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Hermancia Eugene, PhD








				

		Dr. Hermancia Eugene	
		

		    	
        
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Mentor
Dr. Ted Ross
	
	


	

	
Dissertation
Developing a Broadly Reactive HIV Envelope Vaccine
	
	


	

	
Program
Molecular Virology and Microbiology
	
	



	

	
Education
PhD in Molecular Virology and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, 2012
BS in Biology, Cameron University, 2005
	



    










Research
Areas of Interest
HIV Vaccine Development: My thesis work was aimed at developing a broadly  reactive antibody vaccine to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1).
Book Chapters
Ted M.Ross, Hermancia Eugene. “Immunotherapies and Vaccines for HIV/AIDS.” AIDS Book1 . InTech  in progress
Ted M. Ross, Nitin Bhardwaj, Hermancia S. Eugene, Brendan M. Giles, Sean P. McBurney, Shannan L. Rossi, Kirsten Schneider-Ohrum, Xianchun Tang “Virus Like-Particle Vaccines: Advantages and Challenges.” Development of Vaccines: From Discovery to Clinical Testing. Wiley and Sons 2011
Abstracts
Eugene H, McBurney S, Ross T. Evaluating Immune Response to HIV-1 Envelope using a Centralized Group M Env sequence or Multiple Centralized Envs from Clades A, B, C, and E.  Poster presentation Keystone Symposium Prevention HIV/AIDS 2009
Eugene H, Cook J, Morrison M, Queimado L. Functional Analysis of MMS19 Splice Variants. Oral Presentation at West Texas A&M University Student Research Conference 11th annual conference April 15, 2005
Eugene H, Cook J, Morrison M, Queimado L, Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center Functional Analysis of MMS19 Splice Variants.   Student Research Abstracts SURE 2004, OUHSC.
















	

	
Why I chose Pitt
I came to Pittsburgh mainly because of the MVM program since I wanted to do infectious diseases. In addition, during my interview weekend I enjoyed seeing the topography and scenery Pittsburgh had to offer after spending four years in Oklahoma.
Following her graduation from the University of Pittsburgh, Hermancia accepted a position at Dominica State College, located in Roseau, Dominica, as a Biology Instructor.