Research Areas

Dr. Adrienne Haley
Pain assessment and management and Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS)

Dr. Emma Gorenberg
Cardiovascular responses to inopressors and anesthetic drugs, cardiovascular monitoring devices, perianesthetic management of critically ill patients, large animal pain management

Dr. Caitlin Thorn
Equine Anesthesia

Dr. Lois Wetmore
Genetic influences on equine response to opioids and the influence of opioids on canine gastroesophageal reflux and regurgitation

Dr. Emily Wheeler
Stress reduction and optimization of animal welfare in the veterinary care setting

Dr. Allen Rutberg
Field testing of wildlife fertility control for the mitigation of human-wildlife conflicts

Dr. Emily Wheeler
Stress reduction and optimization of animal welfare in the veterinary care setting

Dr. Claire Fellman
Immune-mediated disease, antimicrobial stewardship

Dr. Jennifer Grady
Evidence-based spectrum of care and antimicrobial stewardship

Dr. Marieke Rosenbaum
Urban rats as vectors for infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance and zoonotic disease transmission associated with illegal trafficking of primates

Dr. Gregory Wolfus
Evidence-based spectrum of care and antimicrobial stewardship

Dr. Marvin Schulte
Imaging for device development, AI in imaging, Imaging of zoological companion and wildlife animals

Dr. Mauricio Solano
Imaging for device development, AI in imaging, Imaging of zoological companion and wildlife animals

Dr. Jillian Richmond
Comparative immunology for autoimmunity and cancer

Dr. Stephanie Borns-Weil
Compulsive behaviors in dogs and cats and low stress handling

Dr. Meera Gatlin
Police canines and their impact on community health

Dr. Megan Mueller (Pets and Well-Being Lab)
The interaction of animals and humans with a focus on youth and families

Dr. Charles Shoemaker
Discovery and engineering of immunotherapeutic agents

Dr. Daniela Bedenice
Respiratory disease (Equine Asthma / respiratory infections / ARDS), Therapeutics in critical care medicine (camelids, equine)

Dr. Julia Berger
Equine and camelid internal medicine

Dr. Kumari Andarawewa
Focused ultrasound to treat metastatic breast cancer

Dr. Heather Gardner
Development of minimally invasive genomic biomarker approaches for comparative and translational oncology

Dr. Cheryl London
Comparative oncology and novel immunotherapeutic combinations

Dr. Celina Morimoto
Neuro-oncology, including intracranial and spinal cord tumors

Dr. Cornelia Peterson (Comparative Eye Pathology & Oncology Lab) 
Tumors of the ocular surface and adnexa 

Dr. Jillian Richmond
Lymphoma and skin disorders

Dr. Vicky Yang
- Cardiovascular diseases, disorders, and novel therapies
- Canine mitral valve disease and cardio-oncology

Dr. Carrie Wood
Improving treatments for canine hemangiosarcoma, novel cancer therapies, enhancing veterinary educational curriculum

Dr. Kumari Andarawewa
The effects of the microbiome on cancer therapies, immunotherapeutic responses, and the progression of cancer and infectious diseases

Dr. Alexandra Pfaff
Fluid therapy, fluid stewardship, microcirculation

Dr. Stephanie Pumphrey
Biomarkers and modifiable systemic and environmental factors in canine primary angle closure glaucoma, and changes to vision in aging dogs

Dr. Jillian Richmond
Comparative immunology for autoimmunity and cancer

Dr. I-Jung Bernard Chi
Transcatheter cardiac intervention, advanced cardiac imaging, cardiovascular devices

Dr. Lisa Freeman
Nutrition and heart disease; cardiac cachexia

Dr. Emily Karlin
Clinical cardiology, myxomatous mitral valve disease

Dr. Hannah Melhorn
Zoo and exotic cardiology, - Degenerative mitral valve disease, medical and surgical management - Heart failure

