Vet Cetera magazine 2015

NEW AND CHANGING FACES
PHIL SHOCKLEY / UNIVERSITY MARKETING
MARTIN FURR
Martin Furr, DVM, DACVIM, Ph.D., MA, is the head of the Department of
Physiological Sciences. Originally from Tulsa, he earned his DVM degree from
Oklahoma State in 1986. In 1991, he became a Diplomate of the American
College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Large Animal). He earned a Ph.D.
from the University of Maryland in 2000 and a master’s degree in health
professions education from Michigan State University in 2015. His research
interests focus on equine immunology including neuroimmunology and the
influence of endotoxemia via immunological methods; neurology, equine
neonatology and critical care. Furr comes to the CVHS from the Virginia-
Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, where he served as the
assistant department head for the Department of Large Animal Clinical
Sciences, was chief of staff at the Equine Medicine Center and held the
Adelaide Riggs Chair of Internal Medicine in the Marion DuPont Scott Equine
Medical Center.
PHIL SHOCKLEY / UNIVERSITY MARKETING
PHIL SHOCKLEY / UNIVERSITY MARKETING
SHITAO LI
Shitao Li, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department
of Physiological Sciences and an investigator with the
Oklahoma Center for Respiratory and Infectious Diseases.
Originally from China, he earned his Ph.D. from Wuhan
University in 2000. His research interests focus on how
interactions between influenza A virus and host control viral
pathogenesis and innate immunity.
CLINTON JONES
Clinton Jones, Ph.D., is the Sitlington Endowed Chair in Infectious
Diseases and a professor in the Department of Veterinary
Pathobiology. Originally from Plainville, Kan., he earned a bachelor’s
degree from Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kan., and a Ph.D. in
microbiology from the University of Kansas. His current research
focuses on two viruses that belong to the alpha-herpesvirinae
subfamily — bovine herpes virus 1 and herpes simplex virus type 1.
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