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Previous Postdoctoral Researchers

Hodo

Carolyn Hodo, DVM, PhD, DACVP


Postdoctoral Research
Associate
chodo@cvm.tamu.edu
Visit Carolyn’s website here.
Currently Assistant Professor at University of Texas MD Anderson Keeling Center		Wormington

Jillian Wormington, MS, PhD


Postdoctoral Research
Associate
jwormington@cvm.tamu.edu
Visit Jillian’s website here.
Currently Assistant Professor at Wayne State College
Meyers

Alyssa Meyers, PhD


Postdoctoral Research Associate
ameyers@cvm.tamu.edu		Zecca

Italo Zecca, MPH, PhD


Postdoctoral Research Associate
ibzecca@cvm.tamu.edu

Previous Graduate Students

Jaime Rodriguez, MS

Jaime Rodriguez, MS


MS in Wildlife & Fisheries Science, 2014
Co-advised by Dr. Jessica Light
Currently MD student
at UT-Southwestern

Texas A&M University Diversity Fellow
Lowell Pigott, MS

Lowell Pigott, MS


Non-thesis MS in Veterinary Public
Health, 2014
Currently DVM Student
at Western University of Health Sciences
Katlyn Rosenbaum, MS

Katlyn Rosenbaum, MS


Non-thesis MS in Veterinary Public Health, 2015
Currently DVM student
at Texas A&M University		Chelsea Young, MS

Chelsea Young, MS


Non-thesis MS in Veterinary Public
Health–Epidemiology, 2016
Currently DVM student
at Texas A&M University
Miranda Bertram, DVM, PhD

Miranda Bertram, DVM, PhD


PhD in Biomedical Science–
Epidemiology, 2016
Currently postdoctoral researcher
at the USDA Plum Island Disease
Research Center

CVM Merit Fellow
Dissertation: Whooping crane
conservation medicine

Rachel Curtis-Robles, PhD

Rachel Curtis-Robles, PhD


PhD in Biomedical Science–
Epidemiology, 2016
Currently postdoctoral researcher
in the CVM Hamer Lab

NSF Graduate Research Fellow
CVM Merit Fellow
Dissertation: Eco-epidemiology
of Chagas disease in Texas
Carolyn Hodo, DVM, DACVP, PhD

Carolyn Hodo, DVM, DACVP, PhD


PhD in Veterinary Pathobiology, 2017
Co-advised by Dr. Jane Welsh
Currently postdoctoral researcher
in the CVM Hamer Lab

NIH T32 Research Fellow, 2014-2017
Dissertation: Mammalian reservoirs
of Trypanosoma cruzi

Bailee Ethridge, MS

Bailee Ethridge, MS


Non-thesis MS in Veterinary Public
Health–Epidemiology, 2018
Justin Bejcek, MS

Justin Bejcek, MS


MS in Veterinary Public Health–
Epidemiology, 2018

Thesis: Triatomine identification
and outreach 		Michelle Dembrosky, MS

Michelle Dembrosky, MS


Non-thesis MS in Veterinary Public Health–Epidemiology, 2019
Cyrena Peterson, MS

Cyrena Peterson, MS


Non-thesis MS in Veterinary Public Health: Epidemiology, 2019		DeBrock

Spencer DeBrock


MS Veterinary Public Health- Epidemiology (thesis option)
spencer.debrock@tamu.edu
CVM Merit Fellow 2018–2020

Previous Veterinary & Public Health Students

Trevor Tenney

Trevor Tenney


VMSRTP, 2013
Research project: Shelter dogs & vector-borne pathogens		Katlin Johnson

Katlin Johnson


VMSRTP, 2013
Research project: Molecular diagnostics of Trypanosoma cruzi infections
Juliette Comeaux

Juliette Comeaux


DVM Student Researcher, 2014–2015
Research project: Trypanosoma cruzi in feral swine		Alan Mai

