Below is a list of current mentors. Click on their name to see their mentor profiles (those without links are pending).
Dr. Pam Adkins, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
Research area(s): Bovine mastitis, Beef calf health, Bacteriology, Molecular epidemiology, Impacts of antimicrobial usage
Dr. Yuksel Agca, DVM, PhD
Research area(s): Cellular and molecular reproduction, reproductive cryobiology and transgenics
Dr. Jim Amos-Landgraf, PhD
Research area(s): Animal models of disease, Colon cancer, COVID, genetics of susceptibility to disease
Dr. Deb Anderson, PhD
Research area(s): Emerging infectious diseases, host response to infection
Dr. Shawn Bender, PhD
Research area(s): Cardiovascular dysfunction in obesity and co-morbid conditions, with a focus on cardiac and coronary vascular function
Dr. Doug Bowles, PhD
Research area(s): Atherosclerosis, smooth muscle proliferation, migration, ion channels
Dr. Charlie Brown, PhD
Research area(s): Innate immunity and inflammation
Dr. Elizabeth Bryda, PhD
Research area(s): Animal modeling, Molecular genetics, Genetic engineering, Comparative medicine
Dr. Lane Clarke, DVM, PhD
Research area(s): Gastrointestinal physiology, Cystic fibrosis
Dr. Kevin Cummings, PhD
Research area(s): Neural control of cardiorespiratory and autonomic function
Dr. Maria Dashek, DVM, PhD
Research area(s): Avian diseases
Dr. Craig Emter, PhD
Research area(s): Cardiovascular diseases
Dr. Aaron Ericsson, DVM, PhD
Research area(s): Microbiomes, Gut/brain axis, Fetal programming of behavior and metabolism, Neurodevelopment
Dr. Craig Franklin, DVM, PhD, DACLAM
Research area(s): Microbiota in reproducibility and translatability of rodent models of disease (What? So what? Now what?)
Dr. Laurel Grisanti, PhD
Research area(s): Heart Failure, Inflammation, G Protein-Coupled Receptors
Dr. Tamara Hancock, DVM, PhD, DACVP (clinical)
Research area(s): Professional socialization and identity development, Well-being, mental health, & inclusion, Qualitative methods
Dr. Sarah Hooper, DVM, PhD
Research area(s): Ecophysiology, Ecosystem health, Ecotoxicology, Disease ecology, Non-invasive biomarkers
Drs. Rosalie Ierardi, DVM, MS, DACVP and Ram Raghavan, MPH, PhD
Research area(s): Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Infectious disease, Spatial epidemiology, Vector-borne, emerging and zoonotic diseases
Dr. Philip Johnson, BVSc, MS, MRCVS, DACVIM (some projects in collaboration with Dr. Aaron Ericsson)
Research area(s): Equine microbiome, Equine internal medicine
Dr. David Kline, PhD
Research area(s) Control of breathing, blood pressure control, Mechanisms of cardiorespiratory disease, hypoxia
Katrina K. Knott, MS, PhD, Environmental Health Unit, Missouri Department of Conservation; Katrina.Knott@mdc.mo.gov
Research area(s): Ecotoxicology, Nutritional Ecology, Animal Behavior, Wildlife Disease, Physiological Ecology, OneHealth
Dr. Sehwon Koh, PhD
Research area(s): Neurobiology, Neuron-glia interaction, Synapse development, Neurological disorders
Dr. Teresa Lever, PhD (projects in collaboration with Dr. Nicole Nichols, PhD)
Research area(s): Laryngeal function
Dr. Chris Lorson, PhD
Research area(s):Neurodegenerative disease, Gene therapy, Animal models
Dr. Leslie Lyons, PhD
Research area(s): Precision medicine in companion animals, Feline health and genetics, Feline populations genetics, Biomedical models, Wild felids and endangered species, Conservation genetics
Dr. Wenjun Ma, MVSc, PhD
Research area(s): Viral diseases of animals with an emphasis on emerging zoonotic viral infections (e.g., Influenza virus, Rift Valley Fever virus)
Dr. Charles Maitz, DVM, PhD
Research area(s): Radiation biology, DNA damage repair, Radiopharmaceuticals
Dr. F.A. (Tony) Mann, DVM, MS, DACVS, DACVECC
Research area(s): Emergency/Critical Care and Soft tissue surgery
Dr. Lynn M. Martin, DVM, MPH, DACVIM (LAIM) (collaborative projects only)
Research area(s): Equine internal medicine – ophthalmology, clinical immunology, microbiome, laminitis
Dr. Allison Meyer, PhD
Research area(s): Developmental programming in beef cattle, or how nutrition and management of pregnant cows and heifers impacts their calves. We are especially interested in health and metabolism of neonatal beef calves
Dr. Rajiv Mohan, PhD, FARVO
Research area(s): Ocular gene therapy, Corneal nanomedicine, Corneal wound healing, Refractive laser surgery, Keratoconus, Ocular CounterACT research, Glaucoma bleb fibrosis, Corneal neovascularization
Dr. Nicole Nichols, PhD (some projects in collaboration with Dr. Teresa Lever)
Research area(s): Breathing and swallowing function and their coordination in rodent models of motor neuron death
Dr. Wole Odemuyiwa, DVM, PhD, DACVM
Research area(s): Virology, Immunology, Molecular diagnostics
Dr. Rachel Olson, PhD
Research area(s): Emerging and vector borne-infectious disease
Dr. Satyanarayana Rachagani, PhD
Research area(s): Pancreatic, lung and colorectal cancers
Dr. Ram Raghavan, MPH, PhD
Research area(s): Spatially-enabled computational epidemiology of vector-borne and infectious diseases
Dr. Cheryl Rosenfeld, DVM, PhD
Research area(s): Endocrine disruptors. Placenta, Brain, Microbiome, Epigenetics
Dr. Bill Stich, PhD
Research area(s): Biology of ticks and tick-borne pathogens, with the goal of developing more effective approaches for control of tick-borne diseases that impact people and domestic animals
Dr. Bryan Torres DVM, PhD, DACVS-SA, DACVSMR
Research area(s): Gait analysis, Musculoskeletal and joint biomechanics, Sports medicine and rehabilitation, Osteoarthritis and pain management
Dr. Kile Townsend, DVM, MS, DACVIM (LAIM)
Research area(s): Equine internal medicine – endocrine disease, microbiome, neuromuscular disease; Veterinary Education – use of simulators for learning, evaluating teaching and learning
Dr. Bret Ulery, PhD
Research area(s): Biomaterials, Immunoengineering, Regenerative medicine
Dr. Michael Zhang, DVM, PhD
Research area(s): Virology, Immunology