Christine Petersen, DVM, PhD, FASTMH
email: petersen.307@osu.edu
Title(s)
Associate Dean, Veterinary Medicine - Research Administration
Veterinary Medicine
The Ohio State University
Office
Veterinary Medicine Academic, 1900 Coffey Rd, Columbus, Ohio, 43210-1006
Information
Education
2004 – Ph.D. (Immunology and Infectious Diseases), Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
1998 – D.V.M., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1994 – B.A. (Biology) with departmental honors, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Research interests:
- Investigation of host-pathogen interaction between the murine or canine immune system and Leishmania species
- Characterization of key signaling events required to induce clearance of disease vs. chronicity
- Understanding of processing of and immune responses to carbohydrates
- Development of diagnostics and epidemiological studies of Brucella canis
- Prevention of infectious diseases in kennel/animal shelter settings