Tessa LeCuyer

Tessa LeCuyer

Assistant Agronomist

Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology


Licenses
Certifications: Bacteriology/Mycology, Virology
Education
2007, BA, Tufts University, Medford, MA
2013, DVM, Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Pullman, WA
2018, Ph.D, Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Pullman, WA
Active Research Grants
Principal Investigator, One Health Framework for Investigating Antimicrobial Resistant Enterobacterales Population Dynamics in Southwestern Virginia by Whole Genome Sequencing., (Principal Investigator), US Food and Drug Administration
Principal Investigator, Development of a canine model ofrecurrent uropathogenic E. coli infection for evaluation of a novel biologic therapeutic. , (Principal Investigator), Virginia Tech-Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
Principal Investigator, CVM Vet-IRN Veterinary Laboratory Diagnostic Program (Ul8), (Principal Investigator), U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Principal Investigator, FY22 NAHLN Infrastructure., (Principal Investigator), USDA Animal &Plant Health Inspection Service
Principal Investigator, Use of targeted sequencing of formalin-fixed paraffin embedded tissues to identify antimicrobial resistance-associated mutations in Mycoplasma bovis., (Principal Investigator), Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Principal Investigator, Multicenter survey of veterinary student preparedness to prescribe antimicrobials., (Principal Investigator), Southeastern Veterinary Education Consortium Research Grant
Principal Investigator, Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Morphologic Variants of Borreliella burgdorferi. , (Principal Investigator), Zoetis
Honors and Awards
2003-2007 Tufts University National Merit Scholar
2009 Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine McCurdy Scholarship
2010 Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine Lu Vogel Scholarship
2011-2012 Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine J.E. Salsbury Scholarship
2008-2011 Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine Dean's List
2011 Phi Zeta Veterinary Honor Society Membership
2012 Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine Scott Scholarship
2008-2012 Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine Research Scholar
2014, 2016 American Association of Veterinary Diagnosticians Conference Travel Award
2013-2015 Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Blaze Barrier" Fellowship
2016 Washington State University Fowler Emerging Infectious Diseases Award graduate student scholarship
2016, 2017 American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians Richard L. Walker Bacteriology Presentation Award
2017 American Veterinary Medical Association/American Veterinary Medical Foundation Young Investigator Award Semi-Finalist
2017 American College of Veterinary Microbiologists Oral Presentation Award - Conference for Research Workers in Animal Diseases
2017 American College of Veterinary Microbiologists, Elankumaran Subbiah Memorial Travel Award
2019 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Young Scientist Post-Graduate Course Attendance Grant
Ten Recent Publications

2022
Waltenburg MA, Shugart A, Loy JD, Tewari D, Zhang S, Cole SD, CRO Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Investigation Group, Walters MS, Nichols M
A survey of current activities and technologies used to detect carbapenem resistance in bacteria isolated from companion animals at veterinary diagnostic laboratories

2022
Trusiano B, Todd SM, Barrett S, Ciepluch M, Fox A, McClendon D, Lahmers KK, Oakes VJ, Carvallo F, Corrigan V, LeCuyer TE
Necrotizing hepatitis caused by Clostridium novyi type B in a dog with no predisposing liver lesions: a case report.

2021
Peiffer RF, Iulo C, LeCuyer T, Bolton T
Vasovagal reaction secondary to bladder overdistension in a dog undergoing a unique timeline of medical and surgical treatment for Corynebacterium urealyticum encrusting cystitis: a case report.

2019
Xie G, Cheng Q, Daligault H, Davenport K, Gleasner C, Jacobs L, Kubicek-Sutherland J, LeCuyer T, Otieno V, Raballah E, Mukundan H, Perkins DJ, McMahon B, Doggett N
Genome Sequences of a Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Isolate, Strain SMA0034-04 (UGA22), from Siaya County Referral Hospital in Siaya, Kenya.

2019
Otieno V, Xie G, Cheng Q, Daligault H, Davenport K, Gleasner C, Jacobs L, Kubicek-Sutherland J, LeCuyer T, Raballah E, Doggett N, Mukundan H, McMahon B, Perkins DJ
Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus pettenkoferi Strain SMA0010-04 (UGA20), a Clinical Isolate from Siaya County Referral Hospital in Siaya, Kenya.

2019
Cheng Q, Xie G, Daligault H, Davenport K, Gleasner C, Jacobs L, Kubicek-Sutherland J, LeCuyer T, Otieno V, Raballah E, Doggett N, McMahon B, Perkins DJ, Mukundan H
Genome Sequence of a Staphylococcus xylosus Clinical Isolate, Strain SMA0341-04 (UGA5), from Siaya County Referral Hospital in Siaya, Kenya.

2019
Xie G, Cheng Q, Daligault H, Davenport K, Gleasner C, Jacobs L, Kubicek-Sutherland J, LeCuyer T, Otieno V, Raballah E, Doggett N, Mukundan H, Perkins DJ, McMahon B
Draft Genome Sequences of Two Staphylococcus warneri Clinical Isolates, Strains SMA0023-04 (UGA3) and SMA0670-05 (UGA28), from Siaya County Referral Hospital, Siaya, Kenya.

2018
LeCuyer TE, Byrne BA, Daniels JB, Diaz-Campos DV, Hammac GK, Miller CB, Besser TE, Davis MA
Population Structure and Antimicrobial Resistance of Canine Uropathogenic Escherichia coli.

2015
LeCuyer TE, Rink A, Bradway DS, Evermann JF, Nicola AV, Baszler T, Haldorson GJ
Abortion in a Mediterranean miniature donkey (Equus asinus) associated with a gammaherpesvirus similar to Equid herpesvirus 7.

2014
Moyo S, LeCuyer T^, Wang R, Gaseitsiwe S, Weng J, Musonda R, Bussmann H, Mine M, Engelbrecht S, Makhema J, Marlink R, Baum MK, Novitsky V, Essex M
Evaluation of the false recent classification rates of multiassay algorithms in estimating HIV type 1 subtype C incidence.