About

Teresa Davis is a Professor and the Director of the Institute for Advancing Health through Agriculture at Texas A&M University. She is a member of the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences and is involved with the Department of Nutrition. Her role includes leadership in research and education aimed at improving health through agricultural and nutritional sciences. She is associated with Texas A&M AgriLife, which encompasses Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, and other related entities. Her work focuses on advancing health through agricultural practices and nutritional research, contributing to the university's mission of promoting health and well-being through scientific and educational initiatives.

Research topics

• Computer Science
• Genetics
• Virology
• Biology
• Medicine
• Mathematics
• Environmental health
• Theoretical computer science

Selected publications

• Making assessment accessible; what is the experience of neurodivergent GPs taking postgraduate membership exams?

  2025-06-12

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• Rare Norovirus GIV Foodborne Outbreak, Wisconsin, USA

  Emerging infectious diseases · 2021 · 10 citations

  • Virology
  • Environmental health
  • Biology

  We report a norovirus GIV outbreak in the United States, 15 years after the last reported outbreak. During May 2016 in Wisconsin, 53 persons, including 4 food handlers, reported being ill. The outbreak was linked to individually prepared fruit consumed as a fruit salad. The virus was phylogenetically classified as a novel GIV genotype.

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• Vertical, Temporal, and Horizontal Scaling of Hierarchical Hypersparse GraphBLAS Matrices

  2021-09-20 · 4 citations

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  Hypersparse matrices are a powerful enabler for a variety of network, health, finance, and social applications. Hierarchical hypersparse GraphBLAS matrices enable rapid streaming updates while preserving algebraic analytic power and convenience. In many contexts, the rate of these updates sets the bounds on performance. This paper explores hierarchical hypersparse update performance on a variety of hardware with identical software configurations. The high-level language bindings of the GraphBLAS readily enable performance experiments on simultaneous diverse hardware. The best single process performance measured was 4,000,000 updates per second. The best single node performance measured was 170,000,000 updates per second. The hardware used spans nearly a decade and allows a direct comparison of hardware improvements for this computation over this time range; showing a 2x increase in single-core performance, a 3x increase in single process performance, and a 5x increase in single node performance. Running on nearly 2,000 MIT SuperCloud nodes simultaneously achieved a sustained update rate of over 200,000,000,000 updates per second. Hierarchical hypersparse GraphBLAS allows the MIT SuperCloud to analyze extremely large streaming network data sets.

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• Evaluation of Graph Analytics Frameworks Using the GAP Benchmark Suite

  2020 · 25 citations

  • Computer Science
  • Computer Science
  • Theoretical computer science

  Graphs play a key role in data analytics. Graphs and the software systems used to work with them are highly diverse. Algorithms interact with hardware in different ways and which graph solution works best on a given platform changes with the structure of the graph. This makes it difficult to decide which graph programming framework is the best for a given situation. In this paper, we try to make sense of this diverse landscape. We evaluate five different frameworks for graph analytics: SuiteS-parse GraphBLAS, Galois, the NWGraph library, the Graph Kernel Collection, and GraphIt. We use the GAP Benchmark Suite to evaluate each framework. GAP consists of 30 tests: six graph algorithms (breadth-first search, single-source shortest path, PageRank, betweenness centrality, connected components, and triangle counting) on five graphs. The GAP Benchmark Suite includes high-performance reference implementations to provide a performance baseline for comparison. Our results show the relative strengths of each framework, but also serve as a case study for the challenges of establishing objective measures for comparing graph frameworks.

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• RedisGraph GraphBLAS Enabled Graph Database

  2019-05-01 · 25 citations

  articleOpen access

  RedisGraph is a Redis module developed by Redis Labs to add graph database functionality to the Redis database. RedisGraph represents connected data as adjacency matrices. By representing the data as sparse matrices and employing the power of GraphBLAS (a highly optimized library for sparse matrix operations), RedisGraph delivers a fast and efficient way to store, manage and process graphs. Initial benchmarks indicate that RedisGraph is significantly faster than comparable graph databases.

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• Emerging Horticultural Research and Education Opportunities in Myanmar

  HortScience · 2017-09-01 · 1 citations

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  The Republic of the Union of Myanmar (also known as Burma) has been undergoing political transformation in recent years that has opened up new opportunities for agricultural development. Agriculture is an important component of the country’s economy, and horticultural production has good potential for fostering development. Compared with many other developing countries, Myanmar is relatively rich in natural resources (e.g., water) that could support diverse horticultural crop production. Precipitation is relatively abundant but seasonable, and much of the country is frost free. Nonetheless, for the vast majority of fruit and vegetable crops, yields are well below world averages. The agriculture sector contributes 38% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and employs more than 60% of the workforce. However, Myanmar has only one agricultural university, and the supply of well-qualified graduates is far below that which is needed for a robust horticultural sector. Horticulture is one of the major departments at the agricultural university. Many faculty and students are enthusiastic, motivated, and open to professional development. Hence, there is a significant opportunity to increase academic and technical capacity in horticulture. Specific areas of need include seed science technology, improved fertilizer use, pest management practices, postharvest technology, improved genetic resources, application of biotechnology, and increased extension advisory services. Although there are many obstacles to overcome, improved and sustainable horticultural crop production provides a significant opportunity for addressing human nutrition and economic development issues in the country.

