Andrew Fraser Read, PhD - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile
Andrew Fraser Read, PhD
Professor of Biotechnology, Eberly College of Science
Senior Vice President for Research, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
Interim Senior Vice President for Research, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
Evan Pugh Professor and Eberly Professor of Biotechnology, Biology
Evan Pugh Professor and Eberly Professor of Biotechnology, Entomology
One Health Microbiome Center
Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
Senior Vice President for Research, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
Interim Senior Vice President for Research, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
Evan Pugh Professor and Eberly Professor of Biotechnology, Biology
Evan Pugh Professor and Eberly Professor of Biotechnology, Entomology
One Health Microbiome Center
Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
Recent Publications
2025
Koshani, R, Yeh, SL, He, Z, Narasimhalu, N, vom Steeg, LG, Sim, DG, Woods, RJ, Read, AF & Sheikhi, A 2025, 'Polymeric Anti-Antibiotic Microparticles to Prevent Antibiotic Resistance Evolution', Small. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202407549
2023
Woods, RJ & Read, AF 2023, 'Combination antimicrobial therapy to manage resistance', Evolution, Medicine and Public Health, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 185-186. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoad005
Woods, RJ, Barbosa, C, Koepping, L, Raygoza, JA, Mwangi, M & Read, AF 2023, 'The evolution of antibiotic resistance in an incurable and ultimately fatal infection: A retrospective case study', Evolution, Medicine and Public Health, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 163-173. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoad012
2022
Arnold, CRK, Srinivasan, S, Rodriguez, S, Rydzak, N, Herzog, CM, Gontu, A, Bharti, N, Small, M, Rogers, CJ, Schade, MM, Kuchipudi, SV, Kapur, V, Read, AF & Ferrari, MJ 2022, 'A longitudinal study of the impact of university student return to campus on the SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among the community members', Scientific reports, vol. 12, no. 1, 8586. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12499-5
Morley, VJ, Sim, DG, Penkevich, A, Woods, RJ & Read, AF 2022, 'An orally administered drug prevents selection for antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the gut during daptomycin therapy', Evolution, Medicine and Public Health, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 439-446. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoac035
Kerr, PJ, Cattadori, IM, Sim, D, Liu, J, Holmes, EC & Read, AF 2022, 'Divergent Evolutionary Pathways of Myxoma Virus in Australia: Virulence Phenotypes in Susceptible and Partially Resistant Rabbits Indicate Possible Selection for Transmissibility', Journal of virology, vol. 96, no. 20. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.00886-22
Hayden, KR, Jones, M, Elkin, KR, Shreve, MJ, Clees, WI, Clark, S, Mashtare, ML, Veith, TL, Elliott, HA, Watson, JE, Silverman, J, Richard, TL, Read, AF & Preisendanz, HE 2022, 'Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on pharmaceuticals in wastewater treated for beneficial reuse: Two case studies in central Pennsylvania', Journal of Environmental Quality, vol. 51, no. 5, pp. 1066-1082. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20398
Yeh, SL, Narasimhalu, N, Vom Steeg, LG, Muthami, J, Leconey, S, He, Z, Pitcher, M, Cassady, H, Morley, VJ, Cho, SH, Bator, C, Koshani, R, Woods, RJ, Hickner, M, Read, AF & Sheikhi, A 2022, 'Ion Exchange Biomaterials to Capture Daptomycin and Prevent Resistance Evolution in Off-Target Bacterial Populations', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 14, no. 38, pp. 42864-42875. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c14894
Topazian, HM, Moser, KA, Ngasala, B, Oluoch, PO, Forconi, CS, Mhamilawa, LE, Aydemir, O, Kharabora, O, Deutsch-Feldman, M, Read, AF, Denton, M, Lorenzo, A, Mideo, N, Ogutu, B, Moormann, AM, Mårtensson, A, Odwar, B, Bailey, JA, Akala, H, Ong'echa, JM & Juliano, JJ 2022, 'Low Complexity of Infection Is Associated With Molecular Persistence of Plasmodium falciparum in Kenya and Tanzania', Frontiers in Epidemiology, vol. 2, 852237. https://doi.org/10.3389/fepid.2022.852237
Day, T, Kennedy, DA, Read, AF & Gandon, S 2022, 'Pathogen evolution during vaccination campaigns', PLoS biology, vol. 20, no. 9 September, e3001804. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001804
2021
Day, T, Kennedy, DA, Read, AF & McAdams, D 2021, 'The economics of managing evolution', PLoS biology, vol. 19, no. 11, e3001409. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001409