Noorbibi K. Day-Good, Ph.D., M.S.
Dr. Day-Good, originally from Nairobi, Kenya has resided in the United States since late 1967. She began her career as an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota in 1971. Dr. Day has held positions as a Member of Memorial Sloan Kettering Center in New York, with joint appointments as Professor at Cornell Graduate School of Medical Science in Biology. In 1986 Dr. Day joined the University of South Florida, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology as a tenured Professor. She currently has joint appointments in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Molecular Medicine. Her awards in the past have included Fellowships from the NIH, Rheumatoid Arthritis Foundation and Investigator of the American Heart Association with continuous grants from ACS, NIH and the Eleanor Naylor Dana Foundation. She was awarded a sabbatical to study at Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 2007-2008.
Dr. Day is an author on 38 review articles, 219 journal articles and 321 abstracts.
Education & Training
| M.S. | Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1960 |
| Ph.D. | McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Bacteriology and Immunology, 1967 |
Current Funding
Educational award from Talecris Biotherapeutics to do a survey of patients with Primary Immunodeficiency at All Children’s Hospital/USF, 2008-2009.
Scholarly Activity & Research Interests
- Immunology
- Primary Immunodeficiency
- Innate immunity
- Complement deficiencies
- Toll like receptors
- Immunosupression of retroviruses
Selected Publications
Day, N.K. Geiger, H., Finstad, J., Good, R.A.: A Starfish Hemolymph Factor Which Activates Vertebrate Complement in the Presence of Cobra Venom Factor. J. Immunol. 109:164 167, 1972.
Day, N.K., L'Esperance, P., Good, R.A., Michael, A.F., Hansen, J.A., Dupont, B., Jersild, C.: Hereditary C2 Deficiency: Gene¬tic Studies and Association with the HL A System. J. Exp. Med. 141:1464 1469, 1975.
Ballow, M., Shira, J.E., Harden, L., Yang, S.Y., Day, N.K.: Complete Absence of the Third Component of Complement in Man. J Clin Invest. 56:703-710, 1975.
Ogasawara, M, Cianciolo, G.J., Snyderman, R., Mitani, M., Good, R.A., Day, N.K.: Human Gamma Interferon Production is Inhibited by a Synthetic Peptide Homologous to Retroviral Envelope Protein. J. Immunol 141:615-619, 1988.
Brigino, E.N., Haraguchi, S., Koutsonikolis, A., Cianciolo, G.J., Owens, U., Good, R.A., Martin, P., Lerner, A., Johnson, L., Lerner, D., Haraguchi, S., Good, R.A., Day, N.K., Inherited Mannose-Binding Lectin (MBL) Deficiency as Evidenced by Genetic and Immunological Analyses: Association with Severe Recurrent Infections. Ann of Allergy Asthma Immunol. 91:386-392, 2003.
Day, N.K., Tangsinmankong, N., Ochs, H.D., Rucker, R., Picard, C., Casanova, J.L., Haraguchi, S., Good, R.A.: IRAK-4 Deficiency Associated with Bacterial Infections and Failure to Sustain Antibody Response. Journal of Pediatrics 144:524-526; 2004.
Isnardi, I., Ng, Y-S., Srdanovic, I., Motaghedi, R., Rudchenko, S., von Bernuth, H., Zhang, S-Y.,Puel, A., Jouanguy, E., Picard, C., Garty, B-Z., Camcioglu, Y., Doffinger, R., Kumararatne, D., Davies, G., Gallin, J., Haraguchi, S., Day, N., Casanova, J-L., Meffre, E. IRAK-4/MyD88-dependent pathways are essential for the removal of developing autoreactive B cells in humans. Immunity, in press.
