Dr. Edward Shaw received his BS in Biology from Georgia Southwestern State University. After receiving his PhD in Microbiology and Immunology at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, he completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Health's Rocky Mountain Laboratories. He then spent four years as a microbiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta before taking a faculty position at Oklahoma State University.
During his 15 years on the faculty at OSU, Dr. Shaw taught biology, immunology and graduate level courses in emerging infectious diseases and bacterial pathogenic mechanisms. He also directed an active research group studying the molecular mechanisms of obligate intracellular bacterial pathogens such as chlamydia, rickettsia, and coxiella. These unusual organisms can cause sexually transmitted, tick-borne, and Q fever diseases, respectively. He used his research to train numerous doctoral, masters and undergraduate students about these unusual disease causing organisms.
In 2019, Dr. Shaw joined the faculty of PCOM South Georgia as an associate professor of medical microbiology and immunology.
Dr. Shaw鈥檚 intellectual interests lie in how bacteria interact with humans and animals to cause disease, as well as mechanisms and methodologies of teaching medical microbiology that can provide students with an understanding of these ever changing organisms. Outside of work, he enjoys reading, grilling, hunting and watching his children's sporting events.
Medical Microbiology and Immunology
National Institutes of Health (NIH) R03 award. Role-PI. R03-1R03AI149144 - 01 鈥淩everse Evolution鈥 Approach to Identify Coxiella burnetii Strategies of Intracellular Survival鈥. Award amount - $144,572 total costs. May 18, 2020 - May 17, 2022.
Oklahoma State University, VPR Swinging for the Fences Award. Role-PI. 鈥淓stablishing the Feasibility of Two Novel Approaches Towards a Q Fever Vaccine鈥. Award amount - $20,000. July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019.
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Role-Co-PI along with W. Picking. 鈥淎ssessment of Type 4 Secretion System Proteins as Vaccines against Coxiella burnetii鈥. Award amount - $333,680 total costs. Oct 24, 2013 - Feb. 24, 2016.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) COBRE. Oklahoma for Respiratory and Infectious Diseases-Pilot Project. Role-PI. The Effect of 鈥淎virulent鈥 Rickettsial Infections on Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Pathogenesis: Aerosol and Needle Inoculation. Award amount - $50,000 total costs over 10 months. September 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Contract award. Role PI with Susan Little, CoI. Task A13-鈥 Cultivating Currently Uncultivable Bacterial Pathogens鈥. Award amount - $378,232 total costs over 1 year. Shaw portion - $191,726. September 30, 2014 - September 29, 2015.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) R15 award renewal. Role-PI. 2R15 AI072710-02A1 鈥淎nalysis of the Coxiella burnetii Type IV Secretion System During Infection鈥. Award amount - $347,163 total costs. August 1, 2011 - July 31, 2015.
Zinpro Corporation. Research Agreement. Role-PI. 鈥淎nalysis of C. burnetii Phase II (avirulent) in Colostrum Whey: The Effect of H2O2 Treatment on Subsequent C. burnetii Infectivity鈥. Award amount - $22,645. May 30, 2013 - August 31, 2013.
Zinpro Corporation. Research Agreement. Role-PI.鈥淐oxiella burnetii Inactivation by Heat鈥. Award amount - $23,924 total costs. June 1, 2012 - August 31, 2012.
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health Related Research. Role-PI. For support and training of Devin Leslie (undergraduate). Supplement to R15 (E.I.S-PI). 鈥淎nalysis of the Coxiella burnetii Type IV Secretion System During Infection鈥. Award amount - $22,000 total costs. August 1, 2012 - July 30, 2014.
DOD, subcontract from University Multispectral Lab. Role-subcontract PI. 鈥淎nalysis of Coxiella burnetii growth in cultured mammalian cells after hypochlorite exposure鈥. Total award, $83,088. May - December, 2011.
DOD, subcontract from University Multispectral Lab. Role-subcontract PI. 鈥淎nalysis of Coxiellae and Rickettsiae sp. growth in cultured mammalian cells after hypochlorite exposure鈥. Total award, $51,692. May, 2010 - May, 2011.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) R15 award. Role-PI. R15 AI072710-01 鈥淎nalysis of the Coxiella burnetii Type IV Secretion System During Infection鈥. Award amount - $215,000 total costs over 3 years. 2007.
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Research Equipment Supplement. Role-PI. Supplement to R15 (E.I.S-PI). 鈥淎nalysis of the Coxiella burnetii Type IV Secretion System During Infection鈥. Award amount - $52,000 (total costs). March 30, 2009.
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health Related Research. Role-PI. For support and training of Brian Herrin (undergraduate). Supplement to R15 (E.I.S-PI). 鈥淎nalysis of the Coxiella burnetii Type IV Secretion System During Infection鈥. Award amount - $38,514 (total costs). April 1, 2008 - March 30, 2010.
OSU-Big XII Faculty Fellowship Program Award. Role-PI. Coxiella burnetii-host cell molecular interactions. Award amount - $2,422.00.
College of Arts and Sciences Summer Research Proposal. Award amount - $8,392.00. July, 2006.
NSF-EPSCOR Summer Research Proposal. Role-PI. Summer 2005. Award amount - $16,783.00.
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