Dr. John Rush
Cardiovascular diseases in dogs and cat including HCM, DCM, mitral valve disease, and interventional procedures for congenital heart disease

Dr. Vicky Yang
Canine mitral valve disease and cardio-oncology

Dr. Francisco Conrado
Veterinary clinical pathology with a focus on diagnostic assay development, method validation, and translational applications in hematology and cytology

Dr. Leslie Sharkey
Veterinary clinical pathology with a focus on diagnostic assay development, method validation, and translational applications in hematology and cytology

Dr. Gregory Wolfus
Community medicine, spectrum of care, antimicrobial stewardship

Dr. Christopher Whittier
Wildlife and conservation medicine, zoonotic disease

Dr. Alison Robbins
Zoonotic diseases of public health importance, wildlife diseases surveillance and epidemiology, conservation medicine

Dr. Mark Pokras
Medicine and surgery of native wildlife, wildlife as environmental indicators, and conservation medicine

Dr. Ramon Almela
Precision medicine in dermatology

Dr. Ekaterina Mendoza-Kuznetsova
Immune-mediated skin diseases and Canine and feline otitis management

Dr. Agustina Anson Fernandez
Imaging of gastrointestinal and urinary disorders

Dr. Majorie Bercier
EEHV epidemiology and diagnostics, Diagnostic imaging of zoological animals

Dr. Julia Graham
Diagnostic Imaging of small and large animals

Dr. Borbála Lorincz
Neuroimaging of dogs and cats with focus on intracranial diseases and novel MRI techniques

Dr. Simone March
Multimodal imaging for diagnosing equine lameness

Dr. Dominique Penninck
Ultrasonography for hepatobiliary, gastrointestinal, pancreatic and urinary diseases

Dr. Amy Sato
CT angiography

Dr. Mauricio Solano
Imaging for device development, AI in imaging, Imaging of zoological companion and wildlife animals

Dr. Wade Tenney
Equine ultrasound and sports medicine with a special interest in cervical, thoracolumbar and pelvic pathology

Dr. Ian DeStefano
Infectious disease, disorders of hemostasis

Dr. Fair Vassoler
Epigenetic changes associated with opioid use disorder and transgenerational impact of opioid exposure

Dr. Alexia Berg
Access to care for common emergency conditions in small animals and pain management in the ICU

Dr. Noa Berlin 
Resuscitation (shock, CPR), microcirculation in critical illness

Dr. Armelle deLaforcade
Trauma related hemostatic dysfunction, and hemostatic dysfunction of critical illness

Dr. Carlos Pinto
Comparative reproductive physiology and assisted reproduction

Dr. Kelsea Studer
Emergency and critical care of exotic species

Dr. Clare Timothy
Transfusion medicine and blood banking in dogs and cats. Optimizing communication and team dynamics during cardiopulmonary arrest

Dr. Orla Wages
Minimally invasive methods for glucose measurement in diabetic dogs and cats

Dr. Claire Dixon
Equine kidney disease and extracellular vesicles

Dr. Viktoria Granacka
Respiratory and gastrointestinal emergencies in horses

Dr. Thomas Jenei
Equine Gastrointestinal Disease

Dr. Melissa Mazan
Equine asthma, development of lung function testing modalities, equine bronchoalveolar lavage cytology

Dr. Amanda Prisk
Equine coagulopathies and inflammation, gastrointestinal surgery, translational large animal critical care

Dr. Daniela Bedenice
Respiratory disease (Equine Asthma / respiratory infections / ARDS), Therapeutics in critical care medicine (camelids, equine)

Dr. Julia Berger
Equine and camelid internal medicine

Dr. Stefanie Arndt
Equine orthopedic surgery.  Advanced equine musculoskeletal diagnostic imaging 

Dr. Kirstin Bubeck
Equine orthopedic surgery, sports medicine, and osteosyntheses implants

Dr. Joseph Davis
Equine musculoskeletal injury, equine meniscal injury

Dr. Wade Tenney
Equine ultrasound and sports medicine with a special interest in cervical, thoracolumbar and pelvic pathology

Dr. Kelsea Studer
Emergency and critical care of exotic species

Dr. Sarah Crain
Novel therapies for chronic enteropathies and pancreatic disease in small animals

Dr. Heather Gardner
Development of minimally invasive genomic biomarker approaches for comparative and translational oncology

Dr. Miriam Talaat
Veterinary surgical education and performance soft skills and Geriatric onset laryngeal paralysis polyneuropathy

Dr. Vanessa Yang
Ophthalmic surgery, glaucoma, ocular pharmacology

Dr. Janetrix Hellen Amuguni
Developing surveillance programs for zoonotic disease, and analyzing social, cultural and gender-related issues as they apply to global health and infectious disease

Dr. Felicia Nutter
One Health approaches to conservation medicine, zoonotic disease prevention, and sustainable ecosystem health

Dr. Jonathan Runstadler
Genetics of infectious disease; viral disease ecology, evolution, and epidemiology

Dr. Saul Tzipori
Enteric infections impacting children and the immunodeficient host

Dr. Jeanne Brinker
Hepatobiliary and endocrine disease pathophysiology and immunohistochemistry development

Dr. Trinita Barboza
Hepatic lipidosis, rabbit medicine and surgery

Dr. Megan Mueller
Human-animal interaction, companion animals and mental health, and animals in therapeutic settings

Dr. Kayla Sample
Optimizing veterinary education to support a spectrum of care model, aiming to balance evidence-based medicine and increased access to care to support the human-animal bond

Dr. Charles Shoemaker
Discovery and engineering of immunotherapeutic agents

Dr. Cheryl London
Comparative oncology and novel immunotherapeutic combinations

Dr. Claire Fellman
Immune-mediated disease, antimicrobioa stewardship

Dr. Stephanie Pumphrey
Biomarkers and modifiable systemic and environmental factors in canine primary angle closure glaucoma, and changes to vision in aging dogs

Dr. Jillian Richmond
Comparative immunology for autoimmunity and cancer

Dr. Abhineet Sheoran
Host-pathogen interaction with a focus on syphilis and enteric pathogens and vaccine and immunotherapy development

Dr. Giovanni Widmer (The Widmer Lab)
The interaction of host-associated microbiota with enteric pathogens

Dr. Akram Da'darah
Drug and vaccine development for schistosomiasis

Dr. Andrea Varela-Stokes
Immune response to rickettsial infection using a guinea pig-tick-Rickettsia system

Dr. Michael Stone
Infectious diseases, tick-borne diseases. Immune-mediated diseases

Dr. Janetrix Hellen Amuguni
Developing surveillance programs for zoonotic disease, and analyzing social, cultural and gender-related issues as they apply to global health and infectious disease

Dr. Marjorie Bercier
EEHV epidemiology and diagnostics, Diagnostic imaging of zoological animals

Dr. Ian DeStefano
Infectious disease, disorders of hemostasis

Dr. Amanda Martinot
Infectious disease, mycobacterium tuberculosis

Dr. Alison Robbins
Zoonotic diseases of public health importance, wildlife diseases surveillance and epidemiology, conservation medicine

Dr. Marieke Rosenbaum
Urban rats as vectors for infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance and zoonotic disease transmission associated with illegal trafficking of primates

Dr. Jonathan Runstadler
Genetics of infectious disease; viral disease ecology, evolution, and epidemiology

Dr. Abhineet Sheoran
Host-pathogen interaction with a focus on syphilis and enteric pathogens and vaccine and immunotherapy development

Dr. Charles Shoemaker
Discovery and engineering of immunotherapeutic agents

Dr. Adam South
Evolution of reproduction in disease vectors and other insect model systems of significance to humanity

Dr. Michael Stone
Infectious diseases, tick-borne diseases. Immune-mediated diseases

Dr. Sam Telford III
Infectious Disease, vector-borne disease

Dr. Saul Tzipori
Enteric infections impacting children and the immunodeficient host

Dr. Andrea Varela-Stokes
Immune response to rickettsial infection using a guinea pig-tick-Rickettsia system

Dr. Christopher Whittier
Wildlife and conservation medicine, zoonotic disease
 

Dr. Lilian Cornejo
Swallowing disorders, general gastroenterology. Factors that maximize trainee clinical performance

Dr. Emmanuelle Butty
Veterinary nephrology and urology centers on extracorporeal therapies, fluid stewardship, and endourologic interventions

Dr. Rachael Gately
Small ruminant assisted reproductive techniques, semen collection & freezing, artificial insemination, embryo collection and transfer

Dr. Caroline Griffin
Placental immunology and infectious diseases of livestock

Dr. David Hernke
Dairy calf health, bovine infectious disease (metritis / IBK)

Dr. Erin King-Podzaline
Farm animal welfare and pain management in livestock

Dr. Isabelle Louge
Clinically applied research, parasites of small ruminants

Dr. Eugene White
Dairy reproduction and farm sustainability

Dr. Julia Wilkinson
Veterinary pedagogy, veterinary professional identity formation and neurodiversity

Dr. Giovanni Widmer (The Widmer Lab)
The interaction of host-associated microbiota with enteric pathogens

Dr. Kumari Andarawewa
The effects of the microbiome on cancer therapies, immunotherapeutic responses, and the progression of cancer and infectious diseases

Dr. Patrick Skelly
Molecular interactions between schistosome (blood worm) parasites and their hosts

Dr. Elizabeth Byrnes
Impact of opioid use across the lifespan; Neurobiology of motivated behaviors

Dr. Fair Vassoler
Epigenetic changes associated with opioid use disorder and Transgenerational impact of opioid exposure

Dr. Dominik Faissler
Novel therapies for intervertebral disc disease; treatments for degenerative myelopathy

Dr. Marvin Schulte
Ligand-gated ion channel function and dysfunction in neurodegenerative disorders focusing on neuromodulation and drug discovery

Dr. Lisa Freeman
Nutrition and heart disease; cardiac cachexia

Dr. Deborah Linder
Nutrition for cats and dogs, especially obesity and developing and evaluating nutrition curriculum in veterinary schools

Dr. Alexandra Pfaff
Fluid therapy, fluid stewardship, microcirculation

Dr. Vanessa Yang
Ophthalmic surgery, glaucoma, ocular pharmacology

Dr. Jennifer Heyward
Comparative opthalmology, primarily retinal disease

Dr. Cornelia Peterson
Comparative ocular pathology and oncology

Dr. Vanessa Yang

• Glaucoma, ophthalmic surgery
• Ophthalmic surgery, glaucoma, ocular pharmacology

Dr. Ida Forzisi
Preventive orthopedic surgery in growing pets and Study and management of hip dysplasia in dogs

Dr. Mike Karlin
Orthopedic surgery with a focus on patient-specific implants, limb deformity correction and complex orthopedic trauma

Dr. Michael Kowaleski
Arthroscopy, fracture repair, total joint replacement, osteoarthritis, peri-operative and chronic pain management, and the role of osteotomy in the management of joint disease

Dr. Adrienne Haley
Pain assessment and management and Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS)

Dr. Erin King-Podzaline
Farm animal welfare and pain management in livestock

Dr. Akram Da'darah
Drug and vaccine development for schistosomiasis

Dr. Patrick Skelly
Molecular interactions between schistosome (blood worm) parasites and their hosts

Dr. Alexandra Pfaff
Fluid therapy, fluid stewardship, microcirculation

Dr. Perry Bain
Clinical pathology and cytology, collaborative clinical research

Dr. Fabio Brum Rosa
Anatomic pathology, collaborative clinical research

Dr. Joyce Knoll
Veterinary hematology, cytology and clinical endocrinology, collaborative clinical research

