D. Ashley Robinson
Professor
Department:
SOM-Cell and Molecular Biology
Email:
darobinson@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 984-1702
Education
| New York Medical College, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Postdoctoral research, Molecular population genetics and pathogenesis of Streptococcus pyogenes | 2005 |
| University of Bath, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Postdoctoral research, Molecular epidemiology and population biology of Staphylococcus aureus | 2004 |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Microbiology, PhD, Microbiology | 2001 |
| University of North Alabama, Department of Biology, BS, Biology | 1994 |
Current Positions
| Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology | 07/2022 - Present |
| Vice Chair, School of Medicine, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology | 07/2022 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments
| Vice Chair, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology | 07/2018 - 06/2022 |
| Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology | 07/2016 - 06/2022 |
| Associate Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology | 08/2009 - 06/2016 |
| Assistant Professor, New York Medical College, School of Graduate School in the Health Sciences, Department of Microbiology | 09/2005 - 07/2009 |
Sponsored Program Funding
| Extramural, New approaches to sequence genomes of Mycobacterium leprae from clinical and field specimens, NIH/NIAID | 07/2024 - 06/2026 |
| Extramural, Emergence of bedaquiline, pretomanid and linezolid resistance after implementation of new drug-resistant tuberculosis regimens in South Africa, NIH/NIAID | 12/2022 - 11/2027 |
| Extramural, Modeling the emergence of MRSA strains, NIH/NIAID | 08/2021 - 07/2024 |
| Extramural, Spatiotemporal sequence analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in Mississippi, CDC | 06/2021 - 05/2022 |
| Extramural, Enhancing genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Mississippi, MSDH | 04/2021 - 03/2023 |
| Extramural, Genetic evolution of pneumococci following uptake of PCV vaccination in southern India, PFIZER | 01/2021 - 01/2022 |
| Intramural, Evolution of the microbiome in extremely low birth weight neonates, UMMC, PEDIATRICS | 06/2019 - 02/2021 |
| Extramural, Comparison of methods for detecting recombination in bacterial whole genome sequences, CDC | 09/2017 - 09/2018 |
| Extramural, Role of Trichomonas vaginalis virus in trichomoniasis, Mississippi INBRE | 11/2013 - 05/2015 |
| Extramural, Genetic characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from nasal carriage, University of Texas Health Science Center | 05/2013 - 08/2015 |
| Extramural, Population genomics of staphylococci, NIH/NIGMS | 03/2013 - 02/2018 |
| Extramural, Establishment of a global Streptococcus pneumoniae strain bank and database, PATH Vaccine Solutions | 07/2008 - 06/2011 |
| Extramural, Virulence gene discovery in outbreak-associated pneumococci, NIH/NIAID | 06/2008 - 05/2011 |
| Extramural, Horizontal genetic transfer in staphylococci, NIH/NIGMS | 03/2007 - 02/2013 |
| Extramural, Genomic variation in pandemic Staphylococcus aureus, American Heart Association | 01/2007 - 12/2010 |
Publications
Journal Article | |
| Nimmo GR, Steen JA, Monecke S, Ehricht R, Slickers P, Thomas JC, Appleton S, Goering RV, Robinson DA, Coombs GW. ST2249-MRSA-III: a second major recombinant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone causing healthcare infection in the 1970s. Clin Microbiol Infect (In press, Jan 28 epub ahead of print). | 2015 |
| Moon BY, Park JY, Hwang SY, Robinson DA, Thomas JC, Fitzgerald JR, Park YH, Seo KS. Phage-mediated horizontal transfer of a Staphylococcus aureus virulence-associated genomic island. Sci Rep 5:9784. | 2015 |
| Steinig EJ, Andersson P, Harris SR, Sarovich D, Manoharan A, Coupland P, Holden MTG, Parkhill J, Bentley SD, Robinson DA, Tong SYC. Single-molecule sequencing reveals the molecular basis of multidrug-resistance in ST772 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. BMC Genomics 16:388. | 2015 |
| Planet PJ, Diaz L, Kolokotronis SO, Narechania A, Reyes J, Xing G, Rincon S, Smith H, Panesso D, Ryan C, Smith DP, Guzman M, Zurita J, Sebra R, Deikus G, Nolan RL, Tenover FC, Weinstock GM, Robinson DA, Arias CA. Parallel epidemics of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 in North and South America. J Infect Dis (In press, Jun 5 epub ahead of print). | 2015 |
| Keller LE, Luo X, Thornton JA, Seo KS, Moon BY, Robinson DA, McDaniel LS. Immunization with pneumococcal surface protein K of nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae provides protection in a mouse model of colonization. Clin Vaccine Immunol (In press, Aug 26 epub ahead of print). | 2015 |
| Thomas JC, Zhang L, Robinson DA. Differing lifestyles of Staphylococcus epidermidis as revealed through Bayesian clustering of multilocus sequence types. Infect Genet Evol 22:257-264. | 2014 |
| Leung NS, Padgett P, Robinson DA, Brown EL. Prevalence and behavioral risk factors of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization among community-based injection drug users. Epidemiol Infect (In press, Dec 1 epub ahead of print). | 2014 |
| Keller LE, Thomas JC, Luo X, Nahm MH, McDaniel LS, Robinson DA. Draft genome sequences of five multilocus sequence types of nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae. Genome Announcements 1:e00520-13. | 2013 |
| Zulz T, Wenger JD, Rudolph K, Robinson DA, Rakov AV, Bruden D, Singleton RJ, Bruce MG, Hennessy TW. Molecular characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 12F isolates associated with rural community outbreaks in Alaska. J Clin Microbiol 51:1402-1407. | 2013 |
| Zhang L, Thomas JC, Miragaia M, Bouchami O, Chaves F, d'Azevedo PA, Aanensen DM, de Lencastre H, Gray BM, Robinson DA. Multilocus sequence typing and further genetic characterization of the enigmatic pathogen, Staphylococcus hominis. PLoS One 8:e66496. | 2013 |
| Manoharan A, Zhang L, Poojary A, Bhandarkar L, Koppikar G, Robinson DA. An outbreak of post-partum breast abscesses in Mumbai, India caused by ST22-MRSA-IV: genetic characteristics and epidemiological implications. Epidemiol Infect 140:1809-1812. | 2012 |
| Thomas JC, Godfrey PA, Feldgarden M, Robinson DA. Candidate targets of balancing selection in the genome of Staphylococcus aureus. Mol Biol Evol 29:1175-1186. | 2012 |
| Thomas, JC, Godfrey PA, Feldgarden M, Robinson DA. Draft genome sequences of Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 34 (ST34) and ST42 hybrids. J Bacteriol 194:2740-2741. | 2012 |
| Cornelius DC, Robinson DA, Muzny CA, Mena LA, Aanensen D, Lushbaugh WB, Meade JC. Genetic characterization of Trichomonas vaginalis isolates by use of multilocus sequence typing. J Clin Microbiol 50:3293-3300. | 2012 |
| Wang SH, Khan Y, Hines L, Mediavilla JR, Zhang L, Chen L, Hoet A, Bannerman T, Pancholi P, Robinson DA, Kreiswirth BN, Stevenson KB. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 239-III, Ohio, USA, 2007-2009. Emerg Infect Dis 18:1557-1565. | 2012 |
| Lattar SM, Tuchscherr LPN, Centron D, Becker K, Predari SC, Buzzola FR, Robinson DA, Sordelli DO. Molecular fingerprinting of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from patients with osteomyelitis in Argentina and clonal distribution of the cap5(8) genes and of other selected virulence genes. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 31:2559-2566. | 2012 |
| Zhang L, Thomas JC, Didelot X, Robinson DA. Molecular signatures identify a candidate target of balancing selection in an arcD-like gene of Staphylococcus epidermidis. J Mol Evol 75:43-54. | 2012 |
| McAdam PR, Templeton KE, Edwards GF, Holden MTG, Feil EJ, Aanensen DM, Bargawi HJA, Spratt BG, Bentley SD, Parkhill J, Enright MC, Holmes A, Girvan EK, Godfrey PA, Feldgarden M, Kearns AM, Rambaut A, Robinson DA, Fitzgerald JR. Molecular tracing of the emergence, adaptation, and transmission of hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 109:9107-9112. | 2012 |
| Price LB, Stegger M, Hasman H, Aziz M, Larsen J, Andersen PS, Pearson T, Waters AE, Foster JT, Schupp J, Gillece J, Driebe E, Liu CM, Springer B, Zdovc I, Battisti A, Franco A, Zmudzki J, Schwarz S, Butaye P, Jouy E, Pomba C, Porrero MC, Ruimy R, Smith TC, Robinson DA, Weese JS, Arriola CS, Yu F, Laurent F, Keim P, Skov R, Aarestrup FM. Staphylococcus aureus CC398: host adaptation and emergence of methicillin resistance in livestock. mBio 3:e00305-11. | 2012 |
| Smyth DS, Wong A, Robinson DA. Cross-species spread of SCCmec IV subtypes in staphylococci. Infection Genet Evol 11:446-453. | 2011 |
| Severiano A, Carrico JA, Robinson DA, Ramirez M, Pinto FR. Evaluation of jackknife and bootstrap for defining confidence intervals for pairwise agreement measures. PLoS One 6:e19539. | 2011 |
| Rakov AV, Ubukata K, Robinson DA. Population structure of hyperinvasive serotype 12F, clonal complex 218 Streptococcus pneumoniae revealed by multilocus boxB sequence typing. Infect Genet Evol 11:1929-1939. | 2011 |
| Chen L, Mediavilla JR, Smyth DS, Chavda KD, Ionescu R, Roberts RB, Robinson DA, Kreiswirth BN. Identification of a novel transposon (Tn6072) and a truncated staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec element in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST239. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 54:3347-3354. | 2010 |
| Wong A, Reddy SP, Smyth DS, Aguero-Rosenfeld M, Sakoulas G, Robinson DA. Polyphyletic emergence of linezolid-resistant staphylococci in the United States. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 54:742-748. | 2010 |
| Smyth DS, McDougal LK, Gran F, Manoharan A, Enright MC, Song JH, de Lencastre H, Robinson DA. Population structure of a hybrid clonal group of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, ST239-MRSA-III. PLoS One 5:e8582. | 2010 |
| Vautor E, Cockfield J, Le Marechal C, Le Loir Y, Chevalier M, Robinson DA, Thiery R, Lindsay J. Difference in virulence between Staphylococcus aureus isolates causing gangrenous mastitis versus subclinical mastitis in a dairy sheep flock. Vet Microbiol 40:56-67. | 2009 |
| Moise PA, Smyth DS, Robinson DA, El-Fawal N, McCalla C, Sakoulas G. Genotypic and phenotypic relationships among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from three multicentre bacteraemia studies. J Antimicrob Chemother 63:873-876. | 2009 |
| Smyth DS, Robinson DA. Integrative and sequence characteristics of a novel genetic element, ICE6013, in Staphylococcus aureus. J Bacteriol 191:5964-5975 | 2009 |
| O'Neill E, Pozzi C, Houston P, Humphreys H, Robinson DA, Loughman A, Foster TJ, O'Gara JP. A novel Staphylococcus aureus biofilm phenotype mediated by the fibronectin-binding proteins, FnBPA and FnBPB. J Bacteriol 190:3835-3850. | 2008 |
| McCalla C, Smyth DS, Robinson DA, Steenbergen J, Luperchio SA, Moise PA, Fowler VG, Sakoulas G. Microbiological and genotypic analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 52:3441-3443. | 2008 |
| Moise, PA, Smyth DS, El-Fawal N, Robinson DA, Holden PN, Forrest A, Sakoulas G. Microbiological effects of prior vancomycin use in patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia. J Antimicrob Chemother 61:85-90. | 2008 |
| O'Neill E, Pozzi C, Houston P, Smyth D, Humphreys H, Robinson DA, O'Gara JP. Association between methicillin susceptibility and biofilm regulation in Staphylococcus aureus isolates from device-related infections. J Clin Microbiol 45:1379-1388. | 2007 |
| Cookson BD, Robinson DA, Monk AB, Murchan S, Deplano A, de Ryck R, Struelens MJ, Scheel C, Fussing V, Salmenlinna S, Vuopio-Varkila J, Cuny C, Witte W, Tassios PT, Legakis NJ, van Leeuwen W, van Belkum A, Vindel A, Garaizar J, Haeggman S, Olsson-Liljequist B, Ransjo U, Muller-Premru M, Hryniewicz W, Rossney A, O'Connell B, Short BD, Thomas J, O'Hanlon S, Enright MC. Evaluation of molecular typing methods in characterizing a European collection of epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains: the HARMONY collection. J Clin Microbiol 45:1830-1837. | 2007 |
| Robinson DA, Sutcliffe JA, Tewodros W, Manoharan A, Bessen DE. Evolution and global dissemination of macrolide-resistant group A streptococci. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 50:2903-2911. | 2006 |
| Ruiz-Garbajosa P, Bonten MJM, Robinson DA, Top J, Nallapareddy SR, Torres C, Coque T, Canton R, Baquero F, Murray BE, del Campo R, Willems RJL. Multilocus sequence typing scheme for Enterococcus faecalis reveals hospital-adapted genetic complexes in a background of high rates of recombination. J Clin Microbiol 44:2220-2228. | 2006 |
| Bessen DE, Manoharan A, Luo F, Wertz JE, Robinson DA. Evolution of transcription regulatory genes is linked to niche specialization in the bacterial pathogen, Streptococcus pyogenes. J Bacteriol 187:4163-4172. | 2005 |
| Robinson DA, Monk AB, Cooper JE, Feil EJ, Enright MC. Evolutionary genetics of the accessory gene regulator (agr) locus in Staphylococcus aureus. J Bacteriol 187:8312-8321. | 2005 |
| Katayama Y, Robinson DA, Enright MC, Chambers HF. Genetic background affects stability of mecA in Staphylococcus aureus. J Clin Microbiol 43:2380-2383. | 2005 |
| Willems RJL, Top J, van Santen M, Robinson DA, Coque TM, Baquero F, Grundmann H, Bonten MJM. Global spread of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium from a distinct nosocomial genetic complex. Emerg Infect Dis 11:821-828. | 2005 |
| Robinson DA, Kearns AM, Holmes A, Morrison D, Grundmann H, Edwards G, O'Brien FG, Tenover FC, McDougal LK, Monk AB, Enright MC. Re-emergence of early pandemic Staphylococcus aureus as a community-acquired meticillin-resistant clone. Lancet 365:1256-1258. | 2005 |
| O'Brien FG, Lim TT, Chong FN, Coombs GW, Enright MC, Robinson DA, Monk A, Saïd-Salim B, Kreiswirth BN, Grubb WB. Diversity among community isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Australia. J Clin Microbiol 42:3185-3190. | 2004 |
| Robinson DA, Enright MC. Evolution of Staphylococcus aureus by large chromosomal replacements. J Bacteriol 186:1060-1064. | 2004 |
| Mavroidi A, Godoy D, Aanensen DM, Robinson DA, Hollingshead SK, Spratt BG. Evolutionary genetics of the capsular locus of serogroup 6 pneumococci. J Bacteriol 186:8181-8192. | 2004 |
| Robinson DA, Enright MC. Evolutionary models of the emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 47:3926-3934. | 2003 |
| Feil EJ, Cooper JE, Grundmann H, Robinson DA, Enright MC, Berendt T, Peacock SJ, Smith JM, Murphy M, Spratt BG, Moore CE, Day NP. How clonal is Staphylococcus aureus? J Bacteriol 185:3307-3316. | 2003 |
| Robinson DA, Briles DE, Crain MJ, Hollingshead SK. Evolution and virulence of serogroup 6 pneumococci on a global scale. J Bacteriol 184:6367-6375. | 2002 |
| Enright MC, Robinson DA, Randle G, Feil EJ, Grundmann H, Spratt BG. The evolutionary history of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 99:7687-7692. | 2002 |
| Robinson DA, Edwards KM, Waites KB, Briles DE, Crain MJ, Hollingshead SK. Clones of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from nasopharyngeal carriage and invasive disease in young children in central Tennessee. J Infect Dis 183:1501-1507. | 2001 |
| Robinson DA, Turner JS, Facklam RR, Parkinson AJ, Breiman RF, Gratten M, Steinhoff MC, Hollingshead SK, Briles DE, Crain MJ. Molecular characterization of a globally distributed lineage of serotype 12F Streptococcus pneumoniae causing invasive disease. J Infect Dis 179:414-422. | 1999 |
| Waites K, Brookings E, Nix S, Robinson A, Gray B, Swiatlo E. Comparative in vitro activities of four new fluoroquinolones against Streptococcus pneumoniae determined by E-test. Int J Antimicrob Agents 9:215-218. | 1998 |
| Robinson DA, Hollingshead SK, Musser JM, Parkinson AJ, Briles DE, Crain MJ. The IS1167 insertion sequence is a phylogenetically informative marker among isolates of serotype 6B Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Mol Evol 47:222-229. | 1998 |
| Crain MJ, Turner JS, Robinson DA, Coffey TJ, Brooks-Walter A, McDaniel LS, Briles DE. Evidence for the simultaneous expression of two PspAs by a clone of capsular serotype 6B Streptococcus pneumoniae. Microb Pathogen 21:265-275. | 1996 |
Review Article | |
| Robinson DA, Enright MC. Multilocus sequence typing and the evolution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Clin Microbiol Infect 10:92-97. | 2004 |
Book Chapter | |
| Qiu X, Challagundla L, Senghore M, Hanage WP, Robinson DA. Population structure of pathogenic bacteria. In: Genetics and Evolution of Infectious Diseases, 3rd edition. edited by Michel Tibayrenc. Elsevier. | 2024 |
| Brown TS, Mathema B, Robinson DA. Epidemiological methods in microbiology. In: Practical Handbook of Microbiology, 4th edition. edited by Emanuel Goldman and Lorrence H. Green. CRC Press. | 2021 |
| Andam CP, Challagundla L, Azarian T, Hanage WP, Robinson DA. Population structure of pathogenic bacteria. In: Genetics and Evolution of Infectious Diseases, 2nd edition. edited by Michel Tibayrenc. Elsevier. | 2017 |
| Robinson DA. Epidemiological methods in microbiology. In: Practical handbook of microbiology, 3rd edition. edited by Goldman E, Green L. CRC Press. | 2015 |
| Thomas JC, Robinson DA. Multilocus sequence typing of Staphylococcus epidermidis. In: Methods in molecular biology: Staphylococcus epidermidis. edited by Paul D. Fey. Springer. | 2014 |
| Robinson DA, Thomas JC, Hanage WP. Population structure of pathogenic bacteria. In: Genetics and evolution of infectious diseases. edited by Michel Tibayrenc. Elsevier. | 2011 |
| Smyth DS, Robinson DA. Population genetics of Staphylococcus. In: Bacterial population genetics in infectious disease. edited by Robinson DA, Falush D, Feil EJ. John Wiley and Sons. | 2010 |
| Robinson DA. Epidemiological methods in microbiology. In: Practical handbook of microbiology, 2nd edition. edited by Goldman E, Green L. CRC Press. | 2009 |
Book | |
| Robinson DA, Falush D, Feil EJ (editors). Bacterial population genetics in infectious disease. John Wiley and Sons. 18 chapters, 420 pages. | 2010 |
Book Review | |
| Robinson DA. Book review. Molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases: principles and practices. by Lee W. Riley. Quart Rev Biol 80:272. | 2005 |
Presentations
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Genome evolution of MRSA during geographic dispersal, Virtual Symposium on ESKAPE Pathogens, Virtual | 02/2025 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Evolutionary consequences of MRSA strain dispersal, 3rd International Virtual Conference on Staphylococcal Infections, Virtual | 02/2024 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Tracking the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria with population genomics, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV | 03/2023 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria across continents, petri dishes, and people, Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS | 09/2021 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, 85th Annual Mississippi Academy of Sciences Meeting, Biloxi, MS | 08/2021 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The origin of community-associated MRSA, 2nd Annual Texas Medical Center Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Conference, Houston, TX | 2019 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, S. epidermidis - insights into pathogenesis from genomics, 27th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Vienna, Austria | 04/2017 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Population genomics of the origin and spread of pathogenic staphylococci, Quarantine Inspection Agency, South Korea, Gimcheon, South Korea | 08/2016 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Tracing the origin and spread of recently emerged bacterial pathogens, Columbia Global Centers, Santiago, Chile | 12/2015 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The fast and the furious: signatures of range expansion in bacterial genomes and its implications, MRC CLIMB Centre, Swansea University, Swansea, UK | 10/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Introduction to next generation sequencing and analysis, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics Seminar, Jackson, MS | 03/2015 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Population genomics of the big enchiladas of epidemic staphylococci, University of Mississippi, Department of Biology Seminar, Oxford, MS | 02/2015 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Genomic sequence variation in ST22, 14th Annual Investigators Meeting, Network on Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus, Bethesda, MD | 03/2013 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Hybrid Staphylococcus aureus: evolution and epidemiology, Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases, NIH, Berkeley, CA | 03/2012 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Staphylococcus aureus ST239 lineage, 12th Annual Investigators Meeting, Network on Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus, Reston, VA | 03/2011 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The natural history of a hybrid pathogen, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Pharmacology Seminar, Jackson, MS | 02/2011 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Population structure of an outbreak-causing clonal group of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States as revealed by boxB minisatellite sequencing, 9th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers, Wernigerode, Germany | 09/2010 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Targets of positive natural selection in staphylococci, 14th International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections, Bath, UK | 09/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, MRSA evolution in high resolution, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Biochemistry Seminar, Jackson, MS | 05/2010 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Hybrid clones of Staphylococcus aureus: evolution and epidemiology, 11th Annual Investigators Meeting, Network on Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus, Reston, VA | 03/2010 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Hybrid clones of Staphylococcus aureus: evolution and epidemiology, 2009 Gordon Research Conference on Staphylococcal Diseases, Waterville Valley, NH | 08/2009 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Global phylogeny of the ST239-MRSA-III clone, 13th International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections, Cairns, Australia | 09/2008 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Phylogenetic hypothesis testing within a pathogenic bacterial species, University of Oxford, Mathematical Genetics Group Seminar, Oxford, UK | 05/2007 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Phylogenetic hypothesis testing within a pathogenic bacterial species, Imperial College London, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology Seminar, London, UK | 05/2007 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Excellence in Research Award, Gold, UMMC | 2014 |
| Excellence in Research Award, Silver, UMMC | 2010 |
Professional Membership and Service
| American Society for Microbiology, Member | 2005 - Present |
Committee Service
| Executive Committee, Center for Immunology and Microbial Research | 2022 - Present |
| Promotions & Tenure Committee, Chair, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology | 2022 - Present |
| Promotions & Tenure Committee, Chair, Department of Microbiology | 2018 - 2022 |
| Executive Faculty Committee, Department of Microbiology | 2016 - 2022 |
| SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES-GRADUATE PROGRAM REVIEW | 2015 - Present |
| MEDICAL CENTER-RESEARCH ADVISORY | 2014 - Present |
| Faculty Search Committee, Department of Microbiology | 2013 - 2022 |
Other Service
| Staphylococcus hominis Multilocus Sequence Typing Database, Curator | 06/2013 - Present |
| Molecular and Genomics Core Facility, Associate Director of Microbial Genomics | 07/2012 - Present |
| Ad hoc review for granting agencies:, National Research Agency (France), Intramural grant review (UMMC, Mississippi State University), Medical Research Council (UK), Meningitis UK/Meningitis Trust, National Institutes of Health, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Veterans Affairs | 2011 - Present |
| Ad hoc review for journals: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, BMC Bioinformatics, BMC Genomics, BMC Microbiology, Clinical Microbiology and Infection, Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Infection, FEMS Microbiology Letters, Genome Biology and Evolution, Genome Medicine, Infection Genetics and Evolution, Journal of Bacteriology, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Journal of Infection, mBio, Microbial Drug Resistance, Microbial Genomics, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Nature Communications, Nature Genetics, Nature Microbiology, PLoS Genetics, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, PLoS One, PLoS Pathogens, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, Science, Trends in Microbiology, Veterinary Microbiology | 2011 - Present |
| Study section member: American Heart Association, Microbiology study section (2009-2014) | |
| Academic editor: PLoS One (2013-2023), PLoS Pathogens (2024-present) |
Teaching Experience
| MICRO725, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Bacterial Structure and Function | Spring 2025 |
| MICRO741, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Fundamental Microbiology and Immunology | Spring 2025 |
| SOM610, Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Fundamentals of Biomedical Sciences | Fall 2024 |
| MICRO741, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Fundamental Microbiology and Immunology | Spring 2024 |
| ID713, Graduate, Course, Course Director, Bioinformatics and Genomics | Spring 2024 |
| SOM610, Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Fundamentals of Biomedical Sciences | Fall 2023 |
| MICRO611, Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Medical Microbiology | Fall 2023 |
| MICRO725, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Bacterial Structure and Function | Spring 2023 |
| MICRO611, Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Medical Microbiology | Fall 2022 |
| ID713, Graduate, Course, Course Director, Bioinformatics and Genomics | Spring 2022 |
| MICRO725, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Bacterial Structure and Function | Spring 2021 |
| MICRO611, Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Medical Microbiology | Fall 2021 |
| ID713, Graduate, Course, Course Director, Bioinformatics and Genomics | Spring 2020 |
| MICRO611, Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Medical Microbiology | Fall 2020 |
| MICRO611, Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Medical Microbiology | Fall 2019 |
| DENT641, Dentistry, Course, Lecturer, Dental Microbiology | Spring 2019 |
| MICRO725, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Bacterial Structure and Function | Spring 2019 |
| MICRO611, Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Medical Microbiology | Fall 2018 |
| ID713, Graduate, Course, Course Director, Bioinformatics and Genomics | Spring 2017 |
| MICRO611, Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Medical Microbiology | Fall 2017 |
| MICRO725, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Bacterial Structure and Function | Spring 2017 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Preclinical advising | Spring 2016 |
| MICRO611, Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Medical Microbiology | Fall 2016 |
| DENT641, Dentistry, Course, Lecturer, Dental Microbiology | Spring 2015 |
| MICRO725, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Bacterial Structure and Function | Spring 2015 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Preclinical advising | Spring 2015 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Preclinical advising | Fall 2015 |
| MICRO611, Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Medical Microbiology | Fall 2015 |
| MICRO611, Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Medical Microbiology | Fall 2014 |
| DENT641, Dentistry, Course, Lecturer, Dental Microbiology | Spring 2014 |
| ID713, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Bioinformatics and Genomics | Spring 2014 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Preclinical advising | Spring 2014 |
| MICRO611, Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Medical Microbiology | Fall 2013 |
| DENT641, Dentistry, Course, Lecturer, Dental Microbiology | Spring 2013 |
| MICRO725, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Bacterial Structure and Function | Spring 2013 |
| MICRO747, Graduate, Course, Grader, Advanced Bacteriology | Summer 2013 |
| MICRO611, Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Medical Microbiology | Fall 2012 |
| DENT641, Dentistry, Course, Lecturer, Dental Microbiology | Spring 2012 |
| MICRO715, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Special Topics in Microbiology | Spring 2012 |
| ID727, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Current Issues in Biomedical Research and Translational Medicine | Spring 2011 |
| DENT641, Dentistry, Course, Lecturer, Dental Microbiology | Spring 2011 |
