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Raquel A Binder PhD, MPH

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentMedicine
AddressUMass Chan Medical School
364 Plantation Street
Worcester MA 01605
Phone508-856-1000
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentMedicine
    DivisionInfectious Diseases


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    University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, United StatesBS
    University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesMPH
    University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesPHD

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    1. Binder RA, Matta AM, Forconi CS, Oduor CI, Bedekar P, Patrone PN, Kearsley AJ, Odwar B, Batista J, Forrester SN, Leftwich HK, Cavacini LA, Moormann AM. Minding the margins: Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 among Latinx and Black communities with optimal qualitative serological assessment tools. PLoS One. 2024; 19(7):e0307568. PMID: 39052608.
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    2. Binder RA, Matta AM, Forconi CS, Oduor CI, Bedekar P, Patrone PN, Kearsley AJ, Odwar B, Batista J, Forrester SN, Leftwich HK, Cavacini LA, Moormann AM. Minding the margins: Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 among Latinx and Black communities with optimal qualitative serological assessment tools. medRxiv. 2024 May 24. PMID: 38826359.
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    3. Robertson K, Reimold K, Moormann AM, Binder R, Matteson KA, Leftwich HK. Investigating demographic differences in patients' decisions to consent to COVID-19 research. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2023 Dec; 36(1):2148097. PMID: 36597819.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    
    4. Sobhani K, Cheng S, Binder RA, Mantis NJ, Crawford JM, Okoye N, Braun JG, Joung S, Wang M, Lozanski G, King CL, Roback JD, Granger DA, Boppana SB, Karger AB. Clinical Utility of SARS-CoV-2 Serological Testing and Defining a Correlate of Protection. Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Oct 26; 11(11). PMID: 38005976.
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    5. Binder RA, Fujimori GF, Forconi CS, Reed GW, Silva LS, Lakshmi PS, Higgins A, Cincotta L, Dutta P, Salive MC, Mangolds V, Anya O, Calvo Calle JM, Nixon T, Tang Q, Wessolossky M, Wang Y, Ritacco DA, Bly CS, Fischinger S, Atyeo C, Oluoch PO, Odwar B, Bailey JA, Maldonado-Contreras A, Haran JP, Schmidt AG, Cavacini L, Alter G, Moormann AM. SARS-CoV-2 Serosurveys: How Antigen, Isotype and Threshold Choices Affect the Outcome. J Infect Dis. 2023 02 01; 227(3):371-380. PMID: 36314635.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    6. Warren BG, Nelson A, Barrett A, Addison B, Graves A, Binder R, Gray G, Lewis S, Smith BA, Weber DJ, Sickbert-Bennett EE, Anderson DJ. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 environmental contamination in hospital rooms is uncommon using viral culture techniques. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 08 24; 75(1):e307-e309. PMID: 35023553.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
