Jonathan David Dear
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Medicine & Epidemiology
Medicine & Epidemiology
Phone Number
Office
1 Garrod Dr., Davis, CA 95616
Research Profile
Licenses
Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine - Small Animal Internal Medicine
Drug Enforcement Agency License
California Veterinary License #17095
USDA Accredited Veterinarian, Category I
Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Certified Practitioner
Certificate for Diversity and Inclusion in Veterinary Medicine
Leadership Essentials Certificate Program
Education
2003, BS, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
2007, DVM, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
2018, M.A.S., University of California, Davis, California
2016, Certificate, University of California Extension, Davis, California
2022, Universitas 21,
Active Research Grants
Principal Investigator, Babesia conradae epidemiology and hosts, (Principal Investigator), Judith McBean Foundation
Principal Investigator, Characterization of copper-associated hepatopathy in Labrador retrievers, (Principal Investigator), Center for Companion Animal Health
Co-Investigator, Comparison of tracheal wash and bronchoalveolar lavage in dogs & cats with lower respiratory disease, Hulsebosch SE (Principal Investigator), CCAH
Honors and Awards
1998 Dartmouth Book Award
1999 European Council of International School's Award for International Understanding
2006 Georgia Veterinary Medical Association Foundation Freshman Scholarship
2006 American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners Student Veterinarian Award
2006 Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association Outstanding contribution Award
2007 Auxillary to the American Veterinary Medical Association Outstanding Senior Award
2007 John Horton Award for Humane Animal Care. This award recognizes a senior student in small animal medicine as the individual demonstrating the most concern for the humane treatment of animals in the hospital.
2015 Veterinary Leadership Experience Faculty participant. Each year, the SVM student body nominates and selects 1 faculty member to attend the Veterinary Leadership Experience in Post Falls, ID. In 2015, I was the faculty member chosen to represent UC Davis.
2015 European Society of Veterinary Endocrinology/Dechra Veterinary Products Travel Grant for researchers in veterinary endocrinology. This award is made each year to individuals who have their abstract selected to be presented as part of the ESVE stream at the ECVIM congress and is intended to support attendance at the ECVIM Congress.
2016 Mentored Clinical Research Training Program Scholar, The mission of the MCRTP is to prepare trainees for clinical/translational team-science research through a multi-layered, multi-disciplinary, didactic curriculum and mentored research experience.
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2022 Dear JD, Barrs VR: Chapter 64, Aspergillosis and penicilliosis, Sykes JE, (ed), Greene’s Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat, 5th Edition, . .
2021 Dear JD: Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease, Tilley LP, Smith FWK, (ed), Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Canine and Feline, 7th Edition, . 215.
2020 Dear JD: Chapter 113, Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease, Bruyette D, (ed), Clinical Small Animal Internal Medicine, 1st Edition, . .
2018 Dear JD: Chapter 116, Thyroid emergencies, Drobatz K, Hopper K, Rozanski R, Silverstein DC, (ed), Textbook of Small Animal Emergency Medicine, . 752-756.
2018 Dear JD, Hoareau GL: Chapter 114, Adrenal gland disorders , Drobatz K, Hopper K, Rozanski R, Silverstein DC, (ed), Textbook of Small Animal Emergency Medicine, . 736-741.
Research Focus
Small Animal Internal Medicine; Application of diagnostic laparoscopic and other minimally invasive procedures for veterinary patients, Investigation of emerging veterinary infectious diseases within the state of California, blood-borne, lower respiratory and urinary infections of dogs and cats.
Specialty Focus
My specialty focus is small animal internal medicine. My clinical focuses are on infectious, urinary and respiratory diseases of dogs and cats. I am interested in studying naturally occuring disease in these species as a model of disease for humans.