Emily A. Rumschlag Booms

Emily A. Rumschlag Booms

Biology

Associate Professor

Office:  Room BBH 352D
Phone:  (773) 442-5725
Email:  e-booms@neiu.edu
Office Hours:  Please email e-booms@neiu.edu to arrange to meet or speak with Dr. Rumschlag Booms.
CV:  Booms, E_CV.pdf

Expertise

Microbiology

Essential Skills for Biologists (BIO 150)
General Biology I (BIO 201)
General Microbiology (BIO 341)
Pathogenic Microbiology (BIO 342)
Emerging Infectious Diseases (BIO 345)
Advanced Immunology (BIO 475)
Advance Topics In Biology: Applied & Environmental Microbiology (BIO 485L)

Research Interests

Viral attachment and entry, Antiviral therapeutic development

Education

Bachelor’s Degree, Indiana University

Ph.D., University of Illinois, College of Medicine

Selected Publications

Lima Oliveira, M., N. Salvatierra Lima, G. Khara Renaud, A. Estrada, D. Buitrago, A. Hamm, S. Nadeem, K. B. Naylor, Z. Chen, B. Yanez, E. Booms, J. Searcy, A. Biggers, and L. Marie Tussing-Humphreys. Design of a mindfulness intervention to reduce risk factors for colorectal cancer among at-risk Black women in Chicago. Journal of Applied Physiology. 2024. 137(5): 1484-1493.

Lima Oliveira, M., A. Biggers, V. M. Oddo, B. Yanez, E. Booms, L. Sharp, K. Naylor, P. G. Wolf, L. Tussing-Humphreys. A Perspective Review on Diet Quality, Excess Adiposity, and Chronic Psychosocial Stress and Implications for Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer. Journal of Nutrition. 2024. 154(4): 1069-1079.

Zhang, H. J., E. Rumschlag-Booms, Y. F. Guan, D. Y. Wang, K. L. Liu, W. F. Li, V. H. Nguyen, N. M. Cuong, D. D. Soejarto, H. H. S. Fong, and L. Rong. Potent Inhibitor of Drug-Resistant HIV-1 Strains Identified from the Medicinal Plant Justicia gendarussa. J Nat Prod. 2017. 80(6): 1798-1807.

Zhang, H. J., E. Rumschlag-Booms, Y. F. Guan, K. L. Liu, D. Y. Wang, W. F. Li, V. H. Nguyen, N. M. Cuong, D. D. Soejarto, H. H. S. Fong, and L. Rong. Anti-HIV diphyllin glycosides from Justicia gendarussa. Phytochemistry. 2017. 136: 94-100.

Cheng, H., K. Koning, A. O'Hearn, M. Wang, E. Rumschlag-Booms, E. Varhegyi, and L. Rong. A parallel genome-wide RNAi screening strategy to identify host proteins important for entry of Marburg virus and H5N1 influenza virus. Virol J. 2015. 12: 194.