Shannon D. Manning, Ph.D.
Michigan State University
Dr. Shannon Manning is a Michigan State University (MSU) Foundation Professor in the Department of °®¶¹´«Ã½ and Molecular Genetics (MMG). She earned her MPH and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1998 and 2001, respectively. For her postdoctoral training, she served as an Emerging Infectious Diseases research fellow through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention where she studied the molecular epidemiology of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. She joined the MMG faculty of MSU in 2010.
Her current research focuses on the molecular epidemiology, evolutionary genetics, and pathogenesis of foodborne pathogens such as STEC, Salmonella, and Campylobacter. She is also studying the impact of pathogen invasion on the gut microbiome and host-pathogen interactions in Streptococcus agalactiae, a leading cause of neonatal infections.
She has contributed to over 90 publications and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses focusing on microbial pathogenesis. Since 2010, she has mentored 25 undergraduate researchers, 21 graduate students and 13 postdoctoral fellows. She received the Best Mentor Award from the National Postdoctoral Association in 2016 as well as the Outstanding Academic Advisor Award (2017) and Meritorious Faculty Award (2021) from the MSU College of Natural Science.
Her current research focuses on the molecular epidemiology, evolutionary genetics, and pathogenesis of foodborne pathogens such as STEC, Salmonella, and Campylobacter. She is also studying the impact of pathogen invasion on the gut microbiome and host-pathogen interactions in Streptococcus agalactiae, a leading cause of neonatal infections.
She has contributed to over 90 publications and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses focusing on microbial pathogenesis. Since 2010, she has mentored 25 undergraduate researchers, 21 graduate students and 13 postdoctoral fellows. She received the Best Mentor Award from the National Postdoctoral Association in 2016 as well as the Outstanding Academic Advisor Award (2017) and Meritorious Faculty Award (2021) from the MSU College of Natural Science.