Mary Monica Christopher

Current position (since 1994)

Professor, Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Chief of Service and Resident Training Supervisor, Clinical Pathology Laboratory

University of California–Davis, USA

Education

DVM, 1980, Iowa State University

PhD, 1988, University of Minnesota

Previous professional experience

1989-1994                        Assistant Professor, Clinical Pathology, University of Florida

1988-1989             NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Univ of Minnesota Medical School, Division of Hematology

1980-1983                        Veterinary practitioner, Lakeville, MN

Specialty board certification

American College of Veterinary Pathologists (Clinical Pathology), 1990

European College of Veterinary Clinical Pathology (de facto), 2003

Awards

North American Outstanding Teacher Award, Am Assoc Vet Med Colleges, 1997

Norden Distinguished Teaching Award, School of Vet Med, UC Davis, 1997

Editorships

Editor-in-Chief, Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 1997-present

National and International Committees

Council on Education, American Veterinary Medical Association

Scientific Advisory Committee, Veterinary Pathology journal, Amer College Vet Pathologists

Chair, Pathology Informatics Committee, Amer College Vet Pathologists

Veterinary Liaison to the Association of Pathology Informatics

Past Chair, Education Committee, American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Research and Publications

Research emphasis: Erythrocytes and anemia, cytology and diagnostic clinical pathology, wildlife clinical pathology, education in clinical pathology and veterinary medicine, pathology and laboratory informatics

Author of more than 65 peer-reviewed publications

Author of more than 25 other publications and book chapters

Author of more than 50 abstracts