Zoonotic Diseases, Infectious Diseases, Parasites of Public Health Significance, Parasitic Diseases, Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Community Outreach Programs

American Veterinary Medical Association, American Society of Parasitologists, American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists, Phi Zeta Honor Society.

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Dr. Pinckney received a PhD (cum laude) in Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Parasitology, Auburn University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathobiology, Auburn, Alabama, (1994). Her previous education includes a DVM from Tuskegee University (1986), a MS (cum laude), Veterinary Parasitology, Oklahoma State University, (1980), and a BS, Animal Science/General Agriculture, Purdue University, (1976).

Dr. Pinckney is currently a professor with the School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathobiology, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies. Some of Dr. Pinckney’s previous experience includes Public Health Laboratory Assistant at the Madison Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Services, Instructor at the Madison Area Technical College, Veterinary Technician Program, and Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin.

Dr. Pinckney served her country honorably from November 1981 to November 1995 as a Captain, U.S. Army Reserves, Veterinary Corps, with active duty with the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, veterinary activity units in Washington, DC, Virginia, and Maryland, including food inspection and sanitation support for military commissaries.

Dr. Pinckney has received several teaching awards and recognition, most recently including President of the International/National Phi Zeta Honor Society (2009-2011), Carl Norden-Pfizer Distinguished Teaching Award (2007), Outstanding Professor in the SGU SVM Department of Paraclinical Studies (2005-2006), and a Certificate of Merit for Exceptional contributions to the undergraduate mentor program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, (1997). Dr. Pinckney is currently an Ad Hoc Journal Reviewer for the Journal of Parasitology and the Veterinary Technician.

Pinckney, R. D. and T. E. Paterson. Aberrant migration of Dirofilaria immitis in dogs. March 2011. NAVC Clinician's Brief (Make Your Diagnosis), 9 (issue 3): 73-76.

Coomansingh, C., R. D. Pinckney, M. I. Bhaiyat, A. Chikweto, S. Bitner, A. Baffa, R. Sharma, J. P. Dubey. Prevalence of endoparasites in wild rats (Rattus norvegicus)in Grenada. 2009. West Indian Veterinary Journal, 9(1): 17-21.

Paterson T, Halliwell R, Fields P, Lanza Louw M, Louw J, Ball G, Pinckney R, McKibben J. Treatment of canine generalized demodicosis: a blind, randomized clinical trail comparing the efficacy of Advocate® Bayer Animal Health) with ivermectin. Vet Dermatol 2009;20:447-455.

A. Chikweto, R. Sharma, M. I. Bhaiyat, R. Pinckney, C. DeAllie, C. Richards. 2009. Prevalence of Angiostrongylosis in rats (Rattus norvegicus) in Grenada, West Indies. Veterinary Parasitology, 162: 160-162.

Pinckney, R. D., C. Coomansingh, M. I. Bhaiyat, A. Chikweto, R. Sharma, C. N. L. Macpherson. Prevalence of parasites in free-range chickens from Grenada, West Indies. 2008. West Indian Veterinary Journal, 8(1): 23-26, 2008

Zieger U (PI), Pinckney, R, Cole, RA (U.S. Dept. of Interior, U.S. Geological Survey and National Wildlife Health Center) and veterinary students (collaborators), A Survey of Protoxoal and Helminth Parasites in Cane Toads (Bufo marinus) in St. George's and St. David Parishes of Grenada, 2010-2011.

M. Perea, J. McKibben, R. Pinckney, S. Mofya. Molecular characterization of Ehrlichia and Anaplasma in dogs and ticks from Grenada, West Indies. 2007-2009

R. Sharma (PI), J. P. Dubey, USDA, Beltsville, MD; R.D. Pinckney, M.I. Bhaiyat, (Co-PI’s). Seroprevalence of T. gondii, Hanta virus and intestinal parasites in wild caught Grenadian rats. Department of Paraclinical Studies, SGU SVM, Grenada, West Indies, 2005.

R. Sharma (PI), J.P. Dubey, M. I. Bhaiyat and R.D. Pinckney (Co-PI’s). Seroprevalence of T. gondii and gastrointestinal parasites in free-range Grenadian poultry. USDA and SGU SVM, Grenada, West Indies, 2005.