James Cook
M.D.
Professor
Co-Director, Infectious Disease and Immunology Institute
Interim Division Director, Infectious Disease
Infectious Disease
CONTACT INFORMATION
Specialties
TB and nontuberculous mycobacterial infections
Locations
Board Certifications
Infectious Disease - Subspecialty Cert: AM Board of Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine - General Cert: AM Board of Internal Medicine
Publications
Discovery of a novel and potent class of F. tularensis enoyl-reductase (FabI) inhibitors by molecular shape and electrostatic matching.Hevener,K. E.; Mehboob,S.; Su,P. C.; Truong,K.; Boci,T.; Deng,J.; Ghassemi,M.; Cook,J. L.; Johnson,M. E.Journal of medicinal chemistry 2012 ;55(1):268-279
Anthrax lethal factor activates K(+) channels to induce IL-1beta secretion in macrophages.Thomas,J.; Epshtein,Y.; Chopra,A.; Ordog,B.; Ghassemi,M.; Christman,J. W.; Nattel,S.; Cook,J. L.; Levitan,I.JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2011 ;186(9):5236-5243
Nontuberculous mycobacteria: opportunistic environmental pathogens for predisposed hostsCook,J. L.BRITISH MEDICAL BULLETIN 2010 ;96( ):45-59
Group A streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis of the eyelids and face managed with debridement and adjunctive intravenous immunoglobulin.Aakalu,V. K.; Sajja,K.; Cook,J. L.; Ahmad,A. Z.Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2009 ;25(4):332-334
A 39-year old foreign-born female with fevers and night sweats [computerized multimedia web-based case scenario].Brito,M. O.; Cook,J. L.; Clapp,W. 2009 ; ( ):
E1A oncogene enhancement of caspase-2-mediated mitochondrial injury sensitizes cells to macrophage nitric oxide-induced apoptosis.Radke,J. R.; Siddiqui,Z. K.; Miura,T. A.; Routes,J. M.; Cook,J. L.JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008 ;180(12):8272-8279
Nucleotide biosynthesis is critical for growth of bacteria in human blood.Samant,S.; Lee,H.; Ghassemi,M.; Chen,J.; Cook,J. L.; Mankin,A. S.; Neyfakh,A. A.PLoS Pathogens 2008 ;4(2):e37
Design and synthesis of aryl ether inhibitors of the Bacillus anthracis enoyl-ACP reductase.Tipparaju,S. K.; Mulhearn,D. C.; Klein,G. M.; Chen,Y.; Tapadar,S.; Bishop,M. H.; Yang,S.; Chen,J.; Ghassemi,M.; Santarsiero,B. D.; Cook,J. L.; Johlfs,M.; Mesecar,A. D.; Johnson,M. E.; Kozikowski,A. P.ChemMedChem 2008 ;3(8):1250-1268
Restoration of the antiviral activity of 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT) against AZT-resistant human immunodeficiency virus by delivery of engineered thymidylate kinase to T cells.Lavie,A.; Su,Y.; Ghassemi,M.; Novak,R. M.; Caffrey,M.; Sekulic,N.; Monnerjahn,C.; Konrad,M.; Cook,J. L.Journal of General Virology 2008 ;89(Pt 7):1672-1679
Field evaluation of digital optical method to quantify the visual opacity of plumes.Du,K.; Rood,M. J.; Kim,B. J.; Kemme,M. R.; Franek,B. J.; Mattison,K.; Cook,J.Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 2007 ;57(7):836-844
Education
Medical School
Baylor College of Medicine
Residency
University of Utah Hospital and Clinics, Internal Medicine: General
Fellowship
University of Utah Hospital and Clinics, Internal Medicine: Infectious Disease