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Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences
Kim Newkirk, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Professor of Anatomic Pathology and Interim Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences Department Head
Faculty
Mohamed Abouelkhair, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVM, C-ABMM
Assistant Professor of Virology & Immunology| Director of Virology Lab| Co-director of the Molecular Diagnostic Lab
Timothy Chamberlain, DVM, MPH
Clinical Instructor of Anatomy
Sherry Cox, MS, PhD
Clinical Professor of Pharmacology and Director
Linden Craig, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Clinical Professor of Anatomic Pathology
Michelle Dennis, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Associate Professor of Anatomic Pathology
Robert Donnell, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Associate Professor of Anatomic Pathology and Director
Alejandro Esteller-Vico, DVM, PhD
Assistant Professor of Endocrinology
Kellie Fecteau, MS, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor of Endocrinology and Director
Bente Flatland, DVM, MS, DACVIM, DACVP
Professor of Clinical Pathology and Director of Diagnostics Laboratory Services
Michael Fry, DVM, MS, DACVP
Professor of Clinical Pathology
Richard Gerhold, DVM, MS, PhD
Associate Professor of Parasitology
Luca Giori, DVM, PhD
Associate Professor of Endocrinology and Assistant Director of Endocrinology Laboratory
Denae LoBato, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anatomic Pathology
Deb Miller, DVM, PhD
Professor
Girish Neelakanta, PhD
Associate Professor
Agricola Odoi, BVM, MSc, PhD, FAHA
Professor of Epidemiology and Assistant Dean of Research and Graduate Studies
Chika Okafor, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVPM (Epidemiology)
Assiociate Professor with Tenure
Sharon Patton
Professor Emeritus
Sreekmari Rajeev, BVSc & AH, PhD, DACVM, DACVP
Professor of Infectious Diseases and Director of Bacteriology and Mycology Laboratory
Robert Reed Jr
Professor of Anatomy
Barton Rohrbach
Associate Professor Emeritus
Barry Rouse
Distinguished Professor
Deanna Schaefer, DVM, MS, MT(ASCP), DACVP
Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology
John Schaefer, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVM
Clinical Assistant Professor of Parasitology and Director
Wesley Sheley, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Assistant Professor
Marcy Souza, DVM, MPH, MPPA, DABVP (Avian), DACVPM
Professor and Associate Dean Office for Outreach and Global Engagement Biomedical & Diagnostic Sciences
Nora Springer, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology
Hameeda Sultana
Associate Professor
Sharon Thompson, DVM, MPH
Director, CAFSP And Co-Director, TN Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence
Research Post-Doctoral Associates
Waqas Ahmed
Post Doct-Research Associate
Michael Amoa-Bosompem
Post-Doct Research Assoc
Liana Barbosa, DVM
Post-Doc Research Associate
Engin Berber
Post-Doct Research Assoc
Biswajit Bhowmick
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Prachi Namjoshi
Post-Doct Research Associate
Durga Neupane
Graduate Research Assistant
Mahes Poyill
Post-Doc Research Associate
Residents
Alea Agrawal
Medical Resident
Camille Cordero Aponte
Medical Resident
Hanh Cox, DVM
Resident
Joel Di Bernardo, DVM
Resident
Emily Hoskins, DVM
Medical Resident
Alexis Johnson, DVM
Medical Resident
Elizabeth Majette, DVM
Resident
Lisa Neufang, DVM
Medical Resident
Nicole Szafranski, DVM
Resident, Parasitology
Staff
Elizabeth Allen
Administrative Specialist I
Karen Armsey
Program Administrator
Nicole Arrowood
IT Specialist II
Teresa Berger
Business Manager
Jeanne Chambers
Accounting Specialist I
Kimberly Chaney-Bay
Curriculum Coordinator
Savanah Crotty
Administrative Associate I
Regina Dalton
Administrative Coordinator I
Ida Ayu Dewi
Grad Research Assistant
Noreen Gadzekpo
Associate Director
Valerie Gallagher
Curriculum Design Manager
Deborah Hill
Administrative Specialist I
Deb Hill
Accounting Specialist I
Amy Kirk
Management Specialist
Donna Longmire
Administrative Specialist 1
Ken McClain
Curriculum Coordinator II
Marie Antonette Ortiz
Instructional Designer
Jorge Pineda
Curriculum Design Manager
Bethanie Poe
Coordinator I
Sheri Pugh
Associate Director
Ruth Sapp
Coordinator I
Shannon Sharp
Curriculum Coordinator II
Students
Tamara Chavez-Lindell
Grad Research Assistant
Ola Elsakhawy
Grad Research Assistant
Lichao Liu
Graduate Research Assistant
Jennifer Lord
Grad Research Assistant
Krittika Nandy
Graduate Research Assistant
Lufuno Phophi
Grad Research Assistant
Ashkan Roozitalab
Graduate Research Assistant
MD Sakar
Grad Research Assistant
Technologists and Staff
Kim Abney
Laboratory Section Chief
Joan Bergman
Laboratory Section Chief III
Kristen Brooks
Senior Medical Technologist
Sarah Byrge
Senior Histotechnologist I
James Dale
Necropsy Section Chief
Brittani Dodd
Histotechnologist
Katherine Dziendziel, ASCP
Senior Laboratory Technologist I
Andrew Ferguson
Medical Technologist I
Julie Fields
Senior Laboratory Technologist II
Ignacio Garcia
Laboratory Assistant II
Ivan Haworth
Senior Laboratory Technologist I
Kylie Henriksen, MLS (ASCP)
Medical Technologist I
Parker Hill
Laboratory Technologist I
Jessie Johnson
Laboratory Assistant III
Brian Johnson
Senior Laboratory Technologist II
Rebekah Jones
Laboratory Section Chief
Noah Kivlin
Laboratory Technologist I
Katie Lee
Laboratory Assistant III
Xiaohui Li
Lab Assistant II
Katie Penland
Laboratory Assistant
Kelsey Peterson
Laboratory Technologist I
Julie Pryor
Laboratory Assistant II
Angel Quiggle
Senior Medical Technologist II
Christopher Ramsey
Laboratory Section Chief - Clinical Pathology
Porsha Reed
Senior Laboratory Technologist I
Aaron Shults
Laboratory Section Chief- Virology
Danielle Thomas
Histotechnologist
Adrianna Tompros
Laboratory Technologist I
Heidi Wyrosdick, MS
Lab Section Chief III
Vet Assistant
Wesley Bell
Veterinary Assistant
