Beck, Alan M., Director, Center of the Human-Animal Bond, Dorothy N. McAllister Professor of Animal Ecology.  B.A., Brooklyn College (CUNY); M.A., California State University at Los Angeles, 1968; Sc.D., The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, 1972.

Research Interests: Human-animal interactions; animals and human health; animal behavior; human behavior with animals; animal bite and attack behavior; animal bite and attack epidemiology; rabies epidemiology; human attitudes towards animals; humane attitudes towards wildlife; animals and child development; animal use in therapeutic settings, and biomedical ethics.

Camp, Joseph W., Professor of Veterinary Parasitology and Secretary of Faculties.  B.S., Illinois State University, 1974; M.S., Illinois State University, 1977; Ph.D., Wake Forest University, 1980.

Research Interests: Epidemiology and ecology of parasitic diseases; parasite induced changes in morphology, physiology, and behavior of invertebrate and vertebrate hosts; Identification of peptide sequences related to apicomplexan proteins from Sarcocystis neurona.

Christian, John A.,  Associate Professor of Veterinary Clinical Pathology, Director, Clinical Pathology Laboratory.  D.V.M., Auburn University, 1982; Ph.D., Purdue University, 1992.

Research Interests: Experimental Hematology: Adipocytokines and Inflammation, metabolic syndrome, biology/biomarkers of aging.

Crist, Scott., Assistant Research Professor of Comparative Pathobiology.  L.P.N, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA, 1986; B.S., University of Iowa, 1990, Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1997.

Research Interests: Immunology, molecular biology, gene regulation, pathology of chronic inflammatory diseases.

Davis, Jerry K., Professor of Laboratory Animal Medicine.  D.V.M., Auburn University, 1974, Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1981.

Research Interests: Laboratory animal medicine, infectious disease, and animal models.

Elzey, Bennett D.,  Assistant Research Professor of Comparative Pathobiology.  B.S., Iowa State University, 1990; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1999; Postdoctoral Scientist, Washington University, 2001, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Iowa, 2006.

Research Interests: Animal models of prostate and liver cancers.

Glickman, Larry T., Professor of Epidemiology; Clinical Epidemiology Section Head.  B.A., SUNY/Binghamton, 1964; M.A., State University of New York, 1966; D.V.M., University of Pennsylvania, 1972; M.P.H., University of Pittsburgh, 1975; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1977; Fellow, American College of Epidemiology.

Research Interests: Epidemiology; comparative oncology, emerging and zoonotic diseases; vaccinology; pharmacovigilance.

HogenEsch, Harm, Head, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology; Professor of Immunopathology.  D.V.M., University of Utrecht, 1984; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1989; Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists.

Research Interests: Vaccine development, adjuvants, and vaccine safety; immunopathology of allergic disease.

Holland, Christine C.Clinical Assistant Professor of Veterinary Pathology.  D.V.M. Purdue University, 1973; Ph.D., Purdue University, 1984; Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists, 1988.

Research Interests: Diagnostic Pathology.  Avian and mammalian necropsy, biopsy and diagnostic interpretation.

Hooser, Stephen B., Associate Professor of Toxicology; Head of Toxicology Section and Assistant Director, Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory.  D.V.M., University of Illinois, 1982; M.S., University of Illinois, 1986; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1989; Post-doctoral: University of Arizona; Diplomate, American Board of Veterinary Toxicology.

Research Interests: Development of proteomics methods for diagnostic and clinical medicine, diagnostic toxicology, and hepatic toxicology.

Kazacos, Evelyn A., Associate Professor of Veterinary Pathology; Pathology Section Head. B.S., SUNY at Albany, 1972; M.S., Purdue University, 1976; D.V.M., Purdue University, 1980; Ph.D., Purdue University, 1984; Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists.

Research Interests: Computer-assisted instruction in pathology; tissue response to biomaterials and implants; pathology of pancreatic diseases, zinc toxicosis; ultrastructural pathology; pathology of parasitic diseases.

Kazacos, Kevin R., Professor of Veterinary Parasitology; Director, Clinical Parasitology Laboratory. B.S., SUNY at Albany, 1971; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 1974; D.V.M., Purdue University, 1979.

Research Interests: Pathogenesis, pathology and epidemiology of parasitic diseases; diagnostic and clinical parasitology; immunobiology of helminth infections; parasitic zoonoses; visceral, ocular and neural larva migrans; Baylisascaris spp.; Echinococcus spp.

Kim, Chang H., Associate Professor of Immunology. B.S., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1990; M.S., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1992; Ph.D., Indiana University School of Medicine, 1998, Postdoc, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1999-2002.

