Faculty

Dr. Pamela N. Brady

Chair and Assistant Professor, Chemistry

Dr. Pamela Brady has taught at Talladega College in the Chemistry Department since 2019. She currently serves as chair of the department. Previously she taught at Lawson State Community College in Bessemer, Alabama, and at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Her current research focuses on investigating the structure and function of novel coronavirus macrodomains.

Dr. Brady earned numerous fellowships and awards including being named one of 1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists in America in 2020. She has been a member of Iota Sigma Pi (National Honors Society for Women in Chemistry since 2010, the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black since 2009, and Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) American Chemical Society since 2008.

Her published manuscripts include the following:

  • Brady, P. N., Hammond, R. G., Johnson, M. A. Structural and Functional Characterization of NovelLineage C Macrodomain. In preparation. 2023.
  • Brady, P. N., Johnson, M. A. Development of Differential Scanning Fluorimetry Analysis for Implementation in Student Laboratories. In preparation. 2023.
  • Fakayode, S. O., Lisse C., Medawala W., Brady, P.N., Bwambok, D., Anum, D., Alonge, T., Taylor, M. E., Baker, G. A., Mehari, T., Rodriguez, J. D., Elzey, B., Siraj, N., Macchi, S., Le, T., Forson, M., Bashiru, M., Fernand Narcisse, V.E., and Grant, C. Recent Advances in Fluorescent Chemical Sensors: Applications in Analytical, Environmental, Forensic, Pharmaceutical, Biological, and Biomedical Sample Measurement and Clinical Diagnosis. Appl Spectrosc Rev, In Press, 2023.
  • Siraj, N., Brady, P.N., Taylor, M., Baker, G., Bwambok, D. K., Bashiru, M., Macchi, S., Jalihal. A., Denmark, I., Le, T., Elzey, B., Pollard, D. A., Fakayode, S. O. Raman Spectroscopy and Multivariate Regression Analysis in Biomedical Research, Medical Diagnosis, and Clinical Analysis. Appl Spectrosc Rev, 2021, 615-672.
  • Brady, P. N., Goel, A., Johnson, M. A. Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases in Host-Pathogen Interactions, Inflammation, and Immunity. MMBR. 2018, pii: e00038-18.
  • Brady, P. N.; Macnaughtan, M. A. Evaluation of Colorimetric Assays for Analyzing Reductively Methylated Proteins: Biases and Mechanistic Insights, Anal Biochem, 2015,43-51.
  • Roberson, K.; Brady, P. N.; Sweeney, M.; Macnaughtan, M. Methods to Identify the N-terminal 13C Dimethylamine of Reductively Methylated Proteins., JoVe, 2013.
  • Fakayode, S. O.; Brady, P. N.; Pollard, D. A.; Mohammed, A. K.; Warner, I. M. Multicomponent Analyses of Chiral Samples by Use of Regression Analysis of UV–Visible Spectra of Cyclodextrin Guest–Host Complexes. Anal Bioanal Chem, 2009, 645–1653.