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    School of Veterinary Medicine Research Faculty Profiles

    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.

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    Muhammad I. Bhaiyat, BVM, PhD

    Muhammad I. Bhaiyat, BVM, PhD

    Professor, Veterinary Pathology
    Department of Paraclinical Studies

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Infectious Diseases of Domestic Animals
    • Wild Animals
    • Poultry
    Satesh Bidaisee DVM, MSPH, EdD, CPH, FRSPH

    Satesh Bidaisee DVM, MSPH, EdD, CPH, FRSPH

    Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
    Assistant Dean for School of Graduate Studies

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Human Behavior
    • Climate
    • Zoonoses
    • Food Safety and Food Security
    • Human and Animal Refugee Health
    • One Health Concept
    Catherine Werners-Butler, PhD, DVM, MRCVS, Dipl. ECEIM, Dipl. RNVA

    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

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Equine
    • Tick-borne diseases
    • Zoonoses
    • Anaplasma phagocytophilum
    • Borrelia burgdorferi
    • Theileria equi
    • Babesia caballi
    Sonia Cheetham Brow, DVM, PhD

    Sonia Cheetham Brow, DVM, PhD

    Associate Professor, Veterinary Virology
    Department of Pathobiology, SVM

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Viruses
    • Teaching
    • Research using both in vitro and in vivo models
    • Zoonotic viruses
    • Viruses in Grenada
    Cheryl Macpherson, PhD

    Cheryl Macpherson, PhD

    Professor, Department of Clinical Skills, WINDREF Senior Research Fellow

    Position Type
    • Cooperating Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • 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
    Alfred Chikweto, BVetMed, MSc

    Alfred Chikweto, BVetMed, MSc

    Associate Professor, Veterinary Pathology
    Department of Pathobiology

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Toxoplasmosis
    • Cryptosposporidiosis in small ruminants
    • Animal neoplasms
    Richard Mugwanya Kabuusu

    Richard Mugwanya Kabuusu, BVM, MPH, CPH, PhD

    Associate Professor, Veterinary Clinical Pathology and Public Health
    Department of Pathobiology

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Disease mapping
    • Zoonotics
    • Medical history
    • Diagnostics
    • Injury and infectious disease epidemiology
    • Ultrastructural pathology
    Tom Aifuo Aire, DVM, PhD

    Tom Aifuo Aire, DVM, PhD

    Program Director, Anatomy and Physiology

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Reproductive biology of male laboratory animals
    • Reproductive biology of male wildlife
    • Reproductive biology of male birds
    • Reproductive toxicology in laboratory animals and birds
    Rhonda Pinckney

    Rhonda D. Pinckney, M.S., DVM, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Pathobiology

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Zoonotic Diseases
    • Infectious Diseases
    • Parasites of Public Health Significance
    • Parasitic Diseases
    • Parasitology and Tropical Medicine
    • Community Outreach Programs
    Melinda J. WIlkerson

    Melinda J. Wilkerson

    Diplomate, ACVP Professor and Chair, Pathobiology School of Veterinary Medicine

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Clinical Pathology
    • Immunopathology
    • Vector borne diseases
    Ulrike Zieger

    Ulrike Zieger, MSc, DVM, German Doctorate (Veterinary Physiology)

    Professor, Veterinary Physiology
    Department of Preclinical Studies

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Wildlife Veterinary Medicine
    • Wildlife Conservation and Management
    • Wildlife Parasites
    • Wildlife Diseases and Disease Control
    • Game Capture
    • Management of Protected Areas
    Arno H. Werners, DVM, PhD, DECVPT

    Arno H. Werners, DVM, PhD, DECVPT

    Professor of Pharmacology

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Innate Immunity
    • (Equine) Clinical Pharmacology
    Wayne Sylvester

    Wayne R.B Sylvester, DVM

    Assistant Professor/Clinician
    Small Animal Medicine and Surgery Program

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
    • Vector-borne Diseases
    Diana Stone

    Diana M. Stone, MPH, DVM, PhD

    Professor, Veterinary Public Health
    Department of Pathobiology

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Zoonoses, specifically Zoonotic Viruses of Bats
    • Seroprevalence studies
    • Epidemiology of Zoonotic Diseases
    Noel Trevor

    Trevor Paul Noël, MPH, PhD

    Assistant Director, WINDREF Research Institute

    Position Type
    • Cooperating Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Neglected Tropical Diseases
    • Rheumatic Fever
    • Rheumatic Heart Disease
    • Genetic Correlates of Addictive Diseases
    Stephen Nimrod

    Stephen Nimrod, MSc

    Instructor in Marine Biology
    Department of Life Sciences

    Position Type
    • Cooperating Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Marine Protected Areas (MPA)
    • Coral Reef Conservation
    • Coral Bleaching
    • Threats and Impacts to Coral Reefs
    • Macroalgal Growth on Coral Reefs
    • Sea Urchin Fisheries
    Clare Morrall

    Clare Morrall, PhD

    Director of the Marine Biology Program

    Position Type
    • Cooperating Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Marine Medicine
    Calum Macpherson

    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

    Position Type
    • Cooperating Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Human behavior
    • Zoonoses
    • Climate change
    • Vector-borne diseases and SARS-CoV-2
    • Epidemiology
    • Surveillance
    Lanza Perea Marta