    7. Karger AB, Brien JD, Christen JM, Dhakal S, Kemp TJ, Klein SL, Pinto LA, Premkumar L, Roback JD, Binder RA, Boehme KW, Boppana S, Cordon-Cardo C, Crawford JM, Daiss JL, Dupuis AP, Espino AM, Firpo-Betancourt A, Forconi C, Forrest JC, Girardin RC, Granger DA, Granger SW, Haddad NS, Heaney CD, Hunt DT, Kennedy JL, King CL, Krammer F, Kruczynski K, LaBaer J, Lee FE, Lee WT, Liu SL, Lozanski G, Lucas T, Mendu DR, Moormann AM, Murugan V, Okoye NC, Pantoja P, Payne AF, Park J, Pinninti S, Pinto AK, Pisanic N, Qiu J, Sariol CA, Simon V, Song L, Steffen TL, Stone ET, Styer LM, Suthar MS, Thomas SN, Thyagarajan B, Wajnberg A, Yates JL, Sobhani K. The Serological Sciences Network (SeroNet) for COVID-19: Depth and Breadth of Serology Assays and Plans for Assay Harmonization. mSphere. 2022 08 31; 7(4):e0019322. PMID: 35703544.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    8. Figueiredo JC, Hirsch FR, Kushi LH, Nembhard WN, Crawford JM, Mantis N, Finster L, Merin NM, Merchant A, Reckamp KL, Melmed GY, Braun J, McGovern D, Parekh S, Corley DA, Zohoori N, Amick BC, Du R, Gregersen PK, Diamond B, Taioli E, Sariol C, Espino A, Weiskopf D, Gifoni A, Brien J, Hanege W, Lipsitch M, Zidar DA, Scheck McAlearney A, Wajnberg A, LaBaer J, Yvonne Lewis E, Binder RA, Moormann AM, Forconi C, Forrester S, Batista J, Schieffelin J, Kim D, Biancon G, VanOudenhove J, Halene S, Fan R, Barouch DH, Alter G, Pinninti S, Boppana SB, Pati SK, Latting M, Karaba AH, Roback J, Sekaly R, Neish A, Brincks AM, Granger DA, Karger AB, Thyagarajan B, Thomas SN, Klein SL, Cox AL, Lucas T, Furr-Holden D, Key K, Jones N, Wrammerr J, Suthar M, Yu Wong S, Bowman NM, Simon V, Richardson LD, McBride R, Krammer F, Rana M, Kennedy J, Boehme K, Forrest C, Granger SW, Heaney CD, Knight Lapinski M, Wallet S, Baric RS, Schifanella L, Lopez M, Fern?ndez S, Kenah E, Panchal AR, Britt WJ, Sanz I, Dhodapkar M, Ahmed R, Bartelt LA, Markmann AJ, Lin JT, Hagan RS, Wolfgang MC, Skarbinski J. Mission, Organization, and Future Direction of the Serological Sciences Network for COVID-19 (SeroNet) Epidemiologic Cohort Studies. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Jun; 9(6):ofac171. PMID: 35765315.
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    9. Mielke D, Stanfield-Oakley S, Jha S, Keyes T, Zalaquett A, Dunn B, Rodgers N, Oguin T, Sempowski GD, Binder RA, Gray GC, Karuna S, Corey L, Hural J, Tomaras GD, Pollara J, Ferrari G. Development of flow cytometry-based assays to assess the ability of antibodies to bind to SARS-CoV-2-infected and spike-transfected cells and mediate NK cell degranulation. Cytometry A. 2022 06; 101(6):483-496. PMID: 35301794.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    10. Karger AB, Brien JD, Christen JM, Dhakal S, Kemp TJ, Klein SL, Pinto LA, Premkumar L, Roback JD, Binder RA, Boehme KW, Boppana S, Cordon-Cardo C, Crawford JM, Daiss JL, Dupuis AP, Espino AM, Firpo-Betancourt A, Forconi C, Forrest JC, Girardin RC, Granger DA, Granger SW, Haddad NS, Heaney CD, Hunt DT, Kennedy JL, King CL, Krammer F, Kruczynski K, LaBaer J, Lee FE, Lee WT, Liu SL, Lozanski G, Lucas T, Mendu DR, Moormann AM, Murugan V, Okoye NC, Pantoja P, Payne AF, Park J, Pinninti S, Pinto AK, Pisanic N, Qiu J, Sariol CA, Simon V, Song L, Steffen TL, Stone ET, Styer LM, Suthar MS, Thomas SN, Thyagarajan B, Wajnberg A, Yates JL, Sobhani K. The Serological Sciences Network (SeroNet) for COVID-19: Depth and Breadth of Serology Assays and Plans for Assay Harmonization. medRxiv. 2022 Mar 14. PMID: 35262095.
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    11. Hii KC, Robie ER, Saihidi I, Berita A, Alarja NA, Xiu L, Merchant JA, Binder RA, Goh JK, Guernier-Cambert V, Gal?n D, Gregory MJ, Gray GC. Leptospirosis infections among hospital patients, Sarawak, Malaysia. Trop Dis Travel Med Vaccines. 2021 Nov 01; 7(1):32. PMID: 34719397.
