Research and Graduate Studies
Committed to discovery, service, and training future researchers and veterinarians
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Article ItemJulia Gohlke publishes in The Lancet Oncology , article
Julia Gohlke has published "Carcinogenicity of gentian violet, leucogentian violet, malachite green, leucomalachite green, and CI Direct Blue 218" in The Lancet Oncology.
Date: Mar 25, 2021 -
Article ItemBaker and Ogunmayowa present at VCOM Via Research Day , article
Charlotte Baker, assistant professor of epidemiology in the Department of Population Health Sciences, and Tosin Ogunmayowa, PhD student in the Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences PhD program, presented their poster, "Application of multilevel modeling in sports and recreational injuries studies,” at the VCOM Via Research Day. Their presentation reviewed the way researchers have used multilevel modeling to look at sports and recreation-related injury.
Date: Feb 26, 2021 -
Article ItemNick Ruktanonchai and Corrine Ruktanonchai publish in Nature Human Behavior , article
Department of Population Health Sciences faculty Nick Ruktanonchai and postdoctoral associate Cori Ruktanonchai used data to inform social contacts throughout China, and included this social contact index to inform transmission of COVID-19 nationwide.
Date: Feb 18, 2021 -
Article ItemAbdelhamid awarded 'Nutrients" Travel Award in Nutritional Immunology , article
Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology Ph.D. student Leila Abdelhamid received the Nutrients Travel Award in Nutritional Immunology for 2021. Abdelhamid's research in the Luo Lab explores the complex cellular and molecular pathways of how vitamin A modulates the inflammation-associated with systemic autoimmunity.
Date: Jan 07, 2021 -
Article ItemPrincipal investigator Tuohy awarded NIH R21 grant , article
A new, three-year NIH R21 grant has been awarded to principal investigator Joanne Tuohy and co-investigators Eli Vlaisavljevich, Irving Coy Allen, Sheryl Coutermarsh-Ott, Nikolaos Dervisis, Greg Daniel, and Shawna Klahn to develop histotripsy as a novel method for the ablation of osteosarcoma, providing a low morbidity limb salvage option and an immunotherapeutic to target metastatic disease.
Date: Nov 16, 2020 -
Article ItemPrincipal investigator Green awarded USDA-APHIS grant , article
A new yearlong grant from the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has been awarded to Julie Green for veterinary informatics research to integrate SNOMED CT connecting human and veterinary health data.
Date: Sep 25, 2020
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Research at VA-MD Vet Med
VA-MD Vet Med has a robust research program that spans basic biomedical sciences in infectious (viral, bacterial, and parasitic) and non-infectious (immune-mediated and oncologic) diseases to veterinary clinical research to translational to public health. Our overall goal is to apply our research to improve the lives of pets and people.
Basic biomedical sciences include the use of appropriate animal models for diseases to better understand the disease process, a prerequisite for the development of better preventive and therapeutic strategies.
With a focus on One Health, our program brings together veterinarians, physicians, and other scientists to address public health threats affecting both people and animals.
Our translational research approach aims to take laboratory findings directly to clients in a clinical setting.
Ongoing clinical trials in our hospitals test research discoveries to develop better methods of disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
Our faculty, students, staff, and research partners are committed to discovery, service, and training future researchers and veterinarians.
Signature Research Programs
Research themes include
- Animal models for human and veterinary infectious diseases
- Understanding the pathogenesis of the diseases, immunity to infectious, and its prevention
- Development of vaccines and drugs
- Mechanisms of drug resistance
- Translational research
Research themes include
- Clinical veterinary medicine research and translational medicine from laboratory animals to clinical veterinary and human patients
- Stem cell biology and its application
- Clinical trials management and human-animal bond/interactions
Research themes include
- Animal models for immune-mediated diseases
- Understanding the mechanisms of such as autoimmune diseases and inflammatory diseases (e.g., inflammatory bowel disease)
- Specific interests include
- Role of epigenetics, microbiome, and environmental hormonal factors on these diseases
- Transition of inflammation leading to cancer
- Induction of immunity in oncologic conditions
- Translational research
Research themes include
- Animal models for neurodevelopment and traumatic injury, neurovascularization, neuroinflammation, and neuro-oncology
- Translational research
Research themes include
- cancer biology, genomics, and therapeutics
Visit the college's Animal Cancer Care and Research Center to learn more.
Research focused on infectious diseases epidemiology and public health education that addresses the individual, social, and ecological determinants of health, reflects the human-animal-environment One Health interface, promotes health equity, and builds healthy communities.