Andrew Read
Director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences; Evan Pugh Professor of Biology and Entomology; Eberly Professor of Biotechnology

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401 Huck Life Sciences
University Park, PA 16802 - He/Him
- afr3@psu.edu
- 814-867-2396
Research Summary
The ecology and evolutionary genetics of infectious disease.
Huck Affiliations
- Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
- Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences
- Ecology
- Center for Malaria Research
- Ecology Institute
- Center for Mathematical Biology
- One Health Microbiome Center
- Center for Biorenewables
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Vaccines Resistance Vaccination Malaria Daptomycin Therapeutics Pharmaceutical Preparations Infection Pathogens Culicidae Virulence Viruses Parasites Drug Resistance Anti Bacterial Agents Agriculture Chemotherapy Antimicrobial Agent Population Dynamics Wastewater Temperature Feeding Behavior Microbial Drug Resistance Drug Therapy PhenotypeMost Recent Publications
A longitudinal study of the impact of university student return to campus on the SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among the community members
Callum R.K. Arnold, Sreenidhi Srinivasan, Sophie Rodriguez, Natalie Rydzak, Catherine M. Herzog, Abhinay Gontu, Nita Bharti, Meg Small, Connie J. Rogers, Margeaux M. Schade, Suresh V. Kuchipudi, Vivek Kapur, Andrew F. Read, Matthew J. Ferrari, 2022, Scientific Reports
Divergent Evolutionary Pathways of Myxoma Virus in Australia: Virulence Phenotypes in Susceptible and Partially Resistant Rabbits Indicate Possible Selection for Transmissibility
Peter J. Kerr, Isabella M. Cattadori, Derek Sim, June Liu, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew F. Read, 2022, Journal of Virology
Ion Exchange Biomaterials to Capture Daptomycin and Prevent Resistance Evolution in Off-Target Bacterial Populations
Shang Lin Yeh, Naveen Narasimhalu, Landon G. Vom Steeg, Joy Muthami, Sean Leconey, Zeming He, Mica Pitcher, Harrison Cassady, Valerie J. Morley, Sung Hyun Cho, Carol Bator, Roya Koshani, Robert J. Woods, Michael Hickner, Andrew F. Read, Amir Sheikhi, 2022, ACS applied materials & interfaces on p. 42864-42875
Pathogen evolution during vaccination campaigns
Troy Day, David A. Kennedy, Andrew F. Read, Sylvain Gandon, 2022, PLoS Biology on p. e3001804
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on pharmaceuticals in wastewater treated for beneficial reuse: Two case studies in central Pennsylvania
Kathryn Hayden, Matthew Jones, Kyle Elkin, Michael Shreve, William Clees, Shirley Clark, Michael L. Mashtare, Tamie Veith, Hershel Elliott, John Watson, Justin Silverman, Thomas L. Richard, Andrew F. Read, Heather E. Preisendanz, 2022, Journal of Environmental Quality on p. 1066-1082
The economics of managing evolution
Troy Day, David A. Kennedy, Andrew F. Read, David McAdams, 2021, PLoS Biology
Daptomycin treatment impacts resistance in off-target populations of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium
Clare L. Kinnear, Elsa Hansen, Valerie J. Morley, Kevin C. Tracy, Meghan Forstchen, Andrew F. Read, Robert J. Woods, 2020, PLoS Biology
Modifying adaptive therapy to enhance competitive suppression
Elsa Hansen, Andrew F. Read, 2020, Cancers on p. 1-13
An adjunctive therapy administered with an antibiotic prevents enrichment of antibiotic-resistant clones of a colonizing opportunistic pathogen
Valerie J. Morley, Clare Kinnear, Derek G. Sim, Samantha N. Olson, Samantha Olsen, Lindsey Jackson, Elsa Hansen, Grace Usher, Scott A. Showalter, Manjunath Pai, Robert Woods, Andrew F. Read, 2020, eLife on p. 1-17
Monitor for COVID-19 vaccine resistance evolution during clinical trials
David A. Kennedy, Andrew F. Read, David A. Kennedy, 2020, PLoS Biology
Most-Cited Papers
Imperfect vaccination can enhance the transmission of highly virulent pathogens
Andrew F. Read, Susan J. Baigent, Claire Powers, Lydia B. Kgosana, Luke Blackwell, Lorraine P. Smith, David A. Kennedy, Stephen W. Walkden-Brown, Venugopal K. Nair, 2015, PLoS Biology on p. e1002198
The effect of temperature on Anopheles mosquito population dynamics and the potential for malaria transmission
Lindsay M. Beck-Johnson, William A. Nelson, Krijn P. Paaijmans, Andrew F. Read, Matthew B. Thomas, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, 2013, PLoS One
Antibiotic resistance management
Andrew F. Read, Robert J. Woods, 2014, Evolution, Medicine and Public Health on p. 147
Malaria-induced changes in host odors enhance mosquito attraction
Consuelo M. De Moraes, Nina M. Stanczyk, Heike S. Betz, Hannier Pulido, Derek G. Sim, Andrew F. Read, Mark C. Mescher, 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 11079-11084
Antibiotic Resistance: A Primer and Call to Action
Rachel A. Smith, Nkuchia M. M’ikanatha, Andrew F. Read, 2015, Health Communication on p. 309-314
Does High-Dose Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Prevent the Evolution of Resistance?
