Laurel Gershwin
Professor Emeritus
Professor Emeritus
Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology
Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology
Phone Number
Office
3327 Vet Med 3A, Davis, CA 95616
Research Profile
Licenses
Diplomate American College of Veterinary Microbiologists, Bacteriology, Mycology, Virology, & Immunoogy
State Licensure for practice of veterinary medicine - California
State Licensure for practice of veterinary medicine- Massachusetts
State Licensure for practice of veterinary medicine - Maryland
Education
1969, BS, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
1971, DVM, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
1979, PhD, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
Active Research Grants
Principal Investigator, Augmentation of antiviral immunity by nasal inoculation of bovine upper respiratory epithelium with noncytotoxic Histophilus somni, (Principal Investigator), USDA NRI
Principal Investigator, Combined Immunomodulation and Anti-viral Therapy for Respiratory Syncytial Virus, (Principal Investigator), USDA AFRI - funding from the Dual Purpose/Dual Benefit RFA with NIH
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2014 Gershwin LJ: Exposure to Allergens During Development, R Halding, K Pinkerton, S Hopper, C Plopper, (ed), The Lung: Development, Aging, and the Environment, second edition, . .
2013 Gershwin LJ: Chapter 2: Immune Responses to Infectious Agents, Hirsh DC, MacLachlan NJ, Walker RL, (ed), Veterinary Microbiology, third edition, Malden, MA. .
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.
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.
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