D.V.M.-Ph.D. Current Students and Mentors

Program Leadership

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Anne Avery, V.M.D., Ph.D.

Program Co-Director

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Dan Regan
Dan Regan, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Program Co-Director

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Current Students

D.V.M. Years 3-4

Sam Brill
Samuel Brill
Carley Dearing
Carley Dearing
Laurel Haines
Laurel Haines
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Kate Williams
Emily Van Zeeland
Emily Van Zeeland

Ph.D. Years 2-4

Christian Cherry
Christian Cherry
Jesse Cole
Jesse Cole
Sara Cook
Sara Cook
Shay Curry
Shay Curry
Grace Jakes
Grace Jakes
Clara Reasoner
Clara Reasoner
Michelle Savran
Michelle Savran

D.V.M. Years 1-2

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Elizabeth Esdaile
Alex Stigall
Emma Szegvari
Tatianna Travieso
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Kate Tyner

Ph.D. Year 1

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Julia Felder
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Jasmine Mackley

Mentors and Research Topics

Bat Immunology During Viral Infection

Tony Schountz
Tony Schountz, Ph.D.
Clara Reasoner
Clara Reasoner

Bovine Respiratory Immunology

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Steve Dow, D.V.M., Ph.D.
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Sarah Raabis, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Grace Jakes
Grace Jakes

Cancer Immunology

Dan Regan
Dan Regan, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Laurel Haines
Laurel Haines

Comparative Oncology

Doug Thamm
Doug Thamm, D.V.M.
Sam Brill
Samuel Brill
Anne Avery, V.M.D., Ph.D.
Emily Rout, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Sara Cook
Sara Cook
Tatianna Travieso
Shay Curry
Shay Curry

Immune Aging

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Adam Harris, Ph.D., D.V.M.
Kate McCabe, a person with brown straight hair, wavy over the shoulders, smiling at the camera with a brick background
Kate Tyner

Mucosal Immunology and Probiotic Vaccine Platforms

Gregg Dean
Gregg Dean, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Christian Cherry
Christian Cherry
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Allison Vilander, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Musculoskeletal Aging

Nicole Ehrhart
Nicole Ehrhart, D.V.M.
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Kate Williams
Karyn Hamilton
Karyn Hamilton, Ph.D.

Neuroendocrinology and Stress

Brent Myers
Brent Myers, Ph.D.
Carley Dearing
Carley Dearing

Prion Pathology/Neurodegenerative Disease

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Candace Mathiason, Ph.D.
Jesse Cole
Jesse Cole
Amanda Woerman, Ph.D.
Emma Szegvari

Reproductive Physiology

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Jenny Sones, D.V.M., Ph.D.
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Elizabeth Esdaile

Translational Medicine/Orthopedic Disease

Jeremiah Easley
Jeremiah Easley, D.V.M.
Katie Sikes
Katie Sikes, Ph.D.
Emily Van Zeeland
Emily Van Zeeland
Alex Stigall
Drew Koch, Ph.D.

West Nile Virus

Brian Foy
Brian Foy, Ph.D.
Michelle Savran
Michelle Savran
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Greg Ebel, Sc.D.