Troy Day, Andrew F. Read, 2016, PLoS Computational Biology
Why does drug resistance readily evolve but vaccine resistance does not?
David A. Kennedy, Andrew F. Read, 2017, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
'Manipulation' without the parasite: Altered feeding behaviour of mosquitoes is not dependent on infection with malaria parasites
Lauren J. Cator, Justin George, Simon Blanford, Courtney C. Murdock, Thomas C. Baker, Andrew F. Read, Matthew B. Thomas, 2013, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
How to Use a Chemotherapeutic Agent When Resistance to It Threatens the Patient
Elsa Hansen, Robert J. Woods, Andrew F. Read, 2017, PLoS Biology
Vaccination and reduced cohort duration can drive virulence evolution: Marek's disease virus and industrialized agriculture
Katherine E. Atkins, Andrew F. Read, Nicholas J. Savill, Katrin G. Renz, Afm Fakhrul Islam, Stephen W. Walkden-Brown, Mark E.J. Woolhouse, 2013, Evolution; international journal of organic evolution on p. 851-860
News Articles Featuring Andrew Read
May 16, 2023
PlantVillage receives $4.96 million grant to combat crop loss in Africa
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is awarding a $4.96 million grant to Penn State's PlantVillage to help increase food production for smallholder farmers who face pests and disease of their crops across sub-Saharan Africa.
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May 15, 2023
Penn State's renamed One Health Microbiome Center affirms broad expertise
The Microbiome Center in the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences at Penn State has announced its renaming to the One Health Microbiome Center (OHMC), the first center in the world to integrate "One Health" with the microbiome sciences.
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Apr 13, 2023
Seed grants to foster research collaborations with Minority Serving Institutions
Penn State’s Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences has initiated a new grant program to seed collaborative, interdisciplinary projects that would bring together researchers from Penn State and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs).
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Jan 17, 2023
Crowley receives Huck Early Career Chair appointment
Nikki Crowley, assistant professor of biology and biomedical engineering, has been named the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Early Career Chair in Neurobiology and Neural Engineering by the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences.
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Dec 03, 2022
Faye Flam: The real reasons your family is sick right now
The easy answer is what has been dubbed "immunity debt," incurred by past winter seasons with mask-wearing. But a more complete explanation may lie in a phenomenon called "viral interference."
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Dec 03, 2022
Faye Flam: The real reasons your family is sick right now
The easy answer is what has been dubbed "immunity debt," incurred by past winter seasons with mask-wearing. But a more complete explanation may lie in a phenomenon called "viral interference."
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Nov 24, 2022
Possibility of a “Tripledemic”? What Do the Experts Say and What Can Be Done?
With the coming of winter, the joys of holidays and travel to family and friends are happily anticipated. However, if you will be spending time at crowded events, it is important to be aware of the impact of COVID-19 and other viruses during these months.
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Nov 15, 2022
FDA-approved cholesterol medicine may help prevent antibiotic resistance
Antimicrobial resistance, including bacteria that have evolved to defy antibiotics, is one of the top 10 global public health threats humanity faces, according to the World Health Organization.
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Nov 14, 2022
Covid, gripe, RSV: a ‘triplademia’ que ameaça o planeta
Especialistas chamam o fenômeno de “tripledemia” (triplademia) e envolve o cruzamento de três infecções respiratórias – a gripe , o coronavírus e o vírus sincicial respiratório (VSR).
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Nov 11, 2022
Penn State community grieves loss of biomathematician Howard Weiss
Howard Weiss, professor of biology and mathematics at Penn State, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Nov. 5 at the age of 64.
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