Rodney Dietert, College of Veterinary Medicine

My research encompasses several projects, most of which possess the common theme of environmental control of immunity as well as immunotoxicological risk. A major emphasis is placed on the capacity of specific dietary factors and environmental chemicals to produce immunotoxicologic responses. Developmental and age-related mammalian models are used to examine differential risk associated with developmental status.The research models human health considerations as well as agricultural implication.

A second area of research concerns the environment-immune management of poultry. Identification of environmental factors important to immunity, are mechanisms of immune alteration and the processes of comprehensive immune assessment are key elements of this research effort. Another major project involves analysis of the development, genetics, regulation, and toxicology of the avian macrophage.

James Flanders, College of Veterinary Medicine

Surgical oncology Signal Transduction