Rebecca Davies

Associate Clinical Professor

Director, Quality Central

Contact Information:
Phone: 612-626-0168
Email: rdavies@umn.edu

310 Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
1333 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN  55108

Education

• PhD. University of Minnesota, 1991

Areas of  Interests

• Quality practices in regulated and non-regulated biomedical research
• Laboratory quality assurance
• Quality Management Systems
• Quality Assurance in University Settings
• Quality Assurance training programs

Clinical Interests

• Comparative endocrinology
• Metabolic testing (cytokines)
• Xenotransplantation as a cure for diabetes
• Establishment of reference intervals
• Analytical method validation
   

Instructional Areas

• Freshman endocrinology
• Quality Assurance

Publications

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

Current Funding

• Determination of breed-specific reference ranges for assessing thyroid function in several breeds. AKC/CHF
• Determination of breed-specific reference intervals for assessing thyroid function in American Collies. American Collie Foundation.
• Assessing stress responses in rehabilitated raptors through fecal hormone monitoring. Morris Animal Foundation
• Evaluation of a TSH (thyrotopin) stimulation test protocol for use in the alpaca. Alpaca Research Foundation