Department of Pathology
Assistant Professor
Biography
Dr. Megan Corbett is a board-certified (ACVP) veterinary anatomic pathologist with research interests in artificial intelligence, digital pathology, and translational research. She completed her DVM and a PhD in Nutritional Sciences as part of the Veterinary Scholars Dual Degree Program at the University of Illinois and has an extensive background working with animal models of human diseases. Megan joined the Precision One Health team at the University of Georgia in September 2024, helping to characterize canine, feline, and avian epithelial organoids derived from healthy and neoplastic tissues with the goal of establishing highly translatable in vitro models for human and animal diseases. She then joined the Pathology Department as an Assistant Professor in 2025, where she continues to work with a team on integrating artificial intelligence with veterinary pathology and translational disease models.
Research Interests
- Artificial intelligence and digital pathology
- Translational biomedical research
- Nutritional interventions for chronic disease
Educational Background
- BS Biology (2010) Temple University
- MS Animal Science (2012) University of Delaware
- PhD Nutritional Sciences (2018) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- DVM (2021) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Residency Veterinary Anatomic Pathology (2024) University of Georgia
- Board Certification, American College of Veterinary Pathologists (2024)
- Post-doctoral training (2025) University of Georgia, SMART Lab, Precision One Health
Teaching Experience
- VPAT 3101 Basic Veterinary Medical Terminology
- VPAT 5200 General Animal Pathology
- VPAT 5400 Necropsy Rotation
- VPAT 8000 Pathology Rounds
- VPAT 8005 Gross Pathology Rounds
Selected Publications
Corbett, M. P., Gabriel, V., Livania, V., Díaz-Regañón, D., Ralston, A., Zdyrski, C., Liu, D., Minkler, S., Wickham, H., Lincoln, A., Paukner, K., Atherly, T., Merodio, M. M., Sahoo, D. K., Meyerholz, D. K., Allenspach, K., & Mochel, J. P. (2025). A Preclinical Model to Assess Intestinal Barrier Integrity Using Canine Enteroids and Colonoids. Biology, 14(3), 270. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology14030270
Appiah, I., Ayangaifiok, M. A., Seymour, M. A., Corbett, M. P., Worlanyo, E. G. (2024). Hepatic transcriptomic assessment of Sprague Dawley rats in response to dietary perfluorobutane sulfonate (PFBS) ingestion. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 109, 104497. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2024.104497.
Corbett, M. P., Larosche, S. A., Garner, B. C., & Rissi, D. R. (2023). Neck pain and tetraparesis in a 9-year-old Beagle dog. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 262(2), 266–268. https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.23.05.0270
Corbett, M. P., & Rissi, D. R. (2023). Meningoencephalomyelitis associated with foreign plant material in a dog: case report and brief literature review. Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation: official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc, 35(5), 573–576. https://doi.org/10.1177/10406387231184416
Corbett, M. P., B. L. Kopec, M. Kent, D. R. Rissi. (2022). Encephalic meningioangiomatosis in a cat. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 34(5):889-893. doi:10.1177/10406387221110912
Fanous, M., C. Shi, M. P. Caputo, L. A. Rund, R. W. Johnson, T. Das, M. J. Kuchan, N. Sobh, & G. Popescu. (2021). Label-free screening of brain tissue myelin content using phase imaging with computational specificity (PICS). APL photonics, 6(7), 076103. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0050889
Caputo, M. P., J. N. Williams, J. Drnevich, E. C. Radlowski, R. J. Larsen, B. P. Sutton, B. J. Leyshon, J. Hussain, M. T. Nakamura, M. J. Kuchan, T. Das, R. W. Johnson. (2020). Hydrolyzed fat formula increases brain white matter in small for gestational age and appropriate for gestational age neonatal piglets. Frontiers in Pediatrics 8:32. doi: 10.3389/fped.2020.00032
Caputo, M. P., E. C. Radlowski, M. A. Lawson, A. M. Antonson, J. E. Watson, S. M. Matt, B. J. Leyshon, A. Das, R. W. Johnson. (2019). Herring roe oil supplementation alters microglial cell gene expression and reduces peripheral inflammation after immune activation in a neonatal piglet model. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity S0889-1591(19):30160-6. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2019.06.046
Antonson, A. M., M. A. Lawson, M. P. Caputo, S. M. Matt, B. J. Leyshon, R. W. Johnson. (2019). Maternal viral infection causes global alterations in porcine fetal microglia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (40): 20190-20200. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1817014116
McDougle, D. R., J. E. Watson, A. A. Abdeen, R. Adili, M. P. Caputo, J. E. Krapf, R. W. Johnson, K. A. Kilian, M. Holinstat, A. Das. (2017). Anti-inflammatory ω-3 endocannabinoid epoxides. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114(30):E6034-E6043. doi.org/10.1073.pnas.1610325114
