Stefan Niewiesk
DVM, PhD Diplomate ECLAM
Professor

Contact
niewiesk.1@osu.edu (614) 688-3605 Veterinary Medicine Academic Building1900 Coffey Road
Columbus, OH 43210
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Department
Veterinary Biosciences
Center For Retrovirus Research
Professional Training and Experience
- DVM, Veterinary School , Hannover , Germany
- PhD The University of Würzburg, Germany
- Diplomate, European College of Laboratory Animal Medicine
- Habilitation, The University of Würzburg, Germany
- Fachtierarzt für Versuchstierkunde, Germany
- Fachtierarzt für Mikrobiologie, Germany
Research Interests
- Pathogenesis of infection of the respiratory tract with human respiratory viruses
- Vaccines and antivirals against human respiratory viruses
- Animal model development (cotton rats and humanized mice as animal models for infectious diseases and cancer)
- Academic Leadership and Research Infrastructure
University Memberships
- Center for Retrovirus Research
- Infectious Disease Institute
- Comprehensive Cancer Center at The Ohio State University
- Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Graduate Program
Teaching
- Veterinary Medical Professional Curriculum and Graduate Education
- Virology
- Leadership training and coaching
Publications
Publications in biomedical journals
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Niewiesk&sort=date
Publications about leadership/social science:
- Stefan Niewiesk and Gates Garrity-Rokous (2024) How to measure performance of the department chair; The Department Chair, 34, 3, 7-9. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/dch.30555
- Stefan Niewiesk (2023) Defeating the Peter Principle in Academic Leadership; Inside HigherEd, 2/14/2023. https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2023/02/14/how-avoid-peter-principle-academic-administration-opinion
- Stefan Niewiesk and Gates Garrity-Rokous (2023) Faculty turnover: it's preventable. The Department Chair, 33, 2, 19-21. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dch.30495
- Stefan Niewiesk and Gates Garrity-Rokous (2022) Rule breaking: does it matter? (2022) Dean & Provost, 24, 3, 6-8. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/dap.31108
- Stefan Niewiesk and Gates Garrity-Rokous (2022) The Academic Leadership Framework for Chairs; The Department Chair, 33, 2, 14-16. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dch.30476
- Stefan Niewiesk and Gates Garrity-Rokous (2022) The Academic Leadership Framework; Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings. https://newprairiepress.org/accp/2022/leadership/11/
- Stefan Niewiesk and Krista la Perle (2022) Honor the Award; The Department Chair, 32, 18-19. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dch.30427
- Stefan Niewiesk and Gates Garrity-Rokous (2021) The Academic leadership Framework: A Guide for Systematic Assessment and improvement of Academic Administrative Work. Blobal Business and Organizational Excellence, 40, 50-63. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joe.22083
- Luong, K. T., Knobloch-Westerwick, S., Niewiesk, S. (2019) Superstars within reach: The role of perceived attainability & role congruity in media role models on women's social comparisons. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03637751.2019.1622143