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	Philip H Kass- BS, DVM, MPVM, MS, PhD Professor Population Health & Reproduction 1018 Haring Hall Davis, CA 95616 +1 530 752 8631 phkass@ucdavis.edu

Research Focus	Cancer research. Quantitative epidemiology(companion animal, laboratory animal, primate). Non-experimental inference. Epidemiologic methodology and analysis. Epidemiology of environmental hazards of animals and humans. Companion animal epidemiology. Hospital-based surveillance methodology
Specialty Focus	Epidemiology
Education	1981 BS Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 1983 DVM Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 1984 MPVM Preventive Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 1988 MS Statistics, University of California, Davis, CA 1990 PhD Comparative Pathology/Epidemiology, University of California, Davis, CA 1990 Post-doc Environmental Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA
Honors and Awards	1978 Regent's Scholar 1986 Outstanding Young Men of America citation 1987 Who's Who in Veterinary Medicine citation 1988 Student participant, Society for Epidemiologic Research Student Workshop 1992 Outstanding Faculty/Staff Award, Graduate Group in Epidemiology 1995 Who's Who in the West, Who's Who in Medicine citation 1996 The Daniels Award, Daniels Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2002 European Veterinary Dental Society Research Award 2003-2004 Outstanding Faculty Award, Graduate Group in Epidemiology 2007-2009 Who's Who in America 2009-2010 Faculty Teaching Award, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine 2009-2010 Who's Who in America 2009-2010 Who's Who in Health Sciences Higher Education 2013 Who's Who in America 2013, 67th Edition, 300 Connell Drive, Suite 2000, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
Licenses	State of California license #8474 to practice veterinary medicine Diplomate American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine Specialty in Epidemiology, ACVPM
Active Research Grants	Co-Investigator, Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center (MMPC) at UC Davis, K.C. Kent Lloyd (Principle Investigator), National Institutes of Health Principal Investigator, Companion Animal Foodborne Disease Surveillance and Epidemiologic Investigation Program (Supplemental Funding), (Principle Investigator), Mars Petcare Co-Principal Investigator, Hyperthyroidism risk and exposure to brominated flame retardants, Birgit Puschner (Principle Investigator), Center for Companion Animal Health Co-Principal Investigator, In vivo canine ocular imaging using optical coherence tomography and confocal microscopy. (Match ACVO grant to Dr. Ann Strom), CJ Murphy (Principle Investigator), Center for Companion Animal Health
Most Recent 10 Publications	2012 Williams DC, Aleman M, Tharp B, Fletcher DJ, Kass PH, Steffey EP, Lecouteur RA, Holliday TA Qualitative and Quantitative Characteristics of the Electroencephalogram in Normal Horses After Sedation J Vet Intern Med, 2012 Ofri R, Hollingsworth SR, Groth A, Motta MJ, Doval JH, Kass PH, Murphy CJ Effect of optical defocus on performance of dogs involved in field trial competition Am J Vet Res, 2012 Tanaka A, Wagner DC, Kass PH, Hurley KF Associations among weight loss, stress, and upper respiratory tract infection in shelter cats J Am Vet Med Assoc, 2012 Nemec A, Murphy B, Kass PH, Verstraete FJ Histological Subtypes of Oral Non-tonsillar Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Dogs J Comp Pathol, 2012 Thomasy SM, Wood JA, Kass PH, Murphy CJ, Russell P Substratum stiffness and latrunculin B regulate matrix gene and protein expression in human trabecular meshwork cells Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 2012 Holcomb KE, Stull CL, Kass PH Characteristics of relinquishing and adoptive owners of horses associated with U.S. nonprofit equine rescue organizations J Appl Anim Welf Sci, 2012 Maggiore AD, Nelson RW, Dennis J, Johnson E, Kass PH Efficacy of protamine zinc recombinant human insulin for controlling hyperglycemia in dogs with diabetes mellitus J Vet Intern Med, 2012 Singh MK, Kittleson MD, Kass PH, Griffiths LG Occlusion devices and approaches in canine patent ductus arteriosus: comparison of outcomes J Vet Intern Med, 2012 Stepnik CT, Outerbridge CA, White SD, Kass PH Equine atopic skin disease and response to allergen-specific immunotherapy: a retrospective study at the University of California-Davis (1991-2008) Vet Dermatol, 2012 Nogradi N, Slovis NM, Gebhart CJ, Wolfsdorf KE, McCracken JL, Scoggin CF, Kass PH, Mapes SM, Toth B, Lundquist ML, Pusterla N Evaluation of the field efficacy of an avirulent live Lawsonia intracellularis vaccine in foals Vet J,
Most Recent 5 Book Chapters	2009 Kass PH: Reading and interpreting scientific literature, Robinson NE, Sprayberry KA, (ed), Current Therapy in Equine Medicine, 6th edition, St. Louis. 33-36. 2009 Kass PH: Epidemiologic study designs, Haskell SRR, (ed), Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Ruminant, Ames. 199-200. 2006 Kass PH, Riemann HP: Epidemiology of foodborne diseases, Riemann HP, Cliver DO, (ed), Foodborne Infections and Intoxications, 3rd edition, London. . 2004 Kass PH: Cat overpopulation in the United States, , In: The Welfare of Cats, The Netherlands. . 2004 Kass PH, Gold EB: Modern epidemiologic study designs, , In: Handbook of Epidemiology, Germany. .