JENNIFER S. ARMISTEAD Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute 615 North Wolfe St., Baltimore, Maryland 21205 Phone: 410-614-4760 FAX: 410-955-0105 E-mail: jarmiste@jhsph.edu EDUCATION AND TRAINING Degree and Year PhD 2008 Present MPH 2008 MS 2007 BS 2002 Field and Institution Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Baltimore, Maryland Infectious Diseases Baltimore, Maryland Entomology Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida Gainesville, Florida Biology George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2004 2007 Environmental Health Specialist II (Biologist), Disease Carrying Insects Program, Department of Health, Fairfax, Virginia 2003 2004 Health Informatics Analyst, 2003 2004, US Air Force Surgeon General Assessment and Demonstration Center, ProLogic, Incorporated, Manassas, Virginia AWARDS AND HONORS 2012 Young Investigator Award, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2012 Annual Meeting Travel Award, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2012 Honorable Mention, Sigma Delta Epsilon/Graduate Women in Science 2012 National Fellowship 2011 Pre-doctoral Fellowship, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute 2009 Hegner, Cort, Root Memorial Scholarship in Immunology and Infectious Disease, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Armistead 1
2008 Mulrennan Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Thesis, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida 2007 Framework Program in Global Health Award, Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health 2007 MPH Field Experience Fund Award, 2007 Hollandsworth Prize (1 st Place), Student Paper Competition, 73 rd Annual Meeting of the American Mosquito Control Association, Orlando, Florida 2007 Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Mid-Atlantic Mosquito Control Association 2006 Huntington Community Flood Team Honors Award, Department of Health, Fairfax County, Virginia 2006 Outstanding Performance Award, Government of Fairfax County, Virginia 2006 Individual Honors Award, Department of Health, Fairfax County, Virginia 2005 Individual Honors Award, Department of Health, Fairfax County, Virginia PUBLICATIONS Ubaida Mohien, C., Colquhoun, D.R., Mathias, D.K., Gibbons, J.G., Armistead, J.S., Rodriguez, M.C., Rodriguez, M.H., Edwards, N.J., Hartler, J., Thallinger, G.G., Graham, D.R., Martinez-Barnetche, J., Rokas, A., Dinglasan, R.R. 2013. A bioinformatics approach for integrated transcriptomic and proteomic comparative analyses of model and non-sequenced anopheline vectors of human malaria parasites. Mol Cell Proteomics. 12(1):120-131. Armistead, J.S., Nishimura, N., Arias, J.R., Lounibos. L.P. Community ecology of container mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Virginia following invasion by Aedes japonicus. J Med Entomol. 49(6):1318-1327. Mathias, D.K., Plieskatt, J.L., Armistead, J.S., Bethony, J.M., Abdul-Majid, K.B., McMillan, A., Angov, E., Aryee, M.J., Zhan, B., Gillespie, P., Keegan, B., Jariwala, A.R., Rezende, W., Bottazzi, M.E., Scorpio, D.G., Hotez, P.J., Dinglasan, R.R. Submitted 2011. Expression, immunogenicity, histopathology, and potency of a mosquitobased malaria transmission-blocking recombinant vaccine. Infect Immun. 80(4):1606-1614. Armistead, J.S., Wilson, I.B.H., van Kuppevelt, T.H., Dinglasan, R.R. 2011. The role of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite invasion of anopheline mosquito salivary glands. Biochem J. 438(3):475-483. Chen, S., Armistead, J.S., Provost-Javier, K.N., Sakamoto, J.M., Rasgon, J.L. 2010. Duplication, concerted evolution and purifying selection drive the evolution of mosquito vitellogenin genes. BMC Evol Biol. 10:142. Edillo, F., Kiszewski, A., Manjourides, J., Pagano, M., Hutchinson, M., Kyle, A., Arias, J., Gaines, C., Lampman, R., Novak, R., Foppa, I., Lubelcyzk, C., Smith, R., Moncayo, A., Speilman, A., and The Culex pipiens Working Group. 2009. The effects of latitude and longitude on the population structure of Culex pipiens s.l., vectors of West Nile virus in North America. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 81(5):842-848. Armistead, J.S., Arias, J.R., Nishimura, N., Escher, R.L., Lounibos, L.P. 2008. Larval competition between Aedes japonicus and Aedes atropalpus in simulated rock pools. J Vector Ecol. 33(2):238-246. Armistead, J.S., Arias, J.R., Lounibos, L.P. 2008. Interspecific larval competition between Aedes albopictus and Aedes japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Northern Virginia. J Med Entomol. 45(4):629-637. Meeraus. W.H., Armistead, J.S., Arias, J.R. 2008. Field comparison of novel and gold standard traps for collecting Aedes albopictus in Northern Virginia. J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 24(2):244-248. Armistead 2
Penny, N.D., Arias, J.R., Armistead, J.S. 2007. Seasonal emergence of Neuroptera in Fairfax County, Virginia. Proc Cal Acad Sci. 58(2):7-19. PRESENTATIONS Oral Presentations 2012 Armistead, J.S. Mechanisms of a mosquito-based malaria transmission-blocking vaccine. 61 st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Atlanta, Georgia. 2007 Armistead, J.S. Interspecific competition among three invasive mosquito species in Virginia. 55 th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, San Diego, California. 2007 Armistead, J.S. On the competition between Aedes albopictus and Aedes japonicus in northern Virginia. American Mosquito Control Association 73 rd Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida. 2007 Armistead, J.S. Competition between two invasive mosquito species, Aedes albopictus and Aedes japonicus, in Virginia. 32 nd Annual Conference of the Mid-Atlantic Mosquito Control Association, Charleston, South Carolina. 