Pathobiology

Faculty

Chair
Robert M. Jacobs
(Professor and Chair)
Research Interests - Bovine viruses, effect on the immune response; canine hereditary glomerulopathy
Graduate Coordinator
Jeff Caswell
(Professor)
Anatomic Pathology: Respiratory and cardiovascular pathology, Bacterial pneumonia of cattle and pigs, Innate immunity in the lung
Faculty Research Interests
John R. Barta
(Professor)
Parasitology: Protozoan parasites of the phylum Apicomplexa
Dorothee Bienzle
(Professor)
Clinical Pathology: Retroviral pathogenesis; Mechanisms of airway inflammation
Patrick Boerlin
(Associate Professor)
Bacteriology: Epidemiology of infectious diseases
Byram W. Bridle
(Assistant Professor)
Cancer immunotherapy, Oncolytic virotherapy
Robert A. Foster
(Professor)
Anatomic Pathology: Reproductive pathology, surgical pathology
Tony Hayes
(Professor)
Anatomic Pathology: Anatomic Pathology, Toxicological Pathology, Mechanisms of innate resistance to bacterial infection
Claire Jardine
(Assistant Professor)
Comparative Pathology: Wildlife and ecosystem health; Ecology of diseases in wild animal populations; Rodent and vector borne zoonotic diseases
Brandon Lillie
(Assistant Professor)

Anatomic Pathology:  Lectins and innate immunity; mechanisms of resistance to infectious diseases; genetics of disease; anatomic pathology

John S. Lumsden
(Professor)
Comparative Pathology: Fish health, Innate and muccosal host response, Pathology.
Janet MacInnes
(Professor)
Bacteriology: Molecular analysis of virulence determinants of bacteria, development of recombinant and live attenuated vaccines
Bonnie Mallard
(Professor)
Immunology: Immunogenetic aspects of antibody and cellular mechanisms of host defense with emphasis on breeding commercial livestock for inherent disease resistance.
Éva Nagy
(Professor)
Virology: Veterinary virology, molecular virology of avian viruses, development of recombinant viral vaccines, viral epidemiology, diagnostic tests for viral diseases of animals
Andrew S. Peregrine
(Associate Professor)
Parasitology: Epidemiology, impact and control of parasitic infections

Brandon L. Plattner (Assistant Professor)

Anatomic pathology: innate immuno-pathology of enteric mycobacterial disease (Johne’s disease) of cattle, bovine gamma-delta T cells
John F. Prescott
(Professor)
Bacteriology: Bacterial disease in animals; Effective antimicrobial drug use
Shayan Sharif
(Professor)
Immunology: Immunology and genetics of host disease resistance
Dale A. Smith
(Professor)
Pathology and Clinical Medicine: Diseases of Avian, Exotic, Wildlife and Zoo Animals.
Patricia Turner
(Professor)
Lab Animal Science: Diseases of laboratory animals; Toxicologic pathology
Scott Weese
(Professor)
Bacteriology: Bacterial infections in animals and humans, methicillin-resistant staphylococcal infections, Clostridium difficile, antimicrobial resistance, emerging infectious diseases, infection control.
Darren Wood
(Associate Professor)
Clinical Pathology: Canine hematology and hemostasis; poultry hemostasis; effects of BVDV on hematopoietic tissue
Geoffrey A. Wood
(Associate Professor)
Anatomic Pathology: Pathology of neoplasia; mouse models of disease; comparative oncogenomics
Sarah Wootton
(Assistant Professor)
Virology: Molecular mechanisms of viral pathogenesis
Adjunct Faculty Department
Hibret Adissu Toronto Centre for Phenogenomics
Marina Brash Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph
Yuehau (Hugh) Cai Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph
Susy Carman Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph
Josepha Delay Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph
Murry J. Hazlett Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph
Jon Heeney University of Cambridge, UK
Doug Hodgins Dept. of Pathobiology, University of Guelph
Brent Hoff Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph
Simon Hollamby Metro Toronto Zoo
LePage, Veronique Aquatic Veterinary Services
John A. Lynch Food Safety and Consumer Protection Directorate , Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Emily Martin Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph
Aleksandar Masic Bioniche Life Sciences Inc.
Grant M. Maxie Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph
Beverly J.E. McEwen Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph
Colin McKerlie Toronto Centre for Phenogenomics, Hospital for Sick Children
Gordon Mitchell Ottawa Laboratory Fallowfield, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
John Nash Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses
Susan Newbigging Toronto Centre for Phenogenomics
Davor Ojkic Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph
Jane Parmley Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre, UofG
Felipe Reggeti Antech, Toronto
Lela Riley Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Missouri
Dragan R. Rogan Bioniche Life Sciences Inc.
Kristiina Ruotsalo Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph
Durda Slavic Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph
Maria Spinato Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph
Margaret J. Stalker Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph
Tony A. vanDreumel Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph

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