Professional Bio

Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 2003-2008.

Ph.D., Immunology


Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, 1999-2003.

B. S., Molecular Biology/ Chemistry (minor

Research & Scholarship

University of Colorado Denver (Aurora, CO).  Identifying the molecular basis for increasing Bcr-Abl mediated leukemogenesis in aging populations (12/08-current)


Wake Forest University School of Medicine (Winston-Salem, NC). Dissecting the roles of the cytokines IL-12 and IL-23 in dictating CD8+ T cell functional responses during priming by Listeria-infected DC in vitro and in vivo (8/03-11/08)


National Institutes of Health (NINDS; Bethesda, MD). Internships involved developing assays that were less labor intensive and more accurate in determining the specific activity of Glucocerebrosidase, a primary enzyme  involved in Gaucher Disease. (6/01-8/01, 6/02-8/02, 6/03-8/03)


Viticulture Agriculture Research Facility (Florida A & M University; Tallahassee, FL). Cross-pollinated several grape strains in order determine which strains produce the highest yield and was the most resistance to harsh environmental conditions. (2/00-8/00)

Awards & Recognition

AWARDS and HONORS

99th AAI Annual Meeting; FASEB/ MARC AAI Minority Scientist Travel Award (5/12)

 

University of Colorado Denver; Cancer Biology Poster Symposium:  1st Place Presenter for non-Cancer Biology  Departmental Members; Aurora, Colorado (10/11)

 

Selected Postdoctoral Presenter for a Poster Presentation at the 3rd Annual Else Kröner-Fresenius Symposium on Molecular Mechanisms of Stem Cell Aging; Gunzburg, Germany (5/11)

 

Served as a judge in the Microbiological Sciences symposium at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS); Charlotte, North Carolina (11/10)

 

1st Place for Aging Associated Research Award and Top 3 Postdoctoral Presenters Overall Award, University of Colorado Denver 1st Annual Postdoctoral Research Day (5/10)
AAI Minority Scientist Travel Award (4/05, 5/06, 4/07, 4/08)

 


FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS

NCI Mentored Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (NIH; K01) (9/12-9/17)

 

UNCF/ Merck Postdoctoral Science Research Fellowship Recipient (9/12-8/14)

 

Departmental Training Grant Recipient; University of Colorado School of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine (10/10-8/11)

 

Departmental Training Grant Recipient; National Jewish Health Immunology Department (12/08-10/10)

 

NIAID Predoctoral Minority Fellowship Recipient (NIH; F31) (6/06-11/08)

 

Departmental Training Grant Recipient; Wake Forest University Immunology Department (5/04-5/06)

 


Publications:

Bahmed K, Henry CJ, Holliday M, Redzic J, Ciobanu M, Zhang F, Weekes C, Sclafani R, DeGregori J, and Eisenmesser E.  Extracellular Cyclophilin-A Stimulates Erk1/2 in a Cell-Dependent Manner but Broadly Stimulates Nuclear Factor Kappa B.  Cancer Cell International. 2012. Jul 4;12(1):19.


Henry CJ, Marusky A, and DeGregori J.  Aging-Associated Changes in Hematopoiesis and             Leukemogenesis:  What’s the Connection.  Aging. 2011. Jun; 3(6):643-56.

           

Mitchell LM, Brzoza-Lewis KL, Henry CJ, Grayson JM, Westcott ML, and Hiltbold EM.  Distinct    responses of splenic dendritic cell subsets to infection with Listeria monocytogenes: Maturation phenotype, level of infection, and T cell priming capacity ex vivo.  Cellular Immunology.  2011. 268:79-86.

 


Henry CJ*, Marusky A*, Zaberezhynny V, Adane B, and DeGregori J.  Declining Lymphoid Progenitor Fitness Promotes Aging-associated Leukemogenesis.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  2010.  107(50): 21713-8.

 


Henry CJ, Grayson JM, Brzoza-Lewis KL, Westcott ML, Mitchell LM, Cook AS, and Hiltbold EM.  The Roles of IL-12 and IL-23 in CD8+ T cell-Mediated Immunity Against Listeria monocytogenes:  Insights From a DC Vaccination Model.  Cellular Immunology. 2010.  264(1):23-31.

 

Westcott MM, Henry CJ, Amis JE, and Hiltbold EM.  Dendritic Cells Inhibit the Progression of Listeria monocytogenes Intracellular Infection by Retaining Bacteria in MHC II-rich Phagosomes and by Limiting Cytosoloic Growth.  Infection and Immunity.  2010.  78(7):2956-65.

 

Marusyk A, Casas-Selves M, Henry CJ, Zaberezhnyy V, Klawitter J, Christians U, and DeGregori J.  Irradiation Alters Selection for Oncogenic Mutations in Hematopoietic Progenitors. Cancer Research. 2009.  69:  7262-69.


Henry CJ, Ornelles DA, Mitchell LM, Brzoza-Lewis KL, and Hiltbold, EM. IL-12 Produced by Dendritic Cells Augments CD8+ T cell Activation through the Production of the Chemokines CCL1 and CCL17. Journal of Immunology. 2008.  181: 8576-8584.

 

Westcott ML, Henry CJ, Cook AS, Grant KW, and Hiltbold EM.  Differential susceptibility of bone marrow-derived dendritic cells and macrophages to productive infection with Listeria monocytogenes. Cellular Microbiology. 2007.  9(6):1397-411.

Presentations:       

INVITED TALKS

  Chosen for a Block Symposium Oral Presentation at the 99th AAI Annual Meeting; Session: “Generation, Selection, and Function of B Cells;” Boston, Massachusetts (5/12)

 


Invited Speaker at the University of Colorado Denver Cancer Biology Program Retreat, “Cancer, Inflammation and the Microenvironment;” Aurora, Colorado (1/12)

 

Selected Postdoctoral Presenter for an Oral Presentation at the 12th Annual Colorado Immunology Conference; Estes Park, Colorado (9/11)

 

Chosen for a Block Symposium Oral Presentation at the 93rd AAI Annual Meeting; Boston, Massachusetts (5/06)

Prof. Memberships:

Urban League for Young Professionals/ Denver, CO (6/09-Present)

 

American Cancer Society (1/09-Present)

 

American Society for Microbiology (6/07-Present)

 

American Association of Immunologist (4/05-Present)

 

Urban League for Young Professionals/ Winston-Salem, NC (5/04-5/07)

 

Black Graduate Student’s Association/ Wake Forest University

School of Medicine (VP 2004; President 2005-2007; Correspondent 2008)

 

Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity, Inc. (5/01-Present)