College/Department: College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Barry Beaty
A Universityi Distinguished Professor, Beaty researches diseases spread by insects, such as malaria and dengue, West Nile and yellow fever.
John Belisle
Belisle focuses on the physiology of bacterial pathogens that cause tuberculosis, leprosy and tularemia, and how products of these bacteria interact with the hosts.
Jerry Black
Dr. Black is the director of the Equine Reproduction Laboratory at Colorado State University.
Richard Bowen
Dr. Bowen researches viral diseases that affect domestic and wild animals and spill over into human populations, including COVID-19.
Gerald Callahan
Gerald Callahan, chair of the Creative Nonfiction Graduate Program, researches interactions between the human immune and nervous systems, humans and their microbiomes, and the biological basis of sex.
Gregg Dean
Dr. Gregg Dean, head of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, is currently investigating a possible vaccine against the COVID-19 based on the probiotic Lactobacillus acidophilus.
Steven Dow
Dow, director of the Center for Immune and Regenerative Medicine, researches stem cell therapy and regenerative medicine treatments for diseases of humans and companion animals, and directs a research program in tumor immunology/immunotherapy and tumor vaccines at the Flint Animal Cancer Center.
Melinda Frye
Dr. Frye’s research is focused on understanding mechanisms of heart malfunctions associated with obesity and high-fat diets.
Timothy Hackett
Dr. Hackett is the director of the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital and a professor of emergency medicine.