Education
- BA 1976, Knox College
- PhD 1980, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Postdoctoral Trainee, National Jewish Hospital, Denver CO 1980-1983.
- Professor in Microbiology
- Director, Food Research Institute
Research
The primary interest of our laboratory is studying mechanisms of resistance to bacterial infection. Under this broad heading major projects include: 1) Host, bacterial and environmental factors that influence the pathogenesis of gastrointestinal listeriosis and salmonellosis; 2) Immunotoxicology – adverse effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on bone marrow cells and hematopoiesis; 3) Bovine respiratory disease - focus on the effects of Mannheimia haemolytica and its leukotoxin on the activities of bovine leukocytes and lung cells; 4) Histophilus somnii – adverse effects on bovine endothelial cells as it relates to vasculitis; 5) Paratuberculosis – invasion and intracellular growth of M. paratuberculosis in bovine macrophages.
Responsibilities
Teach Veterinary Bacteriology and Mycology (PBS 517); supervise graduate students in immunology, microbiology and toxicology; Director of NIH Training Grant in Comparative Biomedical Sciences (provides research training to graduate veterinarians); PI of Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Molecular and Environmental Toxicology; Chair, Academic Committee of the Comparative Biomedical Sciences graduate program; Supervise Immunology Journal Club; Interim Director, UW Co-course coordinator DSS Research Ethics; Director, Food Research Institute
Graduate Training
Recent and Current Graduate Students
| Name |
Degree |
Current position |
| Matt Sylte |
DVM PhD |
Assist. Prof. Univ. GA |
| Fabio Leite |
DVM PhD |
Assist. Prof. Univ. Pelotas |
| Steve Giles |
PhD |
Scientist UW-Madison |
| Erica Behling-Kelly |
DVM PhD |
Resident Clinical Pathology, UW Sch Vet. Med. |
| Chris Kuckleburg |
PhD |
Postdoc Wisconsin Blood Center, Waukesha WI |
| Dhammika Atapattu |
MD PhD |
Scientist BioSentinel, Madison WI |
| Lyndsey Berryman |
MS |
Nursing School Marquette Univ. |
| Nicole Aulik |
PhD |
Dissertator |
| Jose Garcia |
MS |
Veterinary student, Research Intern UW Sch Vet. Med. |
| Robert Sahaghian |
DVM PhD |
Candidate |
| Keith Poulsen |
DVM PhD |
Candidate |
Recent and Current Postdoctoral Trainees
| Dave McClenahan, DVM PhD |
Assist. Professor, Univ. Northern Iowa |
| Raksha Tiwari, DVM,PhD |
Scientist, Pfizer Animal Health, Kalamazoo MI |
| Dhammika Atapattu, MD, PhD |
Scientist, BioSentinel, Madison WI |
| Dagmara Kisiela, PhD |
Research Assoc., Univ. Washington Med Ctr. |
| Lewis Shi, PhD |
Research Assoc., St. Jude's Med Ctr. |
| Alhaji N’jai, PhD |
Research Assoc., Czuprynski Lab |
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