-induced Myocardial Injury and Adverse Remodeling. J Biol Chem. 2017 Feb 10;292(6):2345-2358. doi:10.1074/jbc.M116.764522. PubMed PMID: 28053087. 50) Farook VS, Reddivari L, Mummidi S, Puppala S, Arya R, Lopez-Alvarenga JC, Fowler SP, Chittoor G, Resendez RG, Kumar BM, Comuzzie AG, Curran JE, Lehman DM, Jenkinson CP, Lynch JL, DeFronzo RA, Blangero J, Hale DE, Duggirala R, Vanamala JK. Genetics of serum carotenoid concentrations and their correlation with obesity-related traits in Mexican American children. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017 Jul;106(1):52-58. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.116.144006. Epub 2017 May 17. PubMed PMID:28515064; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5486195. 51) Romero-Ibarguengoitia ME, Herrera-Rosas A, Domínguez-Mota AA, Camas- Benitez JT, Serratos-Canales MF, León-Hernández M, González-Chávez A, López-Ortiz E, Mummidi S, Duggirala R, López-Alvarenga JC. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease can be predicted by retinal vascular changes in patients with obesity without hypertension or diabetes. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Aug;29(8):962-967.doi: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000000900. PubMed PMID: 28471828. 52) Alegría-Díaz A, Valdez-Ortiz R, Murguía-Romero M, Jiménez-Flores R,Villalobos- Molina R, Mummidi S, Duggirala R, López-Alvarenga JC, Pérez- Navarro M. Clinical Significance of Serum Uric Acid Levels in Mexican Young Adults. Contrib Nephrol. 2018;192:125-134. doi: 10.1159/000484287. Epub 2018 Jan 23. PubMed PMID:29393152. 53) Arya R, Escalante A, Farook VS, Restrepo JF, Battafarano DF, Almeida M, Kos MZ, Fourcaudot MJ, Mummidi S, Kumar S, Curran JE, Jenkinson CP, Blangero J, Duggirala R, Del Rincon I. Data on genetic associations of carotid atherosclerosis markers in Mexican American and European American rheumatoid arthritis subjects. Data Brief. 2018 Feb 8;17:820-829. doi:10.1016/j.dib.2018.02.006. eCollection 2018 Apr. PubMed PMID: 29527544; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5842364. 54) Romero-Ibarguengoitia ME, Vadillo-Ortega F, Caballero AE, Ibarra-González I, Herrera-Rosas A, Serratos-Canales MF, León-Hernández M, González-Chávez A, Mummidi S, Duggirala R, López-Alvarenga JC. Family history and obesity in youth, their effect on acylcarnitine/aminoacids metabolomics and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Structural equation modeling approach. PLoS One. 2018 Feb 21;13(2):e0193138. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193138. eCollection 2018. Erratum in: PLoS One. 2018 May 24;13(5):e0198379. PubMed PMID: 29466466; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5821462. 55) Arya R, Escalante A, Farook VS, Restrepo JF, Battafarano DF, Almeida M, Kos MZ, Fourcaudot MJ, Mummidi S, Kumar S, Curran JE, Jenkinson CP, Blangero J, Duggirala R, Del Rincon I. A genetic association study of carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and plaque in Mexican Americans and European Americans with rheumatoid arthritis. Atherosclerosis. 2018 Apr;271:92-101. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2017.11.024. Epub 2017 Nov 26. PubMed PMID: 29482039; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5886018. 56) Arya R, Farook VS, Fowler SP, Puppala S, Chittoor G, Resendez RG, Mummidi S, Vanamala J, Almasy L, Curran JE, Comuzzie AG, Lehman DM, Jenkinson CP, Lynch JL, DeFronzo RA, Blangero J, Hale DE, Duggirala R, Diego VP. Genetic and environmental (physical fitness and sedentary activity) interaction effects on cardiometabolic risk factors in Mexican American children and adolescents. Genet Epidemiol. 2018 Jun;42(4):378-393. doi: 10.1002/gepi.22114. Epub 2018 Feb 20. PubMed PMID: 29460292; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5980678. 57) Baek M, Kim M, Lim JS, Morales LD, Hernandez J, Mummidi S, Williams-Blangero S, Jang IS, Tsin AT, Kim DJ. Epidermal-specific deletion of TC-PTP promotes UVB-induced epidermal cell survival through the regulation of Flk-1/JNKsignaling. Cell Death Dis. 2018 Jun 28;9(7):730. doi: 10.1038/s41419-018-0781-9. PubMed PMID: 29955047; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6023867. 58) Das NA, Carpenter AJ, Yoshida T, Kumar SA, Gautam S, Mostany R, Izadpanah R, Kumar A, Mummidi S, Siebenlist U, Chandrasekar B. TRAF3IP2 mediates TWEAK/TWEAKR-induced pro-fibrotic responses in cultured cardiac fibroblasts and the heart. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2018 Jul 5;121:107-123. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2018.07.003. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29981796. 59) Medel MLH, Reyes GG, Porras LM, Bernal AR, Luna JS, Garcia AP, Cordova J, Parra A, Mummidi S, Kershenobich D, Hernández J. Prolactin induces IL-2 associated TRAIL expression on natural killer cells from chronic hepatitis C patients in vivo and in vitro. Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets. 2018 Dec 6. doi: 10.2174/1871530319666181206125545. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID:30520386. 60) Higashi Y, Mummidi S, Sukhanov S, Yoshida T, Noda M, Delafontaine P, Chandrasekar B. Minocycline inhibits PDGF-BB-induced human aortic smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration by reversing miR-221- and -222-mediated RECK suppression. Cell Signal. 2019 May;57:10-20. doi:10.1016/j.cellsig.2019.01.014. Epub 2019 Feb 1. PubMed PMID: 30716386. 61) Martín-Manzo MV, Lara C, Vargas-de-Leon C, Carrero J, Queipo G, Fonseca- Sanchez M, Mejia-Dominguez NR, Kershenobich D, Mummidi S, Zentella-Dehesa A, Hernandez J. Interaction of Breast Cancer and Insulin Resistance on PD1 and TIM3 Expression in Peripheral Blood CD8 T Cells. Pathol Oncol Res. 2019 Feb 13. doi: 10.1007/s12253-019-00610-7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30759303. 62) Mummidi S, Das NA, Carpenter AJ, Yoshida T, Yariswamy M, Mostany R, Izadpanah R, Higashi Y, Sukhanov S, Noda M, Siebenlist U, Rector RS, Chandrasekar B. RECK suppresses interleukin-17/TRAF3IP2-mediated MMP-13 activation and human aortic smooth muscle cell migration and proliferation. J Cell Physiol. 2019 May 9. doi: 0.1002/jcp.28792. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31074012.

10. Manuscripts (submitted/to be submitted shortly):

1) Cheol Jung Lee, Liza D. Morales, Mihwa Kim, Serena A. Olivarez, Woo Jin Kim Joselin Hernandez, Srinivas Mummidi, Christopher P. Jenkinson, Andrew T. Tsin, Ik-Soon Jang, Thomas J. Slaga, Yong-Yeon Cho, Dae Joon Kim. Overexpression of TC-PTP in murine epidermis attenuates skin tumor formation (submitted to Oncogene, under revision). 2) Liza D. Morales, Douglas T. Cromack, Devjit Tripathy , Marcel Fourcaudot, Satish Kumar, Joanne E. Curran, Melanie Carless, Harald H. H. Goring, Shirley L. Hu, Juan Carlos Lopez Alvarenga, Kerrin Small, Craig Glastonbury, Swapan K. Das, Carl Langefeld, Robert Hanson, Wen-Chi Shueh, Luke Norton, Rector Arya, Srinivas Mummidi, John Blangero, Ralph A. DeFronzo, Ravindranath Duggirala, Christopher P. Jenkinson “Further evidence supporting a potential role for ADH1B in obesity.” (submitted to Scientific Reports, under revision). 3) Juan C Lopez-Alvarenga, Geetha Chittoor, Solomon Franklin Paul, Rector Arya, Sobha R Puppala, Vidya S Farook, Sharon P Fowler, Roy G Resendez, Alvaro Diaz-Badillo, Donna Lehman, Srinivas Mummidi, Christopher P. Jenkinson, Jane L Lynch, Ralph A DeFronzo, John Blangero, Daniel E Hale, Ravindranath Duggirala. Acanthosis Nigricans as a Composite Marker of Cardiometabolic Risk and Its Complex Association with Obesity and Insulin Resistance in Mexican American Children. 4) Srinivas Mummidi, Vidya Farook, Lavanya Reddivari, Joselin Hernandez-Ruiz, Alvaro Diaz-Badillo, Sharon P. Fowler, Roy G. Resendez, Feroz Akhtar, Donna M. Lehman, Christopher P. Jenkinson, Rector Arya, Jane L. Lynch, Ralph A. DeFronzo, Daniel E. Hale, John Blangero, Juan Carlos Lopez-Alvarenga, Ravindranath Duggirala, Jairam K. Vanamala. “Prediction of Insulin Sensitivity Using Serum Carotenoid Concentrations and Pediatric Metabolic Index in Mexican American Children. 5) Alvaro Diaz-Badillo, Geetha Chittoor, Juan Carlos Lopez-Alvarenga, Rector Arya, Srinivas Mummidi, Shoba R. Puppala, Sharon P. Fowler, Roy G. Resendez, Joselin Hernandez-Ruiz, Feroz Akhtar, Christopher P. Jenkinson, Donna M. Lehman, Jane L. Lynch, Ralph A. DeFronzo, Daniel E. Hale, Braxton D. Mitchell, John Blangero, Ravindranath Duggirala. “Genetics of bone mass related phenotypes and their correlation with cardiometabolic traits in Mexican American children. 6) Vidya S. Farook, Feroz Akhtar, Rector Arya, Srinivas Mummidi, Juan Carlos Lopez-Alvarenga, Roy G. Resendez, Jane L Lynch, Christopher P. Jenkinson, John Blangero, David E. Camann, Suman Challa, Ravindranath Duggirala. Early life exposure to environmental pollutants as assessed in deciduous teeth and cardio-metabolic risk in Mexican American Children.

11. Recent Invited Talks:

1) “Host and Viral Determinants of HIV-1 Pathogenesis”. Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX. May 01st, 2014. 2) “Inter-individual Variation in the Immune Response: Mechanisms and Disease Relevance”. Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. November 27th, 2017. 3) “Mechanisms Underlying Inter-individual Variation in the Immune Response: Relevance to Human and Animal Disease”. Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bangalore, India. July 30th, 2018.

12. Recent poster/oral presentations:

1) Mummidi S., Hernandez-Ruiz J, Farook V, Reddivari L, Diaz-Badillo A, Resendez R, Akhtar F, Curran JE, Jenkinson CP, Arya R, Lehman D, DeFronzo R, Hale, DE, Blangero J, Vanamala J, Lopez-Alvarenga JC, Duggirala R. “Serum carotenoids and Pediatric Adiposity Index Predict Insulin Sensitivity in Mexican American Children.” Poster Session III, FSO-036. Research Symposium. UTRGV. Edinburg. Sep 15, 2018. 2) Feroz Akhtar, Joselin Hernandez Ruiz, Ya-Guang Liu, Roy G. Resendez, Denis Feliers, Jiyun Lim, Alvaro Diaz-Badillo, Rector Arya, Christopher Jenkinson, Juan Lopez Alvarenga, Ravindranath Duggirala, Srinivas Mummidi. “Role of RNA binding protein HuR in CCL2 allelic expression imbalance.” Poster Session III, FSO-028. Research Symposium. UTRGV. Edinburg. Sep 15, 2018. 3) Joselin Hernandez Ruiz, Feroz Akhtar, Roy G. Resendez, Denis Feliers, Jiyun Lim, Alvaro Diaz-Badillo, Rector Arya, Christopher Jenkinson, Juan Lopez Alvarenga, Ravindranath Duggirala, Srinivas Mummidi. “The disease modifying IL13 haplotype is associated with allelic expression imbalance.” Oral Session 4, P001. Research Symposium. UTRGV. Edinburg. Sep 15, 2018. 4) Alvaro Diaz-Badillo, Juan Carlos Lopez-Alvarenga, Srinivas Mummidi, Rector Arya, Sharon P. Fowler, Christopher P. Jenkinson, Roy G. Resendez, Joselin Hernandez-Ruiz, Feroz Akhtar, Thomas D. Dyer, Joanne E. Curran, Donna M. Lehman, Jane L. Lynch, Ralph A. DeFronzo, Daniel E. Hale, Braxton D. Mitchell, John Blangero, Ravindranath Duggirala. “Genetics of bone mass related phenotypes and their correlation with cardiometabolic traits in Mexican American children.” Poster Session III, FSO-016. Research Symposium. UTRGV. Edinburg. Sep 15, 2018. 5) Juan Carlos Lopez‐Alvarenga, Alvaro Diaz-Badillo, Armando Totomoch-Serra, Rector Arya, Srinivas Mummidi, Joselin Hernandez-Ruiz, Feroz Akhtar, Roy G Resendez, Christopher P Jenkinson, Joanne Curran, Thomas D Dyer, Donna M Lehman, John Blangero, Ravindranath Duggirala. “Sarcopenic obesity and its paradoxical association with cardiometabolic risk factors in Mexican Americans.” Oral Session 5, FSO-017. Research Symposium, UTRGV. Sep 15, 2018. 6) Ramírez-Quintanilla LY, Ramírez-Pfeiffer C, Munguía-Cisneros CX, Castillo O, Perales- Torres A, Arroyo A, Pérez-Navarro LM, Hernández-Ruiz J, Garibay-Nieto N, Laresgoiti-Servitje E, Tejero-Barrera ME, Mummidi S, Duggirala R, Acosta- González RI, Lopez-Alvarenga JC. “Reliability, reproducibility and sensitivity for contrast of a questionnaire for assessing smoking and alcohol ingestion for research with university students.” Poster Session III, FSO-043. Research Symposium. UTRGV. Edinburg. Sep 15, 2018. 7) Liza Morales, Srinivas Mummidi, Ravindranath Duggirala, Christopher Jenkinson. “Impact of Alcohol Dehydrogenase 1B (ADH1B) on insulin resistance in human subcutaneous adipocytes.” Poster Session III, FSO-005. Research Symposium. UTRGV. Edinburg. Sep 15, 2018. 8) Srinivas Mummidi, Nitin A. Das, Andrea J. Carpenter, Tadashi Yoshida, Yariswamy Manjunath, Ricardo Mostany, Reza Izadpanah, Yusuke Higashi, Sergiy Sukhanov, Noda M, Ulrich Siebenlist, R. Scott Rector, and Bysani Chandrasekar. “RECK suppresses interleukin-17/TRAF3IP2-mediated MMP13 activation and human aortic smooth muscle cell migration and proliferation.” Experimental Biology 2019. ASBMB/Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. April 6- 9, 2019, Orlando, Florida (Accepted). 9) Srinivas Mummidi, Joselin Hernandez-Ruiz, Vidya Farook, Lavanya Reddivari, Alvaro Diaz-Badillo, Sharon P. Fowler, Roy G. Resendez, Feroz Akhtar, Donna M. Lehman, Christopher P. Jenkinson, Rector Arya, Jane L. Lynch, Ralph A. DeFronzo, Daniel E. Hale, John Blangero, Juan Carlos Lopez-Alvarenga, Ravindranath Duggirala, Jairam K. Vanamala. “Prediction of Insulin Sensitivity Using Serum Carotenoid Concentrations and Pediatric Metabolic Index in Mexican American Children.” Accepted for the ADA 79th Scientific Session. San Francisco, June 7-11, 2019. 10) Liza Morales, Srinivas Mummidi, Ravindranath Duggirala, Christopher Jenkinson. “Further Evidence Supporting a Potential Role for ADH1B in Obesity”, Accepted for the ADA 79th Scientific Session. San Francisco, June 7-11, 2019. 11) Juan C Lopez-Alvarenga, Rector Arya, Geetha Chittor, Solomon Franklin Paul, Sobha R Puppala, Vidya S Farook, Sharon P Fowler, Roy G Resendez, Alvaro Diaz-Badillo, Donna Lehman, Srinivas Mummidi, Christopher P. Jenkinson, Jane L Lynch, Ralph A DeFronzo, John Blangero, Daniele E Hale, Ravindranath Duggirala. “Acanthosis Nigricans as a Composite Marker of Cardiometabolic Risk and Its Complex Association with Obesity and Insulin Resistance in Mexican American Children.” Accepted for the ADA 79th Scientific Session. San Francisco, June 7-11, 2019. 12) Vettriselvi Venkatesan, Juan c. Lopez Alvarenga, Rector Arya, Teena Koshy, Umarani Ravichandran, Surendra Sharma, Shailesh Lodha, Amaresh Reddy Ponnala, Krishna Kumar. Sharma, Mahaboob Vali. Shaik, Roy G. Resendez, Deepika Ramu, Priyanka Venugopal, Parthasarathy R., Noelta S., Juliet A. Ezeilo, Cynthia A. Bejar, Srinivas Mummidi, Chidambaram Natesan, John Blangero, Krishna M. Medicherla, Sadagopan Thanikachalam, Thyagarajan Sadras Panchatcharam, Dileep Kumar K., Rajeev Gupta, Dharambir K. Sanghera, Ravindranath Duggirala, Solomon Franklin Paul. “Burden of Type 2 Diabetes and Its Genetic Determinants in Indian Populations: Findings from the INDIGENIUS Consortium.” Accepted for the ADA 79th Scientific Session. San Francisco, June 7-11, 2019. 13) Teena Koshy, Rector Arya, Juan c. Lopez Alvarenga, Vettriselvi Venkatesan, Umarani Ravichandran, Surendra Sharma, Shailesh Lodha, Amaresh Reddy Ponnala, Krishna Kumar. Sharma, Mahaboob Vali. Shaik, Roy G. Resendez, Deepika Ramu, Priyanka Venugopal, Parthasarathy R, Noelta S, Juliet A. Ezeilo, Cynthia A. Bejar, Srinivas Mummidi, Chidambaram Natesan, John Blangero, Krishna M. Medicherla, Sadagopan Thanikachalam, Thyagarajan Sadras Panchatcharam, Dileep Kumar K., Rajeev Gupta, Ravindranath Duggirala, Dharambir K. Sanghera, Solomon Franklin Paul. “Effect of Educational Status on Fasting Glucose and HbA1c Concentrations Independent of Income and Population Differences in Indian Populations.” Accepted for the ADA 79th Scientific Session. San Francisco, June 7-11, 2019.

