Assistant Professor - Veterinary Population Medicine

matis001@umn.edu

Education

• Veterinary Doctor, Latvian Agricultural University (1994)
• MS, Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Iowa State University (1997)
• Ph.D., Veterinary Pathology, Iowa State University, (2001)

Diplomate of ACVP (American College of Veterinary Pathologists), 2004

Research Interests

• Comparative pathology
• Phenotyping of transgenic animals
• Animal models of human disease
• Molecular basis for naturally occuring and experimentally induced tumors
• Immunohistochemistry for tumor profiling and elucidation of pathogenesis

Clinical Interests

• Neoplastic diseases of companion animals
• Surgical pathology

Instructional areas

• General pathology: inflammation, alterations of cell growth
• Systemic pathology: cardiovascular system

Publications

For a listing of recent publications, refer to PubMed, a service provided by the National Library of Medicine.