Erica Avery

Adjunct Professor and Research Mentor - Microbiology Baltimore Urban Studies @Living And Learning International

Baltimore, MD, US

Professor for upper-level \"Microbiology\" elective, spring 2024 & spring 2025- Research Mentor for microbiology students, spring 2024Created & executed \"Microbiology\" course lab & lecture curriculum and classroom to small cohort of “study away” students from universities across the nation studying in Baltimore. Mentored students in partnership with BUGSS for their research internship program.o Provide instruction in infectious disease, microbial pathogenesis (e.g. viral hepatitis & HIV) & immunology, including the GI-immune interface, microbe-mediated organ injury, pathogen reactivation, & infectious complications.o Create lab modules using real-world clinical methods (e.g, aseptic technique, staining, culture) with applications in microbial genetics, infectious disease, & immunocompromised patient care, such as vaccine development & microbial biotechnology.o Integrate topics like host-pathogen interactions, chronic inflammatory signaling, & barrier defense mechanisms to align with therapeutic challenges in autoimmunity, opportunistic infection, antiretroviral resistance & dysbiosis contexts.o Applied innate & adaptive immunity to exploring microbial barrier disruption, immune dysfunction, & molecular mimicry, key to autoimmune T1 diabetes & liver diseases, immune rejection, infection, & immunosuppressive therapy.

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Rowan University

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biochemistry, minor in Journalism, concentration in Honors Studies