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Maria Fe Cruz Medina

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Assistant Professor (Part-Time)MedicineMcMaster University

Research

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42 publications.

01

Intestinal colonization of the infant mouse model by attenuated and virulent Vibrio cholerae strains

Marrero BC, Imia LGG, Sanchez HMG, Medina MF, Coronel AT, Bourzac JFI

Archives of Medical Research7 citations
02

Induction of lung mucosal immunity by a next-generation inhaled aerosol COVID-19 vaccine: an open-label, multi-arm phase 1 clinical trial

Jeyanathan M, Afkhami S, D’Agostino MR, Satia I, Fritz DK, Miyasaki K, Ang JC, Zganiacz A, Howie KJ, Swinton M

Nature Communications202521 citations
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60726-0
03

AeroVax: study protocol for a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial to evaluate safety and immunogenicity of a next-generation COVID-19 vaccine delivered by inhaled aerosol to humans

Komorowski AS, Mbuagbaw L, Jeyanathan M, Afkhami S, Swinton M, D'Agostino MR, Howie K, Medina MFC, Gauvreau GM, Brister DL

ERJ Open Research20251 citations
DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00758-2024
04

Respiratory mucosal delivery of next-generation COVID-19 vaccine provides robust protection against both ancestral and variant strains of SARS-CoV-2

Afkhami S, D'Agostino MR, Zhang A, Stacey HD, Marzok A, Kang A, Singh R, Bavananthasivam J, Ye G, Luo X

Cell2022319 citations
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.02.005
05

Aerosol delivery, but not intramuscular injection, of adenovirus-vectored tuberculosis vaccine induces respiratory-mucosal immunity in humans

Jeyanathan M, Fritz DK, Afkhami S, Aguirre E, Howie KJ, Zganiacz A, Dvorkin-Gheva A, Thompson MR, Silver R, Cusack RP

JCI Insight2022102 citations
DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.155655
06

Comparison of the performance of anion exchange membrane materials for adenovirus purification using laterally-fed membrane chromatography

Kawka K, Wilton AN, Redmond EJ, Medina MFC, Lichty BD, Ghosh R, Latulippe DR

Biochemical Engineering Journal20228 citations
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2022.108417
07

Evaluation of Host Cell Impurity Effects on the Performance of Sterile Filtration Processes for Therapeutic Viruses

Wright E, Kawka K, Medina MFC, Latulippe DR

Membranes20225 citationsOpen Access
DOI: 10.3390/membranes12040359PMID: W4220690679
08

Integrated development of enzymatic DNA digestion and membrane chromatography processes for the purification of therapeutic adenoviruses

Kawka K, Wilton AN, Madadkar P, Medina MFC, Lichty BD, Ghosh R, Latulippe DR

Separation and Purification Technology202134 citations
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117503
09

Single-dose respiratory mucosal delivery of next-generation viral-vectored COVID-19 vaccine provides robust protection against both ancestral and variant strains of SARS-CoV-2

Afkhami S, D’Agostino MR, Zhang A, Stacey HD, Marzok A, Kang A, Singh R, Bavananthasivam J, Ye G, Luo X

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)20216 citationsOpen Access
DOI: 10.1101/2021.07.16.452721PMID: W3186342694
10

Probing effects of additives on the filterability of oncolytic viruses via a microfiltration process

Shoaebargh S, Wright E, Csordas M, Medina MFC, Lichty B, Latulippe DR

Journal of Membrane Science20211 citations
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118783

Research institutes and memberships

  • McMaster Immunology Research Centre (MIRC)
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