Core Members
Johnathon Anderson, PhDAssistant Professor Research Interests: Developing stem cell based therapies for inflammatory and neurological diseases |
Boaz Arzi, DVM, DAVDC, DEVDC, FF-AVDC-OMFSAssistant Professor Research Interests: Oral and maxillofacial regenerative medicine, tissue engineering (Oral and Maxillofacial Regenerative lab) |
Gerhard BauerAssociate Adjunct Professor Research Interests: Gene and Cellular Therapy (GMP Facility) |
Peter Belafsky, MD, PhDAssociate Professor |
Dori Borjesson, DVM, PhD, DACVPProfessor and Chair Research Interests: Immunomodulatory effects of mesenchymal stem cells |
Satya Dandekar, PhDProfessor and Chair Research Interests: Molecular pathogenesis of HIV and SIV, Mucosal immunology of host-pathogen interactions and epigenetic regulation of mucosal immune defense in HIV and SIV infections and co-infections |
Anna Denicol, DVM, MPVM, PhDAssistant Professor Research Interests: Reproductive and developmental biology |
Peter J DickinsonProfessor and Researcher Research Interests: Neurooncology: Molecular genetic characterization of primary brain tumors; development of novel therapeutic strategies for primary brain tumors. |
Nasim Fazel, MD, DDS, MAS,Associate Professor Research Interests: Oral mucosal disorders |
Fernando Fierro, PhDAssistant Adjunct Professor Research Interests: Translation of genetically altered stem cells |
Larry Galuppo, DVM, DACVSProfessor Research Interests: Healing of musculoskeletal injuries using regenerative medicine |
Michael Kent, DVM, MASAssociate Professor Research Interests: Clinical and technical aspects of radiation oncology |
Amir Kol, DVM, PhD, DACVPAssistant Professor Research Interests: Immunomodulatory properties of stem cells |
Maggie Ann Kuhn, MDAssistant Professor Research Interests: Reflux-mediated swallowing disorders, upper esophageal sphincter dysfunction and clinical outcomes of office-based laryngology procedures |
J. Kent Leach, PhDAssociate Professor Research Interests: Tissue engineering and drug Delivery (Leach lab) |
Jamal Lewis, PhDAssistant Professor Research Interests: Immuno-modulatory materials, stimuli-responsive materials, dendritic cell immunobiology, translational medicine, host immune system-material interactions, autoimmune disease therapy (Immuno-modulatory Biomaterials Laboratory) |
Gang-yu Liu, PhDProfessor Research Interests: Nanotechnology and development of biomaterials for regulating cellular signaling processes (Keck Spectra Imaging Facility) |
Stanley Marks, BVSc, PhDProfessor Research Interests: Small animal gastroenterology |
Sina Marsilio, Dr. med. vet., PhD, DACVIM (SAIM), DECVIM-CAAssistant Professor Research Interests: novel treatments and therapy for feline chronic enteropathies |
Michael Mienaltowski, PhDAssistant Professor Research Interests: Development, maturation and repair of musculoskeletal tissues |
Christopher Murphy, DVM, PhDProfessor Research Interests: Application of stem cells for the treatment of eye disease |
James Murray, PhDProfessor and Chair Research Interests: Genetic engineering of mammals and horse genomics |
Jan Nolta, PhDProfessor and Director Research Interests: Migration and homing of stem cells (Nolta lab) |
Sean Owens, DVMAssociate Professor and Associate Dean of Admissions and Student Programs Research Interests: Blood banking and transfusion medicine |
Jamie PeytonStaff Veterinarian Research Interests: Regenerative medicine approaches to tissue healing and repair after burn injury |
Pablo Ross, DVM, PhDAssistant Professor Research Interests: Reproductive biology and epigeneic remodelling |
Eduardo Silva, PhDAssistant Professor Research Interests: Stem/progenitor cells trafficking and biomaterials (Silva lab) |
Scott SimonProfessor Research Interests: Biomechanics of cells and tissues, neutrophil biology, vascular engineering, particularly with respect to inflammatory disease; fluorescence flow cytometry |
Mathieu Spriet, DVM, DACVR, DECDIAssociate Professor Research Interests: Stem cell tracking and diagnostic imaging |
Beverly Sturges, DVM, MS, DACVIMProfessor Research Interests: Stem cell therapy for spinal cord injury |
Christine ToedebuschAssistant Professor Research Interests: Microglilal function in health and disease. Understanding mechanisms of microglia phenotype determination in glioma models. Our goal is to modulate microglia activity for treatment of glioma in both canine and human patients. |
Natalia Vapniarsky, DVM, PhD, DACVPAssistant Research Scientist Research Interests: Tissue-engineered cartilage and stem cell therapies for immune-mediated diseases |
Karen VernauProfessor Research Interests: Inflammatory brain disease, metabolic encephalopathies and brain tumors. |
Frank J Verstraete, DrMedVet, BVSc, MMedVet, DAVDC, DECVS, DEVDCProfessor Research Interests: Oral and maxillofacial regenerative medicine |
Aijun Wang, PhDAssistant Professor Research Interests: Stem cell mediated tissue regeneration and healing (Surgical Bioengineering lab) |
Bart Weimer, PhDProfessor Research Interests: Metagenomics of extreme enviornments and bacterial metabolism |
Kevin Woolard, DVM, PhDAssistant Professor Research Interests: Comparative glioma biology, cancer stem cells, neural stem cells |
Clare Yellowley, PhDProfessor Research Interests: Orthopedics and musculoskeletal biology |