Professional Activities

Department Membership

• Department Promotion and Tenure Committee
• Postdoctoral Training Program in Mouse Pathobiology
• DVM/Ph.D. Student training program

University Membership

• Medical Scientist Training Program, College of Medicine
• Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Graduate Program
• Comprehensive Cancer Center Program

 Professional Service

• National Institutes of Health, Bacteriology and Mycology-1 Regular Member 1999 - 2000
• Grayson-Jockey Club Research Advisory Committee Regular Member 1998 - 2000
• National Institutes of Health, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research Regular Member 1995 - 1999
• United States Department of Agriculture, Grant Review Regular Member 1988 - 2000                                                   

Clinical Service

• Potomac horse fever and canine ehrlichiosis diagnostics (PCR, sero and culture isolation)

Teaching

• VM550 Comparative Biology of Disease (Core) Section of Bacteriology
• VM530 Functional Histology (Core) Section of Cell
• VBS693 Individual Studies
• VBS850 Research Seminar in Veterinary Biosciences
• VBS999 Research in Veterinary Biosciences

Graduate Training

• Category III Graduate Faculty status

Graduate Training Record

• Past: 11 Ph.D (6 DVM, 2MD, 3 non DVM/MD, 3 NRSA Awardees) and 9 M.S.
• Current: 10 Ph.D.