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Personal profile
Research Interests
Evolution of primate immunity, innate immunity, severe bacterial infections, sepsis, plague, Toxoplasma, host-pathogen interactions, immunogenomics, evolutionary medicine
Professional Information
My research addresses the physiological consequences of the human experience and evolutionary past, particularly those that affect innate immune system function. Current projects focus on the functional divergence and diversification of primate immune systems, how past epidemics affect present day immune function diversity and how life experienceaffects the innate immune response.
Education
2012, PhD, City University of New York Graduate Center, Anthropology
Honors & Awards
2013-2015 Quebec Network of Applied Genetic Medicine (RGMA) Fellow
Grants
Teaching
ANTH 241 - Human Variation and Race
ANTH 499 - Topics in Anthropology (Evolution and Ecology of Immune Systems)/Evolutionary Immunology
ANTH 249 - Evolution and Human Disease
ANTH 499 - Topics in Anthropology (Anthropological Functional Genomics lab)
ANTH 499 - Topics in Anthropology (Anthropological Functional Genomics lab)
ANTH 499 - Topics in Anthropology (Anthropological Functional Genomics lab)
Office Address
109 Davenport Hall
607 S. Matthews Ave.
M/C 148
Urbana, IL 61801
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Identities as predictors of vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic
Heiman, S. L., Hirt, E. R., Isch, C., Brinkworth, J. F., Cronk, L., Alcock, J., Aktipis, A. & Todd, P. M., Jun 2023, In: Journal of Social Issues. 79, 2, p. 556-577 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evolution of immune genes is associated with the Black Death
Klunk, J., Vilgalys, T. P., Demeure, C. E., Cheng, X., Shiratori, M., Madej, J., Beau, R., Elli, D., Patino, M. I., Redfern, R., DeWitte, S. N., Gamble, J. A., Boldsen, J. L., Carmichael, A., Varlik, N., Eaton, K., Grenier, J. C., Golding, G. B., Devault, A. & Rouillard, J. M. & 12 others, , Nov 10 2022, In: Nature. 611, 7935, p. 312-319 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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On race, human variation, and who gets and dies of sepsis
Brinkworth, J. F. & Shaw, J. G., Aug 2022, In: American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 178, S74, p. 230-255 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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SARS-CoV-2 Is Not Special, but the Pandemic Is: The Ecology, Evolution, Policy, and Future of the Deadliest Pandemic in Living Memory
Brinkworth, J. F. & Rusen, R. M., Oct 24 2022, In: Annual Review of Anthropology. 51, p. 527-548 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Primate innate immune responses to bacterial and viral pathogens reveals an evolutionary trade-off between strength and specificity
Hawash, M. B. F., Sanz-Remón, J., Grenier, J. C., Kohn, J., Yotova, V., Johnson, Z., Lanford, R. E., Brinkworth, J. F. & Barreiro, L. B., Mar 30 2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 13, 2015855118.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Teaching generations of students about outbreaks – with art
1/26/23
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