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    12. Sun H, Binder RA, Dickens B, de Sessions PF, Rabaa MA, Ho EXP, Cook AR, Carrillo FB, Monterrey JC, Kuan G, Balmaseda A, Ooi EE, Harris E, Sessions OM. Viral genome-based Zika virus transmission dynamics in a paediatric cohort during the 2016 Nicaragua epidemic. EBioMedicine. 2021 Oct; 72:103596. PMID: 34627081.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCellsPHPublic Health
    13. Katzelnick LC, Zambrana JV, Elizondo D, Collado D, Garcia N, Arguello S, Mercado JC, Miranda T, Ampie O, Mercado BL, Narvaez C, Gresh L, Binder RA, Ojeda S, Sanchez N, Plazaola M, Latta K, Schiller A, Coloma J, Carrillo FB, Narvaez F, Halloran ME, Gordon A, Kuan G, Balmaseda A, Harris E. Dengue and Zika virus infections in children elicit cross-reactive protective and enhancing antibodies that persist long term. Sci Transl Med. 2021 Oct 06; 13(614):eabg9478. PMID: 34613812.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    14. Coleman KK, Robie ER, Abdelgadir A, Kozhumam AS, Binder RA, Gray GC. Six Decades of Human Adenovirus Type 4 Infections Reviewed: Increasing Infections Among Civilians Are a Matter of Concern. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 08 16; 73(4):740-746. PMID: 33693635.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    15. Wang X, Xiu L, Binder RA, Toh TH, Lee JS, Ting J, Than ST, Qi W, Coleman KK, Perera D, Ma M, Gray GC. A pan-coronavirus RT-PCR assay for rapid viral screening of animal, human, and environmental specimens. One Health. 2021 Dec; 13:100274. PMID: 34124332.
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    16. Trimarco JD, Heaton BE, Chaparian RR, Burke KN, Binder RA, Gray GC, Smith CM, Menachery VD, Heaton NS. TMEM41B is a host factor required for the replication of diverse coronaviruses including SARS-CoV-2. PLoS Pathog. 2021 05; 17(5):e1009599. PMID: 34043740.
      Citations: 26     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    17. Robie ER, Abdelgadir A, Binder RA, Gray GC. Live SARS-CoV-2 is difficult to detect in patient aerosols. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2021 07; 15(4):554-557. PMID: 33939268.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
    18. Binder RA, Alarja NA, Robie ER, Kochek KE, Xiu L, Rocha-Melogno L, Abdelgadir A, Goli SV, Farrell AS, Coleman KK, Turner AL, Lautredou CC, Lednicky JA, Lee MJ, Polage CR, Simmons RA, Deshusses MA, Anderson BD, Gray GC. Environmental and Aerosolized Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Among Hospitalized Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients. J Infect Dis. 2020 11 09; 222(11):1798-1806. PMID: 32905595.
      Citations: 28     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCellsPHPublic Health
    19. Waggoner JJ, Katzelnick LC, Burger-Calderon R, Gallini J, Moore RH, Kuan G, Balmaseda A, Pinsky BA, Harris E. Antibody-Dependent Enhancement of Severe Disease Is Mediated by Serum Viral Load in Pediatric Dengue Virus Infections. J Infect Dis. 2020 05 11; 221(11):1846-1854. PMID: 32236481.
      Citations: 19     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    20. Xiu L, Binder RA, Alarja NA, Kochek K, Coleman KK, Than ST, Bailey ES, Bui VN, Toh TH, Erdman DD, Gray GC. A RT-PCR assay for the detection of coronaviruses from four genera. J Clin Virol. 2020 07; 128:104391. PMID: 32403008.
      Citations: 20     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCellsPHPublic Health
    21. Dretler AW, Avila J, Sandoval Lira L, Garc?a Rener M, Burger-Calderon R, Hargita MN, Page AM, Waggoner JJ, Satola SW. High Rates of New Delhi Metallo-?-Lactamase Carbapenemase Genes in Multi-Drug Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in Nicaragua. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 02; 102(2):384-387. PMID: 31769390.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    22. Burger-Calderon R, Bustos Carrillo F, Gresh L, Ojeda S, Sanchez N, Plazaola M, Katzelnick L, Mercado BL, Monterrey JC, Elizondo D, Arguello S, Nu?ez A, Gordon A, Balmaseda A, Kuan G, Harris E. Age-dependent manifestations and case definitions of paediatric Zika: a prospective cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 03; 20(3):371-380. PMID: 31870907.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    23. Bustos Carrillo F, Collado D, Sanchez N, Ojeda S, Lopez Mercado B, Burger-Calderon R, Gresh L, Gordon A, Balmaseda A, Kuan G, Harris E. Epidemiological Evidence for Lineage-Specific Differences in the Risk of Inapparent Chikungunya Virus Infection. J Virol. 2019 02 15; 93(4). PMID: 30463967.
      Citations: 22     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
    24. Gordon A, Gresh L, Ojeda S, Katzelnick LC, Sanchez N, Mercado JC, Chowell G, Lopez B, Elizondo D, Coloma J, Burger-Calderon R, Kuan G, Balmaseda A, Harris E. Prior dengue virus infection and risk of Zika: A pediatric cohort in Nicaragua. PLoS Med. 2019 01; 16(1):e1002726. PMID: 30668565.
