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Heather White
Associate Professor, Dairy Science; Faculty Director, UW Dairy Innovation Hub
Understanding nutrient partitioning to improve feed efficiency and metabolic health in dairy cows

Jennifer Van Os
Assistant Professor, Animal & Dairy Science; Extension Specialist, Animal Welfare
Understanding and improving the welfare (quality of life) of dairy cows and calves


Mark Markel
Professor, chair, medical sciences; director, comparative orthopedic research lab; associate dean, vet school
Expert on bone and cartilage regeneration/healing and bone fracture. Also, focused on prevention of breakdown injuries in horses

Eszter Boros
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Expert in radiopharmaceuticals, metal based diagnostics and therapeutics, coordination chemistry

Robert Kirchdoerfer
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry, Institute for Molecular Virology, Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology
Expert on coronavirus entry into host cells and replication of viral RNA genomes. Structural biology and molecular aspects of protein machines.

Mostafa Zamanian
Associate Professor, Pathobiological Sciences
Expert on parasitic diseases of humans and animals


Adela Oliva Chavez
Assistant professor, Department of Entomology
Tick-borne diseases, obligate intracellular bacteria, tick-pathogen interactions, host-pathogen interactions, extracellular vesicles, tick feeding, pathogen transmission, vaccine development, tick biology, Anaplasmosis

Sandra (Sandi) Sawchuk
Clinical instructor, section head, primary care service, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital
Small animal (dogs and cats) veterinarian with extensive media experience

Susan Schaefer
Clinical associate professor, small animal orthopaedics, surgical sciences
Expert on canine arthroscopic joint surgery and canine musculoskeletal MRI

Cara Westmark
Assistant Professor, Neurology
Expert on Alzheimer's disease, fragile X syndrome and the study of dietary interventions in preclinical models

Elizabeth Wright
Professor, Biochemistry
Expert on the development and use of cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) as applied to viruses, bacteria, and human cells.

Jessica Hite
Assistant Professor, Pathobiological Sciences
Hite's research uses interdisciplinary approaches to gain new insight into how pathogens evolve in response to drugs and immune defense strategies.

Peter Lalley
Emeritus professor, physiology
Expert in brain and spinal cord control of respiration; autonomic nervous system; neurotransmitters and control of respiration, effects of ageing on respiratory nervous system.

Laura Hernandez
Assistant professor, dairy science
Expert in the area of lactation biology and the factors that regulate milk synthesis

Timothy Stein
Assistant professor, medical sciences
Expert in spontaneous and genetically modified animal models of cancer

Caitlin Pepperell
Associate professor, medicine (infectious diseases), medical microbiology, immunology
Expert on tuberculosis, ecology and evolution of infectious diseases

Shilagh Mirgain
Distinguished Psychologist, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
Clinical Psychologist specializing in Health and Sport Psychology who has expertise in mind-body skills to foster well-being, optimal health and peak performance.