Michelle A. Parent, Ph.D., MT(ASCP)
Assistant Professor
Office: 305H
Lab: 309 & 312
Willard Hall Education Building
Department of Medical Technology
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
mparent@udel.edu
302-831-8591
Education
B.S., University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth 1990M.S., University of Rhode Island, Kingston 1995
Ph.D., Universtiy of Massachusetts, Amherst 2002
Professional Experience
1990-97 Senior Clinical
Laboratory Scientist, MicrobiologyThe Children's Hospital, Boston MA
1995-97 Lecturer, Department of Medical Laboratory Science
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
1997-2002 Doctoral Student, Department of Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2002-03 Lecturer, Department of Microbiology
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2003-06 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Laboratory of Stephen T. Smiley, Ph.D.
Trudeau Institute, Saranac Lake, NY
Research Interests
My research interests is
Immunology and Infectious Disease. Currently my laboratory is
investigating the protective mechanism required to survive a pneumoic
plague infection. Using an attenuated
Yersinia pestis our
goal
is to understand the underlying mechanisms of a protective immune
response directed
against Y. pestis in order to produce a more efficacious
vaccine.
We are also developing a mouse model of Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection.
This emerging pathogen is the leading cause of food related illness in
the United States however little is known regarding the host immune
response to infection. We are currently developing a mouse model
in order to ascertain those aspects of the immune response that result
in organism clearance
