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Administration

S. Ansar Ahmed Department Head ansrahmd@vt.edu
Patricia M. Goudy Administrative Assistant pgoudy@vt.edu
Monica C. Taylor Office Assistant mctaylor@vt.edu

Professors

S. Ansar Ahmed DVM, PhD, Immunology ansrahmd@vt.edu
Roger J. Avery PhD, Virology (Senior Associate Dean, Research & Graduate Studies) avery@vt.edu
Stephen M. Boyle MS, PhD, Bacteriology
(Director, CMMID)		 smboyle@vt.edu
Marion F. Ehrich MS, RPh, PhD, Diplomate, A.B.T., Pharmacology/Toxicology marion@vt.edu
Thomas J. Inzana MS, PhD, Diplomate, ABMM, Tyler J. and Frances F. Young Chair 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
J. Blair Meldrum DVM, PhD, Toxicology
(Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs)		 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
Jennifer L Hodgson BVSc, PhD, MRCVS, Diplomate, ACVM, Microbiology (Associate Dean for Professional Programs) 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
Anne M. Zajac DVM, MS, PhD, Parasitology azajac@vt.edu

Assistant Professors

David L. Caudell DVM, PhD, Anatomic Pathology dcaudell@vt.edu
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, Diplomate, ACVP, Anatomic Pathology tleroith@vt.edu
Nicole M. Weinstein DVM, Diplomate, ACVP, Clinical Pathology nweinste@vt.edu
Lijuan Yuan MS, PhD, Immunology and Virology lyuan@vt.edu
Kurt Zimmerman DVM, PhD, Diplomate, ACVP, Clinical and Anatomic Pathology kzimmerm@vt.edu

Instructor:

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

Special Research Faculty:

Aloka B.P.A. Bandara PhD, Research Assistant Professor abandara@vt.edu
Nathan M. Beach PhD, Postdoctoral Associate nbeach@vt.edu
Dianjun Cao PhD, Postdoctoral Associate djcao@vt.edu
Laura Cordoba-Garcia PhD, Postdoctoral Associate lcordoba@vt.edu
Rujuan Dai PhD, Research Scientist rdai05@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, Research Scientist yhuang@vt.edu
Scott Kenney PhD, Postdoctoral Associate spk151@vt.edu
Kristin Knight MS, Research Associate kknight@vt.edu
Sandeep Kumar PhD, Postdoctoral Associate sandy80@vt.edu
Guohua Li PhD, Research Scientist lguohua@vt.edu
Wen Li MD, MS, Research Scientist liwen@vt.edu
M. Renee Prater DVM, PhD, Research Assistant Professor mrprater@vcom.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
Mohamed N. Seleem BVSc, MS, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate naguieb@vt.edu
Jatinder Singh PhD, Research Assistant Professor jasingh@vt.edu
Yong Wang PhD, Postdoctoral Associate wangyong@vt.edu
Stephen R. Werre PhD, Research Assistant Professor swerre@vt.edu

Residents:

Ellen M. Binder DVM, Anatomic Pathology ebinder@vt.edu
Bonnie Brenseke-Chastain DVM, Anatomic Pathology bmbrense@vt.edu
Anya C. Hawthorn DVM, Anatomic Pathology arachnid@vt.edu
Ronald Tyler DVM, Anatomic Pathology rontyler@vt.edu

Graduate Students:

