Guy H. Palmer
Guy H. Palmer, DVM, PhD
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists
Regents Professor of Pathology and Infectious Diseases
The Creighton Chair and Director of the WSU School for Global Animal Health
Dr. Palmer's goal is to improve control of animal diseases with
direct impact on human health and well-being. Within this focus, he
has led collaborative infectious diseases research programs in southern and
eastern Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America, where he currently
directs a multi-institutional research effort studying genetic change in
microbial pathogens and the risk for shifts in disease pattern and
emergence. In addition, Dr. Palmer's research focuses on vaccine
discovery and development. For his research at the interface of
animal disease and human public health, Dr. Palmer was elected to membership
in the National Academy of Sciences and is a current member of the Global
Health Group within the Institute of Medicine. Additionally, Dr.
Palmer is a member of and serves on the Board of Directors of the Washington
State Academy of Science (Washington
State Academy of Sciences), which provides expert
scientific and engineering analysis to inform public policy-making.
Dr. Palmer has been recognized with the Merck Award for Creativity, the
Schalm Lectureship at the University of California, the NIH Distinguished
Scientist Lecture, the Sahlin Award for Research, Scholarship, and the Arts,
and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Currently, Dr. Palmer serves as an adviser to the U.S. National Institutes
of Health, the Wellcome Trust in the U.K., the International Science
Foundation, and for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Dr. Palmer
received his BS and DVM from Kansas State University and his PhD from
Washington State University; he is board-certified in anatomic pathology.
Useful Links
Dr. Palmer is the Creighton Chair and Director of the School for
Global Animal Health [http://globalhealth.wsu.edu]
and currently serves as Chair of the Graduate Studies Program in the
Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology [http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/graduate/VMP/],
which provides MS and PhD level training; and as Director of the NIH
Infectious Diseases and Microbial Immunology Training Program [http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/research_vmp/itp/],
which recruits post-DVM and post-PhD fellows for mentored laboratory
training in the College of Veterinary Medicine and the School of Molecular
Biosciences. Additional training opportunities are available through
the NIH Biotechnology Training Program [http://molecular.biosciences.wsu.edu/biotech.html].
