The following profiles represent the SVM faculty involved in research and SVM Adjunct and Cooperating faculty who collaborate with SVM researchers.  SVM faculty also collaborate with many other researchers at institutions in North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia.  These collaborations are reflected within the individual SVM faculty research profile.

SVM Faculty

The following individuals are full-time faculty in the SVM involved in research.  These profiles reflect primarily those faculty engaged in hypothesis-based, original research.  Also included are faculty who contribute to veterinary scholarship through authoring book chapters, being on editorial boards and by being major organizers/contributors to symposia, workshops and continuing education.

SGU Cooperating Faculty

The following individuals are full-time SGU faculty who are either in the School of Medicine, the School of Arts and Sciences or the School of Graduate Studies and collaborate with SVM faculty on research.

	Name	Faculty Type	Area of Interest
	Atoum Abdullah Instructor, Biochemistry Department aabdulla@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	E-learning, curriculum design and development, pedagogy and andragogy, technology in education, science education, public health education, community health and mental health.
	Josephine Azikuru Afema, BVM, MPVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVPM Associate Professor, Department of Pathobiology jazikuru@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Integrated approaches (epidemiology, mathematical modeling, molecular techniques, human behaviors and cultures) to understand disease transmission at the human-domestic animal-wildlife interface., Contribute to research to raise awareness about neglected zoonotic bacterial and parasitic infections (brucellosis, cysticercosis, salmonellosis, Q-fever, leptospirosis,) so that they can be prioritized for public health intervention. , Antibiotic use in livestock, emergence, dissemination, and persistence of antimicrobial resistance in animal production systems and environments.
	Firdous Ahmad Khan, BVSc, MVSc, DVSc, DACT Assistant Professor fkhan8@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Theriogenology, Equine and bovine endometritis, Uterine proteomics, Follicular dynamics, Canine transmissible venereal tumor
	Justina Aire, B.Ed, M.Ed, PhD Assistant Dean, School of Arts and Sciences Adjunct Associate Professor, Preveterinary Program/Leadership Programs View Full Profile	Cooperating Faculty
	Tom Aifuo Aire, DVM, PhD Program Director, Anatomy and Physiology taire@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Reproductive biology of male laboratory animals, Reproductive biology of male wildlife, Reproductive biology of male birds, Reproductive toxicology in laboratory animals and birds
	Andy Alhassan, DVM, MSc, PhD Associate Professor aalhass1@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Infectious Diseases, Zoonoses, Vector- Borne (ticks, fleas, and mosquitoes) Diseases, Genomics; Molecular Biology, Molecular Diagnostics
	Yasmin Allison-Burnett Associate Professor, Clinical skills Department yallison@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty
	Stephan Bandelow Associate Director of Research, SGU Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Neuroscience & Behavioral Sciences sbandelo@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Dementia, age-related chronic disease, Cognitive Psychology, Language analysis and modelling, medical semantics, mixed effects models, time series modelling, geospatial analysis.
	Adina Bethel Demonstrator, Clinical Skills abethel2@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Basic Life Support, Information Technology, Simulation.
