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Kevin J. McHugh

Rice University · US
Area of research
Immunology · Genetics · mRNA Vaccines
Research interest
Research interests include Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Advanced Drug Delivery Systems, Immune Response and Inflammation, and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses.
h-index
44
citations
6,534
works
170
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

Working toward a single-dose vaccine for rabies post-exposure prophylaxis
Future Virology 2026cited by 0position: lastdoi
Nanofibrous supramolecular peptide hydrogels for controlled release of small-molecule drugs and biologics.
2025cited by 9position: contributordoi
Polyanhydride‐Based Microparticles for Programmable Pulsatile Release of Diphtheria Toxoid (DT) for Single‐Injection Self‐Boosting Vaccines
Advanced Materials 2025cited by 4position: middledoi
A TLR7 Agonist Conjugated to a Nanofibrous Peptide Hydrogel as a Potent Vaccine Adjuvant.
2025cited by 4position: contributordoi
Nanofibrous Peptide Hydrogels Leveraging Histidine to Modulate pH-Responsive Supramolecular Assembly and Antibody Release.
2025cited by 2position: contributordoi
Novel Approaches to Label the Surface of <i>S. aureus</i> with DBCO for Click Chemistry-Mediated Deposition of Sensitive Cargo.
2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
Methacrylated poly(glycerol sebacate) as a photocurable, biocompatible, and biodegradable polymer with tunable degradation and drug release kinetics.
2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
Covalent Stabilization of Collagen Mimetic Triple Helices and Assemblies by Dopa Crosslinking.
2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
Histone demethylase KDM5 regulates cardiomyocyte maturation by promoting fatty acid oxidation, oxidative phosphorylation, and myofibrillar organization
Cardiovascular Research 2024cited by 28position: middledoi
Histone demethylase KDM5 regulates cardiomyocyte maturation by promoting fatty acid oxidation, oxidative phosphorylation, and myofibrillar organization.
2024cited by 20position: contributordoi
Aqueous Grown Quantum Dots with Robust Near-Infrared Fluorescence for Integrated Traumatic Brain Injury Diagnosis and Surgical Monitoring.
2024cited by 9position: contributordoi
Probing the Effects of Chirality on Self-Assembling Peptides: Hydrogel Formation, Degradation, Antigen Release, and Adjuvancy.
2024cited by 2position: contributordoi
Intra-lymph node crosslinking of antigen-bearing polymers enhances humoral immunity and dendritic cell activation.
2024cited by 1position: contributordoi
Novel approaches to label the surface of<i>S. aureus</i>with DBCO for click chemistry-mediated deposition of sensitive cargo
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
Intra-Lymph Node Crosslinking of Antigen-Bearing Polymers Enhances Humoral Immunity and Dendritic Cell Activation
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
A TLR7 Agonist Conjugated to a Nanofibrous Peptide Hydrogel as a Potent Vaccine Adjuvant
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
Overcoming barriers to patient adherence: the case for developing innovative drug delivery systems
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 2023cited by 427position: lastdoi
Overcoming barriers to patient adherence: the case for developing innovative drug delivery systems
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 2023cited by 408position: lastdoi
Strategies for overcoming protein and peptide instability in biodegradable drug delivery systems.
2023cited by 83position: contributordoi
Dynamic Imine Bonding Facilitates Mannan Release from a Nanofibrous Peptide Hydrogel.
2023cited by 11position: contributordoi
A Scalable Platform for Fabricating Biodegradable Microparticles with Pulsatile Drug Release.
2023cited by 7position: contributordoi
Methacrylated poly(glycerol sebacate) as a photocurable, biocompatible, and biodegradable polymer with tunable degradation and drug release kinetics
2023cited by 0position: contributordoi
Bright, Magnetic NIR-II Quantum Dot Probe for Sensitive Dual-Modality Imaging and Intensive Combination Therapy of Cancer
ACS Nano 2022cited by 86position: middledoi
Diet-derived metabolites and mucus link the gut microbiome to fever after cytotoxic cancer treatment
Science Translational Medicine 2022cited by 57position: middledoi
Diet-derived metabolites and mucus link the gut microbiome to fever after cytotoxic cancer treatment.
2022cited by 48position: contributordoi
Bright, Magnetic NIR-II Quantum Dot Probe for Sensitive Dual-Modality Imaging and Intensive Combination Therapy of Cancer.
2022cited by 36position: contributordoi
Translating diagnostics and drug delivery technologies to low-resource settings.
2022cited by 18position: contributordoi
Multidomain peptide hydrogel adjuvants elicit strong bias towards humoral immunity.
2022cited by 16position: contributordoi
Employing Drug Delivery Strategies to Overcome Challenges Using TLR7/8 Agonists for Cancer Immunotherapy.
2021cited by 22position: contributordoi
Novel Vaccine Adjuvants as Key Tools for Improving Pandemic Preparedness.
2021cited by 17position: contributordoi

Grants

Dissertation Research: Resettlement and Adjustment of Southeast Asian Refugees in the United States
NSF9304124$10,0001993–1995PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Róbert Langer · Laboratoire d’immunologie intégrative du cancer18 papers (2015–2025)Brett H. Pogostin · Lund University10 papers (2021–2025)Ana Jaklenec · Massachusetts Institute of Technology10 papers (2015–2020)Tyler Graf · Massachusetts Institute of Technology9 papers (2019–2026)Jeffrey D. Hartgerink · National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research7 papers (2022–2025)Tsvetelina H. Baryakova · University of Minnesota7 papers (2023–2025) · 7 papers (2019–2025)Marina H. Yu · Rice University6 papers (2024–2025)Erin M. Euliano · Rice University6 papers (2022–2025)Ana Jaklenec · Brown University5 papers (2019–2025)Adam M. Behrens · Massachusetts Institute of Technology4 papers (2017–2020)Rohiverth Guarecuco · Boston University4 papers (2015–2017)Sviatlana Rose · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2016–2018)Lihong Jing · Institute of Physics3 papers (2019–2024)Xueguang Lu · Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences3 papers (2019–2020)Stephany Y. Tzeng · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2016–2018)Zachary L. Tochka · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2017–2020)Jennifer Lu · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2017–2017)Morteza Sarmadi · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2020–2020)Wen Tang · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2018–2022)