| MICRO725, Graduate, Course, Lecturer, Bacterial Structure and Function | Spring 2011 |
| MICRO611, Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Medical Microbiology | Fall 2011 |
| MICRO611, Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Medical Microbiology | Fall 2010 |
| DENT641, Dentistry, Course, Lecturer, Dental Microbiology | Spring 2010 |
| MICRO747, Graduate, Course, Grader, Advanced Bacteriology | Summer 2010 |
Directed Student Learning
| Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Lucas Crosby | 2025 - Present |
| Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Cameron Huhn | 2024 - Present |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Azia McKenzie | 2024 - Present |
| Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Lisa Yang | 2024 - 2024 |
| Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Nyla Wansley | 2023 - 2023 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: John Crawford | 2021 - Present |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Kathryn Taylor Hellmann | 2021 - Present |
| Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Margaret LeJeune | 2019 - 2019 |
| Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Angela Benton | 2019 - 2019 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Yimeng He | 2018 - 2019 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Iftekhar Rafiqullah | 2018 - 2024 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Kathryn Taylor Hellmann | 2018 - 2021 |
| Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Rachel Yi | 2015 - 2015 |
| Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Lance Keller | 2015 - 2015 |
| Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Hannah Rice | 2014 - 2014 |
| Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Mohammad Hasan | 2014 - 2014 |
| Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Kathleen Carter | 2013 - 2013 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Emily Sansevere | 2013 - 2017 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Isaiah Tolo | 2013 - 2016 |
| Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Chance Ervin | 2013 - 2013 |
| Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Christina Croney | 2013 - 2013 |
| Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Denise Cornelius | 2012 - 2012 |
| Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Sandi Litia | 2011 - 2011 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Marzieh Aligholi | 2011 - 2011 |
| Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Gowthamee Thangaval | 2011 - 2011 |
| Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Charles Balzli | 2011 - 2011 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Xiao Luo | 2010 - 2018 |
| Supervised Teaching Activity, Advised: Austin Baker | 2010 - 2010 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Brande Beddingfield | 2010 - 2010 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Christine LeRoy | 2008 - 2009 |
| Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Jeanette Sutherland | 2008 - 2008 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Shilpa Reddy | 2008 - 2009 |
| Dissertation Committee Member, Advised: Darya Terekhova | 2008 - 2008 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Agnes Wong | 2007 - 2009 |
| Dissertation Defense Committee Member, Advised: Xavier Didelot | 2007 - 2007 |
| Supervised Teaching Activity |
Fellows supervised
| Training of postdoctoral fellow, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised, I am Dr. Aguayo's current postdoctoral research supervisor and mentor. | 07/2024 - Present |
| Training of postdoctoral fellow, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised, Lavanya Challagundla | 08/2014 - 08/2016 |
| Training of postdoctoral fellow, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised, Jonathan Thomas | 08/2010 - 08/2013 |
| Training of postdoctoral fellow, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised, Liangfen Zhang "Joy King" | 03/2010 - 03/2012 |
| Training of postdoctoral fellow, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised, Alexey Rakov | 02/2009 - 06/2010 |
| Training of postdoctoral fellow, Research Advisor, 1 fellows supervised, Davida Smyth | 02/2006 - 03/2010 |