Faculty and Staff

Guide to Faculty Expertise

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-Primary Faculty Members
-Courtesy & Emeritus Faculty Members
-Postdoctoral Associates, Residents & Graduate Students


Primary Faculty Members 

Faculty Name

Interest / Expertise

Jeffrey R. Abbott Veterinary pathology; Immunology of infectious Diseases
David R. Allred  Mechanisms of persistence in babesial parasites
Anthony F. Barbet Molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis in emerging infectious diseases; Development of recombinant vaccines and improved molecular diagnostics
Daniel R. Brown Cellular microbiology; Mycoplasmology; Infectious diseases
Mary B. Brown Respiratory and Genital Mycoplasmosis
William L. Castleman Viral Respiratory Diseases; Comparative Pathology
Julia A. Conway Veterinary Pathology
Charles H. Courtney Epidemiology and control of livestock helminths in tropical and subtropical regions; Immunodiagnosis of canine dirofilariasis
John B. Dame Emerging and re-emerging pathogens of animals and man; Molecular biology of the malaria parasite; Drug target identification in Plasmodium falciparum
Michael J. Dark Veterinary Pathology
Lisa L. Farina Pathology of Zoo, Wildlife and Other Non-Domestic Species
E. Paul J. Gibbs Emerging and Foreign Animal Diseases; Public Health; Distance Learning
Pamela E. Ginn Diagnostic Pathology, Dermatopathology, and Tumor Histopathology
Gregory C. Gray Emerging and Tropical Infectious Diseases, Zoontoic Diseases, Public Health
Maureen T. Long Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Endocrine Diseases
Fiona Maunsell Ruminant Mycoplasmosis
Ayalew Mergia Molecular Biology of Retroviruses, Gene Therapy
Mansour Mohamadzadeh Immunology
Cuong Q. Nguyen Immunogenetics and Immunopathology; Sjögren’s syndrome , T cell biology, microengraving technology
Leticia Reyes Laboratory Animal Medicine and Animal Model Development of Infectious Human Disease; Molecular Mechanisms of Host-Pathogen Interactions; Mollicutes
Carlos H. Romero Molecular Virology, Veterinary Virology, Vaccinology
Bikash Sahay Immunology
Barbara J. Sheppard Invertebrate Pathology, Veterinary Pathology
Scott P. Terrell Pathology of zoo, wild animals, and fish; Zoonotic diseases; Human / wildlife interactions and wildlife management
Heather Walden Parasitology
Janet K. Yamamoto Retroviral Immunology, Cellular and Transplantation Immunology
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Courtesy & Emeritus Faculty Members

Michael J. Burridge Tickborne Diseases and Tick Control
Claus D. Buergelt Veterinary Pathology
Donald J. Forrester Wildlife Diseases
Jack M. Gaskin Veterinary Infectious Disease, Veterinary Microbiology
Ellis C. Greiner Parasitology, Epidemiology, Taxonomy
Paul A. Klein Serodiagnosis and seroepidemiology of infectious diseases of wildlife
J. Glenn Morris Drug-resistant tuberculosis; malaria
Paul L. Nicoletti Brucellosis, Zoonotic Diseases
Mary K. Reinhard Laboratory Animal Pathology, Veterinary Pathology
Marilyn G. Spalding Diseases of Wetland Birds
Lori D. Wendland Mycoplasmal Disease in Tortoises
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Postdoctoral Associates, Residents & Graduate Students

James K. Coleman Postdoctoral Associate, Laboratory of Dr. Janet Yamamoto
Serena Craft  Resident, Anatomic Pathology
William Craft Resident, Anatomic Pathology
Francy L. Crosby PhD Candidate, Laboratory of Dr. Anthony Barbet
Chun-Hsin Fan Posdoctoral Associate, Laboratory of Dr. Ayalew Mergia
Mahesh Kathania Posdoctoral Associate, Laboratory of Dr. Mansour Mohamadzadeh
Hirotaka Kondo Resident, Anatomic Pathology
Angelique Leone Resident, Anatomic Pathology
Shanshan Lin Postdoctoral Associate, Laboratory of Dr. Ayalew Mergia
Junjie Liu PhD Candidate, Laboratory of Dr. Maureen Long
Erin Mack PhD Candidate, Laboratory of Dr. David Allred
Shannon Roff Resident, Anatomic Pathology
Yohichi Sakagawa PhD Candidate, Laboratory of Dr. Janet Yamamoto
M. Patrick Sanou PhD Candidate, Laboratory of Dr. Janet Yamamoto
Pollob Shil Postdoctoral Associate, Laboratory of Dr. Dan Brown
Claudio Verdugo PhD Candidate, Laboratory of Dr. Maureen Long
Vicky Wang PhD Candidate, Laboratory of Dr. David Allred
Xiomei Wang Postdoctoral Associate, Laboratory of Dr. David Allred
Nanny Wenzlow PhD Candidate, Laboratory of Dr. MaureenLong
Sophie Wickins Resident, Anatomic Pathology
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