13. Book Chapters: Mummidi, S., Okulicz, J.F., Wright, E.J., He, W., Ahuja, S.K. (2012). Chapter 1.5 (page 71-89) Genetic susceptibilities for neuroAIDS. In: The Neurology of AIDS. 3rd Edition. Editor: Gendelman HE, Grant I, Everall IP, Fox HS, Gelbard HA, Lipton SA, and Swindells S. (Publisher: Oxford University Press) ISBN: 978-0-19- 539934-9

14. Patents:

Date Description 07/2008 “Screening for Disease Susceptibility by Genotyping the CCR5 and CCR2 genes”. Provided are compositions, methods and uses for identifying persons at an increased risk of infection by, transmission of, or accelerated progression of a disease caused by an HIV-1 virus. Diagnostic, prognostic and combined therapeutic kits are also provided, Patent#: 7,393,634, Inventor(s): Sunil Ahuja, San Antonio, Texas; Enrique Gonzalez, San Antonio, Texas; Srinivas Mummidi, San Antonio, TX; Matthew J. Dolan, San Antonio, Texas; Mike Bamshad, Salt Lake City, Utah

15. Grant support:

Period Funding Agency Role Title 04/2016- National Institutes PI Impact of disease associated 03/2020 of Health noncoding polymorphisms on post-transcriptional gene regulation ($1.43 million) 04/2014- Department of Coinvestigator Center for Personalized 03/2018 Veterans Affairs Medicine: Systems of Biology of and Immunity ($2,000,000)

04/2011- Department of PI Transcriptional Mechanisms 03/2015 Veterans Affairs Regulating the HIV-1 Coreceptor CCR5 ($896,520)

08/2010- National Institutes Multiple-PI CCR5 regulation and promoter 09/2015 of Health variants in HIV-1 ($1,713,036) 04/2008- National Institutes Coinvestigator The role of Interleukin-18 in 03/2013 of Health myocardial hypertrophy and failure ($1,713,036) 10/2007- Department of PI Mechanisms Underlying the 09/2010 Veterans Affairs Disease-modulating Effects of CCL2 Variants ($474,300)

