Janet Elizabeth Foley, MS, DVM, PhD
School of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology
The University of California
Davis, California 95616

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Disease ecology 6/1997, UC Davis Graduate Group in Ecology

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine 12/1993, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

Master of Science, Population Biology 1987, George Mason University, Fairfax VA

Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy 1985, Honors, George Mason University, Fairfax VA

2003-present

Assistant Professor, Vector-borne Disease Epidemiology, UC Davis Department of Medicine and Epidemiology

1/01-2003

Director, Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program, UC Davis

6/01-2003

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Medicine and Epidemiology, UC Davis

7/00-7/01

Acting Chief, Microbiology Service, VMTH, UC Davis

7/00-7/01

Lecturer, Microbiology, Dept. of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

6/97-7/00

Asst. Research Epidemiologist, Medicine and Epidemiology, UC Davis School of Vet. Med. Ecology of ehrlichiae, small animal infectious diseases.

6/94-10/99

Relief Veterinarian, Sacramento Emergency Veterinary Clinic.

10/94-6/97

Research fellow, Center for Companion Animal Health, UC Davis. Coronaviral ecology, human granulocytic ehrlichiosis, emerging pathogens.

10/96-present

Infectious Disease Consultant, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, UC Davis.

6/94-3/95

Veterinarian, Sacramento Emergency Veterinary Clinic, Sacramento CA.

1/94-10/94

Veterinarian, Sunset Whitney Veterinary Hospital, Rocklin CA

2/93-10/94

Scientific aide, California Dept. of Fish and Game

8/87-6/88

Teaching assistant, UC Davis Dept. of Genetics

6/85-8/87

Research assistant, George Mason University Dept. of Biology

1996

Poland, A., H. Vennema, J. E. Foley, and N. C. Pedersen: Two related strains of feline infectious peritonitis virus isolated from immunocompromised cats infected with a feline enteric coronavirus. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 34:3180-3184.

1997

Foley, J. E., A. Poland, J. Carlson, and N. C. Pedersen: Patterns of feline coronavirus infection and fecal shedding from cats in multiple-cat environments. J Am Vet Med Assoc 210(9):1307-1312.

1998

Harrus, S., Waner, T. Aizenberg, Z., Foley, J.E., Poland, A.M. and Bark, H.: Amplification of ehrlichial DNA from subclinical cases, 34 months post experimental infection with E. canis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 36:73-76.

1998

Foley, J., Barlough, J., Kimsey, R., Madigan, J.E., DeRock, E. and Poland, A.: Ehrlichia spp. In cervids from California. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 34:731-737.

1998

Foley, J., Harrus, S., Poland, A., Chomel, B. and Pedersen, N.C.: Molecular, clinical, and pathological comparison of two distinct strains of Hemobartonella felis in domestic cats. American Journal of Veterinary Research 59:1581-1588.

1999

Foley, J., Lerche, N., Dumler, J, Madigan, J.E.: A simian model of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 60:987-93.

1999

Foley, J., Foley, P., Pedersen, N.: The persistence of an SIS disease in a metapopulation. Journal of Applied Ecology 36:555-563.

1999

Foley, J.E., Crawford-Miksza, L., Dumler, J.: Two cases of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in northern California. Clinical Infectious Disease 29:388-392.

1999

Foley, J.E., Foley, P., Jecker, M.: Infection with granulocytic ehrlichia and infestation with the tick vector, Ixodes pacificus, in California mountain lions (Puma concolor). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 35:703-709.

2000

Chae, J-S, Foley, J.E., Dumler, JS, Madigan, JE. Comparison of the nucleotide sequences of 16SrRNA, 444 Ep-ank, and groESL heat shock operon genes in naturally occurring Ehrlichia equi and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent isolates from northern California. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 38:1364-9.

2000

Foley, J.E. Human ehrlichiosis: a review of clinical disease and epidemiology for the physician. Infectious Disease in Clinical Practice 9:93-98.

2001

Foley JE, Pedersen NC. "Candidatus Mycoplasma hemominutum, a low-virulence epi-erythrocytic parasite of cats. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Bacteriology.

2001

Foley J, Foley P, Carpenter T. The distribution of granulocytic ehrlichia seroreactive horses and dogs in California. American Journal of Veterinary Research 62:1599-1605.

2001

Lane, R., J. Foley, L. Eisen, and E. Lennette. Acarologic risk of exposure to emerging tick-borne bacterial pathogens in a semi-rural community in Northern California. Journal of Vector-borne and Zoonotic Disease 1:197-210 .

2002

Foley J, Kramer V, Weber D, et al. Experimental ehrlichiosis in dusky-footed woodrats (Neotoma fuscipes). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38:194-198.

2002

Foley J, Kramer V, Weber D, et al. Experimental ehrlichiosis in dusky-footed woodrats (Neotoma fuscipes). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38:194-198.

2002

Weber, D., K. Danielson, S. Wright, and J. Foley. Hematology and serum biochemistry values of dusky-footed wood rat, (Neotoma fuscipes). Journal of Wildlife Disease 38:194-198.

2003

Foley J, Leutenneger C, Dumler J, et al. FIV-infection and AIDS modulate the severity of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in a cat model. Comparative Immunology, Microbiology, and Infectious Diseases 26:103-113.

2004

Foley JE , P Foley, RN Brown, RS Lane, JS Dumler and JE Madigan. Ecology of granulocytic ehrlichiosis and Lyme disease in the western United States. Journal of Vector Ecology 29(1):41-50.

2005

Foley, J , E Queen, B Sacks, and P Foley. GIS-facilitated spatial epidemiology of tick-borne diseases in coyotes (Canis latrans) in northern and coastal California. CIMID 28:197-212.

2005

Teglas, M., R. Matern, S. Lein, P. Foley, S. M. Mahan, and J. Foley. Ticks and tick-borne diseases in Guatemalan cattle and horses. Veterinary Parasitology 131: 119-127.

In press

Foley, J , S Sokolow, E Girvetz, C Foley, and P Foley. Spatial epidemiology of yellow band syndrome in Montastraea spp. coral in the eastern Yucatan Caribbean. Hydrobiologia.

In press

Adjemian, J., E. Girvetz, and J. Foley. Analysis of the GARP modeling approach for predicting the distributions of fleas implicated as vectors of plague, Yersinia pestis, in California. Journal of Medical Entomology

In press

Foley, J ., N. Drazenovich, C. Leutenegger, and B. Chomel. Polyarthritis and thrombocytopenia are associated with increased prevalence of vector-borne diseases in California dogs. Veterinary Record

In press

Teglas, M, and JE Foley. Differences in the transmissibility of two Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains by the North American tick vector species, Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Acari:Ixodidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology .