• Eastern Virginia Medical School Faculty Senate – Pediatric resentative  - 2006

• Pediatric Scientist Development Program Symposium – Presenter - 1999

• Duke Pediatric Fellow Research Symposium - Presenter and Award Recipient - 1999

• American Academy of Pediatrics Residency Program Delegate, MCV - 1995 - 1996

• Frontiers in Science/AMSPDC Residency Program Delegate - 1995

• Cum laude, Dartmouth College - 1989

• Charles A. Collis Scholarship for Academic Achievement, Dartmouth College - 1986 - 1999

Cunnion KM, Hair PS, Buescher ES. Clinical isolates of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bind complement regulatory protein factor I. In review.

Cunnion KM, Hair PS, Beuscher ES.  Serum complement factor I decreases Staphylococcus aureus phagocytosis.  The Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine.  146(5):279-286, 2005 Nov.

Cunnion KM, Hair PS, Beuscher ES.  Cleavage of complement C3b to iC3b on the surface of Staphylococcus aureus is mediated by serum complement factor I.  Infection and Immunity. 72(5):2858-2863, 2004 May.

Cunnion KM, Benjamin DK, Hester CG, Frank MM. The role of complement receptor 1/2 (CD35/CD21), C3, C4 and C5 in murine survival of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. The Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine. 143(6):358-365, 2004 June.

Cunnion KM, Frank MM.  Complement activation influences Staphylococcus aureus adherence to endothelial cells. Infection and Immunity. 71(3):1321-1327, 2003 Mar.

Cunnion KM, Zhang H-M, Frank MM.  Availability of complement bound to Staphylococcus aureus to interact with

membrane complement receptors influences efficiency of phagocytosis. Infection and Immunity. 71(2):656-662, 2003 Feb.

Cunnion KM, Lee JC, Frank MM.  Capsule production and growth phase influence binding of complement to

Staphylococcus aureus. Infection and Immunity. 69(11): 6796-6803, 2001 Nov.

Cunnion KM. Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptors Encoded by Poxviruses. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism.

67:278-282, 1999 Oct.

Cunnion KM. Weber DJ. Broadhead WE. Hanson LC. Pieper CF. Rutala WA. Risk factors for nosocomial pneumonia:

comparing adult critical-care populations. American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine. 153(1):158-62,

1996 Jan.

Cunnion KM. Pneumatosis intestinalis in pediatric acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Pediatric Infectious Disease

Journal. 17(4):355-6, 1998 Apr.

Cunnion KM. Dolan MA. Sonnino RE. Case records of the Medical College of Virginia: a 10-year-old girl presenting

with an acute onset of abdominal pain. Pediatric Emergency Care. 12(1):52-5, 1996 Feb.

Book Chapters

Cunnion KM, Alexander K. "Central Nervous System Infections." In Pediatric Infectious Diseases

(Mandell GL, Wilfert CM, Eds.). Churchill Livingstone; Philadelphia: Current Medicine, c1999.

Cunnion KM, Wagner E, Frank MM. "Complement and Kinins." In Medical Immunology (Stites DP, Terr AI, Parslow TG, Eds.) Stamford, Conn.: Appleton and Lange. c2001.