Nancy Monson, Ph.D. Professor School Medical School Department Neurology | Immunology Graduate Programs Immunology Biography Joined UT Southwestern: 1996 Nancy Monson, Ph.D., is a pioneering neuroimmunologist specializing in immunogenetics and the impact of adaptive immunity on diseases of the central nervous system. She holds a dual appointment in the Department of Neurology and Immunology. Research: Dr. Monson facilitates research across multiple disciplines including immunology, genetics, physiology, and neuroscience, particularly in arenas that require active collaborations with clinicians. Dr. Monson and Dr. Greenberg established the UT Southwestern Neuroscience Biorepository. The Neuroscience Biorepository is designed to facilitate translational research by providing high-quality, deeply annotated biospecimens for laboratory and clinical research. PIs can request the recruitment of special patient populations under the existing IRB-approved protocol. Her research is focused on: Antibody Genetics of Multiple Sclerosis and their Targets Mechanism of Action Studies in Multiple Sclerosis Alzheimer's Disease Autoimmune Encephalitis Gulf War Illness Education Undergraduate Valparaiso University (1991), Biology Graduate School Uni of Wisconsin-Madison (1996), Oncology Research Interest Autoimmune Disease Bioinformatics Immunogenetics Immunology Neuroscience Translational Research Publications Astrocytic stress response is induced by exposure to astrocyte-binding antibodies expressed by plasmablasts from pediatric patients with acute transverse myelitis Smith C, Telesford KM, Piccirillo SG, Licon-Munoz Y, Zhang W, Tse KM, Rivas JR, Joshi C, Shah DS, Wu AX, Trivedi R, Christley S, Qian Y, Cowell LG, Scheuermann RH, Stowe AM, Nguyen L, Greenberg BM, Monson NL Journal of Neuroinflammation 2024 Dec 21 VH2+ Antigen-Experienced B Cells in the Cerebrospinal Fluid Are Expanded and Enriched in Pediatric Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis Monson N, Smith C, Greenberg H, Plumb P, Guzman A, Tse K, Chen D, Zhang W, Morgan M, Speed H, Powell C, Batra S, Cowell L, Christley S, Vernino S, Blackburn K, Greenberg B Journal of Immunology 2023 Nov 211 1332-1339 Neuronal binding by antibodies can be influenced by low pH stress during the isolation procedure Zhang W, Joshi C, Smith C, Ujas TA, Rivas JR, Cowell L, Christley S, Stowe AM, Monson NL Journal of Immunological Methods 2023 Oct 521 Demographics and baseline disease characteristics of Black and Hispanic patients with multiple sclerosis in the open-label, single-arm, multicenter, phase IV CHIMES trial Author Collaboration Ci, Williams MJ, Okai AF, Cross AH, Monson NL, Vartanian T, Thrower BW, Reder AT, English JB, Wu GF, Bernitsas E, Yap S, Ndrio J, Pei J, Mowry EM, Magrini F, Acosta J, Amezcua L Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders 2023 Aug 76 Sex-based differences in effector cells of the adaptive immune system during Alzheimer's disease and related dementias Lutshumba J, Wilcock DM, Monson NL, Stowe AM Neurobiology of Disease 2023 Aug 184 Neuron-binding antibody responses are associated with Black ethnicity in multiple sclerosis during natalizumab treatment Telesford KM, Smith C, Mettlen M, Davis MB, Cowell L, Kittles R, Vartanian T, Monson N Brain Communications 2023 5 Understanding humoral immunity and multiple sclerosis severity in Black, and Latinx patients Telesford KM, Amezcua L, Tardo L, Horton L, Lund BT, Reder AT, Vartanian T, Monson NL Frontiers in immunology 2023 14 Autoantigen microarrays reveal myelin basic protein autoantibodies in morphea Zhu JL, Paniagua RT, Chen HW, Florez-Pollack S, Kunzler E, Teske N, Rainwater YB, Li QZ, Hosler GA, Li W, Ramirez DM, Monson NL, Jacobe HT Journal of Translational Medicine 2022 Dec 20 Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation Potential Correlates with Lung Disease Severity in COVID-19 Patients Kinnare N, Hook JS, Patel PA, Monson NL, Moreland JG Inflammation 2022 Apr 45 800-811 CSF-Derived CD4+T-Cell Diversity Is Reduced in Patients With Alzheimer Clinical Syndrome Joshi C, Sivaprakasam K, Christley S, Ireland S, Rivas J, Zhang W, Sader D, Logan R, Lambracht-Washington D, Rosenberg R, Cullum M, Hitt B, Li QZ, Barber R, Greenberg B, Cowell L, Zhang R, Stowe A, Huebinger R, Kelley B, Monson N Neurology: Neuroimmunology and NeuroInflammation 2022 Jan 9 Results 1-10 of 98 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Honors & Awards Yellow Rose Courage Award, Yellow Rose Foundation and National MS Society (2018) Hall of Fame, National Multiple Sclerosis Society (2015) Mid-Career Travel Award, American Association of Immunologists (2011) Wadsworth Foundation Young Investigator (2005) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Association of Immunology (2000) Society for Neuroscience (2018)
