Anna Honko, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Virology, Immunology & Microbiology

PhD, Wake Forest University
BS, Clemson University



Anna Honko, PhD recently joined Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) as a Research Associate Professor. In the Nonclinical Studies Unit, she’ll be directing well-documented, Animal Rule and GLP studies to advance anti-viral medical countermeasure development. Dr. Honko's background is in immunology and vaccine development, with a later emphasis in biothreat and emerging infectious diseases. She has a focus on regulated studies as well a passion for radiotelemetry monitoring.

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Boston University
National Emerging Infectious Disease Lab




Companion diagnostics and antivirals for COVID-19 using CRISPR-Cas13
12/01/2021 - 11/30/2022 (Subcontract PI)
President & Fellows of Harvard College on behalf of Harvard Medical School Bill/Mel. Gates MRIn




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  1. Honko AN, Hunegnaw R, Moliva JI, Ploquin A, Dulan CNM, Murray T, Carr D, Foulds KE, Geisbert JB, Geisbert TW, Johnson JC, Wollen-Roberts SE, Trefry JC, Stanley DA, Sullivan NJ. A Single-shot ChAd3 Vaccine Provides Protection from Intramuscular and Aerosol Sudan Virus Exposure. bioRxiv. 2024 Feb 12.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38410448; PMCID: PMC10896339; DOI: 10.1101/2024.02.07.579118;
     
  2. Bohler F, Cashman K, Wilkinson E, Johnson JC, Rosenke K, Shamblin J, Hensley L, Honko A, Shaia C. An atlas of gross and histologic lesions and immunohistochemical immunoreactivity during the temporal progression of aerosolized Lassa virus induced hemorrhagic fever in cynomolgus macaques. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2024; 14:1341891. PMID: 38404292; PMCID: PMC10884106; DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1341891;
     
  3. Kotliar D, Raju S, Tabrizi S, Odia I, Goba A, Momoh M, Sandi JD, Nair P, Phelan E, Tariyal R, Eromon PE, Mehta S, Robles-Sikisaka R, Siddle KJ, Stremlau M, Jalloh S, Gire SK, Winnicki S, Chak B, Schaffner SF, Pauthner M, Karlsson EK, Chapin SR, Kennedy SG, Branco LM, Kanneh L, Vitti JJ, Broodie N, Gladden-Young A, Omoniwa O, Jiang PP, Yozwiak N, Heuklom S, Moses LM, Akpede GO, Asogun DA, Rubins K, Kales S, Happi AN, Iruolagbe CO, Dic-Ijiewere M, Iraoyah K, Osazuwa OO, Okonkwo AK, Kunz S, McCormick JB, Khan SH, Honko AN, Lander ES, Oldstone MBA, Hensley L, Folarin OA, Okogbenin SA, Günther S, Ollila HM, Tewhey R, Okokhere PO, Schieffelin JS, Andersen KG, Reilly SK, Grant DS, Garry RF, Barnes KG, Happi CT, Sabeti PC. Genome-wide association study identifies human genetic variants associated with fatal outcome from Lassa fever. Nat Microbiol. 2024 Mar; 9(3):751-762. PMID: 38326571; PMCID: PMC10914620; DOI: 10.1038/s41564-023-01589-3;
     
  4. Normandin E, Triana S, Raju SS, Lan TCT, Lagerborg K, Rudy M, Adams GC, DeRuff KC, Logue J, Liu D, Strebinger D, Rao A, Messer KS, Sacks M, Adams RD, Janosko K, Kotliar D, Shah R, Crozier I, Rinn JL, Melé M, Honko AN, Zhang F, Babadi M, Luban J, Bennett RS, Shalek AK, Barkas N, Lin AE, Hensley LE, Sabeti PC, Siddle KJ. Natural history of Ebola virus disease in rhesus monkeys shows viral variant emergence dynamics and tissue-specific host responses. Cell Genom. 2023 Dec 13; 3(12):100440. PMID: 38169842; PMCID: PMC10759212; DOI: 10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100440;
     