	Muhammad I. Bhaiyat, BVM, PhD Professor, Veterinary Pathology Department of Paraclinical Studies mibhaiyat@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Infectious Diseases of Domestic Animals, Wild Animals, Poultry
	Satesh Bidaisee DVM, MSPH, EdD, CPH, FRSPH Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine Assistant Dean for School of Graduate Studies sbidaisee@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Human Behavior, Climate, Zoonoses, Food Safety and Food Security, Human and Animal Refugee Health, One Health Concept
	Sonia Cheetham Brow, DVM, PhD Associate Professor, Veterinary Virology Department of Pathobiology, SVM scheetha@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Viruses, Teaching, Research using both in vitro and in vivo models, Zoonotic viruses, Viruses in Grenada
	Brian Phillip Butler, DVM, MPH, PhD Associate Professor Director of Diagnostic Anatomic Pathology bbutler@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Mucosal immunology, Animal models of infectious disease, Alimentary and hepatobiliary pathology, Dermatopathology, Salmonella pathogenesis
	Stacey Byers, DVM, MS, DACVIM(LA) Associate Professor, Livestock Medicine sbyers1@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Livestock medicine and surgery; infectious diseases; gastrointestinal, metabolic, and endocrine disorders; neonatology; communication training and professional development
	Alfred Chikweto, BVM, MSc, PhD Associate Professor, Veterinary Pathology Department of Pathobiology achikweto@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Toxoplasmosis, Cryptosposporidiosis in small ruminants, Animal neoplasms
	Alvin Chitterman Lecturer, Physiology, Neuroscience, and Behavioral Sciences achitte1@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Endocrine physiology
	Anne Marie Corrigan, MS, DVM, MS DACVIM (SAIM) Professor, Small Animal Internal Medicine acorrigan@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Infectious diseases
	Mahesh Shriram Deokar, B.V.Sc. & A.H., M.V.Sc Associate Professor of Anatomy mdeokar@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Reproductive Biology, Gross Anatomy, Developmental Anatomy, Histomorphology, Histochemistry and Immunohistochemistry, Electron Microscopy, Cytoskeletal proteins, Spermatogenesis and Spermiogenesis.
	Samantha Dickson Demonstrator, Clinical Skills Department, Coordinator of Simulation and the American Heart Association (AHA) International Training Center sdickson@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Volunteering in Emergencies, Occupational Health and Safety, Workplace Safety, Environmental and Community Health, Health Education, Learning and retention, Behavior Change, Gender equity in the Global landscape, Efficacy of Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Testing and Simulation.
	Camila B. Dores, DVM, MSc,PhD, ACVP Associate Professor, Pathobiology cdores@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Reproductive Pathology, Comparative Biology, Animal Models, Toxicology, Tissue Derived Stem Cells
	Jonnel Edwards, BSc, MSc Demonstrator of Aquatic Animal Medicine, Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine jedward6@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Marine Ecology, Marine Turtle Pathology, Wildlife Veterinary Medicine, Environmental Health & Safety
	Hugh W. Ferguson BVM&S, PhD, Dipl. ACVP, MRCVS, FRCPath Professor Part Time, Department of Pathobiology hferguson@sgu.edu View Full Profile		Comparative pathology, Pathophysiology, Defence mechanisms in lower vertebrates, especially fish
	Paul J. Fields, PhD Professor, Office of Research pfields@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Cooperating Faculty	Biostatistics, Biomedical Research
	Martin St. Clair Forde, ScD, PEng Professor, Public Health and Preventive Medicine mforde@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Cooperating Faculty	Occupational Health and Safety, Workplace Evaluation, Exposure Assessment, Environmental Health, Evaluation of exposures to Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPS), Pesticides and heavy metals, Biomedical Waste Management, Ergonomics, Industrial Hygiene, Zoonoses
	Hugo J. Hernandez-Fonseca, M.V., MSc., Ph.D. Professor HFonsec1@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	His main area of research interest is focused on factors affecting in vitro embryo production and fertility. He has also explored the effects of different environmental and growth factors on embryo development in the bovine and feline.
	Francesca Ivaldi, MS, DVM Associate Professor Small Animal Medicine and Surgery Academic Program FIvaldi@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Clinical Skills, Dentistry, Education, Small Animal Surgery
	Heidi Janicke, VetMed, PhD, MRCVS, Dipl. ECVS, SFHEA Associate Professor hjanicke@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Equine Surgery, Large Animal surgery, Equine Inflammatory diseases, Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Assessment in Higher Education, Curriculum Design in Higher Education
	Richard Mugwanya Kabuusu, BVM, MPH, CPH, PhD Associate Professor, Veterinary Clinical Pathology and Public Health Department of Pathobiology rkabuusu@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Disease mapping, zoonotics, medical history, diagnostics, injury and infectious disease epidemiology, and ultrastructural pathology
	Ray M. Kaplan, DVM, PHD, DACVM, DEVPC Professor rkaplan@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Parasitology including: anthelmintic resistance in helminth parasites, epidemiology and control of livestock parasites, genetics, genomics and molecular diagnosis of anthelmintic resistance in nematode parasites, new drug discovery, parasites of aquatic animals
	Afroza Khanam, BSc, MSc, PhD Instructor, Department of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine akhanam@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Antimicrobial resistance, Nanomaterials and their application in medicine, Public health, Food safety, Green research, Molecular biology, Topical and systematic reviews, Theriogenology
	Kamashi Kumar, BVSc & AH, MVSc, PhD Associate Professor of Pharmacology kamashikumar@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Antimicrobial resistance, medicinal properties of natural plants, cell culture studies, nanoparticles, drug toxicity
	Marta Lanza-Perea, Bach in Vet Med, MSc, MRCVS Associate Professor for Small Animal Medicine and Surgery mperea@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Infectious Diseases, Specially Tick Borne Diseases, Shelter Medicine, One Health Once Medicine, Transmissible Venereal Tumor, Soft Tissue Surgery
	Marios Loukas, MD, PhD Professor Department of Anatomical Sciences Dean of Basic Sciences mloukas@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Cooperating Faculty	Cardiac Anatomy, Cardiovascular Pathology, Surgical Anatomy and Technique, Arteriogenesis, Angiogenesis, Medical Education, History of Medicine, Molecular Biology, Teaching, Learning & Assessment, Ultrasound, Medical Education, Anatomical Services
	Cheryl Macpherson, PhD Professor and Head, Bioethics Division, Department of Clinical Skills, WINDREF Senior Research Fellow ccox@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Cooperating Faculty	Bioethics, Public health ethics, Research ethics, Climate change and health, One Health, Veterinary bioethics , The Caribbean,, Small Island Developing States, Low resource settings, Capacity building, Education for critical thinking and writing, Community engagement, Biobanking
	Calum N.L. Macpherson, PhD, DIC Vice Provost, International Development Program Dean, School of Graduate Studies Director of Research Professor, Parasitology, School of Medicine Professor, Veterinary Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine cmacpherson@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Cooperating Faculty	Human behavior, Zoonoses, Climate change, Vector-borne diseases and SARS-CoV-2, Epidemiology, Surveillance
	Dave Marancik, DVM, PhD, CertAqVet Associate Professor of Aquatic Animal Medicine, Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine dmaranci@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Aquaculture, Aquatic Animals, Biomarkers of Disease, Disease Diagnostics, Immunology, Pathology, Wildlife Veterinary Medicine
	Sophie Moittié, LicVet, DVetMed Assistant professor in zoological medicine smoittie@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Primate diseases, biomarker discovery, diagnostic tools, anesthesia, zoo preventative medicine, wildlife conservation, aquatic animal medicine, zoo nutrition.
	Clare Morrall, PhD Director of the Marine Biology Program cmorrall@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Cooperating Faculty	Marine Medicine
	Kerri Nigito, BSc, DVM Clinical Instructor, Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, SVM nigker1@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Food safety, Food residues
	Stephen Nimrod, MSc Instructor in Marine Biology Department of Life Sciences snimrod@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Cooperating Faculty	Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Coral Reef Conservation, Coral Bleaching, Threats and Impacts to Coral Reefs, Macroalgal Growth on Coral Reefs, Sea Urchin Fisheries
	Trevor Paul Noël, MPH Assistant Director, WINDREF Research Institute trevornoel@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Cooperating Faculty	Neglected Tropical Diseases, Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatic Heart Disease, Genetic Correlates of Addictive Diseases
	Caroline Jane Noel Lecturer, Clinical Skills cnoel7@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Chronic Non Communicable Disease, Child hood and adult obesity, Vaping, BLS teaching, Medical student self-awareness.
