Dr. Alan Goodman is leading research in the College of Veterinary Medicine into the immune response to infectious pathogens like Coxiella burnetii and West Nile virus. Goodman joined the college in 2014 and currently serves as an associate professor in the School of Molecular Biosciences and as an affiliate faculty member in the Paul G. Allen School for Global Health.
Dr. Caio Figueiredo joined the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine in 2203 as an assistant professor in the Veterinary Clinical Sciences department and Veterinary Medicine Extension. His research interests include understanding the mechanisms of uterine disease establishment and cure in dairy cows, developing alternative therapy for the treatment of metritis, and implementing precision technology in dairy operations, among others.
For more than a decade Dr. Allison Coffin has been leading research at WSU’s Vancouver campus with the goal of gaining a better understanding of the cellular mechanisms of hearing loss and developing drugs to prevent hearing damage.
Regents Professor Dr. Katrina Mealey’s tenure at Washington State University spans more than two decades in which she has established herself as a leader in veterinary pharmacogenetics and made countless contributions to veterinary medicine.
Dr. Emily Qualls-Creekmore hopes her research will lead to a better understanding of how stress affects physical and mental health. She joined the college in June of 2021 as an assistant professor in the Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience.
Dr. Ryan J. McLaughlin joined the Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience at WSU as an assistant professor in 2014 and was promoted to associate professor in 2021.
Dr. Ryan Driskell is an assistant professor and the head of the Fibroblast and Skin Regeneration Laboratory in the School of Molecular Biosciences.
Dr. Cynthia Cooper is conducting ground-breaking research in the School of Molecular Biosciences using zebrafish models to learn more about skin pigment diseases like albinism and melanoma and to develop treatments for the conditions.
Dr. Viveka Vadyvaloo hopes her research in the Paul G. Allen School for Global Health will lead to unraveling how fleas transmit the bacterial agent of the bubonic plague, which still occurs throughout the world, including in the western areas of the United States.
Dr. Arden Baylink joined the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology in 2022 and established his lab to focus on engineering new therapeutics against bacterial gastrointestinal pathogens.
