| Laurel Gershwin- BS, DVM, PhD
Professor
Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology
3327 Vet Med 3A
Davis, CA 95616 +1 530 752 6643
ljgershwin@ucdavis.edu |
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Research Focus | IgE/allergic responses, bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) pathogenesis and effects of air pollutants (environmental tobacco smoke and ozone) on pulmonary allergic disease/asthma |
Specialty Focus | Immunology |
Education |
1969 BS Veterinary Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
1971 DVM Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
1979 PhD Microbiology/Immunology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
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Honors and Awards |
1965 Westinghouse Talent Search Honor's
1968 AVMA Research Fellowship
1971 Phi Zeta
1979 Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation
Northern California Branch of American Society for Microbiology
1980 Diplomate by exam, American College of Veterinary Microbiologists
1986 Travel Award, American Association of Immunoogists
1996 Elected to AVMA Council on Research
1991 Pfizer Award for Excellence in Animal Health Research
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Licenses |
Diplomate American College of Veterinary Microbiologists, Bacteriology, Mycology, Virology, & Immunoogy
State Licensure - California
State Licensure - Massachusetts
State Licensure - Maryland
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Active Research Grants | Co-Investigator, Histophilus somni and BRSV Synergy in the BRDC, L Corbeil (Principle Investigator), USDA AFRI Co-Investigator, Integrated program for reducing BRDC in beef and dairy cattle, J Womack (Principle Investigator), USDA AFRI Principal Investigator, Calf BRSV Infection: Evaluation of Quantitative RT-PCR for Viral Detection, (Principle Investigator), Gilead |
Most Recent 10 Publications |  2011 Mitchell VL, Van Winkle LS, Gershwin LJ Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Progesterone Alter Lung Inflammation and Mucous Metaplasia in a Mouse Model of Allergic Airway Disease Clin Rev Allerg Immunol, DOI 10.1007/s12016-011-8280-0,- 2011 Gershwin LJ, Anderson ML, Wang C, Berghaus LJ, Kenny TP, Gunther RA Assessment of IgE response and cytokine gene expression in pulmonary efferent lymph collected after ovalbumin inhalation during experimental infection of calves with bovine respiratory syncytial virus Am J Vet Res,
- 2011 Geertsema RS, Zekarias B, Scheuch LL, Worby C, Russo R, Gershwin LJ, Herdman DS, Lo K, Corbeil LB IbpA DR2 subunit immunization protects calves against Histophilus somni pneumonia Vaccine,
- 2010 Comstock SS, Gershwin LJ, Teuber SS Effect of walnut (Juglans regia) polyphenolic compounds on ovalbumin-specific IgE induction in female BALB/c mice Ann N Y Acad Sci,
- 2010 Sitt T, Bowen L, Blanchard MT, Gershwin LJ, Byrne BA, Dold C, McBain J, Stott JL Cellular immune responses in cetaceans immunized with a porcine erysipelas vaccine Vet Immunol Immunopathol,
- 2009 Cobo ER, Corbeil LB, Gershwin LJ, BonDurant RH Preputial cellular and antibody responses of bulls vaccinated and/or challenged with Tritrichomonas foetus Vaccine,
- 2008 Gershwin LJ, Gunther RA, Hornof WJ, Larson RF Effect of infection with bovine respiratory syncytial virus on pulmonary clearance of an inhaled antigen in calves AJVR,
- 2008 Joad JP, Kott KS, Bric JM, Schelegle ES, Gershwin LJ, Plopper CG, Peake JL, Pinkerton KE The effects of inhaled corticosteroids on intrinsic responsiveness and histology of airways from infant monkeys exposed to house dust mite allergen and ozone Toxicol Appl Pharmacol,
- 2008 Sitt T, Bowen L, Blanchard MT, Smith BR, Gershwin LJ, Byrne BA, Stott JL Quantitation of leukocyte gene expression in cetaceans Dev Comp Immunol,
- 2007 Plopper CG, Smiley-Jewell SM, Miller LA, Fanucchi MV, Evans MJ, Buckpitt AR, Avdalovic M, Gershwin LJ, Joad JP, Kajekar R, Larson S, Pinkerton KE, Van Winkle LS, Schelegle ES, Pieczarka EM, Wu R, Hyde DM Asthma/allergic airways disease: does postnatal exposure to environmental toxicants promote airway pathobiology? Toxicol Pathol,
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Most Recent 5 Book Chapters | 2001 Gershwin LJ: Asthma, Infection and Environment, Gershwin ME, Albertson TE, (ed),
Bronchial Asthma: Principles of Diagnosis and Treatment, 4th edition, Totowa, NJ. 279-299. 2008 Plopper CG, Smiley-Jewell SM, Miller LA, Fanucchi MV, Evans MJ, Buckpitt AR, Avdalovic M, Gershwin LJ, Joad JP, Kajekar R, Larson S, Pinkerton KE, Van Winkle LS, Schelegle ES, Pieczarka EM, Wu R, Hyde DM: Primate Models of Allergic Asthma, Kay BA, (ed),
Allergy and Allergic Disease, Second Edition, London. Chapter 54. 2004 Hirsh DC, MacLachlan NJ, Walker RL: Immune Responses to Infectious Agents, ,
In: Veterinary Microbiology, Second Edition. 6-14. 2008 Gershwin, LJ: Clinical Veterinary Immunology, 6th edition, Kaneko, JJ, Harvey JW, Bruss ML, (ed),
Clinical Biochemistry of Domestic Animals. 157-172. 2004 Gershwin LJ: Exposure to Allergens During Development, Halding R, Pinketon K, Hopper S, Plopper C, (ed),
In: The Lung: Development, Aging, and the Environment, Ch 22. 311-319. |
