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Erin Van Schaik, PhD, is a Research Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University's Health Science Center, affiliated with the School of Medicine's Department of Microbial Pathogenesis & Immunology. Her academic journey includes a BSc (2002) and PhD (2006) from the University of Alberta, followed by postdoctoral training at the University of Calgary (2010) and TAMHSC (2016). Dr. Van Schaik's research investigates how bacterial pathogens, especially intracellular species like Coxiella burnetii, manipulate host immune defenses to establish infections. She explores molecular mechanisms underlying pathogen persistence and vaccine development, with a focus on non-coding RNAs and innovative diagnostic technologies.
Her educational background spans microbiology and immunology, with advanced training in microbial pathogenesis. Research interests include understanding host-pathogen interactions at the cellular level, developing vaccines for obligate intracellular pathogens, and applying microfluidic systems to study microbial diversity and trans-kingdom communication. She has pioneered technologies like μREACT and contributed to improving infection models for studying reproductive pathogenesis in Brucella melitensis and Burkholderia pseudomallei.
No scientific awards or grants are explicitly listed in the provided information. While no student advisees are documented here, her research likely involves mentoring graduate students through experimental projects on pathogen immunology and vaccine design. Lab affiliations are not detailed, but her work is conducted within the Texas A&M Health Science Center's Microbial Pathogenesis & Immunology department.
