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February
23
Thursday
Walk4Paws — Alpharetta, Georgia
Sneaky Dog Treats — Ellijay, Georgia
Funds collected through the annual Walk4Paws, in Alpharetta, and Sneaky Dog Treats, of Ellijay, will be used to directly support research related to cancer of companion animals lead by members of the Department of Pathology and the Oncology Service of the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine.
Recent and Ongoing Cancer Research
- Distribution of surviving in dog and cat tumors.
- Expression of heat shock proteins and Ki67 in canine brain tumors.
- Expression of histamine, serotonin, and c-kit in feline mast cell tumors.
- Use of indocyanin green and intraoperative spectroscopy and imaging to determine tumor resection boundaries in dogs with soft tissue sarcomas.
- Canine prostate cancer as a model to study human hormone-resistant prostate cancer.
- The role of COX inhibitors on the growth, invasion, and metastasis of prostate cancer cells.
- Use of proteomics to identify proteins differentially expressed between normal and neoplastic canine prostate and bladder.
- Determination of miRNA expression profiles in canine lymphoma in order to develop canine cancer-specific miRNA probes that can be used to better diagnose, classify and predict outcomes in canine cancer patients.
- Characterization of NF-kB expression in spontaneous SCC of domestic animals.
- Streptozotocin chemotherapy for insulinoma in dogs.
- Expression of 5-lipoxygenase expression in dogs with prostate carcinoma.
- Immunohistochemical evaluation of heat shock proteins, vasculoendothelial growth factor, and Ki-67 in canine brain tumors.
- CCNU, vinblastine, and prednisone chemotherapy for dogs with aggressive mast cell tumors.
- MOPP rescue chemotherapy for dogs with resistant lymphoma.
- Variation among pathologists in histologic grading of canine cutaneous mast cell tumors.
- Variation among pathologists in histologic grading of canine cutaneous mast cell tumors with uniform use of a single grading reference.
- Palliative radiation therapy for dogs with nasal tumors.
- Development of a Canine tumor bank.
Contact Us
Department Office
Department of Pathology
College of Veterinary Medicine
The University of Georgia
501 D.W. Brooks Drive
Athens, GA 30602-7388
Phone: 706.542.5837
Fax: 706.542.5828
Amanda Crawford, Business Manager I
E-mail: acrawfor@uga.edu
Phone: 706.542.5829
Megan Troutman, Administrative Associate II
E-mail: myar18@uga.edu
Phone: 706.542.5837
Christy Morris, Administrative Specialist I
E-mail: cpmorris@uga.edu
Phone: 706.583.0340
Graduate Coordinator
Dr. Jaroslava Halper
Email: jhalper@uga.edu
Phone: 706.542.5830
Residency Coordinators
Dr. Elizabeth W. Howerth
Anatomic Pathology Residency Coordinator
Email: howerth@uga.edu
Phone: 706.542.5833
Dr. Bridget Garner
Clinical Pathology Residency Coordinator
Email: garnerb@uga.edu
Phone: 706.542.5847
