Amanda Adams, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
amanda.adams@uky.edu
Phone (859) 218-1097
Fax (859) 257-8542
Lexington KY 40546-0099
Professional Profile
Employment
October 2011-present - Research Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
August 2008-September 2011 - Post-doctoral Training, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
January 2004-August 2008 - Ph.D. Training, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
May 2003-December 2003 - Laboratory Technician, Companion Animal Research & Development, Intervet, Inc., DeSoto, Kansas.
August 2001-May 2003 - Laboratory Technician, Dr Harold Laughlin, Veterinary Biomedicals, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.
August 2001-May 2003 - Teaching Assistant, Natural Sciences, Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri.
Fellowship and Awards
2008-2011 Paul Mellon Post-Doctoral Scholarship
2007 1st Place Oral Presentation Award, American Association of Veterinary Immunologist
2006-2007 Geoffrey C. Hughes Fellowship
2007 University of Kentucky Travel Grant Award to attend the 8th International Veterinary Immunology Symposium, Ouro Preto, Brazil
2006 University of Kentucky Travel Grant Award to attend the 87th Conference of Research Workers in Animal Disease, Chicago, Illinois
2006 Fayette County Math & Science & Technology Mentor Award
2005 University of Kentucky Travel Grant Award to attend the 86th Conference of Research Workers in Animal Disease, St. Louis, Missouri
2003 Cum Laude Honors, Stephens College
1999-2003 Stephens College Presidential Scholarship Award
1999-2003 Stephens College Leadership Scholarship Award
2002 Alumnae Honor Scholarship Award, Stephens College
2002 Mortar Board Scholarship Award, Stephens College
2001 Trustee Scholarship Award, Stephens College
Refereed Publications
Adams, A.A., Lean, M.S., Reedy, S.E. Chambers, T.M. and D.W. Horohov. Comparison of immune responses in aged horses given commercially available live or inactivated equine influenza (EI) vaccines. Submitted to Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology.
Adams, AA, Lingshuang, S, Betancourt, A and Horohov, DW. Immunomodulatory effects of parapoxvirus ovis on in vitro and in vivo immune responses of foals during weaning. Submitted to Equine Veterinary Journal.
Adams, AA, Simpson, A., Betancourt, A and Horohov, DW. The effect of age on telomerase activity and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cells of horses. Submitted to Mechanisms of Ageing and Development.
Adams, AA, A. Betancourt, M. Brummer, L. Sun, P. Lawless and D.W. Horohov. In Vitro and In Vivo Immunomodulatory Effects of Resveratrol on Immune Function in Aged Horses. Submitted to Mechanisms of Ageing and Development.
Liu C, Betancourt A, Cohen DA, Adams AA, Sun L, Horohov DW. Granzyme B- mRNA expression by equine lymphokine activated killer (LAK) cells is associated with the induction of apoptosis in target cells. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2011 Sep 15;143(1-2):108-15.
Sun L, Adams AA, Page AE, Betancourt A, Horohov DW. The effect of environment on interferon-gamma production in neonatal foals. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2011 Sep 15;143(1-2):170-5..
Page AE, Loynachan AT, Bryant U, Stills HF Jr, Adams AA, Gebhart CJ, Pusterla N, Horohov DW. Characterization of the interferon gamma response to Lawsonia intracellularis using an equine proliferative enteropathy challenge (EPE) model. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2011 Sep 15;143(1-2):55-65.
Horohov, DW, Adams, AA, Chambers, TM. Immunosenescence of the equine immune system. Journal of Comparative Pathology. 2010 Jan;142 Suppl 1:S78-84. [Epub 2009 Nov 7].
Lehnhard, R.A., A.A. Adams, A. Betancourt, D.W. Horohov, N.R. Liburt, J.M. Streltsova, W.C. Franke, K.H. McKeever. Phenylbutazone blocks the cytokine response following a high intensity incremental exercise challenge in horses. Equine Vet J. 2010 Nov;42 Suppl 38:280-8.
Liburt, N, Adams AA, Betancourt, A, Horohov, DW and McKeever, K. Exercised-Induced increases in inflammatory cytokines in muscle and blood of horses. Equine Veterinary Journal. Recently accepted for publication, 2010 April.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2008; University of Kentucky, Department of Veterinary Science, Ph.D. emphasis Equine Immunology.
2003; Stephens College, Columbia, MO; B.S. in Biology