      Citations: 83     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    25. Katzelnick LC, Ben-Shachar R, Mercado JC, Rodriguez-Barraquer I, Elizondo D, Arguello S, Nu?ez A, Ojeda S, Sanchez N, Lopez Mercado B, Gresh L, Burger-Calderon R, Kuan G, Gordon A, Balmaseda A, Harris E. Dynamics and determinants of the force of infection of dengue virus from 1994 to 2015 in Managua, Nicaragua. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 10 16; 115(42):10762-10767. PMID: 30266790.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
    26. Maier HE, Lopez R, Sanchez N, Ng S, Gresh L, Ojeda S, Burger-Calderon R, Kuan G, Harris E, Balmaseda A, Gordon A. Obesity Increases the Duration of Influenza A Virus Shedding in Adults. J Infect Dis. 2018 09 22; 218(9):1378-1382. PMID: 30085119.
      Citations: 117     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    27. Zambrana JV, Bustos Carrillo F, Burger-Calderon R, Collado D, Sanchez N, Ojeda S, Carey Monterrey J, Plazaola M, Lopez B, Arguello S, Elizondo D, Aviles W, Coloma J, Kuan G, Balmaseda A, Gordon A, Harris E. Seroprevalence, risk factor, and spatial analyses of Zika virus infection after the 2016 epidemic in Managua, Nicaragua. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 09 11; 115(37):9294-9299. PMID: 30150394.
      Citations: 44     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic HealthCTClinical Trials
    28. Burger-Calderon R, Gonzalez K, Ojeda S, Zambrana JV, Sanchez N, Cerpas Cruz C, Suazo Laguna H, Bustos F, Plazaola M, Lopez Mercado B, Elizondo D, Arguello S, Carey Monterrey J, Nu?ez A, Coloma J, Waggoner JJ, Gordon A, Kuan G, Balmaseda A, Harris E. Zika virus infection in Nicaraguan households. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 05; 12(5):e0006518. PMID: 29851968.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    29. Balmaseda A, Zambrana JV, Collado D, Garc?a N, Sabor?o S, Elizondo D, Mercado JC, Gonzalez K, Cerpas C, Nu?ez A, Corti D, Waggoner JJ, Kuan G, Burger-Calderon R, Harris E. Comparison of Four Serological Methods and Two Reverse Transcription-PCR Assays for Diagnosis and Surveillance of Zika Virus Infection. J Clin Microbiol. 2018 03; 56(3). PMID: 29305550.
      Citations: 42     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    30. Burger-Calderon R, Ramsey KJ, Dolittle-Hall JM, Seaman WT, Jeffers-Francis LK, Tesfu D, Nickeleit V, Webster-Cyriaque J. Distinct BK polyomavirus non-coding control region (NCCR) variants in oral fluids of HIV- associated Salivary Gland Disease patients. Virology. 2016 06; 493:255-66. PMID: 27085139.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    31. Kenan DJ, Mieczkowski PA, Burger-Calderon R, Singh HK, Nickeleit V. The oncogenic potential of BK-polyomavirus is linked to viral integration into the human genome. J Pathol. 2015 Nov; 237(3):379-89. PMID: 26172456.
      Citations: 29     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    32. Burger-Calderon R, Webster-Cyriaque J. Human BK Polyomavirus-The Potential for Head and Neck Malignancy and Disease. Cancers (Basel). 2015 Jul 08; 7(3):1244-70. PMID: 26184314.
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    33. Jeffers-Francis LK, Burger-Calderon R, Webster-Cyriaque J. Effect of Leflunomide, Cidofovir and Ciprofloxacin on replication of BKPyV in a salivary gland in vitro culture system. Antiviral Res. 2015 Jun; 118:46-55. PMID: 25790744.
      Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    34. Burger-Calderon R, Madden V, Hallett RA, Gingerich AD, Nickeleit V, Webster-Cyriaque J. Replication of oral BK virus in human salivary gland cells. J Virol. 2014 Jan; 88(1):559-73. PMID: 24173219.
      Citations: 18     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    35. Jeffers LK, Duan K, Ellies LG, Seaman WT, Burger-Calderon RA, Diatchenko LB, Webster-Cyriaque J. Correlation of transcription of MALAT-1, a novel noncoding RNA, with deregulated expression of tumor suppressor p53 in small DNA tumor virus models. J Cancer Ther. 2013 May; 4(3). PMID: 24163781.
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