Let’s Meet the Virologists

LMtV Episode 29: long COVID - over 30 manifestations of disease and counting

We talk with Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, FASN, an assistant professor and clinical epidemiologist, about his work examining the substantial and systemic disease associated with 'long COVID'.

LMtV Episode 28: SARS-CoV-2 colonization of the placenta

We talk with Dr. Sonam Verma, a postdoctoral researcher, about her work examining the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on the placenta and the potential for increased risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes with COVID-19.

LMtV Episode 27: 'Big and juicy' draining lymph nodes and immune responses following COVID vaccination

We talk with Dr. Ali Ellebedy, an associate professor of Pathology and Immunology, about work in his lab to examine immune responses in draining lymph nodes of the arm pit following vaccination with mRNA-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccines using human volunteer-derived samples obtained through ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration.

LMtV Episode 26: DVGs - potent modulators of viral pathogenesis and potential antiviral therapies

We talk with Dr. Sebastien Felt, a postdoctoral researcher, about his work to identify virus and host factors that regulate the generation of defective viral genomes (DVGs) of respiratory syncytial virus, a virus that causes significant respiratory disease in children.

LMtV Episode 25: Pregnancy, labor and delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic

We talk with Dr. Jeannie Kelly, an assistant professor, about her work examining the COVID-19 infection rate of pregnant women in Labor and Delivery, the high risk of pregnancy for severe COVID-19 disease, and the benefit of COVID-19 vaccination for both mothers and babies in utero and after birth.

LMtV Episode 24: BRAVE kids, the microbiome and COVID-19

We talk with Dr. Matthew Kelly, an Assistant Professor, about his work examining the role of the respiratory microbiome in the susceptibility of kids to COVID-19.

LMtV Episode 23: I have not failed; I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work!

We talk with Dr. Hinissan Pascaline Kohio, a postdoctoral research associate in the Ding lab at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis about her work studying rotavirus, an enteric pathogen in young children.

LMtV Episode 22: Cardiovascular disease following SARS-CoV-2 infection

We talk with Dr. Adam Bailey, a clinical pathology fellow, and Sasha Dmytrenko, an MSTP student, about their work investigating extra-pulmonary effects of COVID-19, specifically on the heart.