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.