09/2005- National Institutes Coinvestigator Redox signaling in osteoblast 08/2012 of Health differentiation ($1,314,000)

03/2003- Department of PI Extended MCP-1 haplotypes in 03/2006 Veterans Affairs HIV-1 transmission and disease progression ($322, 102)

10/2002- Department of Co-PI VA research center for AIDS and 09/2007 Veterans Affairs HIV infection ($1,500,000)

07/2001- National Institutes Coinvestigator Role of DC-SIGN in HIV infection 06/2006 of Health ($1,347,056)

07/2001- American Heart PI MCP-1 transcription in 06/2003 Association atherosclerosis ($124, 000)

10/2000- UTHSCA PI Differential CCR5 expression in 09/2001 Department of SIV pathogenesis ($40,000) Medicine HHMI startup funds

16. Membership of peer review committees:

Year Granting Agency Panel Name 2019 Contex Collaborative Research NA Grants Program 2019 National Institutes of Health National Institute of General Medical Sciences Special Emphasis Panel, ZGM1 TWD - X (PR) 2018 Oakridge Associated Universities NA 2017 Oakridge Associated Universities NA 2016 UTRGV (intra-mural) Division of Research, Innovation and Economic Development 2015 IIMS/CTSA, UTHSCSA NA 2014 National Institutes of Health Multidisciplinary studies of HIV/AIDS and aging 2013 Department of Veterans Affairs Clinical Application of Genetics 2012 IIMS/CTSA, UTHSCSA NA 2011 Department of Veterans Affairs Infectious Diseases A 2011 Department of Veterans Affairs Biomedical Research 4 integrated review group 2010 Department of Veterans Affairs Infectious Disease A 2009 Department of Veterans Affairs VA Subcommittee-Career Development Proposals 2008 Department of Veterans Affairs VA Research and Development Committee

17. Manuscript Reviewer/Editorial Board Membership*:

Journal of Biological Chemistry Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Journal of Immunology Cell Proliferation Virology Journal PLOS ONE (Academic Editor) Journal of Acquired Immune deficiency Physiological Genomics syndromes Gene Comparative Genomics Virology World Journal of Medical Genetics World Journal of Surgical Oncology (Academic Editor) Molecular Biomarkers Human Immunology

18. Honors and Awards:

Year Honor 2016 Faculty Excellence Award, UTRGV 2008 Ms. Pauline Nguyen, Semifinalist, Siemens Westinghouse competition 2005 Ms. Camille Ratliff, Finalist, South-west Siemens Westinghouse Competition 2003 Ms. Cindy Wang, Semifinalist, Intel Science Talent Search 2003 First Prize, Junior Faculty Category, Department of Medicine 2001 First Prize, Junior Faculty Category, Department of Medicine 1998 First Prize, Post-doctoral Category, Department of Medicine 1989 Premium for Academic Excellence (PACE) award, Graduate College, Iowa State 1986 Junior Research Fellowship, Indian Veterinary Research Institute 1986 Lion‘s International District 304.S2 Gold Medal, Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University

19. Society Memberships:

a) American Association of Immunologists b) Epigenetics Society c) Gamma Sigma Delta d) Phi Zeta

20. Formal Teaching:

Date Role Course Name 2019 (Spring) Instructor Attack and Defense Module (MS1) 2019 (Spring) Instructor Musculoskeletal Module (MS2) 2018 (Fall) Instructor Attack and Defense Module (MS1) 2018 (Fall) Instructor Musculoskeletal Module (MS2) 2018 (Spring) Instructor Musculoskeletal Module (MS2) 2017 Instructor Attack and Defense Module (MS1) 2006-2015 Lecturer MICR5041 Intro to Virology (Graduate) 2011 Lecturer INTD5000 Fundamentals of Biomedical Sciences (IMGP) (Graduate) 2004 Lecturer Methods in Gene Expression (Nephrology Residents)

21. Supervisory Teaching/Mentorship: Papers on which the mentees were recognized as co-authors are indicated in parentheses. (Last known position: *Dentist, **Physician, #Physician Assistant, ##Pharm.D., .Nursing, @Post-doctoral Fellow, $Industry, &M.P.H., &&Graduate student, Undergraduate student) 21a. Faculty training and mentoring. Subba Rao Mandava, M.V.Sc., Ph.D. (1995), Oliver Schneider, M.D. (1997), Sara Reyna, Ph.D. (2017).