	Tara Paterson, DVM, MSc Associate Professor Small Animal Medicine & Surgery department tpaterson@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Companion animal clinical parasitology (demodicosis, Dirofilaria immitis), Companion animal vector-borne (heartworm disease, ehrlichisis, anaplasmosis) and infectious diseases (Leptospirosis), Companion animal dermatology
	Elizabeth A. Peach, BSc,CVT/LVT Demonstrator Level III Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery epeach@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Shelter Medicine, Animal Welfare, One Health One Medicine Initiative, Public Health, Zoonoses, Non-Surgical Forms of Sterilization for the Control of Overpopulation in Canines and Felines, Disaster Preparedness
	Rhonda D. Pinckney, M.S., DVM, PhD Professor Department of Pathobiology rpinckney@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Zoonotic Diseases, Infectious Diseases, Parasites of Public Health Significance, Parasitic Diseases, Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Community Outreach Programs
	Rohini Roopnarine, DVM, M.Phil, EdD (Higher Education), MRCVS Professor RRoopnarine@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Medical Education, Interprofessional Education, One Health Education, Teaching with Technology
	Bhumika Sharma, BSc., MSc. Veterinary Teaching Associate bsharma@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Microbiology, Anaplasmataceae, Obligate Intracellular Pathogens, Molecular Biology
	Diana M. Stone, MPH, DVM, PhD Professor, Veterinary Public Health Department of Pathobiology dstone@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Zoonoses, specifically Zoonotic Viruses of Bats, Epidemiology of Zoonotic Diseases, Seroprevalence studies
	Sharianne Suepaul, DVM, PhD, PGCert. UTL Associate Professor, Department of Pathobiology ssuepaul@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Leptospirosis, Staphylococcus spp., antimicrobial resistance and investigating alternatives to antimicrobials.
	Wayne R.B Sylvester, DVM Assistant Professor/Clinician Small Animal Medicine and Surgery Program wsylvester@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Vector-borne Diseases
	Charlotte Taylor-Drigo Lecturer, Clinical Skills ctaylor@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Artificial Intelligence in academic medicine
	Shellon Thomas Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry sthoma10@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Leadership development, Advancement in medical education, Advancement in all areas of medicine
	Sharmila Upadhya Professor, Biochemistry and Genetics shupadhya@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Medical Education, innovation in teaching methods, assessment methods, Nutrition, Metabolism, and impact of integrated curriculum delivery.
	Arno H. Werners, DVM, PhD, DECVPT Professor of Pharmacology awerners@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Innate Immunity, (Equine) Clinical Pharmacology
	Catherine Werners-Butler, PhD, DVM, MRCVS, Dipl. ECEIM, Dipl. RNVA Associate Professor Diplomate European College Equine Internal Medicine Large Animal Medicine and Surgery Academic Program cwerners@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Equine, Tick-borne diseases, Zoonoses, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Borrelia burgdorferi, Theileria equi, Babesia caballi
	Melinda J. Wilkerson, DVM, MS, PhD Diplomate, ACVP Professor and Chair, Pathobiology School of Veterinary Medicine mwilkers@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Clinical Pathology, Immunopathology, and Vector borne diseases
	Nicki Wise, DVM, PhD, DACVIM Associate Professor, Pathobiology SVM lwise1@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Equine Infectious Diseases, Equine Piroplasmosis, Immunology
	Hector Zerpa Gonzalez, MV. MSc. PhD. Associate Professor, Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology Department hzerpago@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Cardiovascular physiology and pharmacology, Endothelial function, Vascular reactivity
	Ulrike Zieger, MSc, DVM, German Doctorate (Veterinary Physiology) Professor, Veterinary Physiology Department of Preclinical Studies uzieger@sgu.edu View Full Profile	Full-Time Faculty	Wildlife Veterinary Medicine, Wildlife Conservation and Management, Wildlife Parasites, Wildlife Diseases and Disease Control, Game Capture, Management of Protected Areas