From ac66c59315a0c456b99832dabbbb7bcc2f5d3168 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jbloom Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:43:02 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] update Cassie page --- people/cassandra-simonich.md | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/people/cassandra-simonich.md b/people/cassandra-simonich.md index 3e2539b5..ed59166d 100644 --- a/people/cassandra-simonich.md +++ b/people/cassandra-simonich.md @@ -2,13 +2,18 @@ layout: person name: "Cassandra Simonich" image: "/assets/people/cassandra-simonich.jpg" -title: "Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellow" -category: "Postdocs" +title: "Acting Instructor (UW Dept of Pediatrics), Research Associate (Fred Hutch)" +category: "Staff" links: - link: "https://github.com/CSimonich" icon: "github" - - link: "Cassandra.simonich@seattlechildrens.org" + - link: "cabel@fredhutch.org" icon: "email" + - link: "https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=M2wgwvoAAAAJ" + icon: "scholar" --- -Cassie Simonich, MD, PhD is a Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellow at Seattle Children’s Hospital. In the Bloom Lab, she studies the antigenic evolution of Respiratory Syncytial Virus. +Cassie studies RSV evolution and immunity, and how these inform strategies to prevent RSV disease. +She developed a pseudovirus neutralization assay for RSV and uses this non-replicating pseudovirus system for deep mutational scanning of the fusion (F) protein to safely study how mutations affect antibody neutralization. +Her goal is to use these findings to inform genomic surveillance efforts and help guide monoclonal antibody and vaccine strategies against RSV. +She is supported by a Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award for Medical Scientists (CAMS).