Abdul gafoor Puthiyavettil Abdulkader Anatomic Pathology gafoor@vt.edu
Jeffry Alexander Bacteriology jcalex01@vt.edu
Adria Allen Virology ajallen@vt.edu
Javiera Pilar Bahamonde-Azcuy Biomedical Science bahaj07@vt.edu
Pergentino Balbuena Pharmacology/Toxicity babuena@vt.edu
Ellen M. Binder DVM, Anatomic Pathology ebinder@vt.edu
Bonnie Brenseke-Chastain DVM, Anatomic Pathology bmbrense@vt.edu
Tam Bui Immunology and Virology hibiscus@vt.edu
Hedie Bustamante Neurobiology hedie@vt.edu
Clifton Cassidy Molecular Genetics/Bacteriology cassidy@vt.edu
Samantha Casterlow Bacteriology csamant@vt.edu
Thomas Cecere Anatomic Pathology tcecere@vt.edu
Anna Champion Microbiology annac@vt.edu
Samantha M. Chang DVM, Immunology smchang@vt.edu
Vrushali Chavan Virology vrushali@vt.edu
Courtney Cohen Immunology cohenca@vt.edu
Jagadeeswaran Deventhiran Virology eeswar@vt.edu
Alicia Feagins Molecular Virology afeagins@vt.edu
Amanda Gasser Virology algasser@vt.edu
Ashley Givens Bacteriology agivens@vt.edu
David Goodwin Parasitology dagoodwi@vt.edu
Sarah Hammond Anatomic Pathology shammond@vt.edu
Anya C. Hawthorn DVM, MS, Anatomic Pathology arachnid@vt.edu
Suzanne Hirst Biomedical Sciences shirst@vt.edu
Neeta Jain BVSc & AH, Microbiology njain80@vt.edu
Vanessa Keller Biomedical Science ekvanes@vt.edu
Deena Khan BVSc & AH, MVSc, Immunology dkhan@vt.edu
Tila Khan Virology tilakhan@vt.edu
Paul Kim Cardiovascular Physiology pkvet@vt.edu
Gade Kimsawatde Bacteriology gade@vt.edu
Aaron Lucas Parasitology aalucas@vt.edu
Murali Mallela Conservation Medicine mallela@vt.edu
Amitesh Mandal Aquatic Medicine amitesh@vt.edu
Anne Michalenka Bacteriology vtmaroon@vt.edu
Jenna Moore Toxicology (Parallel DVM Student) jmoore@vt.edu
Yanyan Ni Molecular Immunology nyy7@vt.edu
Yu Pan Bacteriology pyu08@vt.edu
Rebecca Phillips MS, Pharmaceutical raphilli@vt.edu
Raghavendra Pudupakam BVSc & AH, MVSc, Virology sumanthp@vt.edu
Dan Qiao Virology qiao@vt.edu
Shobana Raghunath Molecular Virology shoba@vt.edu
Parthiban Rajasekaran BVSc, Molecular Medicine parthi@vt.edu
Eva Marie Restis DVM, Conservation Medicine erestis@vt.edu
Thomas Rogers-Cotrone Virology (Parallel DVM/PhD Student) trogersc@vt.edu
Cheryl Ryder Microbiology cryder@vt.edu
Brent Sanford DVM, MS, Molecular Virology bsanford@vt.edu
Suzanne Santamaria MS, Veterinary Medical Informatics slsantamaria@vt.edu
Betsy Schroeder Bacteriology bschroed@vt.edu
Neeraj Singh Neuroscience nsingh79@vt.edu
Sara Smith Molecular Virology smithsm@vt.edu
Robert Solberg MS, Pathology/Comparative Oncology rsolberg@vt.edu
Stephanie Todd Anatomic Pathology smtodd@vt.edu
Ronald Tyler DVM, Anatomic Pathology rontyler@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:

Joseph Bassaganya-Riera DVM, PhD, Director, Laboratory of Nutritional Immunology & Molecular Nutrition, Virginia Tech jbassaga@vt.edu
Karen Duca PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biochem & BioTech, Kumasi, Ghana, W. Africa Karen.duca@gmail.com
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
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
Liwu Li PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biology LSI, Virginia Tech lwli@vt.edu
Yunbo Li Ph.D. Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology/Toxicology
Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine,
Blacksburg, VA		 yli@vcom.vt.edu
David L. McRurer DVM, Director, Veterinary Sciences Wildlife Center of Virginia dmcrurer@wildlifecenter.org
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