    Marta Lanza-Perea, Bach in Vet Med, MSc, MRCVS

    Associate Professor for Small Animal Medicine and Surgery

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Infectious Diseases
    • Specially Tick Borne Diseases
    • Shelter Medicine
    • One Health Once Medicine
    • Transmissible Venereal Tumor
    • Soft Tissue Surgery
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    Josephine Azikuru Afema, BVM, MPVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVPM

    Associate Professor, Department of Pathobiology

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • 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.
    Heidi Janicke
    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Equine Surgery
    • Large Animal surgery
    • Equine Inflammatory diseases
    • Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
    • Assessment in Higher Education
    • Curriculum Design in Higher Education
    Kumar Kamashi

    Kamashi Kumar, BVSc & AH, MVSc, PhD

    Associate Professor of Pharmacology

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Antimicrobial Resistance
    • Medicinal Properties of Natural Plants
    • Cell Culture Studies
    • Nanoparticles
    • Drug Toxicity
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    Kerri Nigito, BSc, DVM

    Clinical Instructor, Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, SVM

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Food safety
    • Food residues
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    Hector Zerpa Gonzalez, MV. MSc. PhD.

    Associate Professor, Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology Department

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Cardiovascular physiology and pharmacology
    • Endothelial function
    • Vascular reactivity
    Firdous Khan
    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Theriogenology
    • Equine and bovine endometritis
    • Uterine proteomics
    • Follicular dynamics
    • Canine transmissible venereal tumor
    Paul Fields

    Paul Fields

    Professor, Office of Research

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Biostatistics
    • Biomedical Research
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    Francesca Ivaldi

    Associate Professor Small Animal Medicine and Surgery Academic Program

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Clinical Skills
    • Dentistry
    • Education
    • Small Animal Surgery
    Anne Corrigan

    Anne Marie Corrigan

    Professor, Small Animal Internal Medicine

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Infectious diseases
    Elizabeth Peach

    Elizabeth A. Peach, BSc, CVT/LVT

    Demonstrator Level III Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • 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
    Tara Paterson

    Tara Paterson, DVM, MSc

    Associate Professor Small Animal Medicine & Surgery department

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Companion animal clinical parasitology (demodicosis, Dirofilaria immitis)
    • Companion animal vector-borne (heartworm disease, ehrlichisis, anaplasmosis) and infectious diseases (Leptospirosis)
    • Companion animal dermatology
    David Marancik

    Dave Marancik, DVM, PhD, CertAqVet

    Associate Professor of Aquatic Animal Medicine, Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Aquaculture
    • Aquatic Animals
    • Biomarkers of Disease
    • Disease Diagnostics
    • Immunology
    • Pathology
    • Wildlife Veterinary Medicine
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    Bhumika Sharma, BSc., MSc.

    Veterinary Teaching Associate

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Microbiology
    • Anaplasmataceae
    • Obligate Intracellular Pathogens
    • Molecular Biology
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    Andy Alhassan, DVM, MSc, PhD

    Associate Professor

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Infectious Diseases
    • Zoonoses
    • Vector-Borne Diseases
    • Genomics
    • Molecular Biology
    • Molecular Diagnostics
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    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Medical Education
    • Interprofessional Education
    • One Health Education
    • Teaching with Technology
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    Sharianne Suepaul, DVM, PhD, PGCert. UTL

    Associate Professor, Department of Pathobiology

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Leptospirosis
    • Staphylococcus spp.
    • Antimicrobial resistance
    • Investigating alternatives to antimicrobials
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    Sophie Moittié, LicVet, DVetMed

    Assistant professor in zoological medicine

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Primate diseases
    • Biomarker discovery
    • Diagnostic tools
    • Anesthesia
    • Zoo preventative medicine
    • Wildlife conservation
    • Aquatic animal medicine
    • Zoo nutrition
    Ray Kaplan
    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • 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
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    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • 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.
    Afroza Khanam

    Afroza Khanam, BSc, MSc, PhD

    Instructor, Department of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Antimicrobial resistance
    • Nanomaterials and their application in medicine
    • Public health
    • Food safety
    • Green research
    • Molecular biology
    • Topical and systematic reviews
    • Theriogenology
    Caroline Jane Noel

    Caroline Jane Noel

    Lecturer, Clinical Skills

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Chronic Non Communicable Disease
    • Childhood and adult obesity
    • Vaping
    • BLS teaching
    • Medical student self-awareness
    Atoum Abdullah

    Atoum Abdullah

    Instructor, Biochemistry Department

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • E-learning
    • Curriculum design and development
    • Pedagogy and andragogy
    • Technology in education
    • Science education
    • Public health education
    • Community health
    • Mental health
    Stephan Bandelow

    Stephan Bandelow

    Associate Director of Research, SGU Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Neuroscience & Behavioral Sciences

    Position Type
    • Full Time Faculty
    • SVM Researcher
    Interests
    • Dementia
    • Age-related chronic disease
    • Cognitive Psychology
    • Language analysis and modelling
    • Medical semantics
    • Mixed effects models
    • Time series modelling
    • Geospatial analysis