Dana Walsh

Graduate Student

Contact Information Email: dana_walsh@med.unc.edu Office: (919) 843-9229 Location: 420 EPA Human Studies Facility
Education B.A., Biology, Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, 2008 Joined the Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program in 2011 Adviser: David Diaz-Sanchez and Ilona Jaspers
Research Interests The effect of air pollutants, such as diesel and ozone, and viral infection on the composition of the lung microbiome and its relation to airway disease.
Publications Lawrence Mabasa, Kyongshin Cho, Sajin Bae, Dana M. Walsh, Pushkar Asija, Chung S. Park (2012). Lipotropes (methyl nutrients) inhibit growth of feline lymphoma in vitro. Research in Veterinary Science 93, 259-263. Daniel S. Alessi, Dana M. Walsh, Jeremy B. Fein (2011). Uncertainties in determining microbial biomass c using the chloroform fumigation-extraction method. Chemical Geology 280, 58-64. Kyongshin Cho, Lawrence Mabasa, Andrea W. Fowler, Dana M. Walsh, Chung S. Park (2010). Canola oil inhibits breast cancer cell growth in cultures and in vivo and acts synergistically with chemotherapeutic drugs. Lipids 45, 777-784.
Personal Interests Reading, biking, rollerblading, Zumba, yoga, horseback riding, ferrets

Contact Information

Email: dana_walsh@med.unc.edu
Office: (919) 843-9229
Location: 420 EPA Human Studies Facility

Education

B.A., Biology, Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, 2008
Joined the Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program in 2011
Adviser: David Diaz-Sanchez and Ilona Jaspers

Research Interests

The effect of air pollutants, such as diesel and ozone, and viral infection on the composition of the lung microbiome and its relation to airway disease.

Publications

Lawrence Mabasa, Kyongshin Cho, Sajin Bae, Dana M. Walsh, Pushkar Asija, Chung S. Park (2012). Lipotropes (methyl nutrients) inhibit growth of feline lymphoma in vitro. Research in Veterinary Science 93, 259-263.

Daniel S. Alessi, Dana M. Walsh, Jeremy B. Fein (2011). Uncertainties in determining microbial biomass c using the chloroform fumigation-extraction method. Chemical Geology 280, 58-64.

Kyongshin Cho, Lawrence Mabasa, Andrea W. Fowler, Dana M. Walsh, Chung S. Park (2010). Canola oil inhibits breast cancer cell growth in cultures and in vivo and acts synergistically with chemotherapeutic drugs. Lipids 45, 777-784.

Personal Interests

Reading, biking, rollerblading, Zumba, yoga, horseback riding, ferrets