2007 Armistead, J.S., Meeraus, W.H., and J.R. Arias. Huntington Flood Response, 2006. Virginia Mosquito Control Association 60 th Annual Meeting, Williamsburg, Virginia. 2006 Armistead, J.S., Sivertsen, C.I. and J.R. Arias. Recruiting an Army of One Million: The Importance of Social Communication in Mosquito Control. American Mosquito Control Association 72 nd Annual Meeting, Detroit, Michigan. 2006 Armistead, J.S. and J.R. Arias. Incorporating avian surveys into West Nile virus surveillance programs. Virginia Mosquito Control Association 59 th Annual Meeting, Williamsburg, Virginia. 2006 Armistead, J.S. and J.R. Arias. Insecticide logistics of a disease control program in northern Virginia. Virginia Mosquito Control Association 59 th Annual Meeting, Williamsburg, Virginia. 2005 Armistead, J.S. and J.R. Arias. Trends in bird mortality and West Nile virus infection rates of mosquito vectors in northern Virginia. 4 th International Congress of the Society for Vector Ecology, Reno, Nevada. 2005 Armistead, J.S. and J.R. Arias. The Fairfax County West Nile Virus Prevention and Control Program: 2004 Surveillance Results. Virginia Mosquito Control Association 58th Annual Meeting, Williamsburg, Virginia. Poster Presentations 2011 Armistead, J.S., Morlais, I., Sattabongkot, J., Angov, E., Mathias, D.M., Abdul-Majid, K.B., McMillan, A., Aryee, M.J., Plieskatt, J.L., Gillespie, P., Zhan, B., Hotez, P.J., Borg, N.A., Scorpio, D.G., and R.R. Dinglasan. Mechanisms of a mosquito-based malaria transmission-blocking vaccine. Johns Hopkins Vaccine Initiative 2011 Vaccine Day, Baltimore, Maryland. 2007 Belin, K., Spencer, Q.S., Gaines, D., Arias, J., Armistead, J., Meeraus, W., Hopkins, E., and D. Pettit. Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in ticks collected in the commonwealth of Virginia. 107 th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Armistead 3
2007 Meeraus, W.H., Armistead, J.S., and J.R. Arias. 2007. Field comparison of novel and industry standard traps for collecting Aedes albopictus in northern Virginia. American Mosquito Control Association 73 rd Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida. 2006 Edillo, F.E., Kiszewski, A., Hutchinson, M., Bugbee, L., Arias, J., Armistead, J., Gaines, D., Halpaus, J., Cuffee, P., Lampman, R., Foppa, I., Holman, M., Smith, R., Moncayo, A., Anderson, M., Boisvert, M, and A. Spielman. Population structure of the Culex pipiens vectors of West Nile virus in eastern North America. 55 th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Atlanta, Georgia. 2006 Belin, K., Armistead, J., Arias, J., Gaines, D., Halpaus, J., and D. Pettit. Development and implementation of a real time PCR assay to detect Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis ticks in Virginia. 2006 International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, Georgia. 2006 Armistead, J.S. and J.R. Arias. Changing trends in West Nile virus transmission in northern Virginia. 2006 National Conference of West Nile Virus in the United States, San Francisco, California. 2006 Armistead, J.S. and J.R. Arias. Recruiting an army of one million: the importance of social communication in mosquito control. 2006 National Conference of West Nile Virus in the United States, San Francisco, California. 2005 Belin, K., Arias, J., Armistead, J., Gaines, D., and Pettit, D. Development and implementation of a real time PCR assay to detect Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis ticks. American Society for Microbiology, Virginia Branch 2005 Meeting, Charlottesville, Virginia. 2005 Armistead, J.S. and J.R. Arias. Trends in bird mortality and West Nile virus infection rates in mosquito vectors in northern Virginia. 4 th International Congress of the Society for Vector Ecology, Reno, Nevada. 2005 Armistead, J.S., Lee, A.S. and J.R. Arias. Trends in bird mortality and West Nile virus infection rates in mosquito vectors in northern Virginia. 2005 National Conference on West Nile Virus in the United States, San Jose, California. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Society Affiliations 2012 Present Member, Association of Women in Science, Baltimore Chapter 2011 Present Member, Graduate Women in Science, Omicron Chapter 2008 2009 President, Virginia Mosquito Control Association 2007 Present Member, Entomological Society of America 2005 Present Member, American Mosquito Control Association 2005 Present Member, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2005 Present Member, Society for Vector Ecology Armistead 4
2004 Present Member, Mid-Atlantic Mosquito Control Association 2004 Present Member, Virginia Mosquito Control Association Editorial Activities 2011 Present Reviewer, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2008 Present Reviewer, Journal of Medical Entomology, Entomological Society of America TEACHING 2009 2010 Teaching Assistant, Biology of Parasitism Course, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, 2005 2007 Instructor, Mosquito Identification Course, Virginia Department of Health 2005 Teaching Assistant, Forensic Entomology, Department of Administration Justice, Northern Virginia Community College CERTIFICATIONS 2005 2007 Virginia Pesticide Applicator Certification, Category 8 Public Health Pest Control 2006 National Incident Management System Certification (ICS-100, 200; IS-700), Emergency Services Training Institute, Texas Engineering Extension Service 2006 Geographic Information Systems Excellence Certification, Department of Health, Fairfax County, Virginia 2005 Advanced Mosquito Identification and Certification Course, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory and Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Vero Beach, Florida Armistead 5