Brittany Seibert, Ph.D.

Brittany completed her B.S. in Animal Biology and M.Sc. in Avian Biology at the University of California, Davis. During this time, she examined the epidemiological characteristics of the zoonotic bacterium Chlamydia psittaci in wild birds across California. She then joined Dr. Daniel Perez’s lab at the University of Georgia, where she earned her Ph.D. in Comparative Biomedical Sciences in the Department of Population Health. Her research focused on testing new reverse genetics vectors for the rescue of influenza A and B viruses, constructing in vitro and in vivo model systems to study aerosol transmission of influenza A viruses (H1N1, H3N2, and H9N2), and characterizing changes in the respiratory and intestinal microbiota during respiratory viral infections (influenza A virus and SARS-CoV-2). Brittany then worked as a postdoctoral scientist at Johns Hopkins University in the laboratory of Dr. Sabra Klein, where she investigated vertical transmission of bovine H5N1 influenza virus during pregnancy and the effects of maternal H1N1 infection on the gut microbiota and intestinal immune microenvironment. Currently, Brittany is working as a postdoctoral scientist at the Martinez-Sobrido laboratory at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute.