Research programs in the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology are focused on comparative medicine, laboratory animal health, emerging and vector borne infectious diseases, studies of biodefense-related organisms, and the molecular and genetic basis of disease, including spinal muscle atrophy, polycystic kidney disease, and canine inherited diseases. Expertise in bacteriology, virology, parasitology, clinical and anatomical pathology, and laboratory animal medicine provide for a highly collaborative research environment and excellent opportunities for graduate and postdoctoral training.

Research Centers:

Research and Service Laboratories:

Research Disciplines:

Anatomic Pathology: A. Bermudez, G.C. Johnson, D.Y. Kim, K. Kuroki, W. J. Mitchell, D. Shaw, and F. Williams III

Bacteriology: D. Anderson, M. Calcutt, C.A. Carson, W.H. Fales, C. Franklin, R. Livingston, T. Reilly, L. Riley, E.K. Steffen, G. Stewart, R.W. Stich, and G. Zhang

Clinical Pathology: L.M. Berent, M.S. Whitney, C. Wiedmeyer

Comparative Medicine: B.A. Bauer, C.L. Besch-Williford, C.L. Franklin, R.S. Livingston, L.K. Riley, E.K. Steffen, E. Bryda

Immunology: C. Brown, M, D.E. Hassett, C. Franklin, R. Livingston

Infectious Diseases: D. Anderson, B.A. Bauer, B. Beerntsen, L.M. Berent, A. Bermudez, C. Besch-Williford, C.R. Brown, M. Calcutt, C.A. Carson, W.H. Fales, C.L. Franklin, D. Hassett, G.C. Johnson, D.Y. Kim, R.S. Livingston, C.L. Lorson, M. Lorson, W.J. Mitchell, T. Reilly, L.K. Riley, S. Schommer, D. Shaw, E.K. Steffen, R.W. Stich, G. Stewart, C. Wiedmeyer, F. Williams III, G. Zhang

Molecular Genetics and Genomic Analysis: C. Lorson, M. Lorson, B. Ray, A. Ray, L.K. Riley, G.S. Johnson, B.A. Bauer, E. Bryda

Molecular Pathology: E.C. Bryda, M. Calcutt, W.J. Mitchell

Parasitology: B. Beerntsen, R. W. Stich

Reproductive Biology & Pathology: Y. Agca, H. Schatten

Toxicology: S.W. Casteel, T.J. Evans

Virology: D. Hassett, S. Schommer