Rate My Professor Katie Peppercorn

Peppercorn's research specializations encompass neurodegenerative diseases and post-viral fatigue syndromes, with a focus on neuroinflammation, oxidative stress, DNA methylation, proteomics, and immune cell function. She has made significant contributions to myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID studies, including proteomic analyses of immune cells and epigenetic profiling during post-exertional malaise. Key publications include 'A pilot study on the immune cell proteome of long COVID patients shows changes to physiological pathways similar to those in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome' (2023, Scientific Reports), 'Comparing DNA Methylation Landscapes in Peripheral Blood from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Long COVID Patients' (2025, International Journal of Molecular Sciences), 'Precision Medicine Study of Post-Exertional Malaise Epigenetic Changes in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Patients During Exercise' (2025, International Journal of Molecular Sciences), and 'Glutamate Receptor Trafficking and Protein Synthesis Mediate the Long-Term Synaptic Depression Induced by Amyloid-β' (2019, Journal of Neuroscience). In 2025, she co-edited the book 'Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) – Methods and Protocols' (Humana), contributing multiple chapters with international collaborators on diagnostics, immunology, and molecular changes. Her work enhances protocols for ME/CFS research and advances brain health therapeutics.