Dr. Aline Vieira DVM, MSc, PhD
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Senior Lecturer - Veterinary Physiology
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
VRT T5010B, Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: 607-253-4094
Email: abv38@cornell.edu
Education
- DVM - Fluminense Federal University (UFF) - Brazil – 1994 - 1999
- Externship in Cardiovascular Physiology – Ohio State University – USA - 1999
- Small Animal Medicine Residency - State University of Londrina – Brazil – 2001-2003 (no board certification is provided)
- Externship in Small Animal Medicine – University of Illinois at UC – USA - 2002
- Master of Science in Veterinary Clinical Sciences - Fluminense Federal University - Brazil – 2005 - 2007
- PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology / Pharmacology - Oswaldo Cruz Foundation – Brazil – 2009 – 2013
Biography/Professional Experience
- Professional Experience
- 1999 - 2016: Small Animal Clinician and Endocrinology Lover - Brazil
- 2005 - 2007: Invited Lecturer - Fluminense Federal University
- 2006 - 2008 and 2009 - 2013: Head of the Endocrinology Service - Fluminense Federal University Veterinary Hospital - Brazil
- 2007 - 2013 and 2014 - 2016: Lecturer at Faculdade Quallitas - Brazil
- 2013 - 2014: Postdoctoral Fellow - Centre of Companion Animal Health- University of Queensland – Australia
- 2015 - 2016: Postdoctoral Fellow - Lab of Ultrastructure and Tissue Biology - State University of Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
- 2016 - 2020: Assistant Professor and Course Coordinator of Veterinary Physiology - Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine
- 2021 - 2024: Associate Professor and Course Coordinator of Veterinary Physiology - Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine
- 2022 - 2024: Division Head of Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology - Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine
- Teaching interests
- Function and Dysfunction (VTMED 5300/5310), that includes aspects of physiology and pathology.
- Research interests
- Endocrine physiology
- Endocrine and metabolic diseases of dogs and cats
- Effect of hormones and endocrine/metabolic diseases on physiological parameters in dog and cats
- Effect of exercise on cardiovascular and metabolic parameters on clinical and experimental diabetes/obesity
- Effect of drugs and natural products on clinical and experimental endocrine/metabolic diseases
Publications
- Marcus Vinicius Machado, Ronan Chapuis, Aline B. Vieira. Can exercise training prevent doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy? Editorial for Int J Cardiovasc Sci. 2022; [online]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36660/ijcs.20220170
- Sarah M. Cavanaugh, Ryan P. Cavanaugh, Renee Streeter, Aline B. Vieira, Gregory E. Gilbert, Jennifer K. Ketzis. Commercial extruded plant-based diet lowers circulating levels of trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) precursors in healthy dogs: A pilot study. Frontiers in Veterinary Medicine. 2022 Jul 7;9:936092. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.936092. eCollection 2022
- Aline Bomfim Vieira, Juliana Werner, Fernanda Vieira Amorim da Costa, Sara Maria de Carvalho e Suzano, Nayro Xavier de Alencar. Skin fragility syndrome in a cat with chronic cholangiohepatitis secondary to Platynosomum fastosum infection. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2022 Apr 11;259(S2):1-4. https://doi: 10.2460/javma.20.03.0111.
- Vieira, A.B., Restrepo, M.A., Auzenne, D. et al. Mild to moderate overweight in dogs: is there an impact on routine hematological and biochemical profiles, echocardiographic parameters and cardiac autonomic modulation? Vet Res Commun (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-021-09880-6
- Cavanaugh SM, Cavanaugh RP, Gilbert GE, Leavitt E, Ketzis JK, Vieira AB. Short-term amino acid, clinicopathologic, and echocardiographic findings in healthy dogs fed a commercial plant-based diet. PLoS One 2021 Oct 12;16(10): e0258044.
- L.Jotha-Mattosa, A.B.Vieira, M. da S.M.Castelo, A.S. de M.Queiroz, H.J.M.de Souza, N.X.de Alencar, L.M.T.R.Lima. Amyloidogenesis of feline amylin and plasma levels in cats with diabetes mellitus or pancreatitis. Domestic Animal Endocrinology, 2021 Jan;74:106532.
- Veronica S.M.; Nascimento, A.L.R.; Pereira, P.G.; Rabelo, K; Andrade, C.B.V.; Moraes, A.C.N,; Vieira, A.B.; Salata, C.; Araujo, V.H.V.O.; Silva, J.F.R., Carvalho, J.J. Aliskiren reduces the adrenal zona glomerulosa apoptosis and autophagy in Wistar rats with 2K1C hypertension. International Journal of Hypertension. International Journal of Hypertension, 2020 Oct 21;2020:7684849.
