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Number of Trainees
Six trainees |
Principal
Investigator
Philip A. Wood, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Genomics and Pathobiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
1670 University Boulevard
Volker Hall, Room 401
Birmingham, AL 35294-0019
205-934-2117; Fax: 205-975-4418
E-mail: paw@uab.edu
URL: www.uab.edu/genpath
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Major Areas of Interest
We investigate the functional genomics of disease in model
organisms, with special emphasis on genetically modified
mouse models. Through the use of genetically defined mouse
models (transgenics, gene "knock-outs/knock-ins,"
defined genetic backgrounds), we are investigating inborn
errors of fatty acid metabolism, diabetes mellitus,
diseases of chronic inflammation, Alzheimer's disease,
inclusion body myositis, mycoplasma inflammatory diseases,
prostate cancer, and cystic fibrosis.
Index Terms
Alzheimer's disease, chronic inflammatory diseases, cystic
fibrosis, inherited disease of fatty acid oxidation,
prostate cancer.
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Ph.D. Training Program for Veterinarians in Biomedical Research
Number of TraineesSix trainees
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Program
Director
Stephen W. Barthold, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Center for Comparative Medicine
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
530-752-1245; Fax: 530-752-7914
E-mail: swbarthold@ucdavis.edu
URL: http://ccm.ucdavis.edu
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Major Areas of Interest
This NIH-supported training program seeks to train veterinarians
for biomedical research careers within the Center for Comparative
Medicine. The program emphasizes research training, while
instilling an appreciation for membership within the broad
professional community of comparative medicine. Research programs
involve host-agent interactions in a variety of infectious disease
models, as well as biology of the laboratory mouse and non-human
primates. Opportunities exist for training in a robust research environment
that emphasizes molecular virology, molecular biology, cell biology,
biochemistry, immunology, comparative pathology, experimental
pathology, physiology, microbiology, virology, microbial genomics,
mammalian genomics, and genetics. Index Terms
Comparative medicine, comparative pathology, mouse biology,
primate biology, infectious disease.
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Number of TraineesNine trainees
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Principal
Investigator
Donald Reynolds, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
College of Veterinary Medicine
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
515-294-9348; Fax: 515-294-8341
E-mail: dlr@iastate.edu
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Major Areas of Interest
The overall goal of the summer research training program is
to introduce veterinary medical students to research to
encourage them to choose careers in biomedical research.
The scholars will work with faculty in one of these areas:
cellular and molecular pathology, immunology and
immunopathology, molecular genetics and biology,
neurosciences, and pathogenesis of diseases. They will
receive training in cutting edge approaches and
technologies in cellular and molecular biology research and
critical thinking skills in research. They will also receive training in
hypothesis-based research proposal preparation,
experimental design and data analysis, scientific writing
and research presentation, and ethical issues in research.
Index Terms
Biomedical research, molecular biology, neuroscience,
pathology, training grant, veterinary medical students.
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Number of TraineesTen trainees
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Principal
Investigator
Frank Blecha, Ph.D.
Department Head and Professor
Anatomy and Physiology
College of Veterinary Medicine
Kansas State University
228 Coles Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506-5802
785-532-5666; Fax: 785-532-4557
E-mail: blecha@vet.ksu.edu
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Major Areas of Interest
Cardiovascular physiology, immunophysiology, neuroscience,
pathophysiology.
Index Terms
Animal models, cardiovascular physiology,
electrophysiology, molecular biology, respiratory
physiology.
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Number of TraineesThree trainees
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Principal
Investigator
John P. Sundberg, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Senior Staff Scientist
The Jackson Laboratory
600 Main Street
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
207-288-6410; Fax: 207-288-6078 or 6079
E-mail: jps@jax.org
URL: www.jax.org
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Major Area of Interest
Comparative pathology, molecular biology, and model
development using mice, as well as metabolic diseases,
cancer, immunology, hematology, and developmental biology.
Index Terms
Animal models, cardiovascular physiology,
electrophysiology, molecular biology, respiratory
physiology.
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Number of TraineesEight trainees
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Principal
Investigator
M. Christine Zink, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Division of Comparative Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jefferson Street Building, Room 3-127
600 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
410-955-9770; Fax: 410-955-9823
E-mail: mczink@mail.jhmi.edu
URL:
www.hopkinsmedicine.org/comparativemedicine
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Major Area of Interest
Laboratory animal medicine and comparative pathology,
retroviral diseases of animals and humans, comparative
neurovirology and neuropathology, aquatic animal
parasitology, models of mitochondrial disease, signal
transduction, carcinogenesis, interventional radiology, and
experimental surgery.
