Mentors and Projects
| MENTOR | TITLE | RESEARCH | |
| Dr. Raghu Amachawadi | Assistant Prof of Food Animal Therapeutics | agraghav@vet.k-state.edu | Mitigation strategies towards controlling antimicrobial resistance in swine production system. |
| Dr. Chieko Azuma | Clinical Associate Prof of Radiation Oncology | chieko@vet.k-state.edu | Pain assessment and activity tracking in dogs undergoing radiation therapy. |
| Dr. Natalia Cernicchiaro | Assistant Prof of Epidemiology | ncernic@vet.k-state.edu | 1. Statistical analysis of clinical research projects. 2. Effectiveness of feed additives in reducing lymph node Salmonella carriage in cattle. |
| Dr. Kyeong-Ok Chang | Professor of Virology | kchang@vet.k-state.edu | Virus entry events through endosomes. |
| Dr. Robert DeLong | Associate Prof of Physiology | robertdelong@vet.k-state.edu | 1. Genomics RNA pattern analysis for comparative oncolgy validation. 2. Biophysical interactions of anticancer peptide nanoparticles. |
| Dr. Charan Ganta | Assistant Prof of Pathology | ckganta@vet.k-state.edu | Development and translation of thermal ablation technologies cancer treatment: histopathology assessment of thermally ablated tissue. |
| Dr. Brian Geisbrecht | Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics | geisbrechtb@ksu.edu | Studies on the Host Selectivity of the Staphylococcal Innate Immune Evasion Protein, SPIN. |
| Dr. Brian Herrin | Assistant Prof of Parisitology | bhh@vet.k-state.edu | National Equine Tick Survey: Pathogen Testing. |
| Dr. Maria Jugan | Assistant Prof of Small Animal Medicine | mjugan@vet.K-state.edu | Glucagon-like peptide 2 concentrations in the blood of healthy cats. |
| Dr. Kimberly Kirkpatrick | University Distinquished Prof of Psychological Sciences | kirkpatr@ksu.edu | Effects of DREADDs manipulation of pre-limbic cortex on time-based interventions to promote self-control in rats. |
| Dr. Berlin Londono-Renteria | Assistant Prof in Entomology | blondono@ksu.edu | Human Natural Hybrid Bispecific Antibody role in Antibody Dependent enhancement of Zika Infection |
| Dr. Jessica Meekins | Associate Prof of Ophthalmology | jslack@vet.k-state.edu | Effects of gabapentin on ocular parameters in healthy cats after oral administration. |
| Dr. Waithaka Mwangi | Professor in Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology | wmwangi@vet.k-state.edu | Safety and tolerability of African Swine Fever Virus subunit vaccine candidates in commercial pigs. |
| Dr. Kathryn Reif | Assistant Prof in Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology | kreif@vet.k-state.edu | Detection and evaluation of immunodominant Cytauxzoon felis antigens for use as a diagnostic target to identify C. felis carrier cats. |
| Dr. Juergen Richt | Professor of Virology | jricht@k-state.edu | Identification of host genes involved in swine influenza replication. |
| Dr. Stephanie Shames | Assistant Prof in Biology | sshames@ksu.edu | Role of the effector VpdC in Legionella pneumophila pathogenesis in a mouse model of infection. |
| Dr. Kris Silver | Research Assistant Prof of Entomology | ksilver@ksu.edu | Enhancing RNA interference efficiency in the mosquito vector, Aedes albopictus |
| Dr. Nora Springer | Assistant Prof of Clinical Pathology | nlspring@vet.k-state.edu | Morphometric parameters to differentiate metastatic versus tissue-resident canine mast cells in lymph node, liver, and spleen cytology preparations. |
| Dr. Abbie Viscardi | Assistant Prof in Behavior Physiology | aviscardi@vet.k-state.edu | The use of firocoxib, administered to the sow and delivered transmammary to her piglets, to relieve pain associated with surgical castration and tail docking. |
| Dr. Mark Weiss | Professor in Anatomy & Physiology | mlweiss@ksu.edu | Testing the effects of serine proteases on stem cells. |
| Dr. Zhilong Yang | Assistant Prof in Biology | zyang@ksu.edu | Poxvirus replication and host interactions. |