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Biomedical scientist with a strong interest in collaborating with scientist around the world toward improving health.

Profile Summary

I am active molecular biologist studying lipid metabolism and cancer biology. I have a long-term interest in the genetic basis for disease and the ways in which natural products can be leveraged to combat some of today's most prevalent diseases.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Lipidomics
• ☆ HIV/AIDS Treatment

Services

• Writing
• Research

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing

Research Systematic Literature Review

Work Experience

University of Minnesota

- Present

Assistant Professor

University of Minnesota Medical School

March 2017 - Present

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

September 2014 - March 2017

Postdoctoral Fellow

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport

July 2012 - August 2014

Education

Ph.D (Department of Microbiology and Immunology)

Meharry Medical College

August 2006 - May 2013

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Glenn Simmons Jr, Eric Jeffords, Samuel Freeman, Breanna Cole, Kate Root, Thierry Chekouo, Richard Melvin, Lynne Bemis(2020). Y‑box binding protein 1 acts as a negative regulator of stearoyl CoA desaturase 1 in clear cell renal cell carcinoma . Oncology Letters. 20. (5). p. 1--1. Spandidos Publications

Olihe N. Okoro, Chantele S. Nelson, Stephan P. Witherspoon, Salaam F. Witherspoon, Glenn E. Simmons, Jr(2020). Culturally Responsive Health Promotion to Address Health Disparities in African American Men: A Program Impact Evaluation . American Journal of Men's Health. 14. (4). p. 155798832095132. {SAGE} Publications

Glenn Simmons Jr, Emily Onello, Samantha Friedrichsen, Kristine Krafts, Kevin Diebel(2020). First year allopathic medical student attitudes about vaccination and vaccine hesitancy . Vaccine. 38. (4). p. 808--814. Elsevier BV

Glenn Simmons Jr, Olihe N. Okoro, Chantele S. Nelson, Stephan P. Witherspoon, Salaam F. Witherspoon(2020). Culturally Responsive Health Promotion to Address Health Disparities in African American Men . American Journal of Men's Health. 14. (4). SAGE Publications Inc.

Onello, E., Friedrichsen, S., Krafts, K., Simmons, G., Diebel, K.(2019). First year allopathic medical student attitudes about vaccination and vaccine hesitancy . Vaccine.

Glenn Simmons Jr, Monica Sharma, Isabel Castro-Piedras, Kevin Pruitt(2018). Dishevelled: A masterful conductor of complex Wnt signals . Cellular Signalling. 47. p. 52--64. Elsevier Inc.

(2018). Dishevelled: A masterful conductor of complex Wnt signals . Cellular Signalling.

Sharma, M., Castro-Piedras, I., Simmons, G.E., Pruitt, K.(2018). Dishevelled: A masterful conductor of complex Wnt signals . Cellular Signalling. 47. p. 52-64.

Glenn Simmons Jr, Harry E. Taylor, Thomas P. Mathews, Atanu K. Khatua, Waldemar Popik, Craig W. Lindsley, Richard T. D’Aquila, H. Alex Brown(2015). Phospholipase D1 Couples CD4+ T Cell Activation to c-Myc-Dependent Deoxyribonucleotide Pool Expansion and HIV-1 Replication . PLoS Pathogens. 11. (5). Public Library of Science

Glenn Simmons Jr, Wendy M. Pruitt, Kevin Pruitt(2015). Diverse roles of SIRT1 in cancer biology and lipid metabolism . International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 16. (1). p. 950--965. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

Glenn Simmons Jr, Somnath Pandey, Svitlana Malyarchuk, Tara N. Calhoun, Kevin Pruitt(2015). A novel MeCP2 acetylation site regulates interaction with ATRX and HDAC1 . Genes and Cancer. 6. (9-10). p. 408--421. SAGE Publications Inc.

Taylor, H.E., Simmons, G.E., Mathews, T.P., Khatua, A.K., Popik, W., Lindsley, C.W., D’Aquila, R.T., Brown, H.A.(2015). Phospholipase D1 Couples CD4⁺ T Cell Activation to c-Myc-Dependent Deoxyribonucleotide Pool Expansion and HIV-1 Replication . PLoS Pathogens. 11. (5).

Simmons, G.E., Pruitt, W.M., Pruitt, K.(2015). Diverse roles of SIRT1 in cancer biology and lipid metabolism . International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 16. (1). p. 950-965.

Pandey, S., Simmons, G.E., Malyarchuk, S., Calhoun, T.N., Pruitt, K.(2015). A novel MeCP2 acetylation site regulates interaction with ATRX and HDAC1 . Genes and Cancer. 6. (9-10). p. 408-421.

Glenn Simmons Jr, Yuyang Tang, Alvin George, Franklin Nouvet, Stephanie Sweet, Nkiruka Emeagwali, Harry E. Taylor, James E.K. Hildreth(2014). Infection of female primary lower genital tract epithelial cells after natural pseudotyping of HIV-1: Possible implications for sexual transmission of HIV-1 . PLoS One. 9. (7). Public Library of Science

Glenn Simmons Jr, Somnath Pandey, Ana Nedeljkovic-Kurepa, Madhurima Saxena, Allison Wang, Kevin Pruitt(2014). Frizzled 7 expression is positively regulated by SIRT1 and β-catenin in breast cancer cells . PLoS One. 9. (6). Public Library of Science

Tang, Y., George, A., Nouvet, F., Sweet, S., Emeagwali, N., Taylor, H.E., Simmons, G., Hildreth, J.E.K.(2014). Infection of female primary lower genital tract epithelial cells after natural pseudotyping of HIV-1: Possible implications for sexual transmission of HIV-1 . PLoS ONE. 9. (7).

Simmons Jr., G.E., Pandey, S., Nedeljkovic-Kurepa, A., Saxena, M., Wang, A., Pruitt, K.(2014). Frizzled 7 expression is positively regulated by SIRT1 and β-catenin in breast cancer cells . PLoS ONE. 9. (6).

Glenn Simmons Jr, Harry E. Taylor, James E.K. Hildreth(2012). Caveolin-1 suppresses Human Immunodeficiency virus-1 replication by inhibiting acetylation of NF-κB . Virology. 432. (1). p. 110--119. Academic Press Inc.

Simmons, G.E., Taylor, H.E., Hildreth, J.E.K.(2012). Caveolin-1 suppresses Human Immunodeficiency virus-1 replication by inhibiting acetylation of NF-κB . Virology. 432. (1). p. 110-119.