Devendra H. Shah
Assistant Professor
dshah@vetmed.wsu.edu
509-335-6071 (Phone)
509-335-8529 (Fax)
Education and Training:
BVSc: Bombay Veterinary College, India. 1995
MVSc: College of Veterinary Medicine, Anand Agricultural University, India.
1997
PhD: Indian Veterinary Research Institute, India. 2002
Postdoctoral Fellow: College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National
University, South Korea. 2003-2005
Postdoctoral Fellow: College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State
University. 2005-2008
Research Interests: Food and water-borne bacterial
diseases; avian infectious diseases.
The primary focus of research in my laboratory includes molecular
pathogenesis, diagnosis and control of the bacterial pathogens of
veterinary and public health significance. I am particularly interested in
the control of zoonotic bacterial agents such as Salmonella and
Campylobacter and my work takes advantage of direct comparisons between
pathogenic and non-pathogenic strains. This involves use of comparative
genomics and proteomic approaches to understand molecular pathogenic aspects
of these bacterial agents. We then apply a suite of tools, such as signature
tagged mutagenesis, in vivo induced antigen technology, suppression
subtractive hybridization and custom designed microarray, to characterize
the differences between organisms under the broad hypothesis that the
differential pathogenesis is controlled at the genetic, transcriptional, and
protein level. Direct host-pathogen interaction is often a part of this
story and thus I am also investigating host immune responses to these
bacterial pathogens. Differences identified through this process become the
subject of my hypothesis-driven experiments to determine the role of a given
trait in the pathogenesis or transmission of these bacterial agents. The
long-term goal of this effort is to identify useful diagnostic markers and
potential therapeutic options such as improved vaccines or strategies for
the control of such pathogens.
Teaching: VM536 (Veterinary Bacteriology and Mycology)
Publications:
PUBMED (“Shah DH” [au])
