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Cara Westmark

Cara Westmark

Assistant Professor, Neurology

Expert on Alzheimer's disease, fragile X syndrome and the study of dietary interventions in preclinical models

Paula Tran

Paula Tran

Senior Health Equity Advisor

Paula’s areas of research and practice focus on topics of health equity and health equity capacity building, collective community action, power building, and health in

Susannah Sample

Susannah Sample

Assistant Professor, Surgical Sciences

Expert in small animal general surgery, canine laryngeal paralysis and companion animal genetics

Sathish Kumar

Associate Professor, Comparative Biosciences

Expert on hormonal regulation of cardiovascular and placental function

Howard Steinberg

Clinical Professor/Pathobiological Sciences

Expert in veterinary anatomic pathology, both gross and microscopic

Becky Johnson

Becky Johnson

Clinical Associate Professor and Section Head, Anesthesia and Pain Management; Chair - SVM Animal Care and Use Committee

Expert in the fields of veterinary anesthesia and acute and chronic pain management

Kristen Friedrichs

Kristen Friedrichs

Clinical Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology

Laboratory and cytologic diagnosis of animal disease, establishment of normal blood values in animal species, laboratory quality assurance

Heather White

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

Mary Thurber

Mary Thurber

Clinical Instructor, Zoological Medicine

Expert in zoological medicine

Kelly Schultz

Medical director and clinical instructor for WisCARES

Robert Kirchdoerfer

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.

Mindi Thompson

Mindi Thompson

Professor, Counseling Psychology

Vocational psychologist and licensed health service psychologist with expertise in social class, career development, unemployment, and mental health treatment

Mostafa Zamanian

Mostafa Zamanian

Associate Professor, Pathobiological Sciences

Expert on parasitic diseases of humans and animals

Freya Mowat

Freya Mowat

Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

A veterinary ophthalmologist who researches aging of companion (pet) dogs, particularly aging of the senses (vision, hearing, sense of smell) and the brain (memory, cognition).

Fei Zhao

Comparative Biosciences

Sex organ development

Jennifer Van Os

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

Elizabeth Wright

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

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.

Erin Lashnits

Erin Lashnits

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Sciences

I study infectious disease in a One Health context

Shilagh Mirgain

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.

McLean Gunderson

Lecturer; Comparative Biosciences

Expert in foundational veterinary education

Jessica Pritchard

Jessica Pritchard

Clinical Assistant Professor

Expert on infectious diseases of dogs and cats

Apple Bodemer

Apple Bodemer

Associate Professor Department of Dermatology

Board Certified in Dermatology, Integrative Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine

Peter Halfmann

Peter Halfmann

Research Associate Professor

Expert in emerging and zoonotic viral diseases

Jorge Osorio

Jorge Osorio

Director, UW–Madison Global Health Institute; professor, pathobiological sciences

Expert on emerging and infectious diseases, global health, One Health, GHI One Health Centers, vaccines and veterinary medicine.

Matthew Harer

Matthew Harer

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Expert on neonatal care in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Adela Oliva Chavez

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