Christine Petersen
DVM, PhD
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
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Contact
petersen.307@osu.edu Veterinary Medicine Academic Building1900 Coffey Road
Columbus, OH 43210
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Department
Veterinary Biosciences
Professional Training and experience
- DVM, Cornell University
- PhD, Harvard University
- Investigation of host-pathogen interaction between the immune system and Leishmania species in domestic and International cohorts (India, Brazil)
- Evaluation of key comorbidities their immunologic mechanisms required to induce clearance of disease vs. progression in domestic and International cohorts (Brazil, Ethiopia)
- Understanding of processing of and immune responses to carbohydrates
- Development of diagnostics and epidemiological studies of Brucella canis
- Transmission and Immunological Bayesian Hierarchical Modeling in collaboration with members of the Biostatistics department
- Understanding the epidemiologic and immunologic factors that lead to clinical Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases
- Identification of reservoirs and prevention of zoonotic diseases
Recent Awards & Honors
- Scientific Program Chair, American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020-2023
- Fellow, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
- President, American Council for Molecular, Cellular and Immunoparasitology, Nov. 2016-2018
- Inducted as member of Leishvet, the governing body that determines treatment and control guidelines for global veterinary Leishmaniosis, 2014- present
- Deputy Editor for PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Editor, Infection and Immunity and guest editor for PLoS Pathogens
- Ad-hoc reviewer NIH NIAID Tropical Disease Research Centers P50, Sept. 2011, IHD study section, Feb 2013, DVM-oriented T35/32 review Nov. 2014, Diagnostic Devices SBIR/STTR review, June, Nov. 2016, March 2017, VMD Oct. 2018, Feb. 2019, Clinical Research and Field Studies of Infectious Diseases (CRFS) Oct. 2019, special NIAID Tick-borne diseases panel Jan 2020
- Standing member of VMD 2020-2024
Publications
A complete list of published works can be found here: