Christian E. Newcomer, V.M.D., Dip ACLAMAssociate Provost for Animal Research and Resources
Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Medicine
Background & Training
University of Michigan | B.S. | 1973 | Zoology |
University of Pennsylvania | V.M.D. | 1977 | Vet. Medicine |
University of Michigan | M.S. | 1981 | Pathology |
Diplomate, | 1982 | Lab. Animal Medicine |
Research and Professional Experience
1977-1978 | Research Associate, Department of Veterinary Science |
1978-1981 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine |
1981-1984 | Clinical Veterinarian, Division of Comparative Medicine |
1984-1986 | Associate Director |
1986-1987 | Acting Director and Research Scientist |
1987-1994 | Director, Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine |
1991-1994 | Visiting Scientist, Division of Comparative Medicine |
1994-1999 | Res. Associate Professor, Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine |
1999-2001 | Research Professor, Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine |
2001-2003 | Director, Veterinary Resources Program, Office of Research Services/OD, National Institutes of Health |
2003-present | Associate Provost for Animal Research and Resources, Johns Hopkins University |
Committee Appointments:
1990-present | Scientific Review Committee, Laboratory Animal Science |
1990-1998 | Council on Accreditation, Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International |
1993-1996 | Committee on Occupational Health and Safety in Research Animal Facilities, Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources |
1995 | National Toxicology Program Review Panel RFP 95-31 |
1997-1999 | Chair, Committee on Cost of and Payment for Animal Research, Institute for Laboratory Animal Research, National Research Council |
2002-present | Co-Editor, Editorial Committee, The Mouse in Biomedical Research, Second Edition, American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine |
Relevant Recent Articles:
Tillotson LG, Lodestro C, Höcker M, Wiedenmann B, Newcomer CE, Reid LM. Isolation, maintenance, and characterization of human pancreatic islet tumor cells expressing vasoactive intestinal peptide. Pancreas 22(1):91-8, 2001
Suarez S, O'Hara P, Kazantseva M, Newcomer CE, Hopfer R, McMurray DN, Hickey AJ.Airways delivery of rifampicin microparticles for the treatment of tuberculosis. J Antimicrob Chemother 48(3):431-434, 2001
Suarez S, O'Hara P, Kazantseva M, Newcomer CE, Hopfer R, McMurray DN, Hickey AJ. Respirable PLGA microspheres containing rifampicin for the treatment of tuberculosis: screening in an infectious disease model. Pharm Res 18(9):1315-1319, 2001
Garcia-Contreras L, Sarubbi D, Flanders E, O’Toole D, Smart J, Newcomer C, Hickey AJ. Immediate and short-term cellular and biochemical responses to pulmonary single-dose studies of insulin and H-MAP. Pharm Res 18(12):1685-1693, 2001
Hickey AJ, Kazantseva M, Garcia-Contreras L, Hopfer R, Newcomer CE. Debugging the lungs: the use of therapeutic aerosols in the treatment of pulmonary infectious diseases. In: Pharmaceutical Approaches to Infectious Disease Therapy, J. Liu, F. Paul-Aviles, S. Smith, eds. Davis Horwood International Publishing Ltd. Surrey, UK. 2002.
Fox JG, Newcomer CE, Rozmiarek H. Selected zoonoses and other health hazards. In Laboratory Animal Medicine, second ed. (Fox JG, Anderson LC, Loew FM, Quimby FW, eds.). Academic Press, New York. Pp. 1059-1105. 2002.
