Research Investigators
SGU carries out short- and long-term studies in a wide range of disciplines. Please select your area of interest from the menus below:
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Tom Aifuo Aire, DVM, PhD Program Director, Anatomy and Physiology taire@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Reproductive biology of male laboratory animals, Reproductive biology of male wildlife, Reproductive biology of male birds, Reproductive toxicology in laboratory animals and birds |
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Justina Aire, B.Ed, M.Ed, PhD Assistant Dean, School of Arts and Sciences Adjunct Associate Professor, Preveterinary Program/Leadership Programs View Full Profile |
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Muhammad I. Bhaiyat, BVM, PhD Professor, Veterinary Pathology Department of Paraclinical Studies mibhaiyat@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Infectious Diseases of Domestic Animals, Wild Animals, Poultry |
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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 |
Emerging Infectious Diseases , Zoonoses, Food Safety and Food Security, Graduate Medical Education, One Health, One Medicine Concept |
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Sonia Cheetham Brow, DVM, PhD Associate Professor, Veterinary Virology Department of Pathobiology, SVM scheetha@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Viruses, Teaching, Research using both in vitro and in vivo models, Zoonotic viruses, Viruses in Grenada |
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Dirk Burkhardt MD, MSc, PhD Professor of Neuroscience Department of Physiology and Neuroscience dburkhardt@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Energy Conservation, Photovoltaic Systems, Environmental Research, Sustainable Energies, Renewable Energy Sources |
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Brian Phillip Butler, DVM, MPH, PhD Associate Professor Director of Diagnostic Anatomic Pathology bbutler@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Mucosal immunology, Animal models of infectious disease, Alimentary and hepatobiliary pathology, Dermatopathology, Salmonella pathogenesis |
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Reccia N. Charles, DIBA Associate Professor, International Business & Finance Department of Business rcharles1@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
National Cultures, National Context, Absenteeism, Goal Orientation, Motivation, Job Satisfaction, Nutmeg Industry, Eco-Tourism, Country-of-Origin marketing, Task, Relationship, and Overload Stress Inventory |
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Alfred Chikweto, BVetMed, MSc, PhD Instructor, Veterinary Pathology Department of Pathobiology achikweto@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Toxoplasmosis, Cryptosposporidiosis in small ruminants, Animal neoplasms, Honey bee diseases |
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Mark T. Clunes, PhD Associate Professor Department of Physiology/Neuroscience mclunes@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Epithelial Ion Transport, Mucociliary Clearance, Cellular Transduction, Airway Pharmacology |
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Anne Marie Corrigan, MS, DVM, MS DACVIM (SAIM) Professor, Small Animal Internal Medicine acorrigan@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Infectious diseases |
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Vincent A. DeBari, PhD Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seton Hall University Associate Professor of Medicine, St. George’s University, School of Medicine debarivi@shu.edu View Full Profile |
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Physiological and Clinical Chemistry, Immunochemistry and Molecular Immunology |
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June Douglas, PhD School of Arts and Sciences JDouglas@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Writing as therapy - Alternative medicine in the Caribbean |
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Francis A. Fakoya, MBChB, MSc, PhD Professor of Anatomy, Histology and Cell Biology Adjunct Research Professor, School of Veterinary Medicine WINDREF Research Fellow, Windward Island Research and Education Foundation, St. George’s Department of Anatomical Sciences Former Chair, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) ffakoya@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Reproductive Toxicology, Teratology, Neurochemistry, Natural Plant Extracts, Experimental Developmental Biology, Laboratory Animal Welfare |
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Hugh W. Ferguson BVM&S, PhD, Dipl. ACVP, MRCVS, FRCPath Professor Director, Pathobiology Director, Marine Medicine Program hferguson@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Comparative pathology, Pathophysiology, Defence mechanisms in lower vertebrates, especially fish |
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Paul J. Fields, PhD Professor, Office of Research pfields@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Biostatistics, Biomedical Research |
