Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

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Susan E. Wade

Senior Research Associate II and Director, Parasitology Section

Animal Health Diagnostic Center
Dept. of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
PO Box 5786
College of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14852-5786

607-253-3581, sew9@cornell.edu

Education

Honors and Awards

Research and Professional Experience

Professional Society Memberships

Selected Publications

Education

B.A.	- 1965	Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, Major: Biology
M.A.	- 1975	SUNY College at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, Major: Biology (Parasitology)
Ph.D.	- 1981	Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Field: Veterinary Medicine; Major: Parasitology; Minors: Pathology and Medical Entomology

Honors and Awards

1989 - U.S. Patent # 4,850,305 for an Artificial System and Method for Breeding Fleas; Jay R. Georgi and Susan E. Wade

Research and Professional Experience

		1972-1974			Graduate Teaching Assistantship in Biology - SUNY College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
		1966-1972			Science Instructor in Education Department (tours of exhibits, in museum and outdoor education classes, natural history talks to school and adult groups) - Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, NY
		1972-1975			Assistant in Department of Vertebrate Zoology - Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, NY
		1975-1979			Graduate Teaching and Research Assistantship in Parasitology, Pathology Department - College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
		1981			Research Support Specialist in Parasitology, Dept. Preventive Medicine - College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
		1982-1983			Technician, Automated Serology Section, Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory - College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
		1984-1989			Postdoctoral Research in Parasitology, Dept. Microbiology, Immunology, Parasitology (1987-1989), Dept. Preventive Medicine (1984-1987) - College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
		1989-present			Senior Research Associate II and Director, Parasitology Section, Animal Health Diagnostic Center - College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Professional Society Memberships

		American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians
		American Society of Parasitologists
		American Society of Veterinary Parasitologists
		Helminthological Society of Washington
		Society of Protozoologists
		Wildlife Disease Association
		World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology
		CALS Lyme Disease Task Force - 1989-1991
		Wildlife Conservation Committee, NYS Veterinary Medical Society - 1990-1991
		NYS Water Resources Institute Program Committee - 1993-1995
		Search committee for Senior Extension Associates and NYSCHAP Coordinator - 2001

Selected Publications

	8.	Wade, SE and JR Georgi. 1988. Survival and reproduction of artificially fed cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis Bouche' (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae). Jour Med Entomol 25:186-190.
	12.	Malek, S, DG Lindmark, EL Jarroll, S Wade, S Schaaf. 1996. Detection of selected enzyme activities in Cryptosporidium parvum. J