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Administration

S. Ansar Ahmed Interim Department Head ansrahmd@vt.edu
Patricia M. Goudy Administrative Assistant pgoudy@vt.edu
Monica C. Taylor Office Assistant mctaylor@vt.edu
Sharon Carbaugh Fiscal Technician carbaugh@vt.edu
Jo Lytton Fiscal Assistant jslytton@vt.edu

Professors

S. Ansar Ahmed DVM, PhD, Immunology ansrahmd@vt.edu
Roger J. Avery PhD, Virology (Associate Dean, Research & Graduate Studies) avery@vt.edu
Stephen M. Boyle MS, PhD, Bacteriology smboyle@vt.edu
Marion F. Ehrich MS, RPh, PhD, Diplomate, A.B.T., Pharmacology/Toxicology marion@vt.edu
Steven D. Holladay PhD, Toxicology/Pharmacology holladay@vt.edu
Thomas J. Inzana MS, PhD, Diplomate, ABMM, Tyler J. and
Frances F. Young Professor of Bacteriology		 tinzana@vt.edu
Bernard S. Jortner VMD, MS, Diplomate, ACVP, Pathology bjortner@vt.edu
John C. Lee PhD, Physiology jclee@vt.edu
David S. Lindsay PhD, Parasitology lindsayd@vt.edu
L. Jill McCutcheon DVM, PhD, Comparative Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology
(Assistant Dean for Research EMC)		 mccutch@vt.edu
J. Blair Meldrum DVM, PhD, Toxicology bmeldrum@vt.edu
Xiang-Jin Meng MD, MS, PhD, Molecular Virology xjmeng@vt.edu
John L. Robertson VMD, PhD, Pathology drbob@vt.edu
Gerhardt G. Schurig DVM, MS, PhD, Immunology (Dean) gschurig@vt.edu
Stephen A. Smith DVM, MS, PhD, Aquatic Medicine stsmith7@vt.edu
D. Phillip Sponenberg DVM, PhD, Pathology/Genetics dpsponen@vt.edu
Nammalwar Sriranganathan BVSc, MVSc, PhD, Diplomate, ACVM, Bacteriology nathans@vt.edu
Jeff R. Wilcke DVM, MS, Diplomate, ACVCP, Clinical Pharmacology;
Dorothy A. and Richard G. Metcalf Professor
of Veterinary Medical Informatics		 jwilcke@vt.edu

Associate Professors

Dennis J. Blodgett DVM, PhD, Diplomate, ABVT, Toxicology dblodg@vt.edu
Thomas Caceci PhD, Biology, Histology elitist@vt.edu
Ludeman A. Eng MA, PhD, Anatomy, Cell Biology
(Assistant Dean for Strategic Innovations)		 laeng@vt.edu
Larry E. Freeman DVM, MS, Anatomy lfreeman@vt.edu
Robert M. Gogal, Jr. DVM, Immunology rgogal@vt.edu
Jennifer L Hodgson BVSc, PhD, MRCVS, Diplomate, ACVM, Microbiology jennieh@vt.edu
William R. Huckle MS, PhD, Cell Biology/Pharmacology wrhuckle@vt.edu
Bradley G. Klein PhD, Neurobiology bklein@vt.edu
David M. Moore DVM, MS, Diplomate, ACLAM,
(Assistant Vice Provost for Research Compliance)		 moored@vt.edu
Laurie G. O'Rourke DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP, Diplomate ECVCP,
Comparative Pathology		 lorourke@vt.edu
Paul Christopher Roberts BSc, MSc, PhD, Virology robec06@vt.edu
Geoffrey K. Saunders DVM, MS, Diplomate, ACVP, Pathology gsaun@vt.edu
Bonnie J. Smith DVM, PhD, Anatomy/Embryology bjsmith@vt.edu
Yasuhiro Suzuki PhD, DMSc, Molecular Immunology ysuzuki@vt.edu
Anne M. Zajac DVM, MS, PhD, Parasitology azajac@vt.edu

Assistant Professors

Taranjit Kaur VMD, MPH, Diplomate, ACLAM taranjit@vt.edu
Elankumaran Subbiah   MVSc, PhD, Diplomate ACVM, Virology kumarans@vt.edu
YongWoo Lee MS, PhD, Cardiovascular Physiology ywlee@vt.edu
Tanya LeRoith DVM, PhD, Anatomic Pathology tleroith@vt.edu
Lijuan Yuan MS, PhD, Immunology and Virology lyuan@vt.edu
Kurt Zimmerman DVM, PhD, Diplomate, ACVP, Clinical Pathology/Informatics kzimmerm@vt.edu