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Dan Fitzpatrick, M.S. Demonstrator Level III, St. George's University School of Veterinary Medicine Department of Pathobiology dfitzpat@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Entomology, Molecular genetics analysis, Virology, Parasitology, Cell and bacterial culture |
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Martin St. Clair Forde, ScD, P. Eng Chair, Public Health and Preventive Medicine mforde@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
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 |
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Kathryn E. Gibson, DVM, PhD Associate Professor kgibson@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Neorickettsia spp., Anaplasmataceae, Molecular Biology, Obligate Intracellular Pathogens, Bacterial Zoonoses, Digenetic Trematodes |
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Karin Kalchofner Guerrero, Dr.med.vet., Dip. ECVAA Associate Professor in Veterinary Anesthesiology kguerrero@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Pain assessment in animals, especially in cats, Pain Management in Small Animals |
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Tomas Guerrero Dr. med vet DECVS Professor Small Animal Medicine & Surgery Academic Program tguerrero@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Small animal orthopedics, biomechanics, traumatology, total hip replacement in the dog |
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Harry Hariharan, BVSc, DVSM, MSc, PhD Professor, Bacteriology/Pathobiology Department of Pathobiology hhariharan@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Zoonotic Bacteria, Methods For Reduction Of C. Jejuni In Chickens, Antimicrobial Drug Resistance Problems In Animal Pathogens, Including Aquatic Bacteria, Cholera-Related Toxins, Shiga Toxin, Botulinum Toxin, Bacteriophagess, Plasmids, Non-Spore-Forming Anaerobes, Diagnostic/Clinical Bacteriology Of Rare And Emerging Pathogens, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Domestic Animals, Characterization of bacteria associated with feral cats |
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Francesca Ivaldi, MS, DVM Associate Professor Small Animal Medicine and Surgery Academic Program FIvaldi@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Clinical Skills, Dentistry, Education, Small Animal Surgery |
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Richard Mugwanya Kabuusu, BVM, MPH, CPH, PhD Associate Professor, Veterinary Clinical Pathology and Public Health Department of Pathobiology rkabuusu@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Disease mapping, zoonotics, medical history, diagnostics, injury and infectious disease epidemiology, and ultrastructural pathology |
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Emmanuel O. Keku, MA, MSPH, MD, FAHA Professor of Epidemiology Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine ekeku@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Cancer, Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD), Obesity, Nutritional Determinants of Chronic Diseases, Genetic Determinants Of Diseases, and Clinical Trials, Infectious Disease Epidemiology - Emerging Infectious Disease, HIV and HPV |
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Victoria Wairimu Kimotho, MPH Researcher Advocacy Manager African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) Headquarters Victoria.kimotho@gmail.com View Full Profile |
Strengthening Health Systems and Community Systems with a focus on human resources for health - community health workers and midlevel health workers for primary health care. |
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Svetlana V. Kotelnikova, PhD Professor Department of Microbiology skotelnikova@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Origin and transmission of antibiotic resistance gene markers in marine bacteria, Molecular based identification of marine pathogens, Culturing of marine Archaea, Evolution of iron-oxidizing bacteria, Antibiofilm forming and antimicrobial substances of biological origin, Health effects of probiotic foods, Microbial diversity of Airborne microorganisms |
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Marta Lanza-Perea, Bach in Vet Med, MSc, MRCVS Associate Professor for Small Animal Medicine and Surgery mperea@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Infectious Diseases, Specially Tick Borne Diseases, Shelter Medicine, One Health Once Medicine, Transmissible Venereal Tumor, Soft Tissue Surgery |
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Marios Loukas, MD, PhD Professor Department of Anatomical Sciences mloukas@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
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 |
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Antonia MacDonald, PhD Associate Dean, School of Graduate Studies Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences amacdona@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
The Writings of Caribbean Women, Caribbean Literary Theory, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Black Studies, Post Colonial Studies, Folklore, St. Lucian Literature |
