Katherine J Olstad

Katherine J Olstad

Health Science Assistant Clinical Professor

Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology


Licenses
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists, Anatomic Pathology
Education
2013, DVM, University of California Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine,
2009, Bachelors of Science, University of California Davis, Animal biology,
Research Focus
Lab Animal Anatomic Pathology
Specialty Focus
  • Non-human primates
  • Placenta pathology
  • Infectious diseases
  • Geropathology
Ten Recent Publications

2022
Van Rompay KKA, Olstad KJ, Sammak RL, Dutra J, Watanabe JK, Usachenko JL, Immareddy R, Roh JW, Verma A, Shaan Lakshmanappa Y, Schmidt BA, Di Germanio C, Rizvi N, Liu H, Ma ZM, Stone M, Simmons G, Dumont LJ, Allen AM, Lockwood S, Pollard RE, Ramiro de Assis R, Yee JL, Nham PB, Ardeshir A, Deere JD, Jain A, Felgner PL, Coffey LL, Iyer SS, Hartigan-O'Connor DJ, Busch MP, Reader JR
Early post-infection treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infected macaques with human convalescent plasma with high neutralizing activity had no antiviral effects but moderately reduced lung inflammation

2022
Casanova MI, Chen R, Garzel LM, Olstad KJ^, Kim S, Harris RA, Li Y, Raveendran M, Liang Q, Wang J, Yiu G, Stout JT, Roberts JA, Rogers J, Moshiri A, Thomasy SM
Clinical presentation, treatment, and genetic and histopathological analysis of juvenile cataracts and secondary glaucoma in a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)

2021
Deere JD, Carroll TD, Dutra J, Fritts L, Sammak RL, Yee JL, Olstad KJ, Reader JR, Kistler A, Kamm J, Di Germanio C, Shaan Lakshmanappa Y, Elizaldi SR, Roh JW, Simmons G, Watanabe J, Pollard RE, Usachenko J, Immareddy R, Schmidt BA, O'Connor SL, DeRisi J, Busch MP, Iyer SS, Van Rompay KKA, Hartigan-O'Connor DJ, Miller CJ
SARS-CoV-2 Infection of Rhesus Macaques Treated Early with Human COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma

2021
Verma A, Hawes CE, Lakshmanappa YS, Roh JW, Schmidt BA, Dutra J, Louie W, Liu H, Ma ZM, Watanabe JK, Usachenko JL, Immareddy R, Sammak RL, Pollard R, Reader JR, Olstad KJ, Coffey LL, Kozlowski PA, Hartigan-O'Connor DJ, Nussenzweig M, Van Rompay KKA, Morrison JH, Iyer SS
Monoclonal antibodies protect aged rhesus macaques from SARS-CoV-2-induced immune activation and neuroinflammation.

2021
Van Rompay KKA, Olstad KJ, Sammak RL, Dutra J, Watanabe JK, Usachenko JL, Immareddy R, Verma A, Shaan Lakshmanappa Y, Schmidt BA, Roh JW, Elizaldi SR, Allen AM, Muecksch F, Lorenzi JCC, Lockwood S, Pollard RE, Yee JL, Nham PB, Ardeshir A, Deere JD, Patterson J, Dang Q, Hatziioannou T, Bieniasz PD, Iyer SS, Hartigan-O'Connor DJ, Nussenzweig MC, Reader JR
Early treatment with a combination of two potent neutralizing antibodies improves clinical outcomes and reduces virus replication and lung inflammation in SARS-CoV-2 infected macaques.

2021
Shaan Lakshmanappa Y, Elizaldi SR, Roh JW, Schmidt BA, Carroll TD, Weaver KD, Smith JC, Verma A, Deere JD, Dutra J, Stone M, Franz S, Sammak RL, Olstad KJ, Rachel Reader J, Ma ZM, Nguyen NK, Watanabe J, Usachenko J, Immareddy R, Yee JL, Weiskopf D, Sette A, Hartigan-O'Connor D, McSorley SJ, Morrison JH, Tran NK, Simmons G, Busch MP, Kozlowski PA, Van Rompay KKA, Miller CJ, Iyer SS
SARS-CoV-2 induces robust germinal center CD4 T follicular helper cell responses in rhesus macaques

2021
Perrone EE, Galganski LA, Tarantal AF, Olstad KJ, Treadwell MC, Berman DR, Jarboe MD, Mychaliska GB, Farmer DL
Fetal Surgery in the Primate 4.0: A New Technique 30 Years Later

2020
Olstad K, Imai DM, Keesler RK, Reader R, Morrison JH, Roberts JA, Capitanio JP, Didier ES, Kuroda MJ, Ikeno Y, Ladiges W
Development of a Geropathology Grading Platform for nonhuman primates