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Perwez Alam, PhD
Assistant Research Professor
Email: alamp@missouri.edu
Research interests: Antimicrobial Resistance; Intracellular Pathogens; Bacterial Genomics; Bacterial-Host Interactions; Vaccine Development; Antimicrobials.
Mostafa F.N. Ateya Abushahba, BVSc, MVSc, PhD
Assistant Research Professor
Email: mostafaa@missouri.edu
Jeffrey J. Adamovicz, PhD
Associate Professor
Phone: 573-882-3261
Email: adamoviczj@missouri.edu
Research interests: Vaccine Development; Animal Model Development; Study of Zoonotic Disease; Biocontainment Experimentation; Host-Pathogen Interactions
Yuksel Agcaa, DVM, MS, PhD
Associate Professor
Phone: 573-884-0311
Email: agcay@missouri.edu
Research interests: Reproduction; Cryobiology; Comparative Medicine; Transgenic Technology
James M. Amos-Landgraf, PhD
Associate Professor
Phone: 573-882-1514
Email: amoslandgrafj@missouri.edu
Research interests: Comparative Medicine; Gene Expression & Control; Molecular Genetics & Genomic Analysis; Translational Medicine
Deborah Anderson, PhD
Professor
Phone: 573-882-7038
Email: andersondeb@missouri.edu
Research interests: Yersinia pestis; Innate Immunity; Transmission; Biocontainment
Christopher P. Baines, PhD
Associate Professor
Phone: 573-884-8767 (office); 573-882-5052 (lab)
Email: bainesc@missouri.edu
Ravi Barabote, PhD
Associate Teaching Professor
Phone: 573-884-2082
Email: rdbr7d@missouri.edu
Research interests: Molecular biology of bacteria, bacterial physiology, bacterial genetics and genomics, and bioinformatics.
Brenda T. Beerntsen, PhD
Professor
Phone: 573-882-5033
Email: BeerntsenB@missouri.edu
Research interests: Mosquito-Parasite Interactions; Mosquito Immunity; Parasites; Malaria; Lymphatic Filariasis
Shawn B. Bender, PhD
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Phone: 573-814-6000 x53731(office); 573-814-6000 x53717 (lab)
Email: benders@missouri.edu
*Sidney Bogue, DVM, M.Ed., DACVP
Assistant Clinical Professor
Phone: 573-882-9386
Email: bogues@missouri.edu
Charles R. Brown, PhD
Professor
Phone: 573-882-1628
Email: brownchar@missouri.edu
Research interests: Innate Immunity; Lyme disease; Borrelia burgdorferi; Arthritis; Eicosanoids
Elizabeth C. Bryda, MS, PhD
Curators’ Distinguished Professor, Interim Associate Chair of the Department of Pathobiology and Integrative Biomedical Sciences
Phone: 573-882-5504
Email: brydae@missouri.edu
Research interests: Embryonic stem cells; Kidney Disease; Deafness; Comparative Medicine; Rodent Genetics
*Annabelle Burnum, DVM, DACVP
Assistant Clinical Professor
Phone: 573-882-6811
Email: aburnum@missouri.edu
Research interest: Pathology
Michael Calcutt, PhD
Professor
Phone: 573-882-1291
Email: calcuttm@missouri.edu
Research interests: Mycoplasmas; Animal Pathogens; Mobile Genetic Elements; Surface Antigens; Horizontal Gene Transfer
Lane L. Clarke, DVM, PhD
Professor
Investigator, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center
Phone: 573-882-7049 (office); 573-882-2847 (lab)
Email: ClarkeL@missouri.edu
Kevin J. Cummings, PhD
Associate Professor
Interim Director, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center
Email: cummingske@missouri.edu
Daniel J. Davis, PhD
Assistant Research Professor
Phone: 573-884-1804
Email: davisdaniel@missouri.edu
Research interests: Genetic Engineering; CRISPR-Cas; Animal Modeling; Transgenic Technology
*Michelle DeCourcey, DVM, MS, DACVP (Clinical)
Assistant Clinical Professor
Phone: 573-882-0052
Email: mdecourcey@missouri.edu
Aaron Ericsson, DVM, PhD
Associate Professor
Phone: 573-882-1019
Email: ericssona@missouri.edu
Research interests: Gut Microbiota; Metagenomics; Next-generation Sequencing; Mucosal Homeostasis; Colorectal Cancer
Alexander W.E. Franz, PhD
Associate Professor
Phone: 573-884-2635
Email: franza@missouri.edu
Research interests: Arbovirology; Genetic Manipulation of Mosquitoes; Innate Immunity
Laxman Gangwani, MSc, PhD
Professor
Phone: 573-882-2339
Email: laxman.gangwani@missouri.edu
Research interests: AD and ADRD, ALS, Genome Integrity, Neuroscience, R-loop Metabolism, SMA
Roman Ganta, PhD
McKee Endowed Professor of Veterinary Pathobiology
Research interests: Tick and other vector-borne diseases; Human, canine and ruminant Ehrlichiosis; Human, canine and bovine anaplasmosis; Rocky Mountain spotted fever; Rickettsial genetics (mutagenesis) and molecular biology
*Tamara Gull, DVM, MS, PhD
Associate Clinical Professor
Phone: 573-882-0106 (office); 573-884-9245 (bacteriology lab)
