Research
Agricultural Animal Health Program (AAHP)
Anaplasma marginale Genome Sequencing Project
Babesia bovis Genome Sequencing Project
Equine Infectious
Diseases Research Program
MicroArray Laboratory
Monoclonal Antibody Center
Program in Genomics
Zoonoses Research Unit (ZRU)
Faculty Currently Recruiting PhD and MS students
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Faculty Areas of Research
Hector Aguilar-Carreno , Assistant Professor, PhD; Entry mechanisms of
highly pathogenic zoonotic viruses.
Troy Bankhead, Assistant
Professor, PhD; Mechanisms of persistence and virulence associated with the Lyme
disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi.
Timothy V. Baszler, Professor,
DVM, Ph.D.; Diplomate American College of Veterinary Pathologists. Immunology of
neosporosis; improved diagnosis of infectious diseases in domestic animals
spongiform encephalopathies.
Thomas E. Besser, Professor,
DVM, Ph.D.; Diplomate American College of Veterinary Microbiologists. Food
Safety microbiology; E. coli O157:H7; neonatal enteric disease.
Kelly A. Brayton, Associate
Professor, PhD. Microbial genomics and mechanisms of antigenic variation of
vector-borne pathogens.
Wendy C. Brown, Professor, MPH,
Ph.D. Cellular and molecular mechanisms of immunity to infectious diseases;
strategies to develop vaccines that induce protective T-cell dependent immunity;
comparative analysis of cellular immune responses and immunomodulatory cytokines
of domestic animals.
Douglas R. Call, Professor, Caroline
Engle Faculty Fellow, Ph.D. Evolution and persistence of antibiotic resistance;
molecular epidemiology; comparative genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics of
pathogens; detection pathogens in complex matrices; and aquaculture health.
Margaret Davis, Clinical Assistant Professor, DVM, MPH, Ph.D. Molecular
epidemiology of zoonotic pathogens, specifically the use of molecular genetic
tools to study routes of transmission between animal reservoirs and human
populations. Dr. Davis' focus has been on foodborne pathogens including
Campylobactger jejuni/coli, E.coli O157:H7, and Salmonella enterica.
Another area of interest includes the epidemiology of genetic determinants of
antimicrobial resistance. Dr. Davis also works as an Infection Control
Practitioner for the WSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital where she is studying the
dynamics of the hospital - acquired infection transmission.
William C. Davis, Professor, Ph.D.
Comparative analysis of the immune systems in food and companion animals; the
role of cytokines in regulation of the immune response to pathogens and derived
subunit vaccines; genetic basis of disease susceptibility.
William J. Foreyt, Professor, Ph.D. Veterinary and wildlife parasitology;
epizootiology; parasitic and disease interactions among domestic livestock,
wildlife, and humans.
Stephen A. Hines, Professor, Berger
Keatts Distinguished Professor, DVM, Ph.D.; Diplomate American College of
Veterinary Pathologists. Immunology and molecular pathogenesis of intracellular
pathogens; molecular approaches to prevention and diagnosis of hemoparasitic
diseases of domestic animals; equine pulmonary immunology.
Douglas P. Jasmer, Professor,
Ph.D. Molecular parasitology; host-parasite interactions; nematode parasites.
Donald P. Knowles, Professor,
DVM, Ph.D.; Diplomate American College of Veterinary Pathologists. Virology;
immunology and host-parasite interactions.
Audrey O.T. Lau, Assistant
Professor, MPH, PhD; Comparative genomics and proteomics, apicomplexan biology
and evolution of organelles.
Charles W. Leathers, Professor, DVM, Ph.D.; Diplomate American College of
Laboratory Animal Medicine. Laboratory animal pathology; diagnostic applications
of electron microscopy.
Kevin K. Lahmers, Assistant
Professor, DVM, Ph.D. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of immunity and
infectious diseases.
Terry F. McElwain, Professor,
DVM, Ph.D.; Diplomate American College of Veterinary Pathologists. Molecular
basis of host parasite interaction and development of protective immunity in
vector-borne diseases.
Robert H. Mealey, Associate
Professor, DVM, Ph.D.; Diplomate American College of Veterinary Internal
Medicine. Mechanisms of protective immunity against persistent and vector-borne
infectious diseases of horses.
Anthony V. Nicola, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. The goal of Dr. Nicola's
laboratory is to understand the molecular processes that herpesviruses use to
gain entry into host cells. A better understanding of how herpes simplex virus
interacts with the cell will identify novel targets for intervention. We
utilize a combination of cellular, molecular, biochemical, and microscopic
approaches to delineate the step-by-step itinerary of the incoming virus.
Guy H. Palmer, Professor, DVM,
Ph.D.; Diplomate American College of Veterinary Pathologists. Molecular basis of
transmission and development of protective immunity in vector-borne diseases.
Kathleen A. Potter, Associate
Professor, DVM, Ph.D.; Diplomate American College of Veterinary Pathologists.
Eosinophil biology and function. Bovine Marfan syndrome.
David J. Prieur, Professor and
Chair, DVM, Ph.D. Animal models of human genetic diseases; inherited diseases of
animals.
Devendra H. Shah, Assistant
Professor, BVSc, PhD. Food and water-borne bacterial diseases; avian infectious
diseases.
Kevin R. Snekvik, Clinical
Assistant Professor, DVM, Ph.D. Diplomate American College of Veterinary
Pathologists. Infectious diseases of fish.
Sri Srikumaran, Professor, Rocky Crate-FNAWS Endowed Chair, BVSc, PhD.
Infectious diseases of wildlife: etiology, mechanisms of pathogenesis,
protective immune responses, and development of control measures.
James Stanton, D.V.M.,
Ph.D.; Diplomate American College of Veterinary Pathologists, Assistant
Professor. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
Viveka Vadyvaloo, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Molecular mechanisms of
transmission and persistence of the etiological agent of the bubonic plague,
Yersinia pestis, during its arthropod life stage.
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