Department of
Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences

Principal Investigator: Hussni Mohammed (Cornell University, Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences) Collaborating Investigator: Anne B. Clark, PhD (SUNY Binghamton) Sponsor: NIH-NIAID Title:"Enzootic Transmission of West Nile Virus"

Principal Investigator: Laura Kramer (HRI) Collaborating Investigator: Amy Glaser (Cornell University, Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences) Sponsor: NIH Title:"West Nile and Pox Viruses: Ecology, Pathogenesis, and Immunology"

Principal Investigator: Vivek Kapur (University of Minnesota) Collaborating Investigator: Yrjö Gröhn (Cornell University, Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences) Collaborating Investigator: Ynte Schukken (Cornell University, Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences) Collaborating Investigator: Yung-Fu Chang (Cornell University, Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences) Sponsor: USDA - Johne's Program Title: "Johne's Disease Integrated Program in Research, Education, and Extension "

Principal Investigator: Martin Wiedmann (Cornell University, Department of Food Science) Collaborating Investigator: Yrjö Gröhn (Cornell University, Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences) Collaborating Investigator: Antje Baeumner (Cornell University, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering) Collaborating Investigator: Dennis Miller (Cornell University: Department of Food Chemistry and Nutrition) Sponsor: USDA - Higher Education Challenge Grant Program Title: "NATIONAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY FOOD SCIENCE SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM"

Principal Investigator: Yrjö Gröhn (Cornell University, Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences) Collaborating Investigator: Ynte Schukken (Cornell University, Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences) Collaborating Investigator: Ruben Gonzalez (Cornell University, Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences) Collaborating Investigator: Loren Tauer (Cornell University, Applied Economics & Management) Sponsor: USDA Title: "Yield, Culling and Profitability Effects of Repeated Bacteria-Specific Bovine Clinical Mastitis Within and Between Lactations"

Principal Investigator: Karel Schat (Cornell University, Department of Microbiology and Immunology) Collaborating Investigator: John Lowenthal, CSIRO Livestock Industries Incl., Australian Animal Health Laboratory Sponsor: USDA - Vital Probes Inc. Title: "Bacterial Ghost H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus Vaccine"

Principal Investigator: John Bramley (University of Vermont) Collaborating Investigator: Ynte Schukken (Cornell University, Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences) Sponsor: USDA - University of Vermont Title: "Mathematical and Molecular Epidemiology of Mastitis Control in Dairy Herds and Direct and Indirect Effects of Subclinical Treatment"

Principal Investigator: Kate Mendenhall (Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York) Collaborating Investigator: Linda Tikofsky (Cornell University, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences) Sponsor: USDA-Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York Title: "Transitioning to Organic Dairy: A Comprehensive Risk Reduction Tool"

Principal Investigator: Linda Tikofsky (Cornell University, Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences) Collaborating Investigator: Lisa McCrory (Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont) Sponsor: Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont Title: "Education to Extension Agents, Veterinarians, and other Professionals in Complementary Treatments and Preventative Health Management for Organic Livestock Farms"

Principal Investigator: Bettina Wagner (Cornell University, Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences) Collaborating Investigator: Kionix Microfluidics, Inc. Sponsor: NYSTAR Title: "Development of Immunological Reagents in the Dot-Chip System"

Principal Investigator: Cynthia Baldwin (University of Massachusetts) Collaborating Investigator: Bettina Wagner (Cornell University, Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences) Sponsor: USDA Title: "US Veterinary Immune Reagent Network"

Principal Investigator: Lorin Warnick (Cornell University, Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences) Collaborating Investigator: Martin Wiedmann (Cornell University, Department of Food Science) Sponsor: NIH Contract N01-AI-30054 (Food & Waterborne Diseases Integrated Research Network) Title: "Sources and transmission of multidrug-resistant Salmonella strains that cause human infection"