FACULTY

		SANDY BALDWIN, DVM, PHD Professor Bacteriology; mycology
		HARRY W. DICKERSON, BVSC, PHD Professor Molecular basis of microbial pathogenesis immunoparasitology and fish vaccinology		Office: 226 Vet Med Phone: 706-542-5734 Email: hwd@vet.uga.edu
		DONALD L. EVANS, PHD Professor Molecular Immunology; signal transduction; mechanisms of cellular innate immunity		Office: 291 Vet Med Phone: 706-542-5796 Email: devans@vet.uga.edu
		MARY HONDALUS, DVM, PHD Assistant Professor Microbial genetics; pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Rhodococcus equi; vaccine development		Office: 356 Vet Med Phone: 706-542-5778 Email: hondalus@vet.uga.edu
		LILIANA JASO-FRIEDMANN, PHD Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator Comparative immunology; regulation and activation of natural immunity; evolution of effector molecules of the cellular immune system; effector pathways of cytotoxicity		Office: 355 Vet Med Phone: 706-542-2875 Email: ljaso@vet.uga.edu
		RAY M. KAPLAN, DVM, PHD Associate Professor Molecular mechanisms of anthelmintic resistance in nematode parasites; epidemiology and control of gastrointestinal parasites of ruminants and horses; biology and control of filarial nematodes		Office: 2212A Vet Med Phone: 706-542-5670 Email: rkaplan@vet.uga.edu
		ERIC R. LAFONTAINE, PHD Associate Professor Adherence factors from Moraxella catarrhalis, Burkholderia mallei and B. pseudomallei		Office: 146 Riverbend South Building Phone: 706-542-2863 Email: elafon10@uga.edu
		JULIE M. MOORE, PHD Associate Professor Immune response to infectious diseases during pregnancy		Office: N330C Coverdell Phone: 706-542-5789 Email: julmoore@vet.uga.edu
		DAVID S. PETERSON, PHD Associate Professor Characterization of adhesion proteins which mediate host-parasite interactions in Plasmodium falciparum		Office: S345C Coverdell Phone: 706-542-5242 Email: peterson@vet.uga.edu
		FREDERICK D. QUINN, PHD Professor and Department Head Identification and analysis of virulence factors from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other mycobacteria		Office: 358 Vet Med Phone: 706-542-5790 Email: fquinn@vet.uga.edu
		SREEKUMARI RAJEEV, BVSC, PHD, DACVM Assistant Professor Diagnosis and prevention of infectious diseases in animals with a focus on Leptospirosis and Johne's disease in cattle		Office: Tifton Campus Phone: 229-386-3340 Email: srajeev@uga.edu
		JEREMIAH T. SALIKI, DVM, PHD Professor Development and improvement of conventional and molecular diagnostic methods for existing and emerging viruses of terrestrial and marine mammals		Office: Athens Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Phone: 706-542-5568 Email: jsaliki@uga.edu
		SUSAN SANCHEZ, MSc, PHD, MIBiol, CBiol Associate Professor Antimicrobial resistance and its spread in animals and people; Salmonella and Staphylococcus aureus with emphasis in MRSA; diagnostic tests for zoonotic diseases and diseases present in animals		Office: 137 Athens Diagnostic Laboratory Phone: 706-542-5568 Email: ssanchez@vet.uga.edu
		S. MARK TOMPKINS, PHD Assistant Professor Immune response to influenza virus infection; development of novel vaccines and therapeutics for seasonal and pandemic influenza; anti-viral RNA interference		Office: 112B AHRC Phone: 706-542-4716 Email: tompkins@vet.uga.edu
		RALPH A. TRIPP, PHD Professor and GRA Eminent Scholar Immunity and disease pathogenesis associated with respiratory virus infection		Office: 201 AHRC Phone: 706-542-1557 Email: rtripp@vet.uga.edu

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