Our People
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Tasha Epp Associate Professor and Acting Head, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Epidemiology of zoonotic diseases
Faculty
Tiago Afonso Assistant Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Equine cardiology
Spencer Barber Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Equine surgery and wound management
Joe Bracamonte Associate Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Anastomotic healing, adhesions and equine laparoscopy
John Campbell Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Epidemiology of infectious disease, and beef cattle health and management
Claire Card Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Equine reproduction and food animal reproduction
James Carmalt Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Equine pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID), equine dentistry (temporomandibular joint disease) and evidence-based medicine
Chris Clark Associate Dean, Academic, Dean's Office | Associate Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Cattle lameness, control and prevention of infectious disease, clinical pharmacology
Matheus Costa Assistant Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Swine health
Dinesh Dadarwal Assistant Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Food animal theriogenology
Tasha Epp Associate Professor and Acting Head, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Epidemiology of zoonotic diseases
Nathan Erickson Assistant Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Beef cattle production health
John Harding Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Emerging and re-emerging diseases of pigs
Murray Jelinski Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Mycoplasma bovis, Toe Tip Necrosis Syndrome, feedlot lameness, demographics of the veterinary profession
Chris Luby Assistant Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences | Field Service and Large Animal Clinical Head, VMC
Research Area(s): Bovine mastitis and other diseases affecting dairy cattle
Stephen Manning Associate Dean, Clinical Programs | Associate Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Equine acupuncture and equine reproduction
Julia Montgomery Associate Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Equine asthma, equine metabolic syndrome (EMS), equine obesity, equine laminitis
Diego Moya Assistant Professor, Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Research focused on the study of animal behaviour, physiology and metabolism to optimize the balance between animal welfare, health and productivity, and where the unifying thread will be the use of animal behaviour as the main phenotypic trait to assess nutritional and management strategies, such as the impact of novel foods/additives, the long-term effects of early-life cow-calf management, or the use of precision farming technologies to measure and manage yield variability at the individual level.
Colin Palmer Associate Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Bovine reproduction
Kate Robinson Assistant Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Shockwave therapy, equine metabolic syndrome, equine obesity
Yolande Seddon Assistant Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Swine behaviour and welfare
Keri Thomas Assistant Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Equine surgery
Fabienne Uehlinger Assistant Professor (maternity leave), Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Veterinary epidemiology, health management of food and production animals, and food security
Cheryl Waldner Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences | NSERC/BCRC Industrial Research Chair in One Health and Production-Limiting Diseases
Research Area(s): Health and productivity of cow-calf herds in Western Canada and environmental epidemiology
David Wilson Professor (sabbatical leave), Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Implant biomechanics, developmental orthopedic disease and minimally invasive surgical techniques
Murray Woodbury Chair, Specialized Livestock and Associate Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Determinants of disease and health in specialized livestock
Clinical Associates
Kamal Gabadage Clinical Associate, Bovine Field Service, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Michelle Husulak Clinical Associate, Equine Field Service, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Fritz Schumann Clinical Associate, Field Service, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Staff
Sarah Parker Assistant Director, Centre Operations, U of S Centre for Applied Epidemiology
Adjunct Professors
Chris Bell Adjunct Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Equine neurosurgical (head, neck and back), airway and orthopedic surgeryÂ
Sheryl Gow Adjunct Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial use in beef cattle
Professors Emeriti
Hugh Townsend Professor Emeritus, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Residents
Mohanathas Gobikrushanth Resident, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Bovine theriogenology
José Antonio Guerra Resident, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Equine surgery
Lea Riddell Resident, Equine Field Service
Graduate Students
Jennifer Abi Younes Graduate Student, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Antimicrobial resistance
Mustaq Ahmad Gradaute Student, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Bovine behaviour, animal welfare
Luis Andrés Gonzalez Gracia Graduate Student, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Swine behaviour, animal welfare
Caitlyn Best Graduate Student, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Veterinary field epidemiology
Erin Davis Graduate Student, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Adam Hering Graduate Student, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Epidemiology
Daniel Merchan Cantor Graduate Student, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Large animal internal medicine, Epidemiology, Gastrointestinal parasites in cattle, Food animal health
Suzanne Mund Graduate Student, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Juan Parra Graduate Student, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Swine dysentery
Madelena Pedersen-Macnab Graduate Student, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Animal behaviour, swine health and welfare
Erica Sims Graduate Student, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Public health and zoonotic disease
