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Cameron Griffiths, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Biomedical Engineering
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MR5 2225
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USPS: PO Box 800759
Charlottesville, VA 22908
Goggle Scholar Janes Lab

About

As a member of Kevin Janes’ Lab, Dr. Cameron Griffiths is a systems virologist who combines large datasets with molecular experiments to study host pathogen interactions. His overarching goal is to understand why viruses make some people sick and not others.

Cameron’s postdoctoral research, supported by Human Frontier Science Program, involves studying how human hearts respond to viral infection with the long-term objective of preventing virus-associated heart failure. He also collaborates with Drs. Gerry Teague, Larry Borish, and Peter Heymann to study the interaction between asthma and human rhinovirus infection in adults and children. The collaborative project is supported by a UVA Coulter Center grant.

Cameron received his PhD from the University of Alberta, in Dr. David Marchant’s Lab. During his PhD, Cameron identified a cell surface receptor and cell entry process for respiratory syncytial virus.

Education

PhD in Virology, University of Alberta 2020

BSc in Honours Immunology and Infection, University of Alberta, 2013

Research Interests

Virology
Systems Biology
Bioinformatics
Host-pathogen Interactions
Cell Biology

Selected Publications

Three Modes of Viral Adaption by the Heart. Sci Adv. 2024, Nov 15;10(46): eadp6303 Griffiths C., Shah M., Shao W., Borgman C., and Janes K.
Proteome-wide copy-number estimation from transcriptomics. Mol Syst Biol. 2024 Nov;20(11): 1230-1256 Sweatt A., Griffiths C., Groves S., Paudel B., Wang L., Kashatus D., Janes K.
A Novel Syndrome of Silent Rhinovirus-associated Bronchoalveolitis in Children with Recurrent Wheeze. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2024, 154(3): 571-579.e6 Teague W.G., Griffiths C., Boyd K., Kellems S., Lawrence M., Offerle T., Heymann P., Brand W., Greenwell A., Middleton J., Wavell K., Payne J., Spano M., Etter E., Wall B., and Borish L.
Simulating Coxsackievirus B3 infection with an accessible computational model of its complete kinetics. STAR Protoc. 2021, 2(4): 100940 *Griffiths C., *Sweatt A., and Janes K.
IGF1R is an entry receptor for respiratory syncytial virus. Nature. 2020, 583: 615–619 *Griffiths C., *Bilawchuk L., McDonough J., Jamieson K., Elawar F., Cen Y., Duan W., Lin C., Song H., Casanova J.L., Ogg S., Jensen L., Thienpont B., Kumar A., Hobman T., Proud D., Moraes T., and Marchant D.
Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Infection, Detection, and New Options for Prevention and Treatment. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 2017, 30(1): 277-319
Griffiths C., Drews S., and Marchant D.

Awards

University of Virginina Emerging Leaders in Biomedical Engineering Symposium Invited Speaker 2024
Human Frontier Science Program Long-Term Fellowship 2021-2024
Wallace H. Coulter Center for Translational Research Post-Doctoral Scholars Research Grant 2023-2024
72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Young Scientist Award 2023
University of Virginia Phil Parrish Postdoctoral Fellowship in Engineering 2020-2021
Canadian Lung Association Breathing as One Studentship Award 2018-2019
RSV Young Investigator Award 2018
The Lung Association Alberta & NWT Studentship Award 2017-2018
Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship 2013-2017
John Thibault Good Citizen Award 2016

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