Ricardo Mendes
Before joining UGA, Dr. Mendes was a full professor at the Instituto Federal Catarinense (IFC) in Concórdia, Santa Catarina, Brazil. He successfully secured multiple research grants at both federal and state levels, demonstrating his expertise and strong research background. His career in veterinary pathology spans more than two decades, beginning […]
Mackenzie Long
After completing her DVM training at the University of Georgia in 2018, Dr. Mackenzie Long received her PhD and veterinary clinical pathology boards certification while training at The Ohio State University. Dr. Long is passionate about enhancing veterinary oncology diagnostics and treatment. She is particularly interested in better characterizing and targeting resistance […]
Karin Allenspach jorn
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 51 with over >150 publications. She has broad background in small animal internal medicine (Diplomate European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine DECVIM-CA) with a […]
Leigh Anne Clark
Dr. Leigh Anne Clark earned her doctoral degree in 2004 from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University studying exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in German shepherd dogs. After graduation, she remained in the Department of Pathobiology as a Research Assistant Professor, investigating the genetics of dermatomyositis in Collies and […]
Jonathan Mochel
Dr. Jon P. Mochel is Professor of Systems Pharmacology in the Department of Pathology and Founding Director of the Precision One Health Initiative at the University of Georgia (USA). A board-certified veterinary pharmacologist and toxicologist (Dipl. ECVPT), he holds advanced degrees in Pharmacology (MS), Pharmacokinetics (MS), and Applied Mathematical Modeling […]









