Melinda M. Pettigrew
Melinda M. Pettigrew is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Yale University School of Medicine. She carried out her undergraduate studies at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, received her Ph.D. degree from Yale University in 1999, and conducted her postdoctoral research at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
Dr. Pettigrew’s research is driven by a desire to understand how genetic differences between bacterial strains influence virulence potential and differences in disease phenotypes. Also important is her belief that this knowledge can be used to benefit human health. Her interests cross disciplines and encompass the fields of microbiology, molecular biology, and epidemiology.
Biography Updated on 6 May 2007
Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]
- Respiratory symptoms among infants at risk for asthma: association with surfactant protein A haplotypes
BMC Medical Genetics, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 15, 2007 - Variation in the Presence of Neuraminidase Genes among Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates with Identical Sequence Types
Infection and Immunity, vol. 74, no. 6, pp. 3360–3365, 2006 - Predictors for Haemophilus influenzae Colonization, Antibiotic Resistance and for Sharing an Identical Isolate Among Children Attending 16 Licensed Day-Care Centers in Michigan
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 219–223, 2006 - Predictors for Haemophilus influenzae Colonization, Antibiotic Resistance and for Sharing an Identical Isolate Among Children Attending 16 Licensed Day-Care Centers in Michigan
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. e1–e4, 2006 - BMC Medical Genetics, vol. 7, no. 1, p. 68, 2006
- Genomic Subtraction Followed by Dot Blot Screening of Streptococcus pneumoniae Clinical and Carriage Isolates Identifies Genetic Differences Associated with Strains That Cause Otitis Media
Infection and Immunity, vol. 73, no. 5, pp. 2805–2811, 2005 - Prevalence of the hifBC, hmw1A, hmw2A, hmwC, and hia Genes in Haemophilus influenzae Isolates
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, vol. 42, no. 7, pp. 3065–3072, 2004 - Association of early-onset otitis media in infants and exposure to household mould
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 441–447, 2004 - An array of diverse microbial genomes
Trends in Biotechnology, vol. 22, no. 10, pp. 491–493, 2004 - Infant Otitis Media and the Use of Secondary Heating Sources
Epidemiology, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 13–20, 2004 - Diversity and sharing of Haemophilus influenzae strains colonizing healthy children attending day-care centers
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 41–46, 2004 - Duration of Breastfeeding, Daycare, and Physician Visits among Infants 6 Months and Younger
Annals of Epidemiology, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 431–435, 2003 - Molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus Pneumoniae mediated otitis media
Frontiers in Bioscience, vol. 8, no. 1-3, p. e87, 2003 - Use of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, Enterobacterial Repetitive Intergenic Consensus Typing, and Automated Ribotyping To Assess Genomic Variability among Strains of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 660–662, 2002 - Identification of the Lipooligosaccharide Biosynthesis Gene lic2B as a Putative Virulence Factor in Strains of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae That Cause Otitis Media
Infection and Immunity, vol. 70, no. 7, pp. 3551–3556, 2002 - Wolbachia neither induces nor suppresses transcripts encoding antimicrobial peptides
Insect Molecular Biology, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 635–639, 2000 - Semliki Forest virus as an expression vector in insect cell lines
Insect Molecular Biology, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 409–414, 1999 - Control of Vector-Borne Disease by Genetic Manipulation of Insect Populations: Technological Requirements and Research Priorities
Australian Journal of Entomology, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 309–317, 1997
