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Olivia Parks PhD

    Education & Training

  • University of Pittsburgh, PhD, 2024
  • University of Pittsburgh, BS, 2018
Representative Publications

Mihi B, Gong Q, Nolan LS, Gale SE, Goree M, Hu E, Lanik WE, Rimer JM, Liu V, Parks OB, Lewis AN, Agrawal P, Laury ML, Kumar P, Huang E, Bidani SS, Luke CJ, Kolls JK, Good M. Interleukin-22 signaling attenuates necrotizing enterocolitis by promoting epithelial cell regeneration. Cell Rep Med. 2021 Jun 15;2(6):100320. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2021.100320. PMID: 34195684; PMCID: PMC8233697.

Eddens T, Parks OB, Williams JV. Neonatal Immune Responses to Respiratory Viruses. Front Immunol. 2022 Apr 14;13:863149. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.863149. PMID: 35493465; PMCID: PMC9047724.

Lin X, Gaudino SJ, Jang KK, Bahadur T, Singh A, Banerjee A, Beaupre M, Chu T, Wong HT, Kim CK, Kempen C, Axelrad J, Huang H, Khalid S, Shah V, Eskiocak O, Parks OB, Berisha A, McAleer JP, Good M, Hoshino M, Blumberg R, Bialkowska AB, Gaffen SL, Kolls JK, Yang VW, Beyaz S, Cadwell K, Kumar P. IL-17RA-signaling in Lgr5+ intestinal stem cells induces expression of transcription factor ATOH1 to promote secretory cell lineage commitment. Immunity. 2022 Feb 8;55(2):237-253.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2021.12.016. Epub 2022 Jan 25. PMID: 35081371; PMCID: PMC8895883.

Parks OB, Keith M, Squires JH, Venkat VL, Mahmood B. Liver Microabscesses in a Premature Neonate With Eosinophilic Colitis. ACG Case Rep J. 2022 Jul 1;9(7):e00817. doi: 10.14309/crj.0000000000000817. PMID: 35784499; PMCID: PMC9246066.
 
Freeman KG, Robotham AC, Parks OB, Abad L, Jacobs-Sera D, Lauer MJ, Podgorski JM, Zhang Y, Williams JV, White SJ, Kelly JF, Hatfull GF, Pope WH. Virion glycosylation influences mycobacteriophage immune recognition. Cell Host Microbe. 2023 Jul 12;31(7):1216-1231.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2023.05.028. Epub 2023 Jun 16. PMID: 37329881; PMCID: PMC10527164.
 
Parks OB, Eddens T, Sojati J, Lan J, Zhang Y, Oury TD, Ramsey M, Erickson JJ, Byersdorfer CA, Williams JV. Terminally exhausted CD8+ T cells contribute to age-dependent severity of respiratory virus infection. Immun Ageing. 2023 Aug 1;20(1):40. doi: 10.1186/s12979-023-00365-5. PMID: 37528458; PMCID: PMC10391960.
 
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.
 
Eddens T, Parks OB, Lou D, Fan L, Sojati J, Ramsey MJ, Schmitt L, Salgado CM, Reyes-Mugica M, Evans A, Zou HM, Oury TD, Byersdorfer C, Chen K, Williams JV. Monocyte Production of C1q Potentiates CD8+ T-Cell Function Following Respiratory Viral Infection. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2024 Sep;71(3):294-306. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2024-0004OC. PMID: 38696270; PMCID: PMC11376238.
Student Year
MS3
Career Advisor
JoAnne Flynn, PhD
Thesis Advisor
John Williams, MD
Program
Microbiology and Immunology
Dissertation Title

The role of age and complement in CD8+ T cell function during human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infection

Trainee
Current
Training Start Year
2018