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Sandra P. Chang, PhD

TitleGraduate Program Chair
Faculty RankProfessor
InstitutionUniversity of Hawaii
DepartmentTropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology
AddressJohn A. Burns School of Medicine
University of Hawaii at Manoa
651 Ilalo Street
Honolulu HI 96813
Phone8086921607
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    InstitutionJohn A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii
    DepartmentTropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology & Pharmacology


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    Dr. Chang is a Professor of Tropical Medicine and Chair of the Tropical Medicine Graduate Program. She joined the department in 1986 as a researcher in the malaria vaccine development program and currently is principal investigator on research projects on malaria immunology and vaccine development and metabolomic analysis of P. falciparum-infected erythrocytes. Her areas of interest in malaria vaccine development include mechanisms of immunity to P. falciparum blood stages, development of adjuvants for blood stage malaria vaccines, and requirements for effective germinal center formation and memory B cell development for malaria vaccines. Malaria metabolomics projects include the application of mass spectrometry to the discovery of new metabolic pathways that may be exploited for malaria drug development. Dr. Chang teaches graduate courses in infectious disease immunology and immunopathogenesis and lectures on topics related to immunology and vaccination for graduate and medical students.

    In addition to her academic role, Dr. Chang serves as a liaison for the RTRN Research Coordinating Center. She assists in the co-ordination of the HIV/AIDS, Infectious and Immunological Diseases, and Neurological and Mental Health Disease Research Clusters and the Mentoring and Professional Development Key Function Leaders Group.

