Andres Contreras, DVM, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
contre28@msu.edu
Research interests include adipose tissue biology with special emphasis on the effects of lipolysis and other fat tissue adaptation mechanisms associated with negative energy balance and the onset of lactation on host immunity and disease susceptibility.
Contreras Laboratory
MSU Scholars
Currently accepting students.
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Viviane Gomes, DVM, PhD, DACT
Assistant Professor
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
leitegom@msu.edu
The Gomes Laboratory research interests lie on comparative pregnancy physiology and fetal programming, with focus on adverse cardiovascular, metabolic, and reproductive outcomes in offspring prenatally exposed to maternal obesity and hypertension. Aligned with the One Health approach, which emphasizes the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health, researchers utilize mouse, dog, and horse animal models to investigate how the intrauterine environment may affect the health of future generations.
Gomes Laboratory (webpage coming soon)
MSU Scholars
May be accepting students
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Jack Harkema, DVM, PhD, DACVP, ATSF
University Distinguished Professor, Albert C. and Lois E. Dehn Endowed Chair in Veterinary Medicine, and Director of the Laboratory for Environmental and Toxicologic Pathology and the Mobile Air Research Laboratories (AirCARE1 and 2)
Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation
harkemaj@msu.edu
Mechanisms underlying airway epithelial injury, repair, and dysrepair caused by inhaled xenobiotics (air pollutants, allergens, viruses, microbial toxins).
Laboratory for Environmental and Toxicologic Pathology
MSU Scholars
Not accepting students.
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Daniel Langlois, DVM, DACVIM
Associate Professor
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
langlo21@msu.edu
Copper-associated liver disorders in dogs and companion animal endocrinology.
Langlois Research Program
MSU Scholars
Not accepting students.
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James Luyendyk, PhD
Professor
Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation
luyendyk@msu.edu
Fatty liver disease and hepatotoxicity.
Luyendyk Laboratory
MSU Scholars
Currently accepting students.
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Hal Schott, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
Professor
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
schott@msu.edu
Equine urinary tract disorders; pleuropheumonia fluid and electrolyte balance in exercising horses.
Schott Laboratory
MSU Scholars
Not accepting students.
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Dana Spence, PhD
Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
dspence@chemistry.msu.edu
The Spence Group applies analytical tools to solve problems in diabetes, sickle cell anemia, transfusion medicine, and platelet physiology.
Spence Group
MSU Scholars
May be accepting students.
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James Wagner, MBA, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation
wagnerja@msu.edu
Investigates pathophysiological mechanisms of health effects caused by exposure to environmental and occupational air pollutants.
Laboratory for Environmental and Toxicologic Pathology
MSU Scholars
Not accepting students.
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Vilma Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan, PhD
Professor
Department of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology
vygsu@msu.edu
Comparative molecular genetics, canine genome mapping, cancer genetics.
Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan Laboratory
MSU Scholars
May be accepting students.
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Zheng Zhou, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Animal Science
zhouzz@msu.edu
The Zhou Laboratory utilizes molecular and omics approaches to study the impacts of nutritional interventions on production performance and health-related metabolic alterations.
Zhou Laboratory
MSU Scholars
May be accepting students.