Research Interests: Roles of chemokines and chemokine receptors in trafficking of leukocytes in normal and diseased conditions. Chemokines and chemokine receptors in forming immunity against pathogens and cancer cells. Engineering of lymphocyte trafficking.

Kreisle Regina A., Professor of Pathobiology.  M.D., Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis), 1985; Ph.D., Washington University, School of Medicine (St. Louis), 1985.

Research Interests: Professional education curriculum development; competency evaluation and assessment; development of teaching materials; immunobiology of inflammation; tumor angiogenesis; zoonoses and occupational hazards of veterinary medicine.

Lenz, Stephen D., Associate Professor of Veterinary Pathology, D.V.M., Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Research Interests: Veterinary pathology and diagnostic immunohistochemistry.

Lin, Tsang L., Professor of Veterinary Pathology; Senior Veterinary Diagnostic Pathologist, Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory.  D.V.M., National Taiwan University, 1977; M.S., University of Minnesota, 1983; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1987.

Research Interests: Molecular pathology, immunopathology, and pathogenesis of infectious, toxic, and neoplastic diseases; Vaccinology.

Messick, Joanne B.,  Associate Professor of Veterinary Clinical Pathobiology.  D.V.M., University of Pennsylvania, 1986; Ph.D., The Ohio State University.

Research Interests: Clinical Pathology and mycoplasmology (hemotrophic mycoplasmas).  Evaluation of risk factors for M. haemocanis infection and potential for transplacental transfer in kennel-raised canines.

Miller, Margaret (Peg) A., Professor of Veterinary Pathology.  D.V.M., University of Missouri, 1977; Ph.D., Washington State University, 1981; Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists.

Research Interests: Toxic lung and olfactory injury; diagnostic pathology; canine mammary neoplasia, equine pituitary dysfunction.

Mittal, Suresh K., Professor of Molecular Virology; Director of Laboratory of Gene Therapy, Microbiology, Immunology, and Public Health Section Head, Member of Purdue Cancer Center. D.V.M., Haryana Agricultural University, 1982; M.S., Haryana Agricultural University, 1984; Ph.D., University of Cambridge, 1989.

Research Interests: Human and nonhuman adenoviral vectors, recombinant vaccines, gene therapy circumvention of adenoviral vector immunity and toxicity, targeted adenoviral vectors for cancer gene therapy, innate and adaptive immunity, immunization of elderly.

Mohammed, Sulma I., Associate Professor of Cancer Biology; Director of Purdue Drug Development Shared Resource.  D.V.M, Khartoum University, 1977; M.S., Cornell University, 1982; Ph.D., Purdue University, 1991.

Research Interests: Identification of specific and sensitive biomarkers for early detection of cancer using laser capture microdissection (LCM), proteomics and nanotechnologies.  Cyclooxygenase expression and prostaglandin production in relation to cancer development, progression, and response to therapy.

Moore, George E., Associate Professor of Clinical Epidemiology.  D.V.M., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1979; M.S., University of Georgia, Athens, 1991; Ph.D., Purdue University, 2005.  Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine.

Research Interests: Companion animal disease epidemiology, zoonotic diseases; use of large medical databases.

Ochoa-Acuña, Hugo G., Assistant Professor of Environmental Epidemiology.  D.V.M., University of Chile, 1989; M.S., University of Florida, 1995; Ph.D., University of Florida, 1999.

Research Interests: Ecological and environmental correlates of disease; environmental risk assessment; ecotoxicology.

Pogranichniy, Roman M., Assistant Professor of Veterinary Microbiology.  D.V.M., Ukrainian National Agricultural University, Kiev, Ukraine, 1993; M.S. Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 2000; Ph.D., Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 2005.

Research Interests: Veterinary diagnostic and infectious diseases of production animals, emerging infectious diseases (Diagnosis, pathogenesis, and vaccine development).

Raizman, Eran A., Assistant Professor of Large Animal Epidemiology.  D.V.M., Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile, 1997; MP.V.M., University of California, Davis, 2001; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2005.

Research Interests: Epidemiology of Johne’s disease, dairy cow infectious disease, disease transmission between livestock and wildlife, epidemiology of wildlife diseases.

Ramos-Vara, Jośe A., Associate Professor of Veterinary Pathology with Tenure.  D.V.M., Central University of Madrid, Spain, 1980; Ph.D., Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain, 1989; Diplomate, European College of Veterinary Pathologists.

Research Interests: Immunohistochemical characterization of neoplastic diseases.  Development of diagnostic tests for infectious and neoplastic diseases using immunohistochemistry and other in situ techniques.

