Current Projects

Effect of dietary antioxidants on the immune response of mice infected with Trypanosoma cruzi

Impact of pro-oxidant diet during murine infection with Toxoplasma gondii

Graduate Student research projects

Ravidra Gudavali: Effect of anitoxidant supplementation on cytokene regulation during experimental Chagas' disease

Kiran Padigala: Impact of pro-oxidant diet on cytokene regulation dring murine infection with Toxoplasma gondii

Vijay Kolli: Impact of antioxidant supplementation on levels of monoamine oxidase in the heart of mice

Classes

Biol 120 - General Biology

Biol 207 - Microbiology

Biol 328 - Immunology

Biol 460 - Parasitology

Biol 570 Advanced Immunology

Biol 220, 221- Introduction to Molecular and Cell Biology (and Lab)

Other University Responsibilities

Chair of Western Kentucky University's Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)

WKU Representative on Kentucky Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (KBRIN) Science Advisory Panel WKU KBRIN/INBRE Website

Pre-Medical Advisor Professional Societies

Member: American Society of Parasitologists, American Association of Immunologists, Southeastern Society of Parasitologists, Kentucky Academy of Sciences

Recent Publications

Davis, C.D., L. Brooks, C. Calisi, B. J. Bennett, and D. M. McElroy. 1998. Beneficial effect of selenium supplementation during murine
infection with Trypanosoma cruzi. J. Parasitol. 84(6): 1274-1277.

Arif, A, L. Gao, C.D. Davis and D. Helm. 1999. Antibody response to heat shock proteins of Trypansoma cruzi and histopathology in mice
maintained at elevated environmental temperature. J. Parasitol. 85(6):1089-1099.

McCarthy, Susan M., and Cheryl D. Davis. 2003. Pro-oxidant diet provides protection during murine infection with Toxoplasma gondii. J.
Parasitol. 89(5):886-94.

Ming, Zhijun, and Cheryl D. Davis. 2003. CD8+ T Lymphocytes Required for Enhanced Survival of Trypanosoma cruzi-Infected Mice at Elevated
Environmental Temperature. J. Parasitol. 89(3): 630-632.