Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz
Dr. Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz received her bachelor's degree from Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, CO and her doctoral degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX in the Experimental Pathology Program. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the Biodesign Institute at ASU in the Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology. Dr. Herbst-Kralovetz joined the University of Arizona, College of Medicine-Phoenix in 2009 as Oncology Block/Course Director in the medical curriculum. Dr. Herbst-Kralovetz was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in the Departments of Basic Medical Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2016 and Director of the Women’s Health Microbiome Initiative at the College of Medicine-Phoenix in 2017.
Publications
Jackson R, Maarsingh JD, Herbst-Kralovetz MM, Van Doorslaer K. 2020. 3D Oral and Cervical Tissue Models for Studying Papillomavirus Host-Pathogen Interactions. Curr Protoc Microbiol. 59:e129. doi:10.1002/cpmc.129.
Wilkinson EM, Ilhan ZE, Herbst-Kralovetz MM. 2018. Microbiota-drug interactions: Impact on metabolism and efficacy of therapeutics. Maturitas. 112:53–63. doi:10.1016/j.maturitas.2018.03.012.
Łaniewski P, Barnes D, Goulder A, Cui H, Roe DJ, Chase DM, Herbst-Kralovetz MM. 2018. Linking cervicovaginal immune signatures, HPV and microbiota composition in cervical carcinogenesis in non-Hispanic and Hispanic women. Sci Rep. 8:7593. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-25879-7.
Baker JM, Chase DM, Herbst-Kralovetz MM. 2018. Uterine Microbiota: Residents, Tourists, or Invaders?. Front Immunol. 9:208. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2018.00208.
Łaniewski P, Gomez A, Hire G, So M, Herbst-Kralovetz MM. 2017. Human Three-Dimensional Endometrial Epithelial Cell Model To Study Host Interactions with Vaginal Bacteria and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Infect Immun. 85. doi:10.1128/IAI.01049-16.