University of Illinois – Program in Comparative Pathology

Selected UIUC Faculty Participants 

Potential Collaborating Research Faculty within the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology

Roberto Docampo, MD, PhD, Professor, Microbiology/Immunology (Mechanisms of Chemotherapy of Infections; Mode of Action of Cationic Drugs), Department of Veterinary Pathobiology. Chemotherapy control of parasitic infections. Current efforts are concentrated on the following research subjects: (1) mode of action of cationic drugs; (2) regulation of intracellular calcium homeostasis in parasites; and (3) characterization of the pyruvate: ferredoxin oxidoreductase of anaerobic protozoa.

*Wanda M. Haschek-Hock, BVSc, PhD, DACVP, DABT, Professor, Pathology (Toxicologic and Pulmonary Pathology), Head of Department of Veterinary Pathobiology. Toxicologic pathology with special interest in mechanisms of respiratory and hepatic injury and modulation of injury by chemical agents. Mycotoxicoses. Respiratory disease with emphasis on in vitro models for the study of chronic lung disease.

Walter E. Hoffmann, DVM, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Clinical Pathology (Clinical Enzymology), Department of Veterinary Pathobiology. Clinical chemistry with special interest in alkaline phosphatase isoenzymes, including their diagnostic importance in serum, mechanisms of induction, membrane attachment and release into serum, and their function on the cell surface.

Mark S. Kuhlenschmidt, PhD, Professor, Microbiology, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology. Function of complex carbohydrates (cell surface glycoproteins and glycolipids). Determination of ligand oligosaccharide structures associated with receptor-mediated endocytosis.

Joanne B. Messick, VMD, PhD, DACVP, Associate Professor, Clinical Pathobiology. (Host Parasite Interaction).

Silvia N. Moreno, Associate Professor of Microbiology (Signal Transduction in Parasites), Department of Veterinary Pathobiology.

Mariangela Segre, DSc, Professor, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology. Regulation of the immune response including the nature and function of natural suppressor cells in preventing autoimmunity. Studies of the effects of hyperthermia on immune function.

Philip F. Solter, DVM, PhD, DACVP, DACVIM,  Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Pathology. (Hepatic and Cardiovascular Disease Endocrinology).

Gale D. Taylor, DVM, PhD, DACLAM, Professor Emeritus, Comparative Medicine (Animal Models), Department of Veterinary Pathobiology. Development of animal models for study of human and animal diseases. Effects of spontaneous animal diseases on research results. Toxicology of environmental pollutants.

Eric R. Vimr, PhD, Professor, Microbiology (Bacterial Toxins and Molecular Pathogenesis), Department of Veterinary Pathobiology. Molecular mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis. Genetic studies of the biosynthesis of polysialic acid and the role of sialic acid in various biological processes.

*Victor E. Valli, DVM, PhD, DACVP, Professor, Pathology/Clinical Pathology. Hematopathology with emphasis on leukemias and lymphomas, interpretative hematology of nonneoplastic diseases, diagnostic cytopathology, morphometry, hemopoietic cellular kinetics and marrow culture and transplant. Surgical pathology with emphasis on hematopathology with research in retroviruses.

*Matthew A. Wallig, DVM, PhD, DACVP, Professor, Pathology (Toxicopathology, Nitriles), Department of Veterinary Pathobiology. Biological effects of nitriles in cruciferous foods and feeds; role of nitriles in cancer chemoprotection by cruciferous diets. Collaborative research on the effects of selenium on development of neonatal lung and its resistance to hyperoxia.

Ronald M. Weigel, PhD, Professor, Epidemiology (Biostatistics), Department of Veterinary Pathobiology. Clinical biostatistics and mathematical and computer simulation modeling in reproductive and infectious disease epidemiology.

Herbert E. Whiteley, DVM, PhD, DACVP, Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine and  Professor, Pathology, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology. Ocular development and ophthalmic pathology with a special interest in intercellular junctions, intramembranous particles, cell surface oligosaccharides, and cell adhesion molecules in normal and dysplastic retinal morphogenesis.

James F. Zachary, DVM, PhD, DACVP, Professor, Pathology, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology. Neuropathology; retroviral-induced animal models of neuronal degeneration; mechanisms of neuronal injury and responses to injury.

Additional UIUC Faculty Training Pathology Residents

John Andrews, DVM, PhD; Diplomate, ACVP; Professor and Director, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory; Pathogenesis of infectious diseases of swine

Milton M. McAllister, DVM, PhD; Diplomate ACVP; pathogenesis of Neospora caninum induced diseases

Carol A. Lichtensteiger, DVM, PhD; Diplomate, ACVP;  Infectious (viral and bacterial) disease

Michael J. Kinsel, DVM; Diplomate ACVP; Director, Zoological Pathology Program; zoo animal pathology

Richard Fredrickson, DVM, MS; clinical toxicology, diseases of swine

Ann Barger, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP; Clinical Assistant Professor

DACVP - Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists

DABT – Diplomate, American Board of Toxicology

DACVIM – Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine

DACLAM – Diplomate, American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine

Faculty biosketches can be found on the College of Veterinary Medicine web site at http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/faculty/