Sonja R. Gerrard, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

Rm 5646 SPH I
1415 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2029

Office: (734) 615-8491; Fax: (734) 764-3192

E-mail: gerrard@umich.edu

Website(s): Gerrard Research Group; The germ trade: Epid 543 students make trading cards for exotic infectious diseases.

Professional Summary

2004-present: Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School of Public Health
2000-2003: Fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases

Courses Taught

EPID399: Independent Research for Undergraduates
EPID543: Virus Diseases
EPID 545: Viral and Molecular Techniques Laboratory

Education

Ph.D., in Chemistry, University of Oregon, 1999
B.S., in Chemistry, University of California, Davis, 1991

Research Interest & Projects

Virus assembly and egress

Genetic determinants of pathogenesis

Viral evolution

Emerging Bunyaviral diseases

Selected Publications

Gerrard, S.R., Bird, B., Albarino, C.G., Nichol, S.T. (2007). The NSm proteins of Rift Valley fever virus are dispensable for maturation, replication and infection. Virology, 359(2), 459-465.

Gerrard, S.R., Nichol, S.T. (January, 2007). Synthesis, proteolytic processing and complex formation of N-terminally nested precursor proteins of the Rift Valley fever virus glycoproteins Virology, 357(2), 124-133.

Gerrard, S.R., Li, L., Barrett, A.D., Nichol, S.T. (2004). Ngari virus is a Bunyamwera virus reassortant that can be associated with large outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever in Africa. Journal of Virology., 78(16), 8922-8926.

Gerrard, S.R., Nichol, S.T. (2002). Characterization of the Golgi retention motif of Rift Valley fever virus GN glycoprotein. Journal of Virology, (76)23, 12200-12210.

Gerrard, S.R., Rollin, P.E., Nichol, S.T. (2002). Bidirectional infection and release of Rift Valley fever virus in polarized epithelial cells. Virology, 301(2), 226-235.

Gerrard, S.R., Bryant, N.J., Stevens, T.H. (2000). VPS21 controls entry of endocytosed and biosynthetic proteins into the yeast prevacuolar compartment. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 11(2), 613-626.

Gerrard, S.R., Mecklem, A.B., Stevens, T.H. (2000). The yeast endosomal t-SNARE, Pep12p, functions in the absence of its transmembrane domain. Traffic, 1, 45-55.

Professional Affiliations

American Society for Cell Biology
American Society for Microbiology