Name Phone / E-mail Address Residency Degree Program Year in Program Thesis / Dissertation Title Research Mentor
Corinna Kashuba Benson, DVM, Illinois, 1999 Office: 573-882-5506
Lab: 573-882-9523
kashubac@missouri.edu
LAM PhD Post-residency Comparative fundamental cryobiology of mammalian embryonic stem cells John Critser
April Olmstead, DVM, Colorado St, 2002 Office/Lab: 573-882-1724
olmsteada@missouri.edu
None PhD 4 Sex hormone modulation of heart rate, heart rate variability and QT interval Leona Rubin
Bettina Weber, DVM, Ohio State, 2005 Office/Lab: 573-884-7244
weberb@missouri.edu  
LAM PhD 3 The effect of exercise on muscle and bone integrity in a mouse model of osteogenesis imperfecta Charlotte Phillips
Chris Manuel, DVM, North Carolina, 2004 Office: 573-814-6000 Ext. 53708
manuelc@missouri.edu
LAM PhD 3 Combination chemo and targeted radiotherapy in treatment of metastatic prostate cancer Tim Hoffman 
Michael Drake, DVM, Missouri, 2003 Office and Lab: 573-882-9433
DrakeM@missouri.edu  
LAM PhD 2 Characterization of Rat Theilovirus Bob Livingston
Aaron Ericsson, DVM, Missouri, 2006 Office 573-882-1019 Lab: 573-882-3173
ericssona@missouri.edu
LAM PhD 2 The role of dendritic cells in mouse models of inflammatory bowel disease Craig Franklin
Lydia Cook, Missouri, current Office: 573-882-5506 Lab: 573-882-3173
lcc550@missouri.edu
None DVM/PhD
combined
2 T regulatory cells and their role in bacterial-induced chronic mucosal inflammation Craig Franklin
Ryan Stoffel, DVM, Wisconsin, 2006 Office: 573-884-8490 stoffelrt@missouri.edu LAM PhD 2 Development and characterization of Ehrlichia chaffeensis animal models Bill Stitch
Hanni Lee, DVM, Cornell, 2006 Office: 573-884-4774 leehan@missouri.edu LAM PhD 2 Pathogenesis of pneumonic plague and discovery of novel therapeutics Deb Anderson
Chris Hanks, DVM, Mississippi State, 2005 Office: 573-882-7089 hanksb@missouri.edu LAM PhD 2 In vitro and in vivo cellular characteristics and immunopathology of osteoarthritis Jimi Cook
Glenn Jackson, DVM, UC Davis, 2006 Office: 573-882-8490 JacksonGl@missouri.edu LAM PhD 1 Residency project  
Diana Gettys, DVM, Oklahoma State, 2007 Office: 573-882-4774 gettysd@missouri.edu LAM PhD 1 Residency project  
Erin O'Connor, DVM, Illinois, 2007 Office: 573-882-4774 oconnore@missouri.edu LAM MS 1 Residency project  
Marcus Crim, DVM, Texas A&M Coming soon LAM PhD      
Stevie the Chicken Comparative Medicine Training Program Mascot LAM N/A   Stevie Abroad: One Chicken's Story of World Wide Travel N/A


Name Current Position Residency Degree Program Thesis / Dissertation Title Research Mentor
Charlie Hsu, VMD, Pennsylvania, 2002 Research Veterinarian, Merck & Co., Inc
West Point, PA
LAM PhD ?Identification and characterization of murine noroviruses" Bob Livingston
Scott Korte, DVM, Missouri , 2003 Manager, Clinical Veterinary Services, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO LAM MS "Differential transcript expression and 3?UTR analysis in porcine oocytes and early embryos" Randy Prather
Charlette Cain, DVM, Tuskegee, 2002 Clinical Veterinarian, Center for Comparative Medicine, Northwestern University LAM MS Conjunctival M cells Tom Phillips
Janet E. Simpson, DVM, Mississippi State , 2001 Columbia, MO LAM PhD ?Role of ion transporters in a mouse model of Cystic Fibrosis intestinal disease? Lane Clarke
Calvin Patten, DVM, Iowa State , 2003 Laboratory Animal Veterinarian, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI LAM MS "Molecular detection and treatment of murine Pasteurella pneumotropica" Bob Livingston
Rachel Rubino Strittmatter, DVM, U.C. Davis, 2003 Senior Scientist / Clinical Veterinarian, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CT LAM MS "Cardiovascular and respiratory response to acute blood loss in the conscious rabbit." James Schadt
Renita Marshall Marshall, DVM, Tuskegee , 2003 Assistant Professor of Research, Southern University LAM MS "Defining mechanisms of infertility in endometriosis using the rat as a model" Kathy L. Sharpe-Timms
Chris Johnson, DVM, Virginia/Maryland Univ, 1997 Associate Director,
Laboratory Animal Resources
Merck & Co., Inc
Rahway, NJ  
LAM MS "Therapeutic benefit of combined chemotherapy and targeted radiotherapy in human prostate tumor cell xenografted mice" Tim Hoffman
Melissa Dyson, DVM, Univ of Tennessee , 2002 Clinical Assistant Professor
Unit for Lab Animal Medicine
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
LAM MS "Central obesity secondary to ad lib feeding of trans fast and adipokine production in portal vs. general circulation in Ossabaw swine" Mike Sturek
Christopher Winkelmann, DVM, Texas A&M, 2001 Senior Scientist ? Imaging, Merck Research Laboratories
Boyertown, PA  
LAM PhD ?Micro-imaging characterization of mouse models of metastasis" Tim Hoffman
Bart Carter, DVM, Missouri , 1990 Director of Animal Resources,
Kansas State University,
Manhattan, KS
LAM MS "Phenotyping of cloned transgenic and knockout swine" Randy Prather
Lisa Pompos, DVM, Michigan State Univ, 1999 Director, Laboratory Animal
Resource Center, IUPUI
Indianapolis, IN
LAM MS "The effect of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on antigen-specific primary immune responses" Kevin Fritsche
Matthew Myles, DVM, Colorado St Univ, 1994 Research Assistant Professor,
University of Missouri,
Columbia, MO
LAM PhD "Helicobacter hepaticus-induced gene dysregulation in mice" Craig Franklin