Dr. Esther Gisela Martinez Romero
Heart and aortic pathology in Great Apes

Dr. Laura White
Anatomic pathology, collaborative clinical research

Dr. Ariana Hinckley-Boltax
Educational pedagogy, with a focus on professional skills, metacognition, and assessment

Dr. Ekele Ikpegbu
Teaching veterinary anatomy, histology, embryology; molecular regulation of bone development

Dr. Yuki Nakayama
Development and assessment of scalable and accessible low-fidelity simulation models and web-based tools to enhance clinical skills for veterinary students

Dr. Prisca Noble
Pedagogy related to veterinary anatomy education

Dr. Miriam Talaat
Veterinary surgical education and performance soft skills and Geriatric onset laryngeal paralysis polyneuropathy

Dr. Julia Wilkinson
Veterinary pedagogy, veterinary professional identity formation and neurodiversity

Dr. Carrie Wood
Improving treatments for canine hemangiosarcoma, novel cancer therapies, enhancing veterinary educational curriculum

Dr. Lois Wetmore
Genetic influences on equine response to opioids and the influence of opioids on canine gastroesophageal reflux and regurgitation

Dr. Trinita Barboza
Hepatic lipidosis, rabbit medicine and surgery

Dr. Celina Morimoto
Neuro-oncology, including intracranial and spinal cord tumors

Dr. Patricia Gualtieri
Novel radiation approaches, treatment of head and neck cancer, RT for non-neoplastic diseases

Dr. Robert Dwyer
Equine reproduction, with a focus on pregnancy, parturition and post-partum complications

Dr. Rachael Gately
Small ruminant assisted reproductive techniques, semen collection & freezing, artificial insemination, embryo collection and transfer

Dr. India Napier
Endocrine and metabolic regulation of female reproductive health across the lifespan;  impact of GLP-1 therapy on ovarian function, fertility, pregnancy, and menopause

Dr. Adam Ward
Factors affecting health and success of the periparturient dairy cow, and embryo transfer in cattle, horses, and small ruminants

Dr. Eugene White
Dairy reproduction and farm sustainability

Dr. Elizabeth Rozanski
Respiratory disease, specificially  bronchomalacia and ARDS, spectrum of care in the emergency room 

Dr. Alexia Berg
Access to care for common emergency conditions in small animals and pain management in the ICU

Dr. Jennifer Grady
Evidence-based spectrum of care and antimicrobial stewardship

Dr. Elizabeth Rozanski
Respiratory disease, specifically bronchomalacia and ARDS, spectrum of care in the emergency room 

Dr. Kayla Sample
Optimizing veterinary education to support a spectrum of care model, aiming to balance evidence-based medicine and increased access to care to support the human-animal bond

Dr. Gregory Wolfus
Community medicine, spectrum of care, antimicrobial stewardship

Dr. Leslie Sharkey
Applied clinical pathology including new test development and validation, pre-clinical safety studies, optimization and new applications of existing technologies, and evaluation of translational models

Dr. Heidi Goethert
Molecular epidemiology and ecology of tick-borne pathogens

Dr. Yi-Pin Lin (Yi-Pin Lin Lab)
Ecology and Evolution and prevention development of tickborne disease transmission

Dr. Meera Gatlin
Ecology and Evolution and prevention development of tickborne disease transmission

Dr. Cristin Kelley
Wildlife Medicine, rehabilitation, wildlife surgery

Dr. Maureen Murray
Rodenticide exposure and toxicosis in birds of prey and other wildlife species

Dr. Mark Pokras
Medicine and surgery of native wildlife, wildlife as environmental indicators,  conservation medicine

Dr. Allen Rutberg
Field testing of wildlife fertility control for the mitigation of human-wildlife species

Dr. Felicia Nutter
One Health approaches to conservation medicine, zoonotic disease prevention, and sustainable ecosystem health