About Drew
Drew is a veterinary surgeon, principal investigator, and assistant professor within the Preclinical Surgical Research Laboratory at Colorado State University’s Translational Medicine Institute. He completed his D.V.M. and large animal surgery residency (ACVS) at Colorado State University and his Ph.D. in comparative biomedical sciences at North Carolina State University. His research focuses on elucidating the role of stromal cell senescence in the progression and treatment of musculoskeletal and orthopedic injuries, as well as advancing and refining large animal models to study these conditions.
Education
Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 2023Master of Science, Colorado State University, 2020Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Colorado State University, 2016Bachelor of Science, Colorado State University-Pueblo, 2012
Certifications
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons (Large Animal)
Publications
Nellenbach, K., Mihalko, E., Nandi, S., Koch, D. W., Shetty, J., Moretti, L., Sollinger, J., Moiseiwitsch, N., Sheridan, A., Pandit, S., Hoffman, M., Schnabel, L. V., Lyon, L. A., Barker, T. H., & Brown, A. C. (2024). Ultrasoft platelet-like particles stop bleeding in rodent and porcine models of trauma. Science Translational Medicine, 16(742), eadi4490. https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.adi4490Koch, D. W., Froneberger, A., Berglund, A., Connard, S., Souther, A., & Schnabel, L. V. (2024). IL-1ß + TGF-ß2 dual-licensed mesenchymal stem cells have reduced major histocompatibility class I expression and positively modulate tenocyte migration, metabolism, and gene expression. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 262(S1), S61–S72. https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.23.12.0708Koch, D. W., & Schnabel, L. V. (2023). Mesenchymal stem cell licensing: Enhancing MSC function as a translational approach for the treatment of tendon injury. American Journal of Veterinary Research. https://doi.org/10.2460/ajvr.23.07.0154Little, D., Amadio, P. C., Awad, H., Cone, S., Dyment, N. A., Fisher, M. B., Huang, A. H., Koch, D. W., Kuntz, A. F., Madi, R., McGilvrey, K., Schnabel, L. V., Shetye, S. S., Thomopoulos, S., Zhao, C., & Soslowsky, L. J. (2023). Preclinical tendon and ligament models: Beyond the 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction, Refinement) to 5W1H (Why, Who, What, Where, When, How). Journal of Orthopaedic Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/jor.25678Koch, D. W., Schnabel, L. V., Ellis, I. M., Bates, R. E., & Berglund, A. K. (2022). TGF-ß2 enhances tendon healing-associated paracrine factor expression in equine bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13287-022-03172-9
Research Specialty
Preclinical animal disease modelsMusculoskeletal biologyTendinopathy