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    1. Dean LS, Devendra G, Jiyarom B, Subia N, Tallquist MD, Nerurkar VR, Chang SP, Chow DC, Shikuma CM, Park J. Corrigendum: Phenotypic alteration of low-density granulocytes in people with pulmonary post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Front Immunol. 2023; 14:1209624. PMID: 37187732.
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    2. Dean LS, Devendra G, Jiyarom B, Subia N, Tallquist MD, Nerurkar VR, Chang SP, Chow DC, Shikuma CM, Park J. Phenotypic alteration of low-density granulocytes in people with pulmonary post-acute sequalae of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Front Immunol. 2022; 13:1076724. PMID: 36591237.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    3. Dean LS, Chow DC, Ndhlovu LC, Boisvert WA, Chang SP, Shikuma CM, Park J. Characterization of Circulating Fibrocytes in People Living with HIV on Stable Antiretroviral Therapy. Immunohorizons. 2022 11 01; 6(11):760-767. PMID: 36445359.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. McMillan JKP, O'Donnell P, Chang SP. Pattern recognition receptor ligand-induced differentiation of human transitional B cells. PLoS One. 2022; 17(8):e0273810. PMID: 36040923.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    5. Yanagihara R, Berry MJ, Carson MJ, Chang SP, Corliss H, Cox MB, Haddad G, Hohmann C, Kelley ST, Lee ESY, Link BG, Noel RJ, Pickrel J, Porter JT, Quirk GJ, Samuel T, Stiles JK, Sy AU, Taira DA, Trepka MJ, Villalta F, Wiese TE. Building a Diverse Workforce and Thinkforce to Reduce Health Disparities. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 02 07; 18(4). PMID: 33562262.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. Ching L, Chang SP, Nerurkar VR. COVID-19 Special Column: Principles Behind the Technology for Detecting SARS-CoV-2, the Cause of COVID-19. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2020 05 01; 79(5):136-142. PMID: 32432217.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
    7. Ofili EO, Tchounwou PB, Fernandez-Repollet E, Yanagihara R, Akintobi TH, Lee JE, Malouhi M, Garner ST, Hayes TT, Baker AR, Dent AL, Abdelrahim M, Rollins L, Chang SP, Sy A, Hernandez BY, Bullard PL, Noel RJ, Shiramizu B, Hedges JR, Berry MJ, Bond VC, Lima MF, Mokuau N, Kirken RA, Cruz-Correa M, Sarpong DF, Vadgama J, Yates C, Kahn SA, Soliman KF, Perry G, Pezzano M, Luciano CA, Barnett ME, Oyekan A, Kumar D, Norris KC. The Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Translational Research Network: Building and Sustaining Capacity for Multi-Site Basic Biomedical, Clinical and Behavioral Research. Ethn Dis. 2019; 29(Suppl 1):135-144. PMID: 30906162.
      Citations: 16     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Chang SP, Chun M, Guerrero A, Harris C, Kaholokula JK, Mau ML, Nakamura K, Thompson K, Zalud I. Medical School Hotline: School of Medicine Departments - Year in Review 2017, Part 2. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2018 02; 77(2):35-37. PMID: 29435389.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Sana TR, Gordon DB, Fischer SM, Tichy SE, Kitagawa N, Lai C, Gosnell WL, Chang SP. Global mass spectrometry based metabolomics profiling of erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium falciparum. PLoS One. 2013; 8(4):e60840. PMID: 23593322.
      Citations: 35     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    10. Lau OS, Ng DW, Chan WW, Chang SP, Sun SS. Production of the 42-kDa fragment of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1, a leading malaria vaccine antigen, in Arabidopsis thaliana seeds. Plant Biotechnol J. 2010 Dec; 8(9):994-1004. PMID: 20444208.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    11. Chang SP, Kayatani AK, Terrientes ZI, Herrera S, Leke RG, Taylor DW. Shift in epitope dominance of IgM and IgG responses to Plasmodium falciparum MSP1 block 4. Malar J. 2010 Jan 13; 9:14. PMID: 20070906.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    12. Reed ZH, Kieny MP, Engers H, Friede M, Chang S, Longacre S, Malhotra P, Pan W, Long C. Comparison of immunogenicity of five MSP1-based malaria vaccine candidate antigens in rabbits. Vaccine. 2009 Mar 04; 27(10):1651-60. PMID: 19038302.
      Citations: 18     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    13. Terrientes ZI, Vergara J, Kramer K, Herrera S, Chang SP. Restricted genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum major merozoite surface protein 1 in isolates from Colombia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2005 Nov; 73(5 Suppl):55-61. PMID: 16291768.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    14. Yoshida S, Kobayashi T, Matsuoka H, Seki C, Gosnell WL, Chang SP, Ishii A. T-cell activation and cytokine production via a bispecific single-chain antibody fragment targeted to blood-stage malaria parasites. Blood. 2003 Mar 15; 101(6):2300-6. PMID: 12411309.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    15. Locher CP, Tam LQ, Chang SP, McBride JS, Siddiqui WA. Plasmodium falciparum: gp195 tripeptide repeat-specific monoclonal antibody inhibits parasite growth in vitro. Exp Parasitol. 1996 Oct; 84(1):74-83. PMID: 8888734.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    16. Hui GS, Hashimoto AC, Nikaido CM, Choi J, Chang SP. Induction of antibodies to the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein-1 (MSP1) by cross-priming with heterologous MSP1s. J Immunol. 1994 Aug 01; 153(3):1195-201. PMID: 8027549.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    17. Chang SP, Nikaido CM, Hashimoto AC, Hashiro CQ, Yokota BT, Hui GS. Regulation of antibody specificity to Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein-1 by adjuvant and MHC haplotype. J Immunol. 1994 Apr 01; 152(7):3483-90. PMID: 8144929.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    18. Chang SP. Expression systems that best mimic native structure: which ones to try first and why. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1994; 50(4 Suppl):11-9. PMID: 7513505.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    19. Hui GS, Hashiro C, Nikaido C, Case SE, Hashimoto A, Gibson H, Barr PJ, Chang SP. Immunological cross-reactivity of the C-terminal 42-kilodalton fragment of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 expressed in baculovirus. Infect Immun. 1993 Aug; 61(8):3403-11. PMID: 7687586.
      Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    20. Hui GS, Chang SP. Plasmodium falciparum: induction of biologically active antibodies to gp195 is dependent on the choice of adjuvants. Exp Parasitol. 1992 Aug; 75(1):155-7. PMID: 1639161.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    21. Chang SP, Gibson HL, Lee-Ng CT, Barr PJ, Hui GS. A carboxyl-terminal fragment of Plasmodium falciparum gp195 expressed by a recombinant baculovirus induces antibodies that completely inhibit parasite growth. J Immunol. 1992 Jul 15; 149(2):548-55. PMID: 1624802.
      Citations: 55     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCellsPHPublic Health
    22. Hui GS, Hashimoto A, Chang SP. Roles of conserved and allelic regions of the major merozoite surface protein (gp195) in immunity against Plasmodium falciparum. Infect Immun. 1992 Apr; 60(4):1422-33. PMID: 1548068.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCellsPHPublic Health
    23. Hui GS, Chang SP, Gibson H, Hashimoto A, Hashiro C, Barr PJ, Kotani S. Influence of adjuvants on the antibody specificity to the Plasmodium falciparum major merozoite surface protein, gp195. J Immunol. 1991 Dec 01; 147(11):3935-41. PMID: 1940375.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    24. Hui GS, Tam LQ, Chang SP, Case SE, Hashiro C, Siddiqui WA, Shiba T, Kusumoto S, Kotani S. Synthetic low-toxicity muramyl dipeptide and monophosphoryl lipid A replace Freund complete adjuvant in inducing growth-inhibitory antibodies to the Plasmodium falciparum major merozoite surface protein, gp195. Infect Immun. 1991 May; 59(5):1585-91. PMID: 2019429.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsPHPublic Health
    25. Chang SP, Hui GS, Kato A, Siddiqui WA. Generalized immunological recognition of the major merozoite surface antigen (gp195) of Plasmodium falciparum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1989 Aug; 86(16):6343-7. PMID: 2668963.
      Citations: 16     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    26. Chang SP, Kramer KJ, Yamaga KM, Kato A, Case SE, Siddiqui WA. Plasmodium falciparum: gene structure and hydropathy profile of the major merozoite surface antigen (gp195) of the Uganda-Palo Alto isolate. Exp Parasitol. 1988 Oct; 67(1):1-11. PMID: 3049134.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
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