Alan Mai


MPH Student Researcher, 2014–2015
Practicum topic: Blood meal analysis of kissing bugs
Nicole Bertolini

Nicole Bertolini


VMSRTP, 2015
Research project: Rattus rattus in the ecology of Chagas disease		Chloe Goodwin

Chloe Goodwin


VMSRTP, 2015
Research project: Bat reservoirs of diverse trypanosomes
Jessica Noll

Jessica Noll


Visiting Brazilian DVM Student, 2015
Brazil Scientific Mobility Program		Usman Ghumman, MD

Usman Ghumman, MD


MPH Student Researcher, Spring 2016
Practicum topic: Analysis of medical records of working dogs
Rosa Banuelos

Rosa Banuelos


VMSRTP, 2016
Research project: Cardiac pathology in wild coyotes		Elise Birkner

Elise Birkner


VMSRTP, 2016
Research project: Wildlife reservoirs of Trypanosoma cruzi at a nonhuman primate facility
Bhagath Chirra, MPH

Bhagath Chirra, MPH


PhD Student Researcher
(From Texas A&M Health Science Center)
Practicum project: Next generation sequence analysis of triatomine bloodmeals		Valery Roman-Cruz, MPH

Valery Roman-Cruz, MPH


Research Assistant
VRoman-Cruz@cvm.tamu.edu | (979) 458-4924
Megan Ellis

Megan Ellis


VMSRTP, 2017 (From CSU)
Research project: Cardiac ECG abnormalities in canine Chagas disease 		Sarah Slack

Sarah Slack


VMSRTP, 2017
Research project: Feral cats and urban opossums in the ecology of Trypanosoma cruzi
Julia Purnell

Julia Purnell


VMSRTP, 2017
Research project: Genetic strain variation of Trypanosoma cruzi		Erin Edwards, DVM, MS, DACVP

Erin Edwards, DVM, MS, DACVP


Pathology Resident Research, 2016–2017
Andres Castro

Andres Castro


VMSRTP, 2018		Becky Dowd

Becky Dowd


VMSRTP Summer ’19
Skye Sneed

Skye Sneed


VMSRTP, 2019		Ty Tortella

Ty Tortella


VMSRTP, 2021 (Schubot Center for Avian Health)

Previous Undergraduate Students

Adrian Castellanos
Wildlife & Fisheries Science, 2012–2013		Frida Cano
Entomology, 2013–2014		Mathew Olcha
Biomedical Sciences, 2013
Tyler Smith
Forensics, 2013		Michael Sanders
Entomology, 2013–2014		Taylor Hollmann
Biomedical Sciences, 2014
Katelyn Wagner
Wilidife & Fisheries, MSU, 2013–2014		Erica Holcomb
Biomedical Sciences, 2013–2014		Zeb Thomas
Entomology, 2013–2014
Sarah Noe
Biomedical Sciences, 2014		Ryan Pugh
Business, 2014		Faith Weeks
Biomedical Sciences, 2014
Connor Grantham
Biomedical Sciences, 2014		Lauren Russell
Genetics, 2014		Chris Beck
Biomedical Sciences, 2014–2015
Chelsea Lindsay
Biomedical Sciences, 2015		Angela Atkins
Biomedical Sciences, 2014–2015		Amani Bourji
Tick Research Assistant, 2015–2016
Adam Curtis
Engineering, 2013–2017		Jose Silva
Biomedical Sciences, 2017		Roukaya Mabizari
Biomedical Sciences, 2017-2018
Nidhi Patel
Biomedical Sciences, 2018		Hannah Meyers
Chemistry, Visiting Undergrad Research Fellow from Kalamazoo College, Summer 2018.		Cassidy Gillum
Biomedical Sciences, 2017-2019
Ashley Cubb
Biomedical Sciences, 2018-2019		Allyson Koger
Biomedical Sciences, 2018–2019		Kaitlyn Perez
Biomedical Sciences, 2019–2021
Cassandra Durden
Biomedical Sciences, 2020-2021