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Lawrence Sweet

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Xiaorong Lin

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Henry Young

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Andreas Handel

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Natarajan Kannan

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Shaying Zhao

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Belen Cassera

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Dr. Allenspach is a clinician-scientist and has been employed as a faculty in academia for the last 20 years. Dr. Allenspach has a current H-index of 43 with over 5,700 citations and 230 publications. She has broad background in small animal internal medicine (Diplomate European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine […]

Gregory Phillips

Education & Background Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, B.A.(1979) Biological Sciences Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, M.A. (1981) Microbiology University of Georgia, Athens, GA , Ph.D. (1987) Genetics Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, Postdoctoral Fellow (1990) Molecular Biology College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, Assistant Professor (1993) Biology Iowa State […]

Michelle Coleman

Michelle Coleman

M.A. McCrackin

Anumantha Kanthasamy

Joerg Mayer

Moges Woldemariam

Maricarmen Garcia

Karen A. Norris

Karen Norris, PhD, received her doctorate in biomedical sciences and microbiology from Wright State University School of Medicine and completed post-doctoral training at The Scripps Research Institute. Dr. Norris was appointed as Assistant Professor in Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry at the University of Pittsburgh, then joined the newly formed Department […]

Jesse Hostetter

Dr. Hostetter is the Barry G. Harmon Professor and Head of the Department of Pathology in the College of Veterinary Medicine. He also is the Executive Director of the Tifton and Athens Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories. In these positions he is responsible for all aspects of the service, teaching and research […]

David S. Peterson

The research in my lab is focused on Plasmodium falciparum, the causative agent of malaria. The parasite uses a protein encoded by an antigenically variant gene family to bind receptors on host cells, allowing the parasites to avoid passage through the spleen. One member of this family encodes a protein […]

Eric R. Lafontaine

Eric R. Lafontaine

One component of my research program consists of identifying and characterizing surface antigens expressed by pathogenic bacteria including Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei. Given their cellular location at the host-pathogen interface, surface antigens play key roles in bacterial virulence. We believe that studying their biological functions will shed light on […]

Mary Hondalus

Mary Hondalus

Dr. Hondalus is a graduate from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University, and following graduation, she was an equine and small animal private practitioner. She subsequently completed a Large Animal Internal Medicine Residency at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine and a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology […]

Biao He

Dr. He’s lab has been studying paramyxoviruses including PIV5, mumps virus and emerging Jeilongviruses. His work has led to development of paramyxovirus-based vaccines

Steven D. Holladay

Steven D. Holladay

Donald Harn

Donald Harn

Fred Quinn

Frederick D. Quinn

Frederick D. Quinn, Ph.D., is Athletic Association Professor of Infectious Diseases, Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases and Interim Director of the Center for Vaccines and Immunology in the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Georgia. Dr. Quinn oversaw several laboratory groups at the Centers for Disease […]

S. Mark Tompkins

Mark Tompkins is the Director and Principal Investigator of the Center for Influenza Disease and Emergence Research, a NIAID Center of Excellence in Influenza Research and Response (CEIRR) at the University of Georgia. He received his doctorate in Immunology from Emory University and then studied immune mechanisms of autoimmune diseases […]

Ralph Tripp

Ralph A. Tripp

Dr. Ralph Tripp is a Professor in the Department of Infectious Diseases in the College of Veterinary Medicine and is a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Vaccine and Therapeutics. Dr. Tripp was trained in the field of viral immunity with Laureate Professor Peter C. Doherty and led a research […]

Jeff Hogan

Robert Jeffrey Hogan

Dr. Hogan began his 30 year scientific career studying host-pathogen interactions during his graduate studies, which focused on immune responses to viral infection in teleosts. After receiving his doctoral degree, he joined the laboratory of Dr. David Woodland at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, where his research focused on cell-mediated […]

Andrew W. Park

Andrew W. Park

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Chris King

Elizabeth Uhl

Doris M. Miller

Doris M. Miller

Elizabeth Howerth

Jaroslava Halper

Nicole Gottdenker

Alvin C. Camus

Gaylen Edwards

Gaylen L. Edwards

Frane Banovic

Frane Banovic

Frane Banovic, DVM, PhD, DECVD, is an Associate Professor of Veterinary Dermatology in the Department for Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at the University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine. He also holds an appointment as an Adjunct Professor at the School of Medicine, Emory University, USA and Faculty of […]

