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Hollis N. Erb
Professor
Department of Population Medicine
and Diagnostic Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853
607-253-3573, hne1@cornell.edu
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My original work was on dairy cows and calves: descriptive epidemiology, risk-factor analyses, and also long-term consequences of diseases.

I have been Chief Editor of the journal,"Preventive Veterinary Medicine" for over a decade, so I have considerable insight into "who is doing what, and where."

My current research role is primarily as a collaborator for issues of study design and analysis throughout the Veterinary College and also in the Department of Animal Sciences; I therefore at any one time am usually involved in 10 or 12 varied applied projects (ranging from randomized clinical trials through retrospective studies; and for all kinds of animal species).

Education
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Certifications and Licenses
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Honors and Awards
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Research and Professional Experience
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Professional Society Memberships
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Selected Publications


Education
    B.S. - 1972   University of California, Davis
    DVM - 1974   University of California, Davis
    M.S. - 1976   University of Guelph - Ontario, Canada
    Ph.D. - 1979   University of Guelph - Ontario, Canada
    1974-1975 - Internship in Large Animal Medicine; Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
    May 28-30, 1980 - "Decision-making in clinical medicine." Center for the Analysis of Health Practices, Harvard School of Public Health. Boston, MA.




Certifications and Licenses
listing of certifications and licenses not currently available




Honors and Awards
    BS with High Honors
    Lambda Chapter, Society of Phi Zeta
    Award of Recognition - Member, 1994. Association of Teachers of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine (now, Association for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine)

Calvin Schwabe Award for Lifetime Achievement in Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, 2009. (Association for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine)




Research and Professional Experience
    July 1979 - June 1985     Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Section of Epidemiology (Dept of Preventive Medicine) CUCVM
    July 1985-March 1993     Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Preventive Medicine (7/85-3/93)
    April 1993 to present     Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Sciences(4/93-present)
    July 1980 - present     Courtesy Joint Appointment, Department of Animal Science
    April 15 - April 26, 1985     Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine - University of California, Davis




Professional Society Memberships
    American Veterinary Medical Association
Association for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Conference of Research Workers in Animal Disease
Society for Clinical Trials
Curriculum Committee; 1980-198, 2001-2004
Chief, Section of Epidemiology; 1987-90, 2001-2004
International Management Committee, International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics; 1994-2003
Member, Scientific Committee Xth International Symposium for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (Chile, 2003); 2000-2003
Member, DVM/PhD Oversight Committee; CVM; 2001-2004
Member, National Review Panel, National Phi Zeta Manuscript Competition; 2001-2006
University Appeals Panel; 1996-2001
Secretary of the College Faculty; 1997-2002
Advisor, Cornell Women in Science Fund; 1997-present
Member, Health Careers Program Advisory Panel (Cornell University); 1998-2004
Member, Organizing Committee (and liaison to the CVM), Horses 2001 at Cornell (2000-01) (Conference April 7-8, 2001); Horses 2002 at Cornell (2001-2002).
American Veterinary Medical Association
Association for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine




Selected Publications (2008 through May, 2009)
  1. Kukekova, AV, LN Trut, K Chase, DV Shepeleva, AV Vladimirova, AV Kharlamova, IN Oskina, A Stepika, S Klebanov, HN ERB, and GM Acland. Measurement of segregating behaviors in experimental silver fox pedigrees. Behav Genet 38: 185-194. 2008.
  2. Bischoff, K, C Lamm, HN ERB, and JR Hillebrandt. The effects of formalin fixation and tissue embedding on copper, iron, and zinc analysis. J Vet Diagnostic Invest 20:220-224. 2008
  3. Martin Flores, M, L Campoy, JW Ludders, HN ERB, and RD Gleed. Comparison between acceleromyography and visual assessment of train-of-four for monitoring neuromuscular blockade in horses undergoing surgery. Vet Anaesthesia Analges 35: 220-227. 2008.
  4. Wagner, B, A Glaser, JM Hillegas, HN ERB, C Gold, and H Freer. Monocolonal antibodies to equine IgM improve the sensitivity of West Nile virus-specific IgM detection in horses. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 122: 46-56. 2008
  5. Campoy, L, M Martin Flores, AL Looney, HN ERB, JW Ludders, JE Stewart, RD Gleed, and M Asakawa. Distribution of a lidocaine-methylene blue solution in brachial plexus, psoas compartment (lumbar plexus), and sciatic nerve blocks in the dog. Vet Anaesthesia Analges 35: 348-354. 2008.
  6. Kiselow*, MA, KM Rassnick, SP McDonough, RE Goldstein, KW Simpson, TK Weinkle, and HN ERB. Outcome of cats with low-grade, lymphocytic lymphoma: 41 cases (1995-2005). J Amer Vet Med Assoc 232: 405-410. 2008.
  7. Ramstedt*, KL, SA Center, JF Randolph, AE Yeager, HN ERB, and KL Warner. Changes in gallbladder volume in healthy dogs after food was withheld for 12 hours followed by ingestion of a meal or a meal containing erythromycin. Am J Vet Res 69: 647-651. 2008.
  8. Burns*, GO, PV Scrivani, MS Thompson, and HN ERB. Relation between age, body weight, and medial retropharyngeal lymph node size in apparaently healthy dogs. Vet Radiol Ultrasound. 49: 277-281. 2008.
  9. DeLuca*, L, HN ERB, JC Young, GA Perkins, and DM Ainsworth. The effect of adding oral dexamethasone to feed alterations on the inflammatory gene expression in stabled horses affected with recurrent airway obstruction. J Vet Intern Med 22: 427-435. 2008.
  10. Stokol, T, M Brooks, JE Rush, M Rishniw, H ERB, E Rozanski, M Kraus, and AL Gelzer. Hypercoagulability in cats with cardiomyopathy. J Vet Intern Med 22: 546-552. 2008.
  11. Posner, LP, M Asakawa, and HN ERB. Use of propofol for anesthesia in cats with primary hepatic lipidosis: 44 cases (1995-2004). J Am Vet Med Assoc 232: 1841-1843. 2008.
  12. Frankel*, JL, DW Scott, and HN ERB. Gross and cytological characteristics of normal feline anal-sac secretions. J Fel Med Surg 10: 319-323. 2008.
  13. Perkins, GA, L Viel, B Wagner, A Hoffman, HN ERB, and DM Ainsworth. Histamine bronchoprovocation does not affect bronchoalveolar lavage fulid cytology, gene expression and protein concentrations of IL-4, IL-8 and IFN-gamma. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 126: 230-235. 2008.
  14. Ainsworth, DM, M Matychak, CL Reyner, HN ERB, and JC Young. Effects of in vitro exposure to hay dust on the gene expression of cytokines and cell-surface receptors in primary bronchial epithelial cell cultures established from horses with chronic recurrent airway obstruction. Am J Vet Res 70: 365-372. 2009.
  15. Fischer*, BL, JW Ludders, M Asakawa, LA Fortier, SL Fubini, AJ Nixon, RM Radcliffe, and HN ERB. A comparison of epidural buprenorphine plus detomidinewith morphine plus detomidine in horses undergoing bilateral stifle arthroscopy. Vet Anaesthesia Analges 16: 67-76. 2009.
  16. Little, AA, U Krotschek, DM Boothe, and HN ERB. Pharmacokinetics of buccal mucosal administration of fentanyl in a carboxymethylcellulose gel compared with IV administration in dogs. Vet Therapeutics 9: 201-211. 2009.
  17. Cohen, RD, DW Scott, and HN ERB. Prevalence, number and morphologic types of multinucleated histiocytic giant cells in equine inflammatory dermatoses: A retrospective light miscroscopic study of skin-biopsy specimens from 362 horses.Eq Vet J 41: 406-409. 2009.
  18. Burton, AB, B Wagner, HN ERB, and DM Ainsworth. Serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) and IL-10 concentrations in normal and septic neonatal foals. Vet Immunol Immunopathol (in press).
  19. Wagner, B, B Child, and HN ERB. A histamine release assay to identify sensitization to Culicoides allergens in horses with skin hypersensitivity. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. (Accepted.)
  20. Cavatorta*, DJ, HN ERB, and MJBF Flaminio. Ex vivo generation of mature equine monocyte-derived dendritic cells. Vet Immunol Immunopathol (Accepted.)

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Last Update 28 September 2006