Index Terms
Animal models, carcinogenesis, neurovirology, pathology,
radiology, toxicology.
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Number of TraineesSix trainees
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Principal
Investigator
Meredith A. Simon, D.V.M.
Assistant Professor of Pathology
New England National Primate Research Center
Harvard Medical School
One Pine Hill Drive
Southborough, MA 01772-9102
508-624-8069; Fax: 508-624-8181
E-mail: msimon@hms.harvard.edu
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Major Areas of Interest
Molecular and comparative pathology, pathogenesis of
immunosuppressive retroviruses and associated opportunistic
infections, infectious diseases, immunopathology,
neurovirology, vascular biology.
Index Terms
AIDS, infectious diseases, macaques, molecular and
comparative pathology, retroviruses.
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Number of Trainees
Six postdoctoral trainees
Six summer veterinary students
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Principal
Investigator
James G. Fox, D.V.M.
Professor and Director
Division of Comparative Medicine
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Building 16-825
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-1735; Fax: 617-258-5708
E-mail: jgfox@mit.edu
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Major Areas of Interest
Molecular pathogenesis of infectious diseases of humans and
animals with particular emphasis on the gastrointestinal
tract, helicobacter and campylobacter infection,
development of animal models for biomedical research,
biology and medicine of the ferret (Mustela putorius
furo), zoonotic and infectious diseases, biosafety
issues in in vivo models, immune modulation of the host by
coinfections.
Index Terms
Ferret, gastrointestinal tract, helicobacter infection,
zoonotic diseases.
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Number of TraineesSix postdoctoral trainees
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Principal
Investigator
Evan T. Keller, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Comparative Medicine and Pathology
Director, Nathan Shock Center Mutant and Transgenic Rodent
Core Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine
University of Michigan
018 Animal Research Facility
1301 E. Catherine Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0940
734-615-0280; Fax: 734-936-9220
E-mail: etkeller@umich.edu
URL: www.ulam.umich.edu
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Major Areas of Interest
Molecular pathogenesis of viral and bacterial disease
(especially Vibrio cholera); cytokines in sepsis and
acute lung injury, degenerative and neoplastic
age-associated diseases; investigation of spontaneous and
iatrogenic diseases of laboratory animals; biology of bone
and skeletal metastases; oxidative stress and aging; animal
model development including degus and zebrafish.
Index Terms
Aging animal model, cancer, degu, genetics, nonhuman
primates, stress, vibrio, zebrafish.
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Number of TraineesSix trainees
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Principal
Investigator
Craig L. Franklin, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Missouri
1600 East Rollins
Columbia, MO 65211
573-882-6623; Fax: 573-884-7521
E-mail: franklinc@missouri.edu
URL: www.radil.missouri.edu/cmp/
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Major Areas of Interest
A broad range of research opportunities is available,
including but not limited to studies in infectious disease
pathogenesis and diagnosis; pathogen discovery; immunology;
molecular microbiology; mutant mouse and rat biology;
cryobiology; development of improved gene mutation
technologies for mice, rats and swine; cardiovascular and
exercise physiology; endocrine disorders; and
radiopharmaceutical development.
Index Terms
Comparative pathology, cryobiology, diagnostic services,
immunobiology, infectious diseases, mutant rodent biology,
pathogenesis.
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Number of Trainees
Six trainees in Comparative Medicine Program
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Principal
Investigator
Douglas D. McGregor, M.D., D.Phil.
Acting Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education
Office of Research and Graduate Education
S2-056 Schurman Hall
College of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-6401
607-253-3544; Fax: 607-253-3756
E-mail: ddm7@cornell.edu
URL:
http://web.vet.cornell.edu/public/research/
gradEd/Scholars.html
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Major Areas of Interest
Reproductive biology, cell biology, receptor-ligand
interactions, signal transduction, cancer biology,
virology, parasitology, immunology, and genetics.
Index Terms
Cancer biology, immunology, parasitology, reproductive
biology, signal transduction.
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Number of Trainees
Six pre-D.V.M. summer trainees
Four post-D.V.M. trainees
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Principal
Investigator
Janice D. Wagner, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Pathology/Comparative Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1040
336-716-1500; Fax: 336-716-1515
E-mail: jwagner@wfubmc.edu
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Major Areas of Interest
Atherosclerosis, osteopathology and bone metabolism,
diabetes mellitus, neurobiology, psychobiology, behavior,
reproductive endocrinology, and cancer biology.
Index Terms
Atherosclerosis, cancer biology, diabetes mellitus,
neurobiology, nonhuman primates, psychobiology.
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Number of TraineesSix trainees
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Principal
Investigator
C. Max Lang, D.V.M.
George T. Harrell Professor and Chairman
Comparative Medicine
College of Medicine
M.S. Hershey Medical Center
Pennsylvania State University
P. O. Box 850
Hershey, PA 17033-0850
717-531-8462; Fax: 717-531-5001
E-mail: cml7@psu.edu
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Major Areas of Interest
Role of endogenous opioids in cancer, wound healing, and
embryology; phenotypes of aging; mouse pathobiology;
cellular physiology of polyamines; transgenics; oncogenes
and malignant progression.
Index Terms
Aging, cancer biology, environment, mouse pathobiology,
opioids, transgenics.
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Number of TraineesFour trainees
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Principal
Investigator
John H. Wolfe, V.M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Center for Comparative Medical Genetics
School of Veterinary Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
3800 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6008
215-590-7028; Fax: 215-590-3779
E-mail: jhwolfe@vet.upenn.edu
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Major Areas of Interest
Molecular biology, pathology, and treatment of animal
models of human genetic diseases, particularly lysosomal
storage disorders, immunodeficiencies, hematologic
disorders, myopathies, developmental defects,
susceptibility to infectious pathogens, and
neurodegenerative diseases; mapping, cloning, and
characterization of disease-causing genes, cytogenetics,
and the molecular and cellular mechanisms of disease;
molecular medicine approaches to the treatment of genetic
diseases include enzyme therapy, transplantation, and
special interest in somatic gene therapy.
Index Terms
Animal models, brain, gene therapy, genetic diseases,
heart, hematopoietic system, immunity, metabolic diseases,
molecular biology, skeleton, stem cells.
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Number of TraineesSix trainees
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Principal
Investigator
Denny Liggitt, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Department of Comparative Medicine
University of Washington
Box 357190
Seattle, WA 98195-7190
206-685-3256; Fax: 206-685-3006
E-mail: dliggitt@u.washington.edu
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Major Areas of Interest
Pathobiology of genetically engineered mice, transgenic
mouse models of GI cancer and infectious diseases,
oncogenesis, and the role of antioxidant enzymes in aging
and cancer, gene-targeted mouse models of aging and the
immune system, transgenic technology, and embryonic stem
cell biology. Nonhuman primate models (AIDS, neurobiology,
etc.), comparative pathology, functional genomics.
Index Terms
Animal models, comparative oncology, developmental
toxicology, genomics, nonhuman primates, pathology,
transgenic mice.
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Number of Trainees
Twelve predoctoral veterinary trainees
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Principal
Investigator
Michael L. Atchison, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine
3800 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-898-6428; Fax: 215-573-5189
E-mail: atchison@vet.upenn.edu
URL: www.vet.upenn.edu
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Major Areas of Interest
Exploring research as a career option: short-term training
in the summer months. Exposure to multiple aspects of
biomedical research including genetics, reproduction,
pathogenesis, neurobiology, cell and molecular biology.
Index Terms
Cell and molecular biology, gene therapy, genetic diseases,
immunobiology, neurophysiology, pathogenesis, receptor
biology, reproduction.
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Number of Trainees
Eight predoctoral veterinary trainees
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Principal
Investigator
David J. Prieur, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Chair and Professor
Department of Veterinary Microbiology & Pathology
College of Veterinary Medicine
Washington State University
P. O. Box 647040
Pullman, WA 99164-7040
509-335-6030; Fax: 509-335-8529
E-mail: dprieur@vetmed.wsu.edu
URL: www.vetmed.wsu.edu
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Major Areas of Interest
Exploring research as a career option: short-term training
in infectious diseases of animals, neuroscience,
biotechnology, emerging diseases, vaccine development,
genomics, and cardiovascular diseases.
Index Terms
Biotechnology, cardiovascular diseases, emerging diseases,
food safety, genomics, infectious diseases, neuroscience,
training, vaccine development.
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