Mark Ruder

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Lisa K. Nolan

Kira L. Epstein

Kira L. Epstein

Dr. Ted Ross

Ted M. Ross

Tai L. Guo

Tai L. Guo

Nicole Northrup

Chad Schmiedt

Chad Schmiedt

Dr. Chad Schmiedt received his DVM from the University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine in 2000.  Following five years of post-graduate surgical training at the University of Tennessee, the Dallas Veterinary Surgical Center, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a two year clinical instructorship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, […]

Andrew Parks

Susan M. Williams

Susan Sanchez

Dr. Susan Sanchez is a tenured Department of Infectious Diseases professor and the University of Georgia Curriculum Committee Chair. She has received numerous microbiology, research, mentoring, and teaching awards. Her former students occupy prominent science positions nationally and internationally. Dr. Sanchez is a member of the Council of Councils at […]

Spencer Johnston

Spencer Johnston

James Stanton

James Stanton

M. Stephen Trent

Understanding the bacterial cell envelope provides valuable insights for two crucial areas: the discovery of new antibiotics and the understanding of microbe-host interactions. The cell envelope serves as a prime target for antibiotic development, as its unique components and processes can be exploited to disrupt bacterial growth and survival. By […]

Holly S. Sellers

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Daniel R. Perez

Karen J.L. Burg

Honored with a 2022 U.S. Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring for her work with underrepresented groups to develop fully the Nation’s human resources in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Karen J.L. Burg is the Harbor Lights Chair of Biomedical Research in the Department of Small […]

Tim Burg

Joseph Bartges

A native of West Virginia, I am a graduate of Marshall University and received my DVM from The University of Georgia in 1987. After receiving my DVM, I completed an internship, dual residency in internal medicine and nutrition, a PhD, and a post-doctoral position at the University of Minnesota in […]

Dennis Kyle

Department of Cellular Biology profile

Hemant Naikare

I am a board certified diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists with twenty years of experience in the field of diagnostic microbiology: classical and conventional methodologies to detect diseases of livestock, companion animals, zoonotic diseases, food safety, antimicrobial resistance and public health. Currently, I am a tenured Professor […]

Eric Harvill

Eric Harvill

Eric T. Harvill completed his Ph.D in Immunology at UCLA in 1996 and postdoctoral studies in Microbial Pathogenesis. He has served the National Academies, NIH, USDA, DOD and other agencies in a variety of capacities and has served on many national and international review panels and editorial boards. He advanced […]

Justin Bahl

My research interests span the ecology, evolution, population dynamics, and molecular epidemiology of emerging infectious diseases. I am primarily interested in viral disease systems, such as influenza A virus, where transmission at individual (including between host species), population and global scales are difficult to observe or quantify.

Marc Kent

Marc Kent

Leanne Alworth

Leanne Alworth

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James Moore

Jim graduated from the veterinary school at the University of California, Davis, completed an internship at the Ontario Veterinary College and an equine surgery resident and PhD program at the University of Missouri before joining UGA in 1981 as a faculty member in the Department of Large Animal Medicine. Throughout […]

John F. Peroni

Robert M. Gogal Jr.
Xiaoqin Ye

Xiaoqin Ye

Benjamin Brainard

Benjamin Brainard

Stephen Divers

Stephen Divers graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in London in 1994. He obtained his Certificate and Diploma in Zoological Medicine from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), and is a recognized Specialist in Zoo & Wildlife Medicine and a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. He […]

Amie Koenig

Amie Koenig

Catherine Logue

Catherine Logue

Dr. Logue specializes in the detection and characterization of foodborne pathogens from food animal sources and has extensive research programs in pathogens of human and animal health; antimicrobial resistance; Food Safety and bacterial pathogenesis of poultry and poultry production. She has published extensively in research areas including, Salmonella, Campylobacter, Staphylococcus […]

Jane Quandt

Jane Quandt

Branson Ritchie

Corey Saba

Corey Saba

Dr. Corey Saba is a graduate of Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine.  She completed her medical oncology residency at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has been employed by the University of Georgia since 2006.  She has been actively involved in the design and execution of over 40 clinical […]

Sonia M. Hernandez

Daniel G. Mead

Michael J. Yabsley

Roy Berghaus

Roy Berghaus

Roberto A. Palomares

Roberto A. Palomares

I was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, a very warm, colorful, coastal city with cultural and geographical importance for the development of the region. With no doubts, one of the most beautiful countries on the planet, not only for the natural and economic resources, but also for our lovely and diverse […]

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