University of Arizona, USA

Associate Professor

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

2006 Ph.D., University of Texas Medical Branch, Experimental Pathology and Vaccine Development

2001 B.S., Colorado Mesa University, Biology

Publications (Selected)

1. Gautam, N. J., Jimenez, N. R., Łaniewski, P., Cui, H., Roe, D. J., Chase, D. M., & Herbst-Kralovetz, M. M. (2025). Microbiome impacts quality of life in patients with endometrial cancer and benign gynecological conditions. Quality of Life Research, 1-14.
2. Alley, A. W., Łaniewski, P., Bruno, G. T., Moffitt, D. V., Arani, G., Farland, L. V., & Herbst‐Kralovetz, M. M. (2025). Vaginal Microbiome Dominated by Lactobacillus Positively Impacts Clinical Pregnancy in Patients With Frozen Embryo Transfers. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology, 93(6), e70108.
3. Chatenoud, H., Łaniewski, P., Mahnert, N. D., & Herbst-Kralovetz, M. M. (2025). Metabolic Comparison of Minimally to Non-Invasive Urogenital Sample Types for Studying Gynecologic Health: A Pilot Study. iScience.
4. Jimenez, N. R., Herman, C. R., Łaniewski, P., Cope, E., Lee, K., Mahnert, N. D., ... & Herbst-Kralovetz, M. M. (2025). Navigating complexities of polymorphic microbiomes in endometrial cancer. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 11(1), 85.
5. Laniewski, P., Chatenoud, H., Jimenez, N., & Herbst-Kralovetz, M. (2024). Investigating Pathogenesis of Sneathia Species Using a Human 3D Cervical Model. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 231(6), S1304.
6. Jimenez, N., McCann, L., Laniewski, P., Cui, H., Roe, D., Mahnert, N., & Herbst-Kralovetz, M. (2024). Exploring Vaginal Microbiome and Quality of Life Variations in Benign Gynecologic Conditions. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 231(6), S1328.
7. Elnaggar, J., Jacobs, C., Ardizzone, C., Aaron, K., Eastlund, I., Graves, K., ... & Taylor, C. (2024). Leveraging machine learning techniques to investigate the pathogenesis of incident bacterial vaginosis.
8. Harris, H. J., Łaniewski, P., Cui, H., Roe, D. J., Chase, D. M., & Herbst-Kralovetz, M. M. (2024). Cervicovaginal lavages uncover growth factors as key biomarkers for early diagnosis and prognosis of endometrial cancer. Molecular biomedicine, 5(1), 55.
9. Chase, D., Shukla, S., Moore, J., Boyle, T., Lim, J., Perhanidis, J., ... & Schilder, J. (2024). Cervicovaginal metabolome is predictive of endometrial cancer and tumor characteristics and leveraged for risk stratification. Gynecologic Oncology, 190, S398-S399.
10. Jimenez, N. R., Mancilla, V., Łaniewski, P., & Herbst-Kralovetz, M. M. (2024). Immunometabolic Contributions of Atopobiaceae Family Members in Human Papillomavirus Infection, Cervical Dysplasia, and Cancer. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, jiae533.
11. Łaniewski, P., Joe, T. R., Jimenez, N. R., Eddie, T. L., Bordeaux, S. J., Quiroz, V., ... & Herbst-Kralovetz, M. M. (2024). Viewing native American cervical cancer disparities through the lens of the vaginal microbiome: A pilot study. Cancer Prevention Research, 17(11), 525-538.
12. Jimenez, N., Norton, T., Diadala, G., Bell, E., Valenti, M., Farland, L. V., ... & Herbst-Kralovetz, M. M. (2024). Vaginal and rectal microbiome contribute to genital inflammation in chronic pelvic pain. BMC medicine, 22(1), 283.
13. Łaniewski, P., Smith, G., Crossley, P., Farland, L. V., Mahnert, N. D., & Herbst-Kralovetz, M. M. (2024). Impact of chlorhexidine and povidone-iodine antiseptic solutions on the cervicovaginal microenvironment during laparoscopic hysterectomies: a pilot study. npj Women's Health, 2(1), 16.
14. Crossley, P., Sutar, Y., Tsoy, I., Mukkirwar, S., Łaniewski, P., Herbst-Kralovetz, M. M., & Date, A. A. (2024). Development of phenyllactic acid ionic liquids and evaluation of cytotoxicity to human cervical epithelial cells. RSC advances, 14(23), 16083-16092.

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