Education

• DVM, Veterinary Medicine,
• Diplomate ACVP, Veterinary Pathology
• PhD, Molecular Pathobiology, Louisiana State University
• MBA, University of Kentucky

Biography

Primary Research Interests

• Neuropathology

• Immunopathogenesis of Keratitis

• Oncolytic Viral therapy

• Gene Therapy

Key Publications

Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Rhodococcus equi from necropsied foals with rhodococcosis. Veterinary Microbiology, online 7 January 2020, Volume 242, March 2020, 108568. (PMID: 32122582).

Ulcerative, granulomatous glossitis and enteritis caused by Rhodococcus equi in a heifer. JVDI, Volume: 31 issue: 5, page(s): 783-787: September 1, 2019. (PMID: 31347467)

Deletion of a Predicted β-sheet Domain within the Amino-terminus of Herpes Simplex Virus Glycoprotein K (gK) Conserved among Alphaherpesviruses Prevents Virus Entry into Neuronal Axons. J. Virol. JVI.02468-15; March 2016. (PMID: 26656706)

A replication competent HSV-1 (McKrae) with a mutation in the amino terminus of glycoprotein K (gK) is unable to infect mouse trigeminal ganglia after cornea infection. Current Eye Research, Early Online, 1–8, 2014. Informa Healthcare USA, Inc. ISSN: 0271-3683 print / 1460-2202. (PMID: 24401006)

A herpes simplex virus 1 (McKrae) mutant lacking the glycoprotein K gene is unable to infect via neuronal axons and egress from neuronal cell bodies. MBio. 2012; 3(4):e00144-12. (PMID: 22829677)

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