Senior Lecture of Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology M.S. West Virginia University, 1996 2062 Health Science North (Office) (304) 293-4120 (Office) vwatson@hsc.wvu.edu Curriculum Vitae

My role as a member of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology faculty is unique and diverse. 

Teaching: I coordinate and teach...

1. MICB 200, a 3-credit undergraduate Microbiology course for allied health majors, each semester. 
2. MICB 323, a 5-credit Microbiology course for students in the Medical Technology program, each Spring semester. 
3. MICB 327, a 2-credit Parasitology course for these students in the Medical Technology program, each Spring Semester. 
4. Parasitology in several other medical microbiology courses.

Microbiology Labs: I coordinate and ...

1. provide instruction in the Microbiology labs for all Department Microbiology courses. 
2. active in teaching the Parasitology labs and some lectures in the "Clinical Tropical Medicine and Parasitology" course offered each summer by the International Health Program. 
3. organize and supervise graduate students in their Department teaching assignments. 
4. am directly responsible for the supervision of two laboratory assistants in the preparation of media and reagents for classes and research. 
5. am also responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Media Prep Lab, which includes maintaining stock cultures and providing cultures for classes and research. 

My research activities include collaborative studies with Department investigators and with medical personnel at Ruby Memorial Hospital.

Publications:

Valerie A. Watson, John B. Barnett and Rosana Schafer. 2000. In Vivo Cytokine Production and Resistance to Infection after Acute Exposure to 3,4-Dichloropropionaniline.  Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A 60: 391-406

Thompson HA, Chen S-Y, Suhan ML and Watson V.   1999.  Genetic transformation of Coxiella burnetii: origins, vectors and recombination.  Rickettsiae and Rickettsial Diseases at the Turn of the Third Millenium 74-83.