David Atomanyi Barnes

Biography

Education and Training

• DVM, Veterinary Medicine
  University of Ghana, School of Veterinary Medicine
• MDiv, Theology
  SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary
• PhD(c), Infectious Diseases
  Hokkaido University, International Institute for Zoonosis Control

Awards and Honors

• Graduate School of Infectious Diseases Global Leadership Program; 1st place, Aug. - 2022
  Hokkaido University
• Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association grant for Takemi Fellowship, 2025 - 2026
  Harvard University
• Hokkaido University World Leading Innovative and Smart Education Program Grant, 2022 - 2024
  Hokkaido University
• Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) Scholarship, 2021 - 2026
  MEXT- Japan

Publications

• Predictive markers of SARS-CoV-2 spike-specific cytotoxic T cell activity following Omicron breakthrough infection.

  Holder KA, Ings DP, Hatfield KM, Fifield KE, Barnes DA, Barnable KA, Harnum DOA, Grant MD. Emerg Microbes Infect 2026

  PMID: 41362990

• Investigation of WQ-3810, a Fluoroquinolone with a High Potential Against Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Mycobacterium avium.

  Jayaweera S, Suwanthada P, Barnes DA, Poussier C, Nishimura T, Hasegawa N, Nishiuchi Y, Thapa J, Gordon SV, Kim H, Nakajima C, Suzuki Y. Antibiotics (Basel) 2025 Jul 14

  PMID: 40724006

• Sequence Matters: Primary COVID-19 Vaccination after Infection Elicits Similar Anti-spike Antibody Levels, but Stronger Antibody Dependent Cell-mediated Cytotoxicity than Breakthrough Infection.

  Holder KA, Ings DP, Fifield KE, Barnes DA, Barnable KA, Harnum DOA, Russell RS, Grant MD. J Immunol 2024 Oct 15

  PMID: 39248629

• Insight into the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium bovis isolated from cattle in Malawi.

  Kapalamula TF, Chizimu JY, Akapelwa ML, Barnes DA, Toyting J, Bwalya P, Basikolo L, Squarre D, Chambaro HM, Gordon SV, Thapa J, Nakajima C, Suzuki Y. Res Vet Sci 2023

  PMID: 37788548

• Characteristics of Vaccine- and Infection-Induced Systemic IgA Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike Responses.

  Norton NJ, Ings DP, Fifield KE, Barnes DA, Barnable KA, Harnum DOA, Holder KA, Russell RS, Grant MD. Vaccines (Basel) 2023 Sep 07

  PMID: 37766138