Comparative Medicine Faculty
Tamas Horvath
Chairman
Jean and David W. Wallace Professor of Comparative Medicine and Professor of Neurobiology and of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Chair, Section of Comparative Medicine
Jean and David W. Wallace Professor of Biomedical Research, Director, Yale Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism
Research Interests:Neurobiology of obesity; Neuroendocrine physiology
Clinical Interests:Neurodegenerative diseases; aging; diet; nutrition
Carmen Booth
Assistant Professor of Comparative Medicine
Co-director, Mouse Phenotyping Service
Research Interests:Pathology of genetically engineered mice; Pathology of inflammation; Pathology of aging; Veterinary Pathology; Mouse pathology; phenotyping; Hemophilia in rats
Janet Brandsma
Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Comparative Medicine and of Pathology
Research Interests:Molecular biology of papillomavirus pathogenesis; Development of protective and therapeutic vaccines for the treatment of human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated disease; Vaccines; Virology
Susan Compton
Research Scientist in Comparative Medicine
Director, Molecular, Serological and Virological Diagnostics
Research Interests:Pathogenesis of rodent viral infections; Diagnostic Virology; Bacterial Expression Systems; Communicable Diseases; Disease Control; Disease Model; Eukaryotic Expression Systems; Gastrointestinal Infection; Host Organism Interaction; Immunization; Immunoassay; Infectious Diseases/Agents; Intestinal Mucosa; Laboratory Mouse; Laboratory Rat; Molecular Probes; Murine Hepatitis Virus; Norovirus; Parvovirus; Pathogenesis; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Rat Coronavirus; Receptor Binding; Respiratory Diseases; RT-RCR; Serology; Sialodacryoadenitis Virus; Site Directed Mutagenesis; Vaccine; Viral Studies; Virion; Virology; Virulence; Virus Infection Mechanism; Virus Protein; Virus Receptor; Western Blotting
James Goodrich
Assistant Professor of Comparative Medicine
Research Interests:Animal Models of Menopause and Cardiovascular Disease
Mihaly Hajos
Professor (Adjunct) of Comparative Medicine
Research Interests:systems neurophysiology; biomarkers; schizophrenia; Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, neuropharmacology
Robert Jacoby
Professor Emeritus of Comparative Medicine
Chief, Clinical Services, Yale Animal Resources Center
Research Interests:Pathogenesis of rodent viral infections; Laboratory Animal Pathology; Vivarium Management; Laboratory Animal Medicine; Pathology
Matthew Lawrence
Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Comparative Medicine
Research Interests:Pharmakokinetics; Emerging Therapeutics; Ophthalmology; Gene Therapy
Ifat Levy
Assistant Professor of Comparative Medicine and of Neurobiology
Research Interests:Decision-making; Value; Reward; Risk; Ambiguity; Functional MRI
James Macy, Jr
Professor of Comparative Medicine
Vice Chairman for Clinical Affairs, Comparative Medicine
Attending Veterinarian
Director, Yale Animal Resources Center
Research Interests:Pathogenesis; Prevention of mouse parvovirus infection; Laboratory Animal Medicine
James McGrath
Research Scientist in Comparative Medicine, in Genetics and in Pediatrics
Research Interests:Developmental Genetics; Genetic Imprinting; Embryogenesis; Spermatogenesis
Clinical Interests:Clinical Genetics; Dysmorphology; Cardiac Genetics
Timothy Nottoli
Research Scientist in Comparative Medicine
Co-director, Animal Genomics Services
Research Interests:Developmental Genetics; Animal Genomics; Gene Targeting and Transgenic Technology; Stem Cell Biology
Matthew Rodeheffer
Assistant Professor of Comparative Medicine and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Research Interests:Genomics; Stem Cells
Jodi Scholz
Assistant Professor of Comparative Medicine
Research Interests:Environmental Enrichment; Laboratory Animal Medicine
Peter Smith
Associate Professor of Comparative Medicine
Director, Residency Training Program
Research Interests:Epidemiology of rodent Infectious diseases; Laboratory Animal Medicine
Steven Wilson
Assistant Professor of Comparative Medicine
Research Interests:Virology and vaccine production; Laboratory Animal Medicine
Xiaoyong Yang
Assistant Professor of Comparative Medicine and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Research Interests:Nutrient Sensing; Circadian Rhythms; Metabolism; O-GlcNAc Modification; Nuclear Receptors; Diabetes; Cancer; Aging; Systems Biology
Gang-Qing Yao
Research Scientist in Comparative Medicine
Director, Vector Design and Engineering Service
Research Interests:Molecular Biology of Bone Metabolism; Bone Metabolism; Endocrine effects on bone loss. Dr. Yao’s research interest focuses on cellular and molecular mechanisms of Colony Stimulating Factor-1 isoforms in bone. Selective deletion of the isoform in vivo is being pursued to better define their separate roles. The lab also provides a complete vector design and construction for knockout and knockin mice, as well as transgenic mice.
Caroline Zeiss
Professor of Comparative Medicine and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Director, Mouse Research Pathology Service
Unit Chief, Pathology
Research Interests:Molecular and cellular pathogenesis of retinal degeneration; neurobiology of movement disorders; phenotypes of genetically engineered mice; evolutionary biology of the eye; Veterinary Pathology; Mouse Phenotyping; Ocular pathology with emphasis on photoreceptor disorders; Neuroanatomy of age-related gait disorders; Signal transduction events during neuronal death; Comparative pathology with emphasis on murine neuroanatomy; Phenotying genetically altered rodents
