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2020 Faculty Mentors
and their Research Interests

There were over 30 projects available.

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Department of Comparative, Diagnostic and Population Medicine (CDPM)

Faculty UF E-mail address JOINT FACULTY (IF ANY) research project or interests
Dr. Sal Frasca, Jr sfrasca@ufl.edu Drs. D Brown, K Shiomitsu, S Bechtel RNA scope, aquatic pathology, cancer genetics, mycoplasma
Dr. Bonnie Gatson bonniejh@ufl.edu –– Practicalityofpre-operativeECGassessment in geriatric patients
Dr. Alice Lee alice.lee@vetmed.ufl.edu Heartworm antigen test cross-reactivity in dogs infected with intestinal helminths
Dr. Robert Ossiboff rossiboff@ufl.edu Characterizing in vitro infectivity of serpentoviruses
Dr. Adam Stern adamstern@ufl.edu –– Cause of Death and Disease Prevalence in Stray Dogs
Dr. Heather Walden hdstockdale@ufl.edu –– Prevalence of canine intestinal parasites in fecal samples collected from public space
Dr. Heather Walden –– Dr. Robert Ossiboff Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Cuban tree frogs in Florida
Dr. Heather Walden –– Dr. Robert Ossiboff Development of marine mammal parasite database

Department of Infectious Diseases & Immunology (ID&I)

Faculty UF E-mail address JOINT FACULTY (IF ANY) research project or interests
Dr. Mary Brown mbbrown@ufl.edu Genetic characterization of anaplasma and mycoplasma species
Dr. Daniel R. Brown drbrown@ufl.edu Next Generation Diagnostics for Mycoplasmosis
Dr. Julie M. Moore juliemoore@ufl.edu Therapeutics Intervention in Murine Malaria in Pregnancy
Dr. Bikash Sahay sahayb@ufl.edu Dr. Janet Yamamoto Application advanced gene-editing tools for FIV cure
Dr. Thomas B. Waltzek tbwaltzek@ufl.edu Aquatic animal health, Viral genomics, Bioinformatics, Metagenomics, Phylogenomics

Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (LACS)

JOINT FACULTY (IF ANY) Research project or interests
Dr. Adam Biedrzycki dradam@ufl.edu Dr. Alison Morton Determining the accuracy of surgical procedures using 3D virtual surgery methods
Dr. Jabur Bittar Dr. Joao Henrique Beef cattle, Infectious diseases of cattle, Vaccine immune response, Trace minerals and stress
Dr. Sally DeNotta s.denotta@ufl.edu Opioid-SparingSedation for Atlantoaxial Cerebrospinal Fluid Collection in Horses
Dr. Klibs Galvao galvaok@ufl.edu –– Reproductive performance of dairy cows suffering from metritis and ketosis
Dr. Iske Larkin ivlarkin@ufl.edu Effect of liquid storage and cryopreservation on the morphometry of spermatozoa in the Florida manatee
Dr. Iske Larkin ivlarkin@ufl.edu –– Postmortem assessment of cetacean spermatozoa morphology, morphometry, and ultrastructure

Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences (SACS)

Faculty uf e-mail address JOINT FACULTY (IF ANY) Research project or Interests
Dr. Sandra Bechtel sbechtel@ufl.edu Dr. Keijiro Shiomitsu Tumor infiltrating macrophages, MCP-1 , TGF-beta and Canine osteosarcoma
Dr. Judith Bertran bertran.judith@ufl.edu Feasibility of microwave ablation to the canine prostate: a cadaveric study
Dr. Amara Estrada estradaa@ufl.edu Dr. Christina Pacak Cardiac Disease Modeling in the Doberman Pinscher Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Dr. Aitor Gallastegui aitorgallastegui@ufl.edu Correlation of CT findings with lumbosacral and sacroiliac pain in 100 sled dogs.
Dr. Robson Giglio giglior@ufl.edu Computed tomography; cardiac disease; avian
Dr. Amandine Lejeune alejeune@ufl.edu Dr. Keijiro Shiomitsu Canine Transitional cell carcinoma, cancer, RNA-base scope
Dr. Julie Levy levyjk@ufl.edu Shelter management programs for cats living with FeLV and FIV
Dr. Julie Levy levyjk@ufl.edu –– Programs for managing community cats in Florida Shelters
Dr. Domenico Santoro dsantoro@ufl.edu mecA, mecC and Panton-Valentine-Leukocidin genes, canine
Dr. Meg Sleeper margaretmsleeper@ufl.edu Dr. Darcy Adin Biomarkers associated with cachexia in cardiac disease and cancer in dogs and cats
Dr. Carlos Souza souzachm@ufl.edu Dr. Keijiro Shiomitsu Evaluation of cytokine production by mast cell tumor cell lines
Dr. Federico Vilaplana Grosso fvilaplanagrosso@ufl.edu Computed tomographic findings in chelonians with trauma

Department of Physiological Sciences

Faculty uf e-mail address jOINT FACULTY (if any) research project or interest
Dr. Chris Martyniuk cmartyn@ufl.edu Drs. Chris Vulpe, Amara Estrada CRISPR-gene editing of canine cells
Dr. Aaron Mickle amickle@ufl.edu Viral Targeting of Micturition Circuits
Dr. Steve Roberts smroberts@ufl.edu –– Heat and Pesticide Stress in the Kidney

 

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