Education

• Ph.D. in Neuroscience, University of Oregon, 1991
• B.A. St. John's College, 1980

Publications

Stults, A.M., Sollars, P.J., Heath, K.D., Sillman, S.J., Pickard, G.E., Smith, G.A.: Bovine herpesvirus 1 invasion of sensory neurons by retrograde axonal transport is dependent on the pUL37 region 2 effector. Journal of Virology 96(9):e0148621, 2022.

Pegg, C.E., Zaichick, S.V., Bomba-Warczak, E.K., Jovasevic, V., Kim, D., Kharkwal, H., Wilson, D.W., Walsh, D., Sollars, P.J., Pickard, G.E., Savas, J.N., Smith, G.A.: Herpesviruses assimilate kinesin to produce motorized viral particles. Nature 599:662-666, 2021.

Bernstein D.I., Cardin, R.D., Smith, G.A., Pickard, G.E., Sollars, P.J., Bravo, F.J., Dixon, D.A., Pasula, R.: The R2 non-neuroinvasive HSV-1 vaccine affords protection from genital HSV-2 infections in a guinea pig model. Nature Vaccines 5:104, 2020.

Pickard, G.E., Brodersen, B., Sollars, P.J., Smith, G.A.: The pseudorabies virus R2 non-neuroinvasive vaccine: a proof-of-concept study in pigs. Vaccine 38:4524-4528, 2020.

Grants

• Virus-host interactions governing alpha-herpesvirus genome delivery and neuroinvasion, National Institutes of Health, R01 AI148780, 2020-2025, $1,799,400 (PI)

Patents

• Non-neuroinvasive viruses and uses thereof. USA Patent and Trademark Office patent 10,647,964, issued May 12, 2020. Ekaterina E. Heldwein, Gary E. Pickard, Greg A. Smith, and Patricia J. Sollars
• Non-neuroinvasive viruses and uses thereof. USA Patent and Trademark Office patent 11,339,378, issued May 24, 2022. Ekaterina E. Heldwein, Gary E. Pickard, Greg A. Smith, and Patricia J. Sollars

Professional Interests

• General education
• Assessment
• Higher education in prison