Christine M Bassis, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
Internal Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
1150 W. Medical Center Drive, 1520 MSRB 1
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5666
[email protected]

Available to mentor
Christine M Bassis, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
  • Qualifications
  • Research Overview
  • Recent Publications
    • Qualifications
    • Complex symbiotic communities of vertebrates
      University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, 2012
    • Symbiosis and bacterial genetics
      Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, 2009
    • Microbial Diversity Course
      Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, 2003
    • PhD, Marine Biology
      University of California, San Diego, 2006
    • BS, Biology
      University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2000
    Research Overview

    Relationship between microbial communities and infection susceptibility
    Dynamics and development of host-associated microbial communities

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Host factors are associated with vaginal microbiome structure in pregnancy in the ECHO Cohort Consortium.
      McKee K, Bassis CM, Golob J, Palazzolo B, Sen A, Comstock SS, Rosas-Salazar C, Stanford JB, O'Connor T, Gern JE, Paneth N, Dunlop AL, ECHO Cohort Consortium . Sci Rep, 2024 May 23; 14 (1): 11798 DOI:10.1038/s41598-024-62537-7
      PMID: 38782975
    • Journal Article
      Comparison of Daily versus Admission and Discharge Surveillance Cultures for Multidrug-Resistant Organism Detection in an Intensive Care Unit.
      Sansom SE, Shimasaki T, Dangana T, Lin MY, Schoeny ME, Fukuda C, Moore NM, Yelin RD, Bassis CM, Rhee Y, Cornejo Cisneros E, Bell P, Lolans K, Aboushaala K, Young VB, Hayden MK. J Infect Dis, 2024 Mar 28; DOI:10.1093/infdis/jiae162
      PMID: 38546721
    • Journal Article
      Salivary microbiome changes distinguish response to chemoradiotherapy in patients with oral cancer
      Medeiros MCD, The S, Bellile E, Russo N, Schmitd L, Danella E, Singh P, Banerjee R, Bassis C, Murphy GR, Sartor MA, Lombaert I, Schmidt TM, Eisbruch A, Murdoch-Kinch CA, Rozek L, Wolf GT, Li G, Chen GY, D’Silva NJ. Microbiome, 2023 Dec 1; 11 (1): DOI:10.1186/s40168-023-01677-w
    • Preprint
      Host factors associated with vaginal microbiome structure in pregnancy: results from the ECHO cohorts
      McKee KS, Bassis CM, Golob J, Palazzolo B, Sen A, Comstock SS, Rosas-Salazar C, Stanford JB, O’Connor T, Gern JE, Paneth N, Dunlop AL, Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Pro . Research Square, DOI:10.21203/rs.3.rs-3586098/v1
    • Journal Article
      Regional changes in intestinal permeability in cirrhosis are associated with mucosal bacteria.
      Bloom PP, Rao K, Bassis C, Nojkov B, Young VB, Lok AS. Hepatol Commun, 2023 Oct 1; 7 (10): DOI:10.1097/HC9.0000000000000221
      PMID: 37756036
    • Journal Article
      Vaginal microbiota of adolescents and their mothers: A preliminary study of vertical transmission and persistence
      Bassis C, Bullock K, Sack D, Saund K, Pirani A, Snitkin E, Alaniz V, Quint E, Bell J, Young V. Frontiers in Microbiomes, 2023 Mar 24;
    • Journal Article
      Longitudinal genomic surveillance of carriage and transmission of Clostridioides difficile in an intensive care unit.
      Miles-Jay A, Snitkin ES, Lin MY, Shimasaki T, Schoeny M, Fukuda C, Dangana T, Moore N, Sansom SE, Yelin RD, Bell P, Rao K, Keidan M, Standke A, Bassis C, Hayden MK, Young VB. Nat Med, 2023 Oct; 29 (10): 2526 - 2534. DOI:10.1038/s41591-023-02549-4
      PMID: 37723252
    • Presentation
      Seeking the source: Vaginal microbiotas of mothers and daughters
      2022 Nov 4;