COOL - Who We Are
Our Story
The Comparative Oral Oncology Laboratory was founded by Dr. Santiago Peralta and Dr. William Katt in the spring of 2022. The goal was simple – bring together the incredible power of the faculty at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine to advance the biological understanding of oral cancer, and to develop new treatment approaches of benefit to both humans and companion animals. Since then, we’ve grown! The COOL now includes over a half dozen faculty, dozens of trainees, and an incredible support network of staff, administrators, and incredibly generous donors. We are publishing multiple studies every year, running clinical trials, and shrinking tumors. It’s been an incredible story, and we hope to keep writing it for many years to come.
Santiago Peralta
Associate Professor & Diplomate – American Veterinary Dental College
Department of Clinical Sciences
Expertise:
Dr. Santiago Peralta is a board-certified veterinary dentist and oral and maxillofacial surgeon. His clinical and research interests focus on the diagnosis and treatment of oral diseases in companion animals, including oral tumors, oral and maxillofacial surgery, oral pathology, and comparative oncology. His work combines clinical care, translational research, and multidisciplinary collaboration to advance the understanding and treatment of oral cancers in companion animals.
Current Research Interests:
- Comparative oncology approaches to naturally occurring cancers in dogs and cats
- Biomarker discovery and precision medicine strategies for oral cancer
- Translational studies investigating targeted therapeutics for oral malignancies
- Clinical trials evaluating novel treatment approaches for oral tumors
- Oral pathology and mechanisms of tumor progression in veterinary patients
- Molecular characterization of oral tumors in companion animals
My Web Presence:
- Cornell Faculty Profile: https://www.vet.cornell.edu/about-us/people/santiago-peralta-dvm-avdc
- Cornell Dentistry and Oral Surgery Service: https://www.vet.cornell.edu/hospitals/services/dentistry-and-oral-surgery
My Bibliography:
Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pD2Aj64AAAAJ&hl=en
William P. Katt
Senior Research Associate
Department of Biomedical and Translational Sciences
Expertise:
- Biochemistry
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Drug Discovery
- Cancer
Current Research Interests:
Canine & Feline Oral Tumors, Cancer Metabolism/Glutaminase, Glioblastoma Extracellular Vesicles
My Web Presence:
ORCID
Research Gate
LinkedIn
My Bibliography:
NCBI
Praveen Sethupathy, PhD
Professor of Physiological Genomics
Department Chair of Biomedical and Translational Sciences
Expertise:
Current Research Interests:
- Comparative intestinal physiology and disease
- Fibrolamellar carcinoma
- Gene regulation
- MicroRNAs
- Functional genomics
My Web Presence:
PubMed
Research Gate
My Bibliography: