Oncology Service, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Clinical Assistant Professor
Biography
Research Interests
- Comparative oncology
- Molecular oncology
- Proteasome inhibition
- NF-kappaB signaling
Educational Background
EDUCATION
2017, Diplomate American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Oncology)
2012, VMD, University of Pennsylvania
2008, PhD, Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
2002, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mississippi State University
TRAINING
Residency, Medical oncology, Flint Animal Cancer Center, Colorado State University
Rotating Internship, Veterinary Specialty Hospital of the Carolinas
Teaching Experience
SAMS 5302 – Small animal oncology
SAMS 5350 – Small animal digestive diseases
VETM 5150 – Applied Integrative Material II and III (AIMS II and III)
Selected Publications
- Lee BM, Clarke D, Watson M, Laver T: Retrospective evaluation of a modified human lung cancer stage classification in dogs with surgically excised primary pulmonary carcinomas. Veterinary and Comparative Oncology, 18(4):590-598. 2020. doi: org/10.1111/vco.12582
- Grimes JA, Secrest SA, Wallace ML, Laver T, Schmiedt CW: Use of Indirect computed tomography lymphangiography to determine metastatic status of sentinel lymph nodes in dogs with a pre-operative diagnosis of melanoma or mast cell tumor. Veterinary and Comparative Oncology, 18(4):818-824. 2020. org/10.1111/vco.12592
- Laver T, Feldhaeusser BR, Robat CS, Baez JL, Cronin KL, Buracco P… Thamm DH: Post-surgical outcome and prognostic factors in canine malignant melanomas of the haired skin: 87 cases (2003-2015). Canadian Veterinary Journal, 59(9):981-987. 2018
- LaverT, London CA, Vail DM, Biller BJ, Coy J, Thamm DH: Prospective Evaluation of Toceranib Phosphate in Metastatic Canine Osteosarcoma. Veterinary and Comparative Oncology, 16(1):E23-29. 2017. doi:org/10.1111/vco.12328
- Zhao X, Laver T, Hong SW, Twitty GB, DeVos A, DeVos M, . . . Nozell SE: An NF-κB p65-cIAP2 Link is Necessary for Mediating Resistance to TNF-α Induced Cell Death in Gliomas. Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 102(3), 367-381. 2011. doi:1007/s11060-010-0346-y
- Nozell S, Laver T, Moseley D, Nowoslawski L, DeVos M, Atkinson GP, . . . Benveniste EN: The ING4 Tumor Suppressor Attenuates NF-†B Activity at the Promoters of Target Genes. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 28(21), 6632-6645. 2008. doi:1128/MCB.00697-08
- Laver T, Nozell SE, & Benveniste EN: IFN- β -Mediated Inhibition of IL-8 Expression Requires the ISGF3 Components Stat1, Stat2, and IRF-9. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research, 28(1), 13-23. 2008. doi:1089/jir.2007.0062
