Dr. Cindy Adams
is a leader in the development and assessment of curriculum and continuing education programs for the teaching of communication skills in the veterinary profession.
Dr. Jason Anderson
is a paleontologist who uses osteological information to reconstruct the evolutionary and life history of fossil vertebrates.
Dr. Jeff Biernaskie
uses molecular and cell biological approaches to study the role of stem cells in tissue morphogenesis and repair. His primary interest is in skin and neural stem cell biology.
Dr. Soren Boysen
interests include shock, trauma, sepsis and coagulation with a particular interest in the clinical application of measuring lactate as a diagnostic tool in veterinary practice.
Dr. Bonnie Buntain
is an expert in food safety having come most recently from the USDA in Washington.
Dr. Faizal Careem
investigates the innate immune response in the context of respiratory viral infections.
Dr. Nigel Caulkett
focuses on the development of safe capture and handling techniques in free ranging wildlife, and the development and evaluation of analgesic techniques in farm animals.
Dr. Prasanth Chelikani
studies the physiological mechanisms by which peptides secreted from the gut and other peripheral tissues regulate food intake and body weight.
Dr. Doug Colwell
is a parasitologist whose interests are in the area of host-parasite interactions, particularly with arthropods and flatworms.
Dr. Alastair Cribb
focuses on molecular mechanisms of drug and chemical toxicity in animals and humans; the pharmacogenetic basis of adverse drug reactions as well as cancer susceptibility, and molecular genetics of species and individual differences in response to drugs and chemicals.
Dr. Jay Cross
uses molecular, genetic and cell biological approaches to study development of early mammalian embryos, complications of pregnancy, stem cells and tissue repair.
Dr. Markus Czub
focuses on molecular and cellular aspects of emerging viral diseases and pathogenesis of prion infections.
Dr. Stephanie Czub
focuses on the pathophysiology and diagnosis of prion diseases such as BSE and Chronic Wasting Disease
Dr. Jeroen De Buck
is a bacteriologist with a focus on the pathogenesis of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, the causative agen of Johne's disease in ruminants.
Dr. Lorraine Doepel
is a ruminant nutritionist with interests in protein metabolism in lactating dairy cows and nutritional management of calves.
Dr. Nicole Fernandez
has diagnostic and research interests that include hematology, cytology, and the use of immunohistochemistry in tumor diagnosis.
Dr. Erin Fierheller
is a large animal surgeon with a specific interest in equine lameness diagnosis and treatment.
Dr. John Gilleard
studies molecular mechanisms associated with host-parasite interactions and mechanisms of drug resistance.
Dr. David Hall
is a veterinarian and animal health economist whose research focuses on the impact of ecosystem health management, the economics of newly emerging infectious diseases, delivery systems for veterinary services, prion diseases in ruminants, and measurement of welfare changes from integrated farming in developing countries.
Dr. Benedikt Hallgrimmsson
studies the development of cranio-facial structures.
Dr. Kent Hecker
conducts research in health education measurement and assessment, curricular assessment, and evidence based practice.
Dr. Susan Kutz
is a parasitologist whose research examines disease burdens in caribou of northern Canada and a specific focus on how climate change is affecting disease, animal populations, and its secondary social effects on the indigenous peoples.
Dr. Renaud Leguillette
is an equine internal medicine specialist with interests in chronic respiratory disease in horses (heaves) and biology of smooth muscle.
Dr. Alessandro Massolo
focuses on animal behaviour and ecology issues related to health assessment and population dynamics following environmental and climatic changes.
Dr. Robert McCorkell
specializes in reproduction and endocrinology in wildlife and farmed deer and elk.
Dr. Doug Morck
is the University Veterinarian with expertise in humane care and use of animals; his research interests involve bacterial pathogenesis, antimicrobial resistance, and bacterial biofilms in health and disease of humans and other animals.
Dr. Karin Orsel
has interests in the transmission of infectious diseases amongst cattle, with a focus on feedlot health, zoonotic diseases and applied research in cattle.
Dr. Daniel Pang
is a veterinary anaesthesiologist with interests in veterinary education (individual variation in learning practical techniques), the cardiorespiratory response to anaesthetics, and neuropathic pain associated with spinal cord injury.
Dr. Carl Ribble
is an expert in epidemiology, population health, clinical trial design, environmental health risks, disease surveillance, and outbreak investigation.
Dr. Marie-France Roy
is an equine internist who uses genetics to understand host susceptibility to infectious disease.
Dr. Craig Stephen
works nationally and internationally to develop and assess veterinary public health capacities. He creates interprofessional research and training focused on the detection and management of environmental health risks, with an emphasis on emerging infectious diseases and zoonoses.
Dr. Jacob Thundathil
studies the regulation of male fertility with interests in developing a comprehensive approach for the early-life prediction of fertility in bulls and developing reproductive technologies for the genetic preservation of endangered wildlife species.
Dr. Patrick Whelan
is a neurophysiologist whose research focuses on understanding how our brain communicates with spinal circuits that generate walking.
Dr. Katherine Wynne-Edwards
has interests in the evolution of hormone signals including physiological roles of steroids, the hormonal and neuroendocrine basis for parental behaviour, and role of hormone dynamics within individuals.
Dr. Robin Yates
applies aspects of immunology, cell biology and infectious disease to the study of phagosomal biology in the macrophage.
The research mission of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine is to be an international leader in the creation of knowledge as well as its translation into changes in practice and policy, in order to advance animal and public health and the veterinary profession.
Our research is supported through a large number of research grants and contracts, and provides opportunities for postgraduate training in a variety of settings including laboratory, clinical, field and population survey, international, and health policy arenas. Annual research funding is over $4 million. The research is focused in several broad inter-disciplinary areas:
