Katherine J Olstad

Katherine J Olstad

Health Science Associate 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,
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2023 Olstad K, Bleyer M: Chapter 7: Other Noninfectious Conditions (Inflammatory/Degenerative/Proliferative, Immune-Mediated/Idiopathic/Unknown) in Nonhuman Primates, Kondova-Perseng I, Mansfield KG, Miller AD, (ed), Atlas of Diagnostic Pathology in Nonhuman Primates, . .
Research Focus
Lab Animal Anatomic Pathology
Specialty Focus
  • Non-human primates
  • Placenta pathology
  • Infectious diseases
  • Geropathology
Ten Recent Publications

2024
Barro MV, Garzel LM, Keesler RI, Casey KM, Olstad KJ
Spontaneous natural killer cell lymphoproliferative disorder in a rhesus macaque

2024
Schultz MA, Rose JB, Olstad K, Cross JR, Holder KA, Hope KL, Richards B, Miller AD
Infarctive encephalopathy in zoo-housed gibbons in North America

2023
Streblow DN, Hirsch AJ, Stanton JJ, Lewis AD, Colgin L, Hessell AJ, Kreklywich CN, Smith JL, Sutton WF, Chauvin D, Woo J, Bimber BN, Leblanc CN, Acharya SN, O'Roak BJ, Sardar H, Sajadi MM, Tehrani ZR, Walter MR, Martinez-Sobrido L, Kobie JJ, Reader RJ, Olstad KJ, Hobbs TR, Saphire EO, Schendel SL, Carnahan RH, Knoch J, Branco LM, Crowe JJr, Van Rompay KKA, Lovalenti P, Truong V, Forthal DN, Haigwood NL.
Aerosol delivery of SARS-CoV-2 human monoclonal antibodies in macaques limits viral replication and lung pathology

2022
Langel SN, Garrido C, Phan C, Travieso T, Kirshner H, DeMarco T, Ma ZM, Reader JR, Olstad KJ, Sammak RL, Shaan Lakshmanappa Y, Roh JW, Watanabe J, Usachenko J, Immareddy R, Pollard R, Iyer SS, Permar S, Miller LA, Van Rompay KKA, Blasi M
Dam-Infant Rhesus Macaque Pairs to Dissect Age-Dependent Responses to SARS-CoV-2 Infection

2022
Milligan EC, Olstad K^, Williams CA, Mallory M, Cano P, Cross KA, Munt JE, Garrido C, Lindesmith L, Watanabe J, Usachenko JL, Hopkins L, Immareddy R, Shaan Lakshmanappa Y, Elizaldi SR, Roh JW, Sammak RL, Pollard RE, Yee JL, Herbek S, Scobey T, Miehlke D, Fouda G, Ferrari G, Gao H, Shen X, Kozlowski PA, Montefiori D, Hudgens MG, Edwards DK, Carfi A, Corbett KS, Graham BS, Fox CB, Tomai M, Iyer SS, Baric R, Reader R, Dittmer DP, Van Rompay KKA, Permar SR, De Paris K
Infant rhesus macaques immunized against SARS-CoV-2 are protected against heterologous virus challenge one year later

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