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Cheryl Macpherson, PhD Professor and Head, Bioethics Division, Department of Clinical Skills, WINDREF Senior Research Fellow ccox@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Research ethics, Public health ethics, Environmental health ethics, Bioethics education, Caribbean bioethics, End-of life and undertreated pain |
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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 |
Parasitology, Tropical Medicine, Epidemiology of Parasitic Zoonoses, Ultrasound for Tropical Parasitic Diseases |
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Mary C. Maj, PhD Associate Professor mmaj@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Mitochondrial dysregulation in human disease, inborn errors of metabolism, oxidative phosphorylation, regulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase, reactive oxygen species in Parkinson’s disease, role of adenosine kinase in epileptogenesis |
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Dr. Kesava Kumar Mandalaneni, MBBS Assistant Professor of Neuroscience kmandalaneni@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Neurology, Stroke Study, Educational Research, History of Neurology, (Neuromyelitis Optica) , Multiple Sclerosis, Neurological & Mental health Policy making |
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Dave Marancik, DVM, PhD, CertAqVet Associate Professor of Aquatic Animal Medicine, Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine dmaranci@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Aquaculture, Aquatic Animals, Biomarkers of Disease, Disease Diagnostics, Immunology, Pathology, Wildlife Veterinary Medicine |
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Cristofre Martin, PhD Professor Department of Biochemistry cmartin@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Heat Shock Proteins (HSP), Marine Biology, Global Warming Effects on Coral Reef Development, Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology, Genomics |
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John S. McKibben, DVM, PhD Professor, Small Animal Hospital jmckibben@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Aquatic animals, exotic animals, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, Babesia, Hepatozoon organisms, dermatology |
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Clare Morrall, PhD Director of the Marine Biology Program cmorrall@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Marine Medicine |
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Ian V.J. Murray, PhD Associate Professor, Physiology and Neuroscience IMurray@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Alzheimer's, Parkinson's diseases, Diabetes, Bacterial metabolites, Memory and Learning, Education, Physiology and Neuroscience |
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Stephen Nimrod, MSc Instructor in Marine Biology Department of Life Sciences snimrod@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Coral Reef Conservation, Coral Bleaching, Threats and Impacts to Coral Reefs, Macroalgal Growth on Coral Reefs, Sea Urchin Fisheries |
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Trevor Paul Noël, MPH Assistant Director, WINDREF Research Institute trevornoel@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Neglected Tropical Diseases, Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatic Heart Disease, Genetic Correlates of Addictive Diseases |
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Tara Paterson, DVM, MSc Associate Professor Small Animal Medicine & Surgery department tpaterson@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Companion animal clinical parasitology (demodicosis, Dirofilaria immitis), Companion animal vector-borne (heartworm disease, ehrlichisis, anaplasmosis) and infectious diseases (Leptospirosis), Companion animal dermatology |
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Elizabeth A. Peach, BSc,CVT/LVT Demonstrator Level III Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery epeach@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Animal Welfare, One Health One Medicine Initiative, Public Health, Non-Surgical Forms of Sterilization for the Control of Overpopulation in Canines and Felines, Shelter Medicine, Zoonoses |
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Rhonda D. Pinckney, M.S., DVM, PhD Professor Department of Pathobiology rpinckney@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Zoonotic Diseases, Infectious Diseases, Parasites of Public Health Significance, Parasitic Diseases, Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Community Outreach Programs |
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Keshaw Prasad Tiwari, BVCs, AH, MSc, Assistance Professor, Department of Pathobiology, SVM ktiwari@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Veterinary Oncology , Immunohistochemistry & Immunofluorescence in Diagnosis of Diseases in Veterinary Practice, Infectious Diseases and Zoonotic Diseases of Animals and Poultry |
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Roger L. Radix, MD MPH, MIB, FRSPH Associate Professor fortrad1@hotmail.com View Full Profile |
Health Policy and Management, Decision Making, Healthy Organizations, Presenteeism and Absenteeism, Nutrition, Stress and Chronic Disease, Prevention of Needle Stick Injuries and blood borne pathogens |
