Faculty Research Topics

Research conducted by departmental faculty spans the spectrum from basic science to translational studies to purely applied clinical studies. These efforts currently cover a wide array of topics, including:

  • Applications of high-resolution ultrasound in ocular disease
  • Corneal wound healing and non-healing corneal erosions in dogs
  • Regulation of intraocular pressure in both health and glaucoma and comparative ocular pharmacology
  • Imaging of the retina and optic nerve, electrophysiology, aqueous humor dynamics, genetics, and pathology of glaucoma in animals and humans
  • Investigation of mechanically induced signaling events involved in bone adaptation, biomechanics and augmentation of fracture healing, and mechanisms of cruciate ligament disease in dogs
  • Obtaining fundamental understanding of mechanisms leading to non-contact cruciate rupture in dogs.
  • Mapping the genetic basis for canine cruciate rupture
  • Studying the immune responses that lead to development of stifle synovitis
  • Application of advanced diagnostic imaging techniques (MRI, CT, Ultrasound) in small animal orthopaedics
  • Surgical diseases of the gastro-intestinal tract, such as colic, and the intensive care involved with these diseases
  • Equine dental disease
  • Equine musculoskeletal and orthopedics studies
  • Radiotherapy in client owned dogs with spontaneous tumors
  • Investigating the underlying etiology and treatment of perianal fistula in dogs
  • Developing new techniques for ureteral implantation for kidney transplantation in cats
  • New treatments of chylothorax in cats and dogs
  • Ability to reverse or slow the development of breathing deficits in models of neurological diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), spinal cord injury, and multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Engineering the molecular basis of wound surfaces for augmentation of healing and suppression or dissolution of bacterial biofilms
  • Development of advanced methods of organ preservation for transplantation
  • Comparative nondomestic animal analgesia/anesthesia, with an emphasis on analgesic efficacy in reptiles, amphibians, fish and avian species, and anesthetic efficacy in nonhuman primates
  • Acute and chronic pain management in companion animals and laboratory animals.
  • Analgesia and regional anesthesia for oral and maxillofacial procedures
  • Evaluation and training modifications of working dogs to prevent acquired TMJ disorders
  • Novel techniques for maxillofacial reconstruction
  • Nomenclature and classification of odontogenic tumors
  • Evaluation of the relationship between tooth preparation and resistance/retention form
  • Understanding the development and repair of the urinary bladder epithelium
  • Identification of progenitor cells in the urinary bladder and the signaling mechanisms that cause these cells to proliferate in the face of injury
  • Contrast enhanced ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging, tumoral acoustic and magnetic resonance characteristics, magnetic resonance coil design, interventional radiology