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• Indigenous and Modern Scientific Strategies for Characterization, Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Bio-resources of the Indian Thar Desert

  2014-01-01 · 11 citations

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  The densely populated Indian Thar Desert, which extends from India to Pakistan, is the 18 th largest in the world. Diurnal variation in temperature, erratic precipitation, poor soil texture, and saline tracts are serious constraints for the livelihood of humans. The Indian Thar Desert also has significant natural resources that can be harnessed to mitigate constraints and to support life of its human inhabitants. Traditional as well as modern approaches are needed to conserve and characterize biodiversity in this fragile ecosystem. Various areas of the desert are treated as sacred places to conserve the local plants and animals. Several underutilized plants have been used as nutritious foods and medicines and are important for the region. These plants need prioritization and utilization for sustainable development. Phytonutrients/antioxidant values of Desert fruits (Jujube, Ker, Sangri, Pilu) have been evaluated. Biotechnological approaches have been applied to conserve endangered and rare plants through developing micropropagation protocols. Investigations have been made to characterize diversity of below-ground microbes associated with native legumes. Efforts are being made to evaluate genetic diversity of agriculturally useful microbes from the Desert which may impart drought and salinity tolerance. This paper briefly reviews these efforts.

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• Texas Superstar Program : Using Technology to Promote the Use of Well-Adapted Plants for Landscapes in High Temperature Regions with Limited Water Resources (DESERT TECHNOLOGY 11 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE)

  沙漠研究 = Journal of arid land studies : 日本沙漠学会誌 · 2014-06-01

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• Comparative Analysis of Three Torbangun Clones (<i>Plectranthus amboinicus</i> (Lour.) Spreng) Based on Phenotypic Characteristics and Phenolic Content

  American Journal of Plant Sciences · 2014-01-01 · 10 citations

  articleOpen accessSenior author

  Torbangun is a folk herb that has been used especially as a breast milk stimulant in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Plant bioactive compound composition is influenced by many factors such as genotype, geographical origin, and environment. Therefore, identifying plant clones with superior chemical composition is a necessity for optimal large-scale production. In this study, three clones of torbangun (hereafter referred to as A, B, and C clones) were analyzed through their phenotypic and foliar phenolic characteristics. The phenotypic results showed that the A clone was distinct from the B and C clones. Nevertheless, the result of multivariate analysis using phenolic data showed that these three clones had three distinct patterns of phenolic compounds. The B clone torbangun was identified as the best clone to be used in larger production scale due to its highest quantity of most phenolic compounds.

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• A Survey of North American Horticulture Graduate Programs: Demographics, Policies, Finances, and Metrics

  HortTechnology · 2014-04-01 · 3 citations

  articleOpen access

  A comprehensive survey of American and Canadian universities that offer masters, doctoral, or both degrees in horticulture resulted in responses from 27 academic units. Units were surveyed regarding types of degrees offered, admissions policies, demographic characteristics of students, financial assistance provided to students, faculty ranks and salaries, and metrics by which the programs were evaluated by university administration. About 80% of the programs resided in 1862 Morrill Act land-grant institutions (LG) with the remainder housed in other non-land-grant institutions (NLG). Thirty-eight percent of reporting LG programs existed as stand-alone horticulture departments, whereas horticulture programs were combined with other disciplines in the remainder. Admissions criteria were most consistent among LG programs. Participation in distance education programs was low, but growing. Financial support of graduate students was more common in LG programs. Most schools offered some sort of tuition reduction to those students on assistantships/fellowships and offered health insurance options. Payment of fees was rare and the level of stipends provided varied substantially among programs. International student enrollment was greatest at LG programs and had remained steady in recent years. Gender equity was present among graduate students, with nearly equal male and female enrollment. Most graduate students at both LG (63.6%) and NLG (75.0%) programs were non-Hispanic White; although overall minority enrollment had increased but was still not similar in distribution to that of the general U.S. population. Professors (46.7%) and Associate Professors (28.3%) dominated the faculty ranks while Assistant Professors (19.3%) and lecturers/instructors (5.7%) constituted a much smaller portion of the faculty. Faculty salaries varied tremendously among institutions, especially for senior faculty. Female and ethnic minorities were underrepresented in faculty ranks compared with the general U.S. population. Aside from total graduate program enrollment, the relative importance of various evaluation metrics for programs was highly variable among institutions. Data discussed herein should be useful to universities with horticulture graduate programs for peer institution comparisons during program assessments, accreditation reviews, or for strategic planning purposes.

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Frequent coauthors

• Leslie Barclay

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  66 shared

• Jan Vinjé

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  66 shared

• Hillary Booth

  65 shared

• Umesh D. Parashar

  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases

  65 shared

• Katie Garman

  Tennessee Department of Health

  65 shared

• Aron J. Hall

  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

  65 shared

• Ellen Salehi

  Ohio Department of Health

  65 shared

• Eric Brandt

  University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

  65 shared