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Rohini Roopnarine, BVSc, MRCVS, M.Phil Associate Professor Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine rroopnarine@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Public Health, Epidemiology, Food Safety and Food Security |
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Elizabeth Marie Rush, BS, DVM Associate Professor, Department of Pathobiology mrush@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Wildlife conservation medicine, clinical medicine and surgery of exotic species, Wildlife Conservation Medicine, Surgery, Disease and Management, Zoonosis and Epidemiology, Wildlife Anesthesia and Pharmacology |
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Terry Ruthrauff, Psy.D Director, Licensed Psychologist Psychological Services Center truthrauff@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Conflict Resolution, Social Justice Issues, Crisis and Disaster Mental Health, Psychotherapy Outcomes, Wellness |
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Samina Rutrecht, PhD Assistant Professor, Medical Parasitology srutrecht@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Parasitic Diseases, Microsporidia, Cryptosporidia, Evolutionary Parasitology, Zoonotic Diseases |
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Ramsey Saunders, PhD Department of BEC (Physics) View Full Profile |
Medical Physics, Biomagnetism: Biomagnetism of the human heart with the aim of the development of new diagnostic modalities., Analysis of the EEG using various mathematical techniques; Chaos (Coarse grain dimensional analysis; Spectral frequency analysis; Wavelets; Tsalis Entropy; Multivariate Analysis)., Nanoplaque formation in the cerebro and vascular systems that lead to Alzheimer’s disease and Arteriosclerosis., Renewable Energy, Solar lighting and heating, Solar disinfection and purification of water using TiO2 nanoparticles, Science for Development, The natural non-metal mineral resources of the Caribbean region, Wastes such as slag and graphite |
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Hugh J. Sealy, PhD, P. Eng Professor Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine Environmental and Occupational Health Track hsealy@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Energy, Solid Waste Management, Water Supply, Wastewater Treatment, Sustainable Development |
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Ravindra N. Sharma, BVSc & AH, MVSc, PhD Professor of Pathology and Avian Diseases Associate Dean Graduate Studies rsharma@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Zoonotic Diseases, Infectious Diseases, Pathology of Diseases in various species of animals, Community Outreach Programs |
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Andrew K. Sobering, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry asobering@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Investigations of natural toxins found in native Caribbean flora, Genetics |
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Diana M. Stone, MPH, DVM, PhD Professor, Veterinary Public Health Department of Pathobiology dstone@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Zoonoses, specifically Zoonotic Viruses of Bats, Epidemiology of Zoonotic Diseases, Seroprevalence studies |
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Wayne R.B Sylvester, DVM Assistant Professor/Clinician Small Animal Medicine and Surgery Program wsylvester@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Vector-borne Diseases |
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Randall Waechter, BBA, PhD Research Grants Coordinator Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation (WINDREF) rwaechte@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Mental Health, Behavioural Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Attention, Working Memory, Reasoning, Decision-making, Anxiety, Trauma, Stress, Resilience, Child Maltreatment, Meditation, Yoga, Intent, Placebo Effect |
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Arno H. Werners, DVM, PhD, DECVPT Professor of Pharmacology awerners@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Innate Immunity, (Equine) Clinical Pharmacology |
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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 |
Equine, Tick-borne diseases, Zoonoses, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Borrelia burgdorferi, Theileria equi, Babesia caballi |
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Melinda J. Wilkerson, DVM, MS, PhD Diplomate, ACVP Professor and Chair, Pathobiology School of Veterinary Medicine mwilkers@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Clinical Pathology, Immunopathology, and Vector borne diseases |
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Ulrike Zieger, MSc, DVM, German Doctorate (Veterinary Physiology) Professor, Veterinary Physiology Department of Preclinical Studies uzieger@sgu.edu View Full Profile |
Wildlife Veterinary Medicine, Wildlife Conservation and Management, Wildlife Parasites, Wildlife Diseases and Disease Control, Game Capture, Management of Protected Areas |