- University of Pittsburgh, PhD, 2024
- Villanova University, MS, 2018
Education & Training
Ortega-Gonzalez P, Taylor G, Jangra RK, Tenorio R, Fernandez de Castro I, Mainou BA, Orchard RC, Wilen CB, Brigleb PH, Sojati J, Chandran K, Sachse M, Risco C, Dermody TS. Reovirus infection is regulated by NPC1 and endosomal cholesterol homeostasis. PLoS Pathog. 2022 Mar 9;18(3):e1010322. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010322. PMID: 35263388; PMCID: PMC8906592.
Parks O.B., Eddens T.J., Sojati J., Lan J., Zhang Y., Oury T.D., Ramsey M.J., Erickson J.J., Byersdorfer C., Williams J.V. “Terminally exhausted CD8+ T cells contribute to age-dependent severity of respiratory virus infection. Immunity and Ageing 20, 40 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12979-023-00365-5
Sojati J, Murali A, Pressimone C, Dakroub A. A Cross-Sectional Factor Analysis of COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccination Decisions in a Racially Diverse Western Pennsylvania Community. J Prim Care Community Health. 2023 Jan-Dec;14:21501319231212287. doi: 10.1177/21501319231212287.
Murali A,* Sojati J,* Levochkina M, Pressimone C, Griffith K, Fan E, Dakroub A. A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Community Perceptions of Flu and COVID-19 Vaccines at Turtle Creek Primary Care Center. Community Health Equity Res Policy. 2023 Oct 14:2752535X231205665. doi: 10.1177/2752535X231205665.
Zhang Y, Xu J, Miranda-Katz M, Sojati J, Tollefson SJ, Manni ML, Alcorn JF, Sarkar SN, Williams JV. Distinct roles for type I and type III interferons in virulent human metapneumovirus pathogenesis. PLoS Pathog. 2024 Feb 5;20(2):e1011840. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011840.
Sojati J, Murali A, Rapsinski G, Williams JV. Do Not Throw Away Your Shot: Pilot Study in Improving Medical School Curricula Through Focused Vaccine Education. AJPM Focus. 2023 Dec 23;3(2):100178. doi: 10.1016/j.focus.2023.100178.
Sojati J, Zhang Y, Williams JV. Clinical human metapneumovirus isolates show distinct pathogenesis and inflammatory profiles but similar CD8+ T cell impairment. mSphere. 2024 Jan 30;9(1):e0057023. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00570-23. Epub 2024 Jan 10.
Sojati J, Parks OB, Zhang Y, Walters S, Lan J, Eddens T, Lou D, Fan L, Chen K, Oury TD, Williams JV. IFN-λ drives distinct lung immune landscape changes and antiviral responses in human metapneumovirus infection. mBio. 2024 May 8;15(5):e0055024. doi: 10.1128/mbio.00550-24. Epub 2024 Mar 26. PMID: 38530032; PMCID: PMC11077986.
Type III Interferon-Mediated Responses in Upper and Lower Respiratory Tracts During Infection with Human Metapneumovirus Clinical Isolates