Curriculum Vitae/Resumé

Curriculum Vitae/Resumé

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OBJECTIVE To dissect the role of HIV-1 coreceptor tropism in viral pathogenesis.
EDUCATION B.S. in Cell and Molecular Biology and Genetics
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
Graduation Date: May 1997, Summa cum laude
Overall GPA: 3.98

M.D./Ph.D. Program:
University of Maryland, Baltimore, 21201
Ph.D. Granting Dept.:  Microbiology and Immunology
Expected Graduation Date: May 2004

HONORS Maryland Distinguished Scholar Award (1993): $3,000/year in financial aid 
Dean's List (1993-97) at the University of Maryland, College Park 
Academic Honors from the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Education
Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Honors Society (1994)
Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honors Society (1994) 
Barry M. Goldwater National Scholarship (1994-95): of 13,000 national applicants, 285 students accepted 
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society at the University of Maryland (1995) 
Golden Key National Honor Society (1995)
Alpha Lambda Delta Pre-Medical Honor Society (1995) 
Mortar Board Senior Honor Society (1996) 
Outstanding Asian American Senior Award (1997) 
Phi Beta Kappa (1997) 
Outstanding Scholar Award (1997), University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine: $12,000/year in aid 
Merit Award (2000) from the University of MD, Baltimore, School of Medicine, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology
Honorable mention (2000) from the Howard Hughes' Institute Pre-doctoral Fellowship Grant Committee
NIH Infection and Immunity Training Grant (2001-2002) through the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
EXPERIENCE
Biological Aide March 1996 - June 1997 
National Cancer Institute, Laboratory of Basic Sciences, Bethesda, MD 
¨ Performed gel electrophoresis, polymerase chain reaction (Perkin Elmer/Cetus), Southern Blotting, Mini-Preps, Magic-Preps, DNA phenol extraction and purification, cell culturing, cell transformation and transfection, Ficoll separation of PBMCs 

 
Volunteer February 1997 - June 1997 
Emergency Department, Suburban General Hospital, Bethesda, MD 
¨ 100 volunteer hours in the Emergency Room making beds, directing visitors to the patient, talking with patients and visitors, light cleaning, moving patients to various departments, delivering documents and samples to various departments 

 
Volunteer Research Aide  June 1995 - August 1995 
National Cancer Institute, Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, Bethesda, MD 
 
 
First-aider/Computer Consultant September 1993 - May 1995 
Center for Information Technologies, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 
¨ Required knowledge of SunSparc IPX's, DECstation's, UNIX/DOS/Windows/Macintosh applications, Windows 3.1 (WP 6.0, MS Word 6.0, Excel 4.0), NOVELL 4.0, computer maintenance and repair 

 
Student Summer Intern June 1993 - August 1993 
National Cancer Institute, Mathematical Biology, Rockville, MD 
¨ Knowledge in UNIX, C programming, peptide structures (for Computer Aided Molecular Imaging) 

 
Desk clerk June 1994 - August 1994 
Facility Service Company, Rockville, MD 
¨ Knowledge in Wordperfect 5.1/6.0, phone reception, light bookkeeping, managerial duties 
ABSTRACTS J Vu, T Fouts, and A DeVico, The In Vitro Selection of HIV-1 Mutants by a CCR5-Specific Immunoadhesin: Addressing the Coreceptor Switch Paradigm, 2002 International Meeting of the Institute of Human Virology, Baltimore, Maryland. September 9-13, 2002.

J Vu, T Fouts, and A DeVico, A Novel CCR5-Specific Immunoadhesin Neutralizes R5-Tropic HIV-1 Infection In Vitro, 2001 International Meeting of the Institute of Human Virology, Baltimore, Maryland. September 9-13, 2001.

J Vu, T Fouts, and A DeVico, A Novel CCR5-Specific Immunoadhesin Neutralizes R5-Tropic HIV-1 Infection In Vitro, 2001 International Meeting of Vaccine Development and Immunotherapy in HIV, San Juan, Puerto Rico. May 22-25, 2001.

John Vu, Timothy Fouts, Karla Godfrey, Robert Tuskan, and Anthony DeVico, A Novel Soluble CD4-Gp120 Single Chain Complex Presents Epitopes Required for HIV Envelope Binding to HIV Coreceptor/Chemokine Receptor, CCR5, 2000 International Meeting of the Institute of Human Virology, Baltimore, Maryland. September 2000.

Roberta M. Kamin-Lewis, Amanda Baker, John Vu, Farley Cleghorn, William Blattner, Alash'le Abimiku, Anthony DeVico, and George K. Lewis, Analysis of MIP-1b Secreting T Cell Subsets in Humans and Rhesus Macaques, 1999 Workshop on Assessing Cytokine Responses in Vaccinated Macaques, Rockville, Maryland. February 11, 1999.

PUBLICATIONS Pending submission. 
ACTIVITIES Activities Director (1994), Vietnamese Student Association, University of Maryland, College Park 

Secretary (1995), Alpha Epsilon Delta, Pre-Medical Honor Society, University of Maryland, College Park 

Vice-President (1996), Mortar Board Senior Honor Society, University of Maryland, College Park 

President (1996), Alpha Epsilon Delta

COMPUTER SKILLS Programming languages (proficient):  Python, C

Programming languages (familiar):  Fortran, C++, Pascal, BASIC

Operating Systems (proficient):  Linux, DOS, Windows 95/98

Document preparation languages/applications:  LaTeX, BibTeX, HTML, MS Word 97/2000

Server application setup and maintenance:  Apache, PHP, MySQL

Application development:  Pybliographer  (PubMed/Medline search interface) and intranet server application to generate order forms (written in PHP)

REFERENCES Available upon request.