  5. Pittman PR, Martin JW, Kingebeni PM, Tamfum JM, Mwema G, Wan Q, Ewala P, Alonga J, Bilulu G, Reynolds MG, Quinn X, Norris S, Townsend MB, Satheshkumar PS, Wadding J, Soltis B, Honko A, Güereña FB, Korman L, Patterson K, Schwartz DA, Huggins JW. Clinical characterization and placental pathology of mpox infection in hospitalized patients in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023 Apr; 17(4):e0010384. PMID: 37079637; PMCID: PMC10153724; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010384;
     
  6. Chang MR, Ke H, Losada Miguéns L, Coherd C, Nguyen K, Kamkaew M, Johnson R, Storm N, Honko A, Zhu Q, Griffiths A, Marasco WA. The variable conversion of neutralizing anti-SARS-CoV-2 single-chain antibodies to IgG provides insight into RBD epitope accessibility. Protein Eng Des Sel. 2023 Jan 21; 36.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37561410; PMCID: PMC10505556; DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzad008;
     
  7. Hunegnaw R, Honko AN, Wang L, Carr D, Murray T, Shi W, Nguyen L, Storm N, Dulan CNM, Foulds KE, Agans KN, Cross RW, Geisbert JB, Cheng C, Ploquin A, Stanley DA, Geisbert TW, Nabel GJ, Sullivan NJ. A single-shot ChAd3-MARV vaccine confers rapid and durable protection against Marburg virus in nonhuman primates. Sci Transl Med. 2022 Dec 14; 14(675):eabq6364.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36516269; DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abq6364;
     
  8. Cross RW, Longini IM, Becker S, Bok K, Boucher D, Carroll MW, Díaz JV, Dowling WE, Draghia-Akli R, Duworko JT, Dye JM, Egan MA, Fast P, Finan A, Finch C, Fleming TR, Fusco J, Geisbert TW, Griffiths A, Günther S, Hensley LE, Honko A, Hunegnaw R, Jakubik J, Ledgerwood J, Luhn K, Matassov D, Meshulam J, Nelson EV, Parks CL, Rustomjee R, Safronetz D, Schwartz LM, Smith D, Smock P, Sow Y, Spiropoulou CF, Sullivan NJ, Warfield KL, Wolfe D, Woolsey C, Zahn R, Henao-Restrepo AM, Muñoz-Fontela C, Marzi A. An introduction to the Marburg virus vaccine consortium, MARVAC. PLoS Pathog. 2022 Oct; 18(10):e1010805.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36227853; PMCID: PMC9560149; DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010805;
     
  9. Chang MR, Tomasovic L, Kuzmina NA, Ronk AJ, Byrne PO, Johnson R, Storm N, Olmedillas E, Hou YJ, Schäfer A, Leist SR, Tse LV, Ke H, Coherd C, Nguyen K, Kamkaew M, Honko A, Zhu Q, Alter G, Saphire EO, McLellan JS, Griffiths A, Baric RS, Bukreyev A, Marasco WA. IgG-like bispecific antibodies with potent and synergistic neutralization against circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern. Nat Commun. 2022 Oct 03; 13(1):5814.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36192374; PMCID: PMC9528872; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33030-4;
     
  10. Nikitin PA, DiMuzio JM, Dowling JP, Patel NB, Bingaman-Steele JL, Heimbach BC, Henriquez N, Nicolescu C, Polley A, Sikorski EL, Howanski RJ, Nath M, Shukla H, Scheaffer SM, Finn JP, Liang LF, Smith T, Storm N, McKay LGA, Johnson RI, Malsick LE, Honko AN, Griffiths A, Diamond MS, Sarma P, Geising DH, Morin MJ, Robinson MK. IMM-BCP-01, a patient-derived anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody cocktail, is active across variants of concern including Omicron BA.1 and BA.2. Sci Immunol. 2022 Sep 09; 7(75):eabl9943.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35771946; PMCID: PMC9273042; DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abl9943;
     
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Bar chart showing 80 publications over 20 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2014

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2014 Department of Army Civilian Performance Award
2013 Army Certificate of Achievement Award: Filovirus Euthanasia Criteria IPT
2011 Army Certificate of Achievement Award: Ebola virus Kikwit stock IPT
2011 Department of Army Civilian Performance Award
2006-2010 National Research Council post-doctoral training fellowship
2005 Alumni Student travel award
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