Raskin, Rose E., Director, Continuing Education. Professor of Veterinary Clinical Pathology.  B.A., Rutgers University, 1971; D.V.M., Purdue University, 1976; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1987; Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists.

Research Interests: Hematopoietic malignancies in domestic animals; comparative hematology and cytology of non-domestic animals.

Ratliff, Timothy L., Director, Purdue Cancer Center.  Professor of Microbiology.  B.A., University of Texas, 1971; M.S., Texas A & M, Commerce, 1974; Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 1977.

Research Interests: Immunotherapy of prostrate and bladder, inflammation of the prostate and bladder, platelet modulation of immunity.

Rebar, Alan H., Executive Director of Discovery Park, Senior Associate Vice President for Research, Professor of Veterinary Clinical Pathology.  D.V.M., Purdue University, 1973; Ph.D., Purdue University, 1975; Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists.

Research Interests: Toxicologic pathology; inhalation toxicology; hematology/diagnostic cytology.

Reed, Willie M., Dean and Professor of Veterinary Pathology.  B.S., Animal and Poultry Science, Tuskegee Institute, 1976; D.V.M., Tuskegee Institute, 1978; Ph.D., Veterinary Pathology, Purdue University, 1982.  Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists, 1983.  Charter Diplomate, American College of Poultry Veterinarians, 1991.

Research Interests: Pathogenesis of infectious diseases of swine and birds. Gastrointestinal pathology, Salmonellosis, Avian pox, Marek’s disease, and leukosis J virus.

Snyder, Paul W., Professor of Veterinary Pathology.  D.V.M., Iowa State University, 1985; Ph.D., Purdue University, 1992; Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists.

Research Interests: Immunopathology; immunotoxicology; toxicologic pathology; developmental biology; environmental medicine.

Stevenson, Gregory W., Professor of Veterinary Pathology; Diagnostic Consultant, Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory.  D.V.M., Iowa State University, 1979; M.S., Iowa State University, 1981; Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1990; Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists.

Research Interests: Swine infectious and metabolic diseases.

Thacker, H. Leon, Professor of Veterinary Pathology; Director, Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory.  D.V.M., Purdue University, 1965; Ph.D., Purdue University, 1976; Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists.

Research Interests:  Avian diseases and swine diseases.

Thompson, Craig A., Clinical Assistant Professor. B.S., Oklahoma State University, College of Agricultural Sciences, 1994; D.V.M., Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1998; Residency, Clinical Pathology, Texas A&M University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2002.

Research Interests: Diagnostic pathology, especially morphology - cytology, hematology, histopathology, transmission electron microscopy.

Torgerson, Paul,  Professor of Veterinary Parasitology; B.A., University of Cambridge, UK, 1983;  VetMB, University of Cambridge, UK, 1986; Ph.D., University of Cambridge, UK, 1992; Diplomate, European College of Veterinary Parasitologists, 2004.

Research Interests: Parasite transmission and persistence in migratory host systems.

Van Alstine William G., Professor of Veterinary Pathology.  B.S., University of Missouri, 1978; D.V.M., University of Missouri, 1981; M.S., Iowa State University, 1984; Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1987; Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists.

Research Interests: Toxicopathology, cardiovascular and respiratory pathology; swine models of human diseases; diagnostic pathology.

VanVleet, John F., Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Veterinary Medicine; Professor of Veterinary Pathology.  D.V.M., Cornell University, 1962; M.S., University of Illinois, 1965; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1967; Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists.

Research Interests: Cardiovascular pathology; cardiotoxicity; skeletal muscle pathology; selenium-vitamin E deficiency.

Vemulapalli, Ramesh, Associate Professor of Veterinary Immunology/Microbiology.  B.V.Sc. & A.H., Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, 1986; M.V.Sc., Indian Veterinary Research Institute, 1989; Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1996.

Research Interests: Infectious diseases; microbial virulence factors; host immune responses; preventive and therapeutic vaccine development; immuno-modulation; bacterial vaccine vectors; nucleic acid vaccines; novel strategies to enhance vaccine efficacy.

Wu, Ching-Ching, Professor of Veterinary Microbiology; Head, Bacteriology and Mycology Section, Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory. D.V.M., National Taiwan University, 1980; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1987.

Research Interests: Microbial pathogenesis; host-parasite interactions; molecular detection and differentiation of microbial pathogens; recombinant and DNA vaccines; infectious bursal disease; avian coronaviral diseases; mycoplasmosis; salmonellosis; porcine pleuropneumonia; porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome; Johne’s disease; clinical microbiology; and antimicrobial susceptibility/resistance.