Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

MAPP Program Leadership and Contributing Faculty

Program Director

Allen Rutberg

Associate Research Professor

Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health

Deer and wild horse immunocontraception; suburban deer controversies and population management; wild horse management; ungulate social organization

Assistant Director

Emily McCobb

D.V.M., M.S., DACVAA

Associate Clinical Professor & Shelter Medicine Program Director

Department of Clinical Sciences

Companion animal management policy; Shelter Dog, Cat and Rabbit Welfare; Shelter policy; Stress levels in confined animals; Stress and pain assessment and management; Clinical anesthesia; Accessible Veterinary Care and Veterinary Community Medicine

Course and Module Directors

Seana Dowling-Guyer, M.S.

Associate Director, Center for Shelter Dogs

Martha P. Grace, M.A., M.S., J.D.

HAVEN volunteer, teaching Animal Law elective at MAPP

Jennifer Jackman, M.S., Ph.D

Course Director, Public Policy Analysis

Erin King-Podzaline

Assistant Clinical Professor

Department of Ambulatory Medicine and Theriogenology

Impact of Spanish translational services/trainings on dairy cow welfare and farm productivity

Ann K. Linder, M.S., J.D.

Co-Course Director, Animal Law

Megan Mueller

Associate Professor

Department of Clinical Sciences

Human-animal interaction (HAI); Positive youth development; Human-animal interaction and public policy

India Napier

M.S., Ph.D., D.V.M.

Assistant Professor

Department of Comparative Pathobiology

Adam South

Assistant Teaching Professor

Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health

My research spans multiple levels of analysis (from proximate to ultimate) by incorporating in depth observations at different biological scales (from molecular to population level). My approach to research integrates molecular and genetic approaches with elements of animal behavior, ecology, evolution and phylogenetics with the experimental power of model systems to answer fundamental questions about the evolution of reproduction in disease vectors and other insect model systems of significance to humanity. Recently, much of my work has focused on Anopheles mosquitoes, the principal vectors of malaria. However, I am interested in switching my focus to local mosquito species and other arthropod vectors. General Research Interests - Vector Biology - Pathogen-Vector Interactions and Coevolution - Sexual Selection