Adam Lauring, MD, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
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Adam Lauring, MD, PhD
Professor
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  • Research Overview
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    • About

    Dr. Lauring is a physician-scientist with a research interest in the genetics and evolution of RNA viruses

    Links
    • Lauring Lab
    Qualifications
    • MD
      University of Washington, Seattle, 2002
    • PhD
      University of Washington, Seattle, 2000
    • BS
      Yale University, New Haven, 1994
    Research Overview

    Dr. Lauring’s laboratory has worked in three main areas. First, they study the importance of mutation rate and mutational tolerance to the evolution of poliovirus and influenza virus. More recently, they have utilized next generation sequencing of patient samples to define the within-host evolution and transmission of influenza virus, poliovirus, and SARS-CoV-2. Since the beginning of the COVID pandemic, his laboratory has collaborated with large teams to study the genomic epidemiology of respiratory viruses and the effectiveness of vaccines against them.

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      HLA-C Peptide Repertoires as Predictors of Clinical Response during Early SARS-CoV-2 Infection.
      Olp MD, Laufer VA, Valesano AL, Zimmerman A, Woodside KJ, Lu Y, Lauring AS, Cusick MF. Life (Basel), 2024 Sep 19; 14 (9): DOI:10.3390/life14091181
      PMID: 39337964
    • Journal Article
      HLA-C peptide repertoires as predictors of clinical response during early SARS-CoV-2 infection
      Olp M, Laufer V, Valesano A, Zimmerman A, Woodside K, Najor M, Lu Y, Lauring A, Cusick M. Human Immunology, 2024 Sep; 85: 110860 DOI:10.1016/j.humimm.2024.110860
    • Journal Article
      Respiratory Viral Infections from 2015 to 2022 in the HIVE Cohort of American Households: Incidence, illness characteristics, and seasonality.
      Monto AS, Foster-Tucker JE, Callear AP, Leis AM, Godonou E-T, Smith M, Truscon R, Johnson E, Thomas LJ, Thompson MS, Fry AM, Flannery B, Malosh RE, Petrie JG, Lauring AS, Martin ET. J Infect Dis, 2024 Aug 24; DOI:10.1093/infdis/jiae423
      PMID: 39179953
    • Journal Article
      Influenza A virus within-host evolution and positive selection in a densely sampled household cohort over three seasons.
      Bendall EE, Zhu Y, Fitzsimmons WJ, Rolfes M, Mellis A, Halasa N, Martin ET, Grijalva CG, Talbot HK, Lauring AS. bioRxiv, 2024 Aug 19; DOI:10.1101/2024.08.15.608152
      PMID: 39229225
    • Preprint
      The impacts of viral interaction on household transmission of respiratory viruses
      Ibiebele JC, Godonou E-T, Callear AP, Smith MR, Truscon R, Johnson E, Eisenberg MC, Lauring AS, Monto AS, Cobey S, Martin ET. medRxiv, DOI:10.1101/2024.07.19.24310723
    • Preprint
      Surveillance of H5 HPAI in Michigan using retail milk
      Lauring A, Martin ET, Eisenberg M, Fitzsimmons W, Salzman E, Leis A, Lyon-Callo S, Bagdasarian N. 2024 bioRxiv, DOI:10.1101/2024.07.04.602115
    • Journal Article
      Incidence and outcomes of hospital-associated respiratory virus infections by viral species.
      Petrie JG, Moore R, Lauring AS, Kaye KS. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 2024 May; 45 (5): 618 - 629. DOI:10.1017/ice.2023.263
      PMID: 38073596
    • Journal Article
      Antigenic Characterization of Circulating and Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants in the U.S. throughout the Delta to Omicron Waves.
      Di H, Pusch EA, Jones J, Kovacs NA, Hassell N, Sheth M, Lynn KS, Keller MW, Wilson MM, Keong LM, Cui D, Park SH, Chau R, Lacek KA, Liddell JD, Kirby MK, Yang G, Johnson M, Thor S, Zanders N, Feng C, Surie D, DeCuir J, Lester SN, Atherton L, Hicks H, Tamin A, Harcourt JL, Coughlin MM, Self WH, Rhoads JP, Gibbs KW, Hager DN, Shapiro NI, Exline MC, Lauring AS, Rambo-Martin B, Paden CR, Kondor RJ, Lee JS, Barnes JR, Thornburg NJ, Zhou B, Wentworth DE, Davis CT. Vaccines (Basel), 2024 May 7; 12 (5): DOI:10.3390/vaccines12050505
      PMID: 38793756
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