Graduate Faculty for Veterinary Medical Sciences
VMSC

Link to VMSC Program Description

Mallinson, Edward Non-Member
V.M.D., University of Pennsylvania. Now retired as Professor Emeritus, Dr. Mallinson continues to work on regional/national team projects on poultry biosecurity and practical Salmonella risk reduction programs at the poultry or livestock production farm level.
- Professor Emeritus, Veterinary Medical Sciences

Walters, Bettye Non-Member
D.V.M., Tuskegee University. Dr. Walters is the Director of the Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine, with primary responsibility for programs directed at post-graduate veterinarians in public and corporate veterinary medicine.
- Director, Veterinary Medical Sciences

Baya, Ana Non-Member
B.S. Biology, Universidad Catolica Valparaiso (Chile); M.S. Microbiology, Universidad de Barcelona (Spain); Ph.D., Universidad de Granada (Spain). Dr. Baya's research focuses on isolation and identification of known and new pathogens (including Mycobacteria) affecting fish in aquaculture facilities and in the wild using standard techniques and gas chromatography.
- Extension Associate, Veterinary Medical Sciences

Bossis, Ioannis Regular Member
BSc-MSc Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural University of Athens (Greece); Ph.D Animal Breeding and Reproduction, Oklahoma State University.
- Assistant Professor, Veterinary Medical Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences

Pal, Utpal Regular Member
Ph.D., University of Calcutta, India.
- Assistant Professor, Veterinary Medical Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences

Perez, Daniel Regular Member
B.S./M.S., National University of Cordoba, Argentina; Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 1995.
- Associate Professor, Veterinary Medical Sciences
- Associate Professor, Animal Sciences
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Samal, Siba K. Regular Member
B.V.Sc., Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, 1976; M.S., Texas A&M University, 1981; Ph.D., Texas A&M University & Baylor College of Medicine, 1986.
- Associate Dean, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
   website: www.vetmed.vt.edu
- Professor, Veterinary Medical Sciences
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Associate Dean, Animal Sciences

Tablante, Nathaniel L. Regular Member
D.V.M.,University of the Philippines, 1976; M.P.V.M.,University of California Davis, 1985; M.S., University of Guelph, 1995. Dr. Tablante's areas of expertise are in poultry medicine, epidemiology, and poultry health management, including biosecurity and emergency preparedness.
- Associate Professor, Veterinary Medical Sciences
   website: www.vetmed.umd.edu

Zhang, Yanjin Regular Member
D.V.M., Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China, 1984; M.S., The National Control Institute of Veterinary Bioproducts and Pharmaceuticlas, Beijing, China, 1989; Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1998.
- Assistant Professor, Veterinary Medical Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences

Zhu, Xiaoping Regular Member
D.V.M., Ningxia University, China, 1984; M.S., China Agricultural University, 1987; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997.
- Associate Professor, Veterinary Medical Sciences
- Associate Professor, Animal Sciences