College of Veterinary Medicine - Cornell University

Faculty

Professorial

Faculty		Research Interest
	Douglas Antczak, VMD, Ph.D. Professor of Equine Medicine at Baker Institute for Animal Health dfa1@cornell.edu (607)256-5633	Pregnancy immunology and placental development; equine genetics and genomic imprinting; equine immunology and infection
	Judith Appleton, Ph.D. Professor of Immunology at Baker Institute for Animal Health jaa2@cornell.edu (607)256-5648	Regulation of immunity expressed against parasitic nematodes; host/parasite interface in nematode infection
	Avery August, Ph.D. Professor of Immunology and Chair sf35@cornell.edu (607)253-3401	Immune cell activation and signaling in development, response to infection and respiratory inflammation
	Joel Baines, VMD, Ph.D. James Law Professor of Virology jdb11@cornell.edu (607)253-3391	Molecular biology and biochemistry of herpesvirus assembly, envelopment, and cellular exit. Herpesvirus neurovirulence. Cell biology of herpesvirus induced changes in cultured cells
	Dwight Bowman, Ph.D. Professor of Parasitology ddb3@cornell.edu (607)253-3406	Soil transmitted parasites, parasites of wildlife, biosurveillance
	Paul Bowser, Ph.D. Professor of Aquatic Animal Medicine prb4@cornell.edu (607)253-4029	Infectious and non-infectious diseases of fish;Emerging pathogens of fish
	Margaret Bynoe, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Immunology msb76@cornell.edu (607)253-4023	The molecular basis of antigen induced immune suppression and the modulation of the innate immune system response in immunity against cancer; the role of adenosine in immune and central nervous system barrier regulation
	James Casey, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Virology jwc3@cornell.edu (607)253-3579	Eukaryotic gene regulation, oncogenic transformation, viral replication, viral pathogenesis, toxicology
	Theodore Clark, Ph.D. Professor of Parasitology & Immunology tgc3@cornell.edu (607)253-4042	Vaccine Development; Mitochondrial Dynamics; Evolution of Antigen Presentation in teleost fish; Biology of the ciliated protozoa Tetrahymena and Ichthyophthirius
	Eric Denkers, Ph.D. Professor of Immunology eyd1@cornell.edu (607)253-4022	Immunity to the intracellular protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii
	Rodney Dietert, Ph.D. Professor of Immunotoxicology rrd1@cornell.edu (607)253-4015	Genetic regulation of macrophage function; immunotoxicity
	Cynthia Leifer, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Immunology cal59@cornell.edu (607)253-4258	Understanding innate immunity from the inside out: Toll-like receptors, signaling, dendritic cells, and controlling microbial infection
	Hélène Marquis, DMV, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Microbiology hm72@cornell.edu (607)253-3273	Pathogenesis of Listeria monocytogenes, mechanisms of regulation of specific virulence factors
	John Parker, BVMS, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Virology at Baker Institute for Animal Health jsp7@cornell.edu (607)256-5608	Cell biology, biochemistry and molecular biology of mammalian orthoreovirus-host cell interactions. Use of reoviruses as oncotherapeutic agents. Role of virus-receptor interactions and entry on virulence of feline calicivirus
	Colin Parrish, Ph.D. John M. Olin Professor of Virology at Baker Institute for Animal Health crp3@cornell.edu (607)256-5649	Structure and function of canine parvovirus, crystallography, virus assembly, mechanism of host cell invasion
	Brian Rudd, MPH, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Immunology bdr54@cornell.edu (607)253-4418	Developmental immunology; host response to infection
	David Russell, Ph.D. William Kaplan Professor of Infection Biology dgr8@cornell.edu (607)253-4272	The biology of intracellular infection, with emphasis on Mycobacteria
	Marci Scidmore, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Microbiology ms299@cornell.edu (607)253-4059	The biology of intracellular infection by the Chlamydia bacterium
	Gerlinde Van de Walle, DVM, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Viral Pathogenesis grv23@cornell.edu (607)256-5624	Virus-natural host models to study herpesvirus pathogenesis with an emphasis on epigenetic dysregulation mechanisms in infected cells; adult stem cell biology
	Gary Whittaker, Ph.D. Professor of Virology grw7@cornell.edu (607)253-4019	Endocytosis of influenza virus, structure-function studies on influenza HA, entry of coronaviruses and arenaviruses into host cells, viral pathogenesis, viral-bacterial co-infections

 

Research Faculty

Faculty		Research Interest
	Donna Cassidy-Hanley, Ph.D. Senior Research Associate dmc4@cornell.edu (607)253-3407	Infectious and non-infectious diseases of fish;Emerging pathogens of fish
	Rodman Getchell, Ph.D. Senior Research Associate rgg4@cornell.edu (607)253-3392	Molecular diagnostics and emerging diseases of fish; Target animal safety studies for new aquaculture therapeutants and chemicals
	Brian VanderVen, Ph.D. Research Scientist bcv8@cornell.edu (607)253-4277	Physiology of the intracellular pathogen M. tuberculosis
	Kui Yang, DVM, Ph.D. Senior Research Associate ky83@cornell.edu (607)253-4034	Mechanism of herpes simplex virus DNA cleavage and packaging and novel anti-herpes therapy

 

Teaching Faculty

Faculty		Courses
	Dorothy Debbie, Ph.D. Senior Lecturer dpd22@cornell.edu (607)253-4017	Veterinary Foundation Course Block IV; veterinary, graduate and undergraduate courses on microbiology and bacteriology
	Kathy Earnest-Koons, DVM, MS. Senior Lecturer kae1@cornell.edu (607)253-3734	Veterinary Foundation Course Block IV; Veterinary Distribution courses on Swine
	Donna Muscarella, Ph.D. Lecturer dem10@cornell.edu (607)253-4047	Veterinary Foundation Course Block IV; graduate and undergraduate courses on toxicology

 

Adjunct Faculty

Faculty	Research Interest
Gary Blissard, Ph.D. Adjuct Professor Scientist, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research gwb1@cornell.edu (607)254-1366	Biology and pathology of viral infections, particularly baculoviruses
Mary E. Martin, DVM, DACLAM, MPH Adjunct Assistant Professor Chief and Veterinarian,, Veterinary and Educational Services Center for Animal Resources& Education mem235@cornell.edu (607)253-3520
Klaus Osterrieder, DVM., Ph.D. Adjuct Professor Director, Institut fuer Virologie Freie Universitaet Berlin Berlin, Germany no.34@fu-berlin.de +49-30-2093-6564	Replication and pathogenesis of animal herpesviruses

 

Emeritus Faculty

• Dr. Stephen Bloom
  Emeritus Professor of Immunotoxicology and Cancer Genetics / Graduate School Professor
• Dr. Karel (Ton) Schat
  Emeritus Professor of Avian Virology and Immunology / Graduate School Professor