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Jennifer Nayak, M.D.

Jennifer Nayak, M.D.

Pediatrics , Pediatric Infectious Diseases

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Contact

Appointment (585) 275-5944
Office (585) 275-9477
Fax (585) 273-1104

About Me

Pediatric infectious diseases
Pediatric infectious diseases

Certified Specialties

Pediatric Infectious Diseases - American Board of Pediatrics

Pediatrics - American Board of Pediatrics

Faculty Appointments

Associate Professor - Department of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases (SMD)

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Fellow, Strong Memorial Hospital/University of Rochester. 2007 - 2010

Fellowship, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Â鶹ÊÓƵ. 2007 - 2010

Residency, Pediatrics, Â鶹ÊÓƵ. 2005 - 2007

Internship, Pediatrics, Â鶹ÊÓƵ. 2004 - 2005

Education

MD | SUNY at Buffalo-School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (USA). 2004

Awards

Alpha Omega Alpha. 2003

Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society. 1999

Golden Key National Honor Society. 1999

Rush Rhees Scholarship. 1996 - 2000

Bacelli Award.

Merck Manual Award.

Research

My current research interests involve:

• Understanding how a child's early exposure to influenza shapes immunity and poises the immune system to respond to subsequent influenza challenge
• Utilizing CD4 T cell-mediated immunity to improve vaccines directed against pandemic strains of infl...
My current research interests involve:

• Understanding how a child's early exposure to influenza shapes immunity and poises the immune system to respond to subsequent influenza challenge
• Utilizing CD4 T cell-mediated immunity to improve vaccines directed against pandemic strains of influenza
• Understanding how pre-existing CD4 T cells directed against influenza influence the ability of B cells to respond to influenza vaccination

Publications

Journal Articles

Moritzky SA, Richards KA, Glover MA, Krammer F, Chaves FA, Topham DJ, Branche A, Nayak JL, Sant AJ

The Journal of infectious diseases.. 2023 February 1227 (3):381-390. Epub 1900 01 01.

Anderson EJ, Creech CB, Berthaud V, Piramzadian A, Johnson KA, Zervos M, Garner F, Griffin C, Palanpurwala K, Turner M, Gerber J, Bennett RL, Ali K, Ampajwala M, Berman G, Nayak J, Chronis C, Rizzardi B, Muller WJ, Smith CA, Fuchs G, Hsia D, Tomassini JE, DeLucia D, Reuter C, Kuter B, Zhao X, Deng W, Zhou H, Ramirez Schrempp D, Hautzinger K, Girard B, Slobod K, McPhee R, Pajon R, Aunins A, Das R, Miller JM, Schnyder Ghamloush S,

The New England journal of medicine.. 2022 November 3387 (18):1673-1687. Epub 10/19/2022.

Nayak JL, Caserta MT

Pediatrics.. 2022 November 1150 (5)Epub 1900 01 01.

Wang J, Li D, Cameron A, Zhou Q, Wiltse A, Nayak J, Pecora ND, Zand MS

The Journal of infectious diseases.. 2022 August 26226 (3):474-484. Epub 1900 01 01.

Creech CB, Anderson E, Berthaud V, Yildirim I, Atz AM, Melendez Baez I, Finkelstein D, Pickrell P, Kirstein J, Yut C, Blair R, Clifford RA, Dunn M, Campbell JD, Montefiori DC, Tomassini JE, Zhao X, Deng W, Zhou H, Ramirez Schrempp D, Hautzinger K, Girard B, Slobod K, McPhee R, Pajon R, Das R, Miller JM, Schnyder Ghamloush S,

The New England journal of medicine.. 2022 May 26386 (21):2011-2023. Epub 05/11/2022.

Shannon I, White CL, Yang H, Nayak JL

The Journal of infectious diseases.. 2021 June 15223 (12):2164-2173. Epub 1900 01 01.

Nayak J, Hoy G, Gordon A

Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine.. 2021 January 411 (1)Epub 01/04/2021.

Richards KA, Shannon I, Treanor JJ, Yang H, Nayak JL, Sant AJ

The Journal of infectious diseases.. 2020 June 29222 (2):273-277. Epub 1900 01 01.

