Expert faculty
RETIRED BRIG. GEN. MICHAEL CATES TO HEAD K-STATE'S MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM: Retired Brig. Gen. Michael B. Cates, former commander of the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine and chief of the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps, has been named director of Kansas State University's master of public health program.
K-STATE-BASED GREAT PLAINS DIAGNOSTIC NETWORK TAKES ON PLANT DISEASE, ONE SAMPLE AT A TIME: When food crops in the Midwest show signs of disease, researchers with the Great Plains Diagnostic Network are first on the scientific scene.
K-STATE'S FOOD SCIENCE INSTITUTE TAKES A PROGRESSIVE APPROACH TO FOOD SAFETY AND SECURITY: Keeping the food people eat safe sounds like it would be easy. But ensuring a product's integrity from the lab to the store shelf is much more difficult than it sounds -- and it takes a comprehensive approach.
STATE, FEDERAL OFFICIALS COUNT ON K-STATE'S NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL BIOSECURITY CENTER TO TEST DISASTER READINESS, ASSESS RISK: After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, emergency preparedness officials across the nation ramped up their efforts to plan for disaster. In Kansas, this included planning how to protect not only humans, but also the state's substantial livestock population.
K-STATE'S WHEAT GENETICS EXPERT HEAVILY RELIED UPON BY SCIENTIFIC PEERS: Bikram Gill, university distinguished professor of plant pathology and director of Kansas State University's Wheat Genetic and Genomic Resources Center, recently learned that his colleagues around the world rely on his work -- literally.
K-STATE EXPERT IN PIG DISEASE TRAVELS WITH DELEGATION OF DISEASE EXPERTS TO HELP CHINA DIAGNOSE WHAT AILS THE COUNTRY'S PIG HERD: Millions of Chinese pigs are dying of a newly emerging disease. With the assistance of a Kansas State University virologist and a team of specialists who recently visited the country, Chinese researchers are now a step closer to understanding the disease complex.
KANSAS BIOSCIENCE AUTHORITY NAMES K-STATE'S EXPERT ON EMERGING ZOONOTIC DISEASES ONE OF THE FIRST KANSAS BIOSCIENCE EMINENT SCHOLARS: Juergen Richt, Kansas State University's Regents Distinguished Professor, has been named a 2008 Kansas Bioscience Eminent Scholar by the Kansas Bioscience Authority.
K-STATE'S NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL BIOSECURITY CENTER SOLICITS INTERDISCIPLINARY SOLUTIONS TO MATTERS OF AGRICULTURAL BIOSECURITY: When you're dealing with the safety of a nation's food supply, it often takes a number of perspectives to develop a comprehensive plan. That multidisciplinary approach is at the heart of all that Kansas State University's National Agricultural Biosecurity Center does as it works to protect America's agricultural infrastructure and economy from the threat of disease.
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AWARD K-STATE SPECIALIST IN TICK-BORNE PATHOGENS $1.8 MILLION GRANT TO HELP HALT DISEASE SPREAD: Roman Ganta, a professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology at Kansas State University, has been awarded a grant of $1,825,000 by the National Institutes of Health to figure out how to stop the tick-borne bacteria, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, from making animals and people sick.
K-STATE RESEARCHER RECEIVES GRANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND DIAGNOSE PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS, WORK COULD LEAD TO NEXT VACCINE: When the National Pork Board wanted to research how to eradicate the latest strain of porcine circovirus, Kansas State University's Richard Hesse stepped forward.
K-STATE TAKES TEAM APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING, COMBATING FOODBORNE PATHOGENS E. COLI 0157 AND SALMONELLA: Understanding the ecology of two dangerous foodborne pathogens and devising ways to combat them is a big job. That's why Kansas State University has a team of seven researchers and six collaborators taking on E. coli 0157 and salmonella.
K-STATE COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE OFFICIALS WORKING TO HELP ERADICATE FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: Administrators from Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine are traveling to South America to learn what K-State can do to help eradicate foot-and-mouth disease in the Western Hemisphere.
PROFESSIONALS IN BIOSCIENCE, FOOD-RELATED INDUSTRIES TURN TO K-STATE TO BOOST THEIR CREDENTIALS IN FOOD SAFETY AND SECURITY, RELATED AREAS: Workshops, online programs and databases are just some of the ways that Kansas State University shares knowledge about the biosciences, food safety and animal health with the professionals who help ensure the safety of our food supply.
K-STATE RESEARCHERS BRINGING EXPERTISE TO KANSAS CITY SYMPOSIUM ON DISEASE AND NATIONAL SECURITY: Kansas State University's expertise on diseases transmitted between animals and humans is being tapped for a prestigious symposium in Kansas City, Mo.
K-STATE'S APLEY AMONG MOST INFLUENTIAL VETERINARIANS IN CATTLE FEEDING INDUSTRY: Veterinarian Dr. Mike Apley has devoted his career to animal health. The Kansas State University professor's efforts were recognized recently when he was spotlighted as one of the six most influential veterinarians in the cattle feeding industry in the past 35 years.
EXPERT ON EMERGING INFECTIOUS ZOONOTIC DISEASES JOINING K-STATE AS A REGENTS DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR: Juergen Richt, lead scientist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center and an adjunct professor at Iowa State University, will be joining Kansas State University as a Regents Distinguished Professor.