Clinical Instructor:

Ruby R. S. Paramadhas MVSc, PhD, Veterinary Pathology rubyrs@vt.edu

Instructor:

Theresea Gillian M. S. Biomedical Engineering theresag@vt.edu

Lecturer:

Michael J. Reardon DVM, PhD, Career Advisor mreardon@vt.edu

Special Research Faculty:

Aloka B.P.A. Bandara PhD, Research Assistant Professor abandara@vt.edu
Rujuan Dai PhD, Research Scientist rdai05@vt.edu
Laure Deflube PhD, Virology ladeflub@vt.edu
Julie M. Green MS, DVM, Research Assistant Professor jmgreen@vt.edu
Theresa Hrubec DVM, PhD, Research Assistant Professor thrubec@vcom.vt.edu
Yaowei Huang PhD, Postdoctoral Associate yhuang@vt.edu
Kristin Knight MS, Research Associate kknight@vt.edu
Guohua Li PhD, Postdoctoral Associate lguohua@vt.edu
Wen Li MD, MS, Research Scientist liwen@vt.edu
M. Renee Prater DVM, PhD, Research Assistant Professor mrprater@vcom.vt.edu
Sheela Ramamoorthy PhD, Postdoctoral Associate sheelar@vt.edu
Christopher Reilly PhD, Research Assistant Professor chreilly@vcom.vt.edu
Beverly Rzigalinski MS, PhD, Research Assistant Professor brzigali@vcom.vt.edu
Indra Sandal MS, PhD, Research Scientist isandal@vt.edu
Jatinder Singh PhD, Research Assistant Professor jasingh@vt.edu
Stephen R. Werre PhD, Research Assistant Professor swerre@vt.edu

Residents:

Bonnie Brenseke-Chastain DVM, Anatomic Pathology bmbrense@vt.edu
Natalie Durrett Crawford DVM, Anatomic Pathology nadurret@vt.edu
Anya C. Hawthorn DVM, Anatomic Pathology arachnid@vt.edu
Ronald Tyler DVM, Anatomic Pathology rontyler@vt.edu

Graduate Students:

Burouj Ajlouni Biomedical Sciences bajlouni@vt.edu
Pergentino Balbuena Pharmacology/Toxicity babuena@vt.edu
Hedie Bustamante Neurobiology hedie@vt.edu
Clifton Cassidy Molecular Genetics/Bacteriology cassidy@vt.edu
Anna Champion Microbiology annac@vt.edu
Vrushali Chavan Virology vrushali@vt.edu
Courtney Cohen Physiology cohenca@vt.edu
Celia Dodd Nuerosciences cdodd@vt.edu
Natalie Durrett Crawford DVM, Anatomic Pathology nadurret@vt.edu
Alicia Feagins Molecular Virology afeagins@vt.edu
Jennifer Gillespie Virology (Parallel DVM Student) jgillesp@vt.edu
David Goodwin Parasitology dagoodwi@vt.edu
Juan Claudio Gutierrez DVM, Teratology jcgutier@vt.edu
Anya C. Hawthorn DVM, MS, Anatomic Pathology arachnid@vt.edu
Andrew Herbert Virology/Immunology asherbert@vt.edu
Neeta Jain BVSc & AH, Microbiology njain80@vt.edu
Kusum Jasuja Microbiology kjasuja@vt.edu
Richard Kerr Immunotoxicology rkerr@vt.edu
Deena Khan BVSc & AH, MVSc, Immunology dkhan@vt.edu
Tila Khan Virology tilakhan@vt.edu
Chengya Liang Neuroscience cliang@vt.edu
Suzanne Locklair MS, Drug Informatics slsantamaria@vt.edu
Aaron Lucas Parasitology aalucas@vt.edu
John Machen Aquatic Medicine jmachen@vt.edu
Murali Mallela Conservation Medicine mallela@vt.edu
Sheila Mitchell Molecular Parasitology shmitch2@vt.edu
Jenna Moore Toxicology (Parallel DVM Student) jmoore@vt.edu
Amjad Mustafa Immunology amustafa@vt.edu
Yanyan Ni Molecular Immunology nyy7@vt.edu
Michael Nolan Aquatic Medicine (Parallel DVM Student) mwnolan@vt.edu
Jeevan Patlola Bacteriology patlola@vt.edu
Rebecca Phillips MS, Pharmaceutical raphilli@vt.edu
Rajeev Prasad Molecular Medicine rprasad@vt.edu
Raghavendra Pudupakam BVSc & AH, MVSc, Virology sumanthp@vt.edu
Dan Qiao Virology qiao@vt.edu
Parthiban Rajasekaran BVSc, Molecular Medicine parthi@vt.edu
Eva Marie Restis DVM, Conservation Medicine erestis@vt.edu
Matthew Rittler Biomedical Engineering mrittler@vt.edu
Thomas Rogers-Cotrone Virology (Parallel DVM/PhD Student) trogersc@vt.edu
Cheryl Ryder Microbiology cryder@vt.edu
Neeraj Singh Neuroscience nsingh79@vt.edu
Robert Solberg MS, Pathology/Comparative Oncology rsolberg@vt.edu
Jill Squires Parasitology jillms83@vt.edu
Dominic Steele Biomedical Sciences dominics@vt.edu
Brian Szekely Conservation Medicine bszekely@vt.edu
Ronald Tyler DVM, Anatomic Pathology rontyler@vt.edu
Amanda Wang BVM, Cell Biology blair@vt.edu
Xiaoshan Wang Microbial Pathogenesis xwang80@vt.edu
Danielle A. Weinstein Immunology (Parallel DVM Student) dweinste@vt.edu
Ke Wen Immunology and Virology wenke316@vt.edu

