| Investigator |
Topic |
Involvement |
| Olufemi Akinkuotu |
Investigation of underlying modulatory mechanisms and roles
of parasitic infections in the pathogenesis of various infectious
and non-infectious diseases of animals and humans with a focus on
tumorigenesis and other metabolic disease conditions |
American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists; Texas Veterinary
Medical Association; American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene;
World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology;
Association of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine and
Genetics Society of America |
| Prasanth Chelikani |
Pathophysiological mechanisms of obesity, diabetes, and hypertension |
Obesity Society; American Society for Nutrition |
| Klementina Fon Tacer |
Mechanisms of mammalian germ cells adaptation to stress; How and why are
stress protective pathways coopted in cancer; The role of cancer-testis
antigens in stress adaptation; Comparative cancer analysis; The role of
melanoma antigens in neurodevelopmental diseases (Prader-Willi Syndrome, Schaff-Yang
Syndrome) |
Society for the Study of Reproduction; American Society for Andrology;
American Association for Cancer Research; European Association for
Cancer Research; AAAS; TAVMA; Veterinary Cancer Society |
| Stephanie Myers |
Tumorigenesis and cancer metabolism; Drug repurposing as chemotherapeutics; Comparative
cancer pathology |
American College of Veterinary Pathologists; Society of Toxicologic Pathology; TVMA;
American Association for Cancer Research |
| Annelise Nguyen |
Tumorigenesis; Anticancer drug development |
Society of Toxicology, American Association for Cancer Research |
| Fernanda Rosa |
Explore the relationship between diet and the host-microbiota
using in vitro approaches and animal models; Identify diet-associated
molecular markers such as microRNAs involved in the post-transcriptional
regulation of inflammatory response Evaluate bovine milk oligosaccharides
present in neonatal diet and the impact on the immune cell repertoire and
inflammatory cytokine response |
Conference for Research Workers in Animal Disease, (CRWAD), American Association
of Immunologists (AAI), The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)-USDA |
| Devendra Shah |
Molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis with a focus on solving infectious disease problems
that pose health and economic challenges in regional, national, and global agriculture. |
Conference for Research Workers in Animal Disease (CRWAD), American Society of Microbiology
(ASM), Poultry Science Association (PSA) |
| Smriti Shringi |
Mechanisms underlying the evolution of antimicrobial resistance in gastrointestinal
pathogens
Pathogenesis and molecular epidemiology of bacterial and viral infectious diseases. |
Global One Health Academy, USDA-NIFA NC1202 multi-state committee on enteric diseases
of food animals: enhanced prevention, control, and food safety, the American Society
of Microbiology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American
Association for Veterinary Immunologists and Women for One Health |
| Ebenezer Tumban |
Viral infectious diseases, molecular virology, virus-like
particles bioengineering, vaccines & correlates of immune
protection, immunizations |
American Society for Virology, Virus-like particle & nano-particle vaccines |