Email: tgull@missouri.edu
Research interests: Bacteriology; Mycoplasma; Respiratory Disease of Large Animals; Disaster Preparedness and Response
*Tamara Hancock, DVM, MS, PhD
Assistant Teaching Professor
Phone: 573-882-6705
Email: hancockts@missouri.edu
*Rosalie Ierardi, DVM, MS
Clinical Instructor
Phone: 573-882-3432
Email: ierardir@missouri.edu
Research interests: Pathology, Livestock, Food Animal, Infectious Disease
*Dae Young Kim, DVM, PhD
Clinical Professor and Associate Director VMDL
Phone: 573-882-4665
Email: kimdy@missouri.edu
Research interests: Dermatopathology; Diagnostic Pathology; Infectious Disease
David D. Kline, PhD
Professor, Interim Chair of the Department of Pathobiology and Integrative Biomedical Sciences
Phone: 573-884-0505
Email: KlineDD@missouri.edu
*Kei Kuroki, DVM, PhD
Professor
Phone: 573-882-6811
Email: kurokik@missouri.edu
Research interests: Osteoarthritis; Comparative Orthopaedic; Joint Pathology
Christian L. Lorson, PhD
Professor, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
Phone: 573-884-2219
Email: lorsonc@missouri.ed
Research interests: Molecular Genetics; Gene Therapy; Drug Development; RNA Processing; Alternative Splicing; Neurodegeneration; Spinal Muscular Atrophy; Animal Models of Disease
Monique A. Lorson, PhD
Associate Research Professor
Phone: 573-356-0343
Email: lorsonm@missouri.edu
Research interests: Spinal Muscular Atrophy; Neurodegenerative Disease; Animal Models of Human Disease; Swine; Therapeutic Delivery
Wenjun Ma,PhD
Professor
Phone: 573-882-2863
Email: wma@missouri.edu
Research interests: Zoonotic and Emerging Virus Diseases; Virus-host Interactions; Vaccine and Antiviral Development; Animal Models; Influenza
Hongsheng Men, PhD
Assistant Research Professor
Phone: 573-884 9803
Email: menho@missouri.edu
Research interests: Reproductive Physiology; Stem Cell Biology; Rodent Models
*W. Jefferson Mitchell, Jr., DVM, PhD
Associate Professor
Email: MitchellWJ@missouri.edu
Research interests: Pathology; Virology
*Susan M. Moore, MS, PhD
Associate Clinical Professor
Phone: 573-882-8539
Email: smmoore@missouri.edu
Research interests: Rabies Control and Prevention, Clinical Laboratory Quality Assurance, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Global Public Health, and One Health
Nicole L. Nichols, PhD
Associate Professor
Phone: 573-882-2534 (office); 573-882-3715 (lab)
Email: nicholsn@missouri.edu
Wendy L. Picking, PhD
Professor
Phone: 573-882-0093
Email: wendy.picking@missouri.edu
Research interests: Bacterial Pathogenesis, Vaccine Development, Molecular Biology, Protein Purification, Antigen Discovery
William D. Picking, PhD
Professor
Phone: 573-882-8537
Email: pickingw@missouri.edu
Research interests: Bacterial Pathogenesis, Secretion Systems, Protein Structure, Biophysics, Biochemistry
Ram Raghavan, MS, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Email: RaghavanRK@missouri.edu
Research interests: Epidemiology; Vector-borne, Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases; Parasitology; Molecular Diagnostics; Disaster Preparation
*Angela B. Royal, DVM
Associate Clinical Professor and Clinical Pathology Section Head, VMDL
Phone: 573-882-0086
Email: royalab@missouri.edu
*Zhenyu Shen, BVM, MS, PhD
Assistant Research Professor
Phone: 573-884-4883 / 573-882-7419
Email: ShenZ@missouri.edu
Kamlendra Singh, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor
Phone: 573-882-9024
Email: singhka@missouri.edu
Research interests: HIV-1 and HIV-2, Coronaviruses; Hepatitis B and C; Foot-and-Mouth Disease; Computer Aided Drug Design
*Amanda Smith, DVM, DACVP
Assistant Clinical Professor
Phone: 573-882-6811
Email: acsmith@missouri.edu
Timothy A. Snider, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Professor
Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs
Phone: 573-884-6774
Email: mucvmoaa@missouri.edu
Srinand Sreevatsan, BVSC, MVSC, MPH, PhD
Professor
Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine
Email: CVMDean@missouri.edu
*Fred Williams III, DVM
Associate Clinical Professor
Email: williamsfre@missouri.edu
Research interest: Pathology
Sean Whittier, PhD
Assistant Research Professor
*Michael Zhang, DVM, MS, PhD, ACVM
Clinical Professor
Phone: 573-882-3427
Email: zhangmz@missouri.edu
*Shuping Zhang, PhD
Professor and Director of VMDL
Phone: 573-882-6811
Email: zhangshup@missouri.edu
Research interests: Bacteria; Defensins; Diagnostics; Salmonella; Surveillance
* Members of Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory