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Sean P. McBurney, PhD








				

		Dr. Sean McBurney	
		

		    	
        
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Dr. Ted Ross
	
	


	

	
Dissertation
Development of Broadly Reactive HIV-1/AIDS Virus-like Particle Vaccines
	
	




	

	
Education
PhD in Molecular Virology and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, 2010
BS in Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, 2004
	



    

























	

	
Why I chose Pitt
I chose the University of Pittsburgh because of the research programs that were available as well as the state of the art facilities.  Also my wife was entering her second year of medical school at the University of Pittsburgh when I joined the program.
Following his graduation, Sean first worked as a Postdoctoral Associate in the lab of Dr. Jared Evans in the CVR. Currently, Sean is working at Oregon Health & Sciences University as a Postdoctoral Fellow.
	
	




Publications
	

	
McBurney S. P, Landucci G, Forthal D. N, and Ross T. M. Evaluation of heterologous vaginal SHIV SF162p4 infection following vaccination with a polyvalent Clade B virus-like particle vaccine. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 28: 1063-1072. |  View Abstract
Association between Magnitude of the Virus-Specific Plasmablast Response and Disease Severity in Dengue Patients. J Immunol. [Epub ahead of print] |  View Abstract
Human immunodeficiency virus-like particles with consensus envelopes elicited broader cell-mediated peripheral and mucosal immune responses than polyvalent and monovalent Env vaccines. Vaccine. 27: 4337-4349. |  View Abstract
Membrane embedded HIV-1 envelope on the surface of a virus-like particle elicits broader immune responses than soluble envelopes. Virology. 358: 334-346. |  View Abstract
Lentivirus-like particles without reverse transcriptase elicit efficient immune responses. Curr HIV Res. 4: 475-484. |  View Abstract
Attenuated nef DNA vaccine construct induces cellular immune response: role in HIV-1 multiprotein vaccine. Immunol Lett. 89: 207-214. |  View Abstract