Lark L Coffey
Agronomist and Professor
Agronomist and Professor
Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology
Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology
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Office
1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616
Research Profile
Licenses
UC Davis Biomedical and Engineering Entrepreneurship Academy Graduate
Education
2000, B.S., University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee
2005, Ph.D., University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
2006, post-doctoral fellowship, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
2011, post-doctoral fellowship, Blood Systems Research Institute/University of California San Francisco, California, San Francisco, California
2013, Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis, Davis, California
2019, Associate Professor, University of California, Davis, Davis, California
2024, Professor, University of California, Davis, Davis, California
Active Research Grants
Co-Investigator, R01 Molecular mechanisms linking viral replication and neuropathogenesis, Priya Shah (Principal Investigator), NIH / NIAID
Co-Investigator, R01 Innate immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection in the mouse olfactory epithelium, Qizhi Gong (Principal Investigator), NIH/NIDCD
Co-Investigator, NSF EEID Impacts of rapid landscape change and biodiversity on virus host specificity, Christine Kreuder Johnson (Principal Investigator), NSF/ Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases
Principal Investigator, R01 Transmission dynamics and fitness of reemerging St. Louis encephalitis virus in mosquito vectors and West Nile virus naïve and immune avian reservoirs, (Principal Investigator), National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Principal Investigator, R01 Vaccine-mediated cross-alphavirus protection for a live attenuated FDA licensed chikungunya virus vaccine, (Principal Investigator), National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Principal Investigator, R21 Transmission dynamics and fitness of reemerging St. Louis encephalitis virus, (Principal Investigator), NIH / NIAID
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Honors and Awards
2022 Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2021 UC Davis Chancellor’s Fellow, recognition for outstanding work in academia
2005-2008 Philippe Foundation International Scholar, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
2007-2009 Sigma Xi Scientific Honor Society
2005 Zhou Sisters Academic Scholarship, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
2002 Bodhan Nechay Academic Scholarship;
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2021 Reisen WK, Coffey LL, Swetnam DM, Brault, AC: Saint Louis Encephalitis Virus (Flaviviridae), Bamford DH, Zuckerman M, (ed), Encyclopedia of Virology, Oxford. 805-813.
2016 Coffey LL: The Nature of Viruses, MacLachlan, NJ, Dubai, EJ, (ed), Fenner’s Veterinary Virology, London. 13-16.
2016 Coffey LL, Weaver SC, Forrester N: Alphavirus Evolution, , Alphaviruses: Molecular Biology, Pathogenesis and Host Interactions, . 21-26.
2016 Forrester NL, Gutierrez S, Coffey LL: The Evolution and Transmission of Vector-Borne Viruses, Weaver, Denison, Roossinck, Vignuzzi, (ed), Virus Evolution: Current Research and Future Directions, . 61-100.
2015 Tsetsarkin K, Coffey LL, Weaver SC: Interaction of Chikungunya virus with the mosquito vector, , Chikungunya Virus, . 99-126.
Research Focus
Mosquito-borne virus transmission dynamics, evolution, emergence, and vaccines
Viral genetic mechanisms of emergence focusing on modified virus-host interactions, with a goal of interrupting transmission to reduce human and animal disease.
Viral genetic mechanisms of emergence focusing on modified virus-host interactions, with a goal of interrupting transmission to reduce human and animal disease.
Specialty Focus
Transmission dynamics and genetics of mosquito-borne alpha- and flaviviruses, virus evolution, vaccine development and evaluation, improving arbovirus surveillance in mosquitoes.