Collaborators - Santangelo Lab

Kendra Andrie, D.V.M., Ph.D., D.A.C.V.P.

Assistant Professor, Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine,
University of Michigan

Gregg Dean, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Colorado State University

Tammy Haut Donahue, Ph.D.

Research Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Steven Dow, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Director, Center for Immune and Regenerative Medicine
Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences
Colorado State University

Jeremiah Easley, D.V.M.

Assistant Laboratory Director, Preclinical Surgical Research Laboratory
Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences
Colorado State University

Samantha Evans, D.V.M., Ph.D., D.A.C.V.P.

Dr. Evans is a Colorado native (from Broomfield) who attended CSU for her bachelors degrees in chemistry and mathematics. She then pursued a combined DVM/PhD program at the University of California at Davis, where her dissertation work surrounded virology and comparative pathology. Specifically, she studied epigenetic mechanisms of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) latency, using a one-health approach to the problem of HIV persistence in infected humans.

After graduating, Dr. Evans completed a rotating medicine and surgery internship at Michigan State University, and then returned to CSU for her residency in veterinary clinical pathology. There she was connected with Dr. Santangelo and her collaborator Dr. Gregg Dean working on feline infectious peritonitis immunology and diagnostics. Dr. Evans has continued this work, among other collaborations with the Santangelo lab, in her new role as faculty at Ohio State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine.

Laurie Goodrich, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Director, Orthopaedic Research Center
Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences
Colorado State University

Karyn Hamilton, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Columbine Health Systems Center for Healthy Aging
Professor, Department of Health and Exercise Science
Colorado State University

Tom LaRocca, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Exercise Science
Colorado State University

Angela Marolf, D.V.M.

Professor, Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences
Colorado State University

Julie Moreno, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences
Colorado State University

Christine Olver, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Colorado State University

Christian Puttlitz, Ph.D.

Department Head and Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Director, Orthopaedic Bioengineering Research Laboratory
Colorado State University

Miranda Sadar, D.V.M.

Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences
Colorado State University

Theodore Schlegel, M.D.

Orthopedic Surgeon, Steadman Hawkins Clinic Denver
UCHealth

Katie Sikes, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator, Preclinical Surgical Research Laboratory
Colorado State University

Dr. Sikes works closely with the Santangelo laboratory on a number of projects including the study of post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture in a novel mechanically induced murine injury model. Additionally, Dr. Sikes assists with the development and utilization of functional mobility assessments including gait analysis, dynamic weight bearing, and activity monitoring as a collaborator of the Santangelo laboratory.

Melinda Story, D.V.M.

Clinician, Department of Clinical Sciences
Colorado State University