Stacey Hartwig is a lab operations manager in the Department of Infectious Diseases, currently working in the lab of Steve Varga, PhD, who also serves as Dean of the St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
A native of Iowa City, Iowa, Hartwig has focused her research over the past two decades on respiratory viruses, particularly T cell responses to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). More recently, Hartwig’s focus has shifted more towards the immune response to sequential heterologous respiratory infections.
By joining the St. Jude Graduate School and pursuing a master’s degree in the Clinical Investigations program, Hartwig hopes to expand her knowledge in the design and methodology of clinical research trials. With her extensive experience in basic science research, she aims to seamlessly integrate clinical and basic science research by optimizing clinical trial workflows.
Hometown: Iowa City, IA
Education:
2003 BA, Biology (Minor in Chemistry) – University of Northern Iowa
Publications:
Stacey M. Hartwig, Abby Odle, Lok-Yin Roy Wong, David K. Meyerholz, Stanley Perlman, Steven M. Varga. Respiratory syncytial virus infection provides protection against severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus challenge. J Virol. 2024 Sep 17;98(9):e0066924. doi: 10.1128/jvi.00669-24. Epub 2024 Aug 28.
Zaher A., L.M. Stephens, A.M. Miller, S.M. Hartwig, J.M. Stolwijk M.S. Petronek, Z. R. Zacharias, T.J. Wadas, V. Monga, J.J. Cullen, M. Furqan, J.C. Houtman, S.M. Varga, D.R. Spitz, and B.G. Allen. Pharmacological ascorbate as a novel therapeutic strategy to enhance cancer immunotherapy. Front Immunol. 2022 Aug 22;13:989000. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.989000. eCollection 2022. PMID: 36072595
Furqan M., T. Abu-Hejleh, L.M. Stephens, S.M.Hartwig, S.L. Mott, C.F. Pulliam, M. Petronek, J.B.Henrich, M.A. Fath, J.C. Houtman, S.M. Varga, K.L. Bodeker, A.D. Bossler, A.M. Bellizzi, J. Zhang, V. Monga, H. Mani, M. Ivanovic, B.J. Smith, M.M. Byrne, M. Zeitler, B.A. Wagner, G.R. Buettner, J.J. Cullen, J.M. Buatti, D.R. Spitz, and B.G. Allen. Pharmacological ascorbate improves the response to platinum-based chemotherapy in advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer. Redox Biol. 2022 Jul;53:102318. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2022.102318. Epub 2022 Apr 20. PMID: 35525024
Hartwig S.M., A.M. Miller, and S.M. Varga. Respiratory Syncytial Virus Provides Protection against a Subsequent Influenza A Virus Infection. J Immunol. 2022 Feb 1;208(3):720-731. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2000751. Epub 2022 Jan 12. PMID: 35022269
Monga V., B.J. Miller, M. Tanas, S. Boukhar, B. Allen, C. Anderson, L.M. Stephens, S.M. Hartwig, S. Varga, J.C. Houtman, L. Wang, W. Zhang, O. Jaber, J. Thomason, D. Kuehn, M. Rajput, C. Metz, K.D. Zamba, S. Mott, C. Abanonu, S. Bhatia, and M. Milhem. Intratumoral talimogene laherparepvec injection with concurrent preoperative radiation in patients with locally advanced soft-tissue sarcoma of the trunk and extremities: phase IB/II trial. J Immunother Cancer. 2021 Jul;9(7):e003119. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2021-003119. PMID: 34330766