The infectious disease researchers at the Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine are scientists dedicated to improving the health of animals and humans through novel discoveries and therapies that embrace One Health principles. Current research includes bovine leukemia virus, tuberculosis, mastitis, and gastrointestinal diseases, among other top health issues.
Infectious Disease Researchers
Ángel Abuelo, DVM, MRes, PhD, MSc , DABVP, DECBHM, FHEA MRCVS
Oxidative stress, vaccine responsiveness in neonatal dairy calves; antimicrobials on farms and farm profitibility
Paul Bartlett, BA, MPH, DVM, PhD
Disease surveillance, antimicrobial resistance, and bovine leukemia virus
G. Andres Contreras, DVM, PhD
Adipose tissue biology; health solutions, new technologies and applications that improve periparturient dairy cow health, farmer’s profitability
Ronald Erskine, DVM, MS, PhD
Bovine mastitis; bovine therapeutics; new technologies on dairy farms related to animal health
Scott Fitzgerald, BS, DVM, PhD, DACVP, DACPV
Infectious, emerging and zoonotic disease pathogenesis, especially bovine tuberculosis
Bartolomeo Gorgoglione, DVM, MSc, PhD, CertAqV
Fish pathology, fish immunology, co-infections, fish parasitology, and fish virology
Gisela Soboll Hussey, DVM, MS, PhD
The role of early respiratory immunity and modulation of immunity for protection from herpesviral disease
John B. Kaneene, DVM, MPH, PhD, FAES, FAVES
Epidemiology and control of zoonotic diseases, One Health, antibiotic resistance in foodborne pathogens
John Kruger, BA, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
Feline and canine urology and nephrology; minimally invasive endourology
Linda Mansfield, MS, VMD, PhD, DACVM
Enteric pathogens resulting in GI tract inflammation; Campylobacter jejuni; therapies for IBD
Adam Moeser, MS, PhD, DVM
Interactions between early-life stress, biological sex in shaping gut neuroimmune development, disease risk
Bo Norby, CVM, MPVM, PhD
Analytical epidemiology, ecology and transmission of antimicrobial–resistant bacteria, risk factors and intervention strategies
Jen Owen, PhD
Ecology of zoonotic diseases; behavioral ecology of migratory birds; avian ecoimmunology and virology
Janani Ravi, PhD
Computational biology | Bioinformatics | Molecular evolution & phylogeny | Comparative pathogenomics | Molecular drug/vaccine discovery | Data analysis & visualization
Pamela Ruegg, DVM, MPVM
antimicrobial usage, resistance, and stewardship; mastitis and other bacterial infections in cows
