Deborah Jean Anderson PhD

Professor, Infectious Diseases

Professor, Other OB/GYN

670 Albany St | (617) 414-8482
dande@bu.edu
deborah.anderson@bmc.org

Sections

Infectious Diseases

Biography

I have expertise in mucosal immunology, and secondarily in virology. I am interested in immune defense of the genital tract against sexually-transmitted pathogens. We are currently working with epithelial cell lines and HIV-1 infection models.

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Education

Immunology, PhD, University of Texas at Austin

Immunology, MS, University of Texas at Austin

Biology, BA, Rice University

Publications

Published on 11/1/2025

Anderson DJ, Bearak JM, Grimstad FW, Palanee-Phillips T, van der Straten A. Biomedical innovations in contraception: gaps, obstacles, and solutions for sexual and reproductive health. Lancet. 2025 Nov 01; 406(10515):2119-2132. PMID: 41176392.

PubMed

Published on 10/30/2025

Dohadwala S, Shah P, Farrell MK, Politch JA, Marathe J, Costello CE, Anderson DJ. Sialidases derived from Gardnerella vaginalis and Prevotella timonensis remodel the sperm glycocalyx and impair sperm function. Glycobiology. 2025 Oct 30. PMID: 41165775.

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Published on 8/20/2025

Doud JM, Geib MT, Politch JA, Whaley K, Anderson DJ, Marathe JG. Revolutionizing male contraception: Personal lubricants as a novel way to deliver the Human Contraception Antibody. bioRxiv. 2025 Aug 20. PMID: 40894626.

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Published on 2/5/2025

Dohadwala S, Shah P, Farrell M, Politch J, Marathe J, Costello CE, Anderson DJ. Sialidases derived from Gardnerella vaginalis remodel the sperm glycocalyx and impair sperm function. bioRxiv. 2025 Feb 05. PMID: 39975358.

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Published on 10/22/2024

Nador E, Mausser E, Marathe JG, Politch JA, Thurman AR, Whaley KJ, Anderson DJ. Antibody-dependent complement-mediated sperm cytotoxicity in the endocervix is a dominant contraceptive mechanism of ZB-06 vaginal film. Fertil Steril. 2025 Mar; 123(3):534-536. PMID: 39447830.

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Published on 7/25/2024

Johnson JA, Li JF, Politch JA, Lipscomb JT, Tino AS, DeFelice J, Gelman M, Anderson DJ, Mayer KH. HIV Immunocapture Reveals Particles Expressed in Semen Under Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitor-Based Therapy Are Largely Myeloid Cell-Derived and Disparate. J Infect Dis. 2024 Jul 25; 230(1):78-85. PMID: 39052738.

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Published on 3/6/2024

Nador E, Xia C, Santangelo PJ, Whaley KJ, Costello CE, Anderson DJ. Platform-Specific Fc N-Glycan Profiles of an Antisperm Antibody. Antibodies (Basel). 2024 Mar 06; 13(1). PMID: 38534207.

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Published on 2/13/2024

Johnson JA, Li JF, Politch JA, Lipscomb JT, Santos Tino A, DeFelice J, Gelman M, Anderson DJ, Mayer KH. HIV Immunocapture Reveals Particles Expressed in Semen under INSTI-based Therapy are Largely Myeloid Cell-Derived and Disparate from Circulating Provirus. J Infect Dis. 2024 Feb 13. PMID: 38356153.

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Published on 1/9/2024

Dohadwala S, Geib MT, Politch JA, Anderson DJ. Innovations in monoclonal antibody-based multipurpose prevention technology (MPT) for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy. Front Reprod Health. 2023; 5:1337479. PMID: 38264184.

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Published on 6/13/2023

Dohadwala S, Politch JA, Barmine JH, Anderson DJ. A Brief History and Advancement of Contraceptive Multipurpose Prevention Technology (cMPT) Products. Open Access J Contracept. 2023; 14:83-94. PMID: 37332341.

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