About
Amy Cernetich Ott, PhD is an instructor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Drexel University College of Medicine.
Dr. Ott is a 2013 graduate of the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at Drexel University College of Medicine. Dr. Ott's graduate research in the laboratory of Dr. James Burns focused on using a mouse model of malaria, Plasmodium yoelii, to study parasite-encoded proteins that mediate adherence of infected RBCs to host tissues. As a graduate student, Dr. Ott lectured in the Virology and Parasitology sections of the Molecular Pathogenesis course offered to first year PhD and master’s students. Since graduating, Dr. Ott has continued to lecture in the Microbiology & Immunology department in both face-to-face and online settings.
Currently, Dr. Ott co-directs various courses including Vaccines and Vaccine Development, Introduction to Infectious Disease and Clinical Correlations in Infectious Disease. Dr. Ott also conducts research in the laboratory of Dr. Jim Burns, with a focus on the development of a multi-stage, multi-antigen vaccine for Plasmodium parasites using both recombinant protein and mRNA platforms. Dr. Ott enjoys interacting with students from diverse backgrounds within the Drexel community and sees these teaching activities as a way to further their own education.
Dr. Ott lives in the Philadelphia area with their husband and two children.