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J. Claudio Gutierrez

J. Claudio Gutierrez

Associate Professor

Anatomy, Physiology & Cell Biology

Office
1285 Veterinary Medicine Drive, VM3A #2321, Davis, CA 95616

Licenses
Yoga teacher certification: Vinyasa/Iyengar
Education
1997, Bachelor, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Concepcion, Concepion, Chile
1999, DVM, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Concepcion, Concepion, Chile
2009, PhD, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Honors and Awards
2004 Fullbright Scholarship recipient. Scholarship awarded to obtain a PhD in the United States.
2008 Recipient of the James C. Bradford Memorial Student Award: Presented at the 48th Teratology Society Meeting for Maternal Hyperglycemic Impact on Fetal Myocardial Apoptosis: Potential Relationship to Cardiac Defects?", Monterey, CA
2007 First place poster award. Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, 19th Annual Research Symposium for Presenting: Aortic and Ventricular Dilation and Myocardial Reduction in Gestation Day 17 ICR Mouse Fetuses of Diabetic Mothers: Improvement and Maternal Immune Stimulation." May 15-16, 2007. Blacksburg, VA.
2007 Article featured in the cover of Birth Defects Research (Part A): Clinical and Molecular Teratology (Journal of the American Society of Teratology), June Issue 2007.
2009 Article featured in the cover of Birth Defects Research (Part B): Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology (Journal of the American Society of Teratology), October Issue 2009.
2009 Article featured in the cover of Congenital Anomalies (Journal of the Japanese Society of Teratology). March Issue 2009.
2008 Travel award for poster presentation Experimental Biology Annual Meeting," April 5-9, 2008. San Diego, CA.
2008 Travel award for poster presentation 48th Annual Teratology Meeting," June 28-July 2, 2008. Monterey, CA.
2007 Travel award for poster presentation at the Experimental Biology Annual Meeting," April 28-May 2, 2007. Washington, DC.
2007 Travel award for poster presentation at the 47th Annual Teratology Meeting," June 23-28, 2007. Pittsburgh, PA.
2016 Student American Veterinary Medical Association (SAVMA) Teaching Excellence Award (TEA)
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2019 Murphy C, Gutierrez JC: Chapter 21: The eye, , Miller and Evans' Anatomy of the Dog, 5th edition, . 858-911.
Research Focus
Veterinary morphology, Educational Research, yoga therapy, Diabetes and Pregnancy, Prevention of Birth Defects, Rodent Models of Maternal Diabetes
Ten Recent Publications

2019
Gutierrez JC, Holladay SD, Arzi B, Clarkson C, Larsen R, Srivastava S
Improvement of Spatial and Non-verbal General Reasoning Abilities in Female Veterinary Medical Students Over the First 64 Weeks of an Integrated Curriculum

2018
Winer J, Verstraete FM, Cissell D, Le C, Vapniarsky N, Good K, Gutierrez JC, Arzi B
Clinical Features and Computed Tomography Findings Are Utilized to Characterize Retrobulbar Disease in Dogs

2018
Gutierrez JC, Holladay SD, Pollard R, Arzi B, Gomez M, Youngblood P, Srivastava S
Entry- level spatial and visual reasoning: Can these abilities be used as a predictor for anatomy performance in veterinary medical students exposed to an integrated curriculum?

2017
Gutierrez JC, Chigerwe M, Holladay SD, Ilkiw JE, Youngblood P, Srivastava S
Spatial and visual reasoning: Do these abilities improve in first-year veterinary medical students exposed to an integrated curriculum?

2017
Gutierrez JC, Gomez M, Sudel G, Prater MR
Anatomical knowledge retention in veterinary medical students in Chile

2014
Gutierrez JC, Prater MR, Navarrete P, Holladay SD
Fetal Myocardial Reduction in the Hyperglycemic Mouse Pregnancy is Associated with Dys-regulated Expression of the Anti-apoptotic Gene Bcl-2 in the Developing Heart. Preliminary Results

2014
Gutierrez JC, Prater MR, Holladay SD
Quercetin Supplementation Reduces Maternal Hyperglycemia in a Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Mouse Model

2012
Gomez M, Mieres M, Gutierrez JC, Jones JC.
CT Myelography Characteristics of Spinal Dysraphism in a Young Mixed Breed Dog

2010
Gutierrez JC, Bahamonde J, Prater MR, Yefi CP, Holladay SD.
Production of a Type 2 Maternal Diabetes Rodent Model Using the Combination of High-Fat Diet and Moderate Dose of Streptozocin

2009
Gutierrez JC, Prater MR, Hrubec TC, Smith BJ, Freeman LE, Holladay SD.
Heart changes in 17-day-old fetuses of diabetic ICR (Institute of Cancer Research) mothers: improvement with maternal immune stimulation.