Dean, Henry and Lois Foster Professor
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University
Veterinary and comparative clinical pharmacology
Comparative molecular toxicology
Comparative pharmacogenetics
Idiosyncratic adverse drug reactions
Drug classes of particular interest include NSAIDs, anti-epileptic drugs, and antimicrobials
Professor & Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Climate
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University
Wildlife medicine and surgery with an emphasis on seabird biology; the effects of oil pollution on wildlife; marine ecosystem health; SEANET; Petroleum toxicity; Wildlife analgesia
Chair of Clinical Sciences
Department of Clinical Sciences
My primary research training is in animal models of cardiovascular disease, however I have expanded that to a general interest in toxicologic and medical device related clinical pathology. Specifically, recent areas of interest include the effects of radiation and chemotherapy on the cardiovascular system. Clinically, I am interested in novel approaches in coagulation testing and optimization of other laboratory diagnostic modalities in veterinary species.
General Research Interests
- Validation and diagnostic performance of clinical laboratory testing
- Coagulation
- Cytology
- Chronic complications of cancer treatment in animal models
Selected Research Projects
- Validation and diagnostic performance characteristics of turbidometric clot waveform analysis in veterinary coagulation (canine, feline, avian)
- Anticancer effects of resveratrol in canine hemangiosarcoma cell lines
- Cytologic and ultrasound evaluation of canine kidney disease
- Cytologic findings and diagnostic yield in 92 dogs undergoing fine needle aspiration of the pancreas
- Sex-dependent alteration of cardiac cytochrome P450 gene expression by acute doxorubicin toxicity in C57Bl/6 mice
- The interplay between genetic background and sexual dimorphism of doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity
- Platelet count and plateletcrit in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels and Greyhounds using the Advia 120/2120
- A pilot study evaluating the prognostic utility of platelet indices in dogs with septic peritonitis
Research and Clinical Interests
- Validation and optimization of laboratory testing
- Clinical pathology of domestic and laboratory animal species
- Animal models of human disease
- Toxicologic pathology
Chair of Infectious Disease and Global Health
Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health
Virology, emerging infectious diseases, and disease ecology; comparative genetics, immunogenetics, and genetic mechanisms of infectious disease and health; comparative medicine, evolution of immune function, and host/pathogen interaction; veterinary and human public health; veterinary immunology and virology; genetic diversity