Emeritus Professors:

Gordon Carter DVM, DVSc, Diplomate, ACVM, Microbiology grcarte@vt.edu
Donald O. Cordes BVSc, MS, MACVSc, Diplomate, ACVP, Pathology dcordes@xtra.co.nz
Peter Eyre BVMS, PhD, MRCVS, Pharmacology cvmpxe@vt.edu
Hara P. Misra BVSc, MS, PhD, Diplomate, ACFE, Biochemistry misra@vt.edu
Carl J. Pfeiffer MA, MS, PhD, Gastrointestinal
Pathophysiology/Cellular Ultrastructure		 carlsan@vt.edu
Thomas E. Toth DVM, PhD, Diplomate, ACVCP, Virology ttoth@vt.edu

Adjunct Professors:

Thomas P. Caruso MA, PhD, Director of Research Initiatives,
VMRCVM (Pharmacology) 		tcaruso@vt.edu
Bernadette M. Dunham DVM, PhD, Deputy Director,
Office of New Animal Drug Evaluation,
Center for Veterinary Medicine,
U.S. Food and Drug Administration, (Public Policy)		 bdunham@cvm.fda.gov
Joseph M. Erwin PhD, Executive Director, Foundation for Comparative
and Conservation Biology (Primatology)		 Joemerwin@aol.com
Mark R. Finkler DVM, (Exotic Animal Medicine) finklerrah@cox.net
John M. Gregg DDS, PhD, Diplomate, ABOS,
(Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Anatomy/Neurobiology)		 jgregg@vt.edu
A. Wallace Hayes MS, PhD, Diplomate, ABT, FATS, CNS,
FIBiol Gradient Corporation (Toxicology)		 awallacehayes@comcast.net
Kevin P. High MD, MSc, Associate Professor, Internal Medicine,
Wake Forest University School of Medicine		 khigh@wfubmc.edu
Suzanne R. Jenkins VMD, MPH, Diplomate, ACVPM, Assistant State
Epidemiologist, (Public Health)		 sjenkins@vdh.state.va.us
Victoria Kok MLS, Professor, University Libraries,
(Biomedical Library Science)		 vkok@vt.edu
Terrance J. Leighton Postdoctoral Fellow, Biochemistry,
University of California, Davis
PhD, Microbiology, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, B.C.
BS Microbiology, Oregon State University		 tleighton@chori.org
Yunbo Li Ph.D. Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology/Toxicology
Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine,
Blacksburg, VA		 yli@vcom.vt.edu
William B. Spillman Ph.D. Physics, VA Tech, Associate Director
Fiber & Electro-Optics Research Center
(Ret.), Blacksburg, VA		 wspillman@yahoo.com
Jeannine S. Strobl PhD, Professor, George Washington University,
Washington, D.C. (Pharmacology) 		jstrobl@vcom.vt.edu
Lynette Tobias DVM, PhD, Veterinary Medical Officer,
USDA, APHIS, (Pathology)		 Lynette.Tobias@usda.gov
Douglas Wolf DVM, PhD, USEPA, (Toxicology) wolf.doug@epa.gov