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Research activity in the Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology is robust: faculty conduct research in animal models of AIDS, cancer, degenerative CNS disease, cardiovascular disease and inflammatory lung disease. The Department has an excellent research infrastructure with state-of-the-art laboratories in the Broadway Research Building with Biohazard Level 3 laboratories for studies of infectious diseases including HIV and SIV. A major research focus in the Retrovirus Laboratory is the study of molecular virology of HIV, SIV and other lentiviruses, as well as pathogenesis of these viruses in animal model systems. The Retrovirus Laboratory holds a grant for training both pre- and post-doctoral students in the molecular pathogenesis of lentiviral diseases.
The new Rodent Phenotyping Core, led by Dr Cory Brayton, coordinates comprehensive analyses of rodent models that include imaging, behavior, pathology and clinical analyses.
Faculty, fellows, and residents of the department facilitate identification, and resolution of naturally occurring disease outbreaks in the institutional animal colonies through Comparative Pathology, and provide clinical care of research animals through Research Animal Resources.
With its strong emphasis on animal models of human disease, solid funding base and long history of producing leaders in academic and industrial settings, Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology is a national leader in research on animal diseases and animal models of human diseases.
The department obtained one of the first NIH training grants for postgraduate training of D.V.M.s and has been funded continuously for over 35 years. More than 100 veterinarians have been trained; many are now department chairs and leaders in academia and industry throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe. For more information on combined clinical/research postdoctoral training and clinical residency training, please contact Wendy Elza.
Faculty Research Interests
Retrovirus research faculty
Cardiovascular research faculty