21b. Postdoctoral Fellows/Clinical Fellows/Postdoctoral Trainees. Pablo Fuillet, M.D. ** (JBC, 2000); Cristina Galvis, D.D.S.. (JBC, 2000); Mrunal Kalkonde, M.D., ** (Journal of Immunology, 2007); Gregory Bonello, Ph.D.,$ (Journal of Immunology, 2007; Journal of Immunology 2011; Genes and Immunity 2009; PLOS ONE 2012); Zheng Lou, Ph.D.@ (2014), Feroz Akhtar, Ph.D. (2016-present), Joselin Hernandez Ruiz, Ph.D. (2017-2019).

21c. MD or MD/PhD Students. Joseph Dimas (2003), Nabilla Porbandarwalla (2006- 2007)**, Michael Mertz (2006-2007), Jiyun Lim (2018).

21d. Graduate Students & Graduate Student Rotations. Lisa Adams# (2004-2007; JI 2007), German Gornalusse,@ (2004-2010, PNAS 2015), Maria Soledad Valera, @ (2004- 2010), Peng Meng (2007), Valerie Sexton (2008).

21e. Research Associates and Undergraduate trainees (total = 25). Brent McDaniel* (1996-98, JBC 1997), Elvin Santiago (1998-99, Nature Medicine, 1998), Vannessa Kostecki (1998-99, JBC 2000), Leanna Mosher** (1998), Kazi Begum (1998-2011), Ai- Hsin Cheng (1999), Vanessa Telles& (1998-99); Jammie Barnes** (1999), LeeAnn Lam** (1999-2001, JBC 2001), Phuong Lee (2000), Angelina Hoefle (2000-02 JBC 2001), Alicia Richarte (2001-02), Lisa Adams# (2002-2004, JI 2007, became a graduate student, 2004), Adam Bellinger** (2002-04, JI 2007), Marisol Rodriguez** (2002-03), Veronica Toudouze# (2002-03), Roshani Patel& (2003-07), Nicky Chopra** (2005), Malini Velamati (2006), Delma Thompson@ (2006), Triparna Ghosh-Choudhury&& (2006-2009), Christina Bocanegra (2007), Jose Sigala# (2007-10, PLOS ONE 2012), Minh-Hieu Pham## (2010- 2014, JI 2011, JID 2011, PLOS ONE 2012), Sunil Athyala (2017).

21f. High School Students (total = 14). Khushbu Patel (2001), Roshani Patel& (2002), Cindy Wang** (2002), Ashley Trimble (2004), Will Mendez (2005), Leila Adell (2004), Camille Ratliff** (2004-5), Kyle Tamayo (2006), Melissa Olshack (2006), Pauline Nguyen (2008), Lisa Banks (2012), Teresa Hall (2012), Abhinav Sangisetti (2013), Cyrus Daruwalla (2014).

22. Ph.D. Committees:

Year Role 2004-2010 Co-mentor and Ph.D. committee member of German G. Gornalusse, Department of Microbiology, UTHSCSA 2006-2010 Co-mentor and Ph.D. committee member of Soledad Valera, Department of Microbiology, UTHSCSA 2015 External Examiner for K. Venkatesh, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Biotechnology, Sri Venkateshwara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupathi, India.

23. Institutional Service:

Year Description 09/2008-07/2015 Departmental Animal Research Officer, UTHSCSA 02/2011-02/2014 Research Safety Committee, STVHCS 09/2007-08/2010 Chemical Safety Committee, UTHSCSA 09/2016-Present Organizer, Complex Diseases Journal Club, UTRGV 11/2016 Council of Principal Investigators, UTRGV 11/2017-Present Member, Medical Student Evaluation and Promotion Committee, School of Medicine, UTRGV 05/2019-07/2019 Member, Standpoint Survey Teaching Mission Workgroup, School of Medicine, UTRGV 08/2019 Equity & Diversity Advocate (EDA), Faculty Search Committee, BMed Lecturer 1, UTRGV