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 Faculty Research Interests
CVM Faculty Research in Brief
Peggy Barr Biopage Broadly stated, my research interests are:
My current research projects include:
Joe Bertone Biopage Dr. Bertone is interested in areas of pharmacology and physiology that directly affect clinical veterinary medicine and the health of horses. His preference is that these areas be investigated with spontaneous disease in clinical cases. He is also interested in developing new teaching methods for students that increase learning by practice without risk to animals. Ellen Collisson Biopage My laboratory concentrates on virology, viral pathogenesis and immune responses to viral infection and viral proteins. Our current research is focusing on avian influenza virus, the avian coronavirus and immune responses to these viruses in chickens. Expertise required for these studies include molecular virology, biochemistry, immunology, genetics and cellular biology, as well as basic virology.  Maisie Dawes BiopageMy laboratory interest focuses mainly on the role of innate immunity in the protection of the neonate against bacterial most recently viral infections as well, both in the context of passively transferred adaptive immunity as well as in failure of passive transfer models. Both ruminant and avian models have been utilized. Current research projects seek to investigate the effects of lactoferrin, a known immunomodulatory protein that is naturally expressed in milk, colostrum, and mucosal secretions across species, on the expression and ultimate production of inflammatory mediators and cytokines. Techniques that have and will be utilized in this endeavor include enzyme linked immunosorbent assays, polymerase chain reaction, colorimetric assays and western blotting. Maria Fahie Biopage My clinically oriented research interests broadly include topics in small animal veterinary soft tissue or orthopedic surgery. My education research interests include topics in problem-based learning and specifically teaching surgical clinical skills. My current clinically oriented research includes:
Pamela Govett Biopage
 Kris Irizarry BiopageWe are interested in understanding how genomes encode physiological processes. Towards that end we use a combination of bioinformatics and comparative genomics approaches to identify functionally important regions of the genome in a variety of species including chicken, dog, mouse, and human. Our current research projects include identifying genes underlying behavioral traits in both humans and dogs, identifying the genetic basis of innate immunity in different strains of chickens and developing genetic diagnostics for use in identifying dogs at risk for cancer. Our research combines computational approaches with genotyping and gene expression profiling. Janis Joslin Biopage
Malika Kachani Biopage
Linda Kidd Biopage Dr. Kidd 's clinical and research interests include Rickettsioses and Anaplasmosis, immune-mediated diseases, endocrinology, sepsis, and disorders of hemostasis. Suzie Kovacs Biopage My research interests include:
Lyon Lee Biopage
Teresa Morishita Biopage
Jose Peralta Biopage Jose Peralta is primarily interested in research on issues related to animal welfare:
Maria Pia Phillips Biopage Using Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) as a model for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), we investigate the mechanisms of retrovirus induced neurologic disease. Recently, we have been concentrating on the roles of oxidative stress and apoptosis in a feline astrocyte cell culture. The effects of the virus on proapoptotic and antiapoptotic pathways as well as oxidative enzymes, antioxidative pathways, and levels of antioxidants are all currently being investigated. We study disease at the molecular level and generating new information that will benefit both cats and humans. Tom Phillips Biopage Research Page
Josep Rutlant-Labeaga Biopage My overall goal has been to develop an understanding of sperm transport in female genitalia and events related to fertilization for domestic livestock species. A better knowledge of the required processes involved in sperm physiology, such as epididymal maturation, sperm capacitation and tolerance to osmotic stress, necessary for fertilization can help us to answer unknown problems of infertility and to improve the methodology for male genome preservation. Currently in the lab we are studying sperm cytoskeleton damage related to new methods of sperm cryopreservation as well as the beneficial effects of disaccharides in sperm cell preservation. Miguel Saggese Biopage My research interests include:
Ron Terra Biopage I am starting on a systematic review of the literature on two topics:
Victoria Voith Biopage My Research Interests:
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