- Beatriz Alexandre-Santos, Renata Alves, Cristiane Matsuura, Vinicius Sepúlveda-Fragoso, Larissa Lírio Velasco, Marcus Vinícius Machado, Aline Bomfim Vieira, Tiago Fernandes, Edilamar Menezes Oliveira, Eduardo Tibiriçá, Antonio Claudio Lucas da Nóbrega, D'Angelo Carlo Magliano, Eliete Dalla Corte Frantz. Modulation of cardiac renin-angiotensin system, redox status and inflammatory profile by different volumes of aerobic exercise training in obese rats. Free Radic Biol Med, 21;156:125-136, 2020.
- Nayro X. de Alencar; Sabrina D.E. Campos; Daniel de B. Macieira; Sara Maria de C. e Suzano; Aline B. Vieira. Langerhans cell histiocytosis in a french bulldog. JAVMA, 256(5):559-562, 2020.
- Priscila G. Pereira, Kissila Rabelo, Jemima F. R. da Silva, Bianca T. Ciambarella, Ana L.R. Nascimento, Aline B. Vieira, Jorge J. de Carvalho. Aliskiren improves renal morphophysiology and inflammation in Wistar rats with 2K1C renovascular hypertension. Histology and Histopathology, 35, 609-621, 2020.
- Beatriz Alexandre-Santos; Marcus Vinicius Machado; Larissa Lírio Velasco; Agatha Cristie Menezes; Aline Bomfim Vieira; Vinicius Sepúlveda-Fragoso; Juliana Pereira Borges; Eduardo Tibiriçá; D’Angelo Carlo Magliano; Antonio Claudio Lucas da Nóbrega; Eliete Dalla Corte Frantz. Exercise-induced cardiac opioid system activation attenuates apoptosis pathway in obese rats. Life Sciences. 2019 Jun 6. pii: S0024-3205(19)30462-X.
- Marcus Vinicius Machado, Aline Bomfim Vieira, Eduardo Tibiriça. Microcirculation, metabolic syndrome and exercise: Does exercise dose matter? Physiology News Magazine. Issue Number 116, 2019 (invited non peer-review article). DOI:10.36866/pn.116.37
- Aline Bomfim Vieira. Does diet matter when treating feline diabetes mellitus? Veterinary Practice News. August 2019. (invited non peer-review article). https://www.veterinarypracticenews.com/diabetes-mellitus-november-2019/
- Aline Bomfim Vieira. Obesity and Inflammation. Dogs and Cats magazine. Year 35, number 243, November 2019. (invited non peer-review article in Portuguese). https://www.revistacaesegatos.com.br/pub/curuca/index2/index.jsp?edicao=11217&ipg=382380&keyword=um%20problema&keyword=um%20problema#page/37
Marinho, P.C.; Vieira, A.B.; Pereira, P.G; Rabelo, et al. Capybara Oil Improves Hepatic Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Steatosis, and Inflammation in a Murine Model of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Evidence-Based Complementary and alternative Medicine. 2018 Apr 29; 2018:4956079.
Awards and Honors
- RUSVM SAVMA 2024 Leadership and Excellence Award for outstanding Contribution to RUSVM and/or the St. Kitts community. March 2024
- RUSVM SAVMA 2022 Leadership and Excellence Award for outstanding Contribution to RUSVM and/or the St. Kitts community. March 2022
- RUSVM SAVMA 2021 Leadership and Excellence Award for outstanding Contribution to RUSVM and/or the St. Kitts community. April 2021
- Early Career Author Prize 2017 from Experimental Physiology to the first author (Marcus Machado) - Exercise training dose differentially alters muscle and heart capillary density and metabolic functions in an obese rat with metabolic syndrome. Experimental Physiology. Dec 1;102(12):1716-1728, 2017.
- Editor’s choice in Experimental Physiology - Exercise training dose differentially alters muscle and heart capillary density and metabolic functions in an obese rat with metabolic syndrome. Experimental Physiology. Dec 1;102(12):1716-1728, 2017.
- Award from the Society of Comparative Endocrinology – SCE for the abstract “Effect of the Stage of Chronic Kidney Disease on Serum Total Thyroxine in Cats. ACVIM FORUM, New Orleans, USA, 2012.
Professional/Academic Affiliations
- Society of Comparative Endocrinology
- European Society of Veterinary Endocrinology
- American Physiological Society
- American Veterinary Medical Association