Shannon I, White CL, Nayak JL

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.. 2020 March 199 (Supplement_1):S10-S14. Epub 1900 01 01.

Misra RS, Nayak JL

Pathogens.. 2019 November 268 (4)Epub 11/26/2019.

Shannon I, White CL, Murphy A, Qiu X, Treanor JJ, Nayak JL

Scientific reports.. 2019 January 289 (1):791. Epub 01/28/2019.

Richards KA, Treanor JJ, Nayak JL, Sant AJ

The Journal of infectious diseases.. 2018 August 24218 (7):1169-1174. Epub 1900 01 01.

Sant AJ, Richards KA, Nayak J

Current opinion in immunology.. 2018 August 53 :13-21. Epub 04/02/2018.

Sant AJ, DiPiazza AT, Nayak JL, Rattan A, Richards KA

Immunological reviews.. 2018 July 284 (1):91-105. Epub 1900 01 01.

Tesini BL, Wright TW, Malone JE, Haidaris CG, Harber M, Sant AJ, Nayak JL, Gigliotti F

Infection and immunity.. 2017 April 85 (4)Epub 03/23/2017.

Alam S, Chan C, Qiu X, Shannon I, White CL, Sant AJ, Nayak JL

PloS one.. 2017 12 (5):e0176407. Epub 05/11/2017.

DiPiazza A, Richards KA, Knowlden ZA, Nayak JL, Sant AJ

Frontiers in immunology.. 2016 7 :10. Epub 01/25/2016.

Richards KA, Nayak J, Chaves FA, DiPiazza A, Knowlden ZA, Alam S, Treanor JJ, Sant AJ

The Journal of infectious diseases.. 2015 July 1212 (1):86-94. Epub 12/09/2014.

Nayak JL, Richards KA, Yang H, Treanor JJ, Sant AJ

The Journal of infectious diseases.. 2015 May 1211 (9):1408-17. Epub 11/06/2014.

Kennedy BS, Weimer AC, Bedard B, Nayak JL, Sacheli D, Ricci J, Meyer DD, Hubbard D

Vaccines.. 2014 February 132 (1):107-11. Epub 02/13/2014.

Nayak JL, Alam S, Sant AJ

The Journal of immunology : official journal of the American Association of Immunologists.. 2013 August 1191 (3):1001-5. Epub 06/21/2013.

Nayak JL, Fitzgerald TF, Richards KA, Yang H, Treanor JJ, Sant AJ

The Journal of infectious diseases.. 2013 January 15207 (2):297-305. Epub 11/12/2012.

Nayak JL, Sant AJ

Immunology.. 2012 August 136 (4):425-36. Epub 1900 01 01.

Chaves FA, Lee AH, Nayak JL, Richards KA, Sant AJ

The Journal of immunology : official journal of the American Association of Immunologists.. 2012 May 1188 (9):4235-48. Epub 03/30/2012.

Nayak JL, Sant AJ

The Pediatric infectious disease journal.. 2011 March 30 (3):248-50. Epub 1900 01 01.

Nayak JL, Richards KA, Chaves FA, Sant AJ

Viral immunology.. 2010 April 23 (2):169-80. Epub 1900 01 01.

Nayak JL, Treanor JJ

Pediatric annals.. 2009 December 38 (12):667-74. Epub 1900 01 01.

Varughese R, Nayak JL, LoMonaco M, O'Reilly MA, Ryan RM, D'Angio CT

Lung.. 2003 181 (6):335-46. Epub 1900 01 01.

Books

Mandell, Douglas and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases (2015)

Chapter: Epiglottitis

Authors: Nayak JL, Weinberg GA

Publisher: Elsevier Saunders, Philadelphia 2015

Contemporary Approaches to Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (2015)

Chapter: Epiglottitis, laryngitis,laryngotracheitis (bacterial tracheitis), and croup (laryngotracheobronchitis)

Authors: Weinberg GA, Nayak JL

Publisher: Future Medicine, London 2015

BMJ Point of Care Monograph (2015)

Chapter: Bronchiolitis

Authors: Nayak JL

Publisher: On-line 2015

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