Departmental Affiliations
Kari Debbink’s, PhD, MEd, scientific interests include viral evolution and how the structure of viral proteins impacts interactions with host cells and antibodies.
Research Interests
research-based pedagogy; virology education; curriculum development; norovirus; influenza; viral evolution; coronavirus; antigenic variation
Experiences & Accomplishments
Kari Debbink, PhD, MEd, is a scientist and educator with a background in virology. She is interested in improving microbiology education and graduate programming through implementation of research-based educational approaches. Scientifically, Kari is interested in viral evolution and how the structure of viral proteins impacts interactions with host cells and antibodies.
Honors & Awards
Outstanding Faculty Award, Bowie State University, College of Arts & Sciences, 2021
Presidential Distinguished Achievement in Teaching, Bowie State University, 2021
Outstanding Young Faculty Award, Bowie State University, College of Arts & Sciences, 2019
Select Publications
Selected publications that reflect my scientific and educational interests.
Kushner DB, Breitbart M, Debbink KM, Ferran MC, Johnson DM, Newcomb LL, O'Donnell LA. (2024).Development of learning objectives to support undergraduate virology curriculum guidelines. J Microbiol Biol Educ.25:e00100-24.https://doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.00100-24
Kushner DB, Cline TD, Danthi P, Debbink KM, Ferran MC, Flenniken M, Johnson DM, Mehle A, Morales DA, Mukhopadhyay S, Parker JSL, Spriggs CC, O’Donnell LA, Maginnis MS. (2022). “Curriculum Guidelines for Graduate and Undergraduate Virology Courses.” J. Virol. PMID: 36094313.
Johnson BA, Xie X, Bailey AL, Kalveram B, Lokugamage KG, Muruato A, Zou J, Zhang X, Juelich T, Smith Johnson BA, Zhang L, Bopp N, S Schindewolf C, Vu M, Vanderheiden A, Winkler ES, Swetnam D, Plante JA, Aguilar P, Plante KS, Popov V, Lee B, Weaver SC, Suthar MS, Routh AL, Ren P, Ku Z, An Z, Debbink K, Diamond MS, Shi PY, Freiberg AN, Menachery VD. (2021) “Loss of furin cleavage site attenuates SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis.” Nature. PMID: 33494095.
Debbink K, McCrone JT, Petrie JG, Truscon R, Johnson E, *Mantlo E, Monto AS, Lauring AS. (2017) “Vaccination has minimal impact on the intrahost diversity of H3N2 influenza viruses.” PLOS Pathogens. PMID: 28141862
Debbink K, Donaldson EF, Lindesmith L, Baric RS. (2012) “Genetic Mapping of a Highly Variable Norovirus GII.4 Blockade Epitope: Potential Role in Escape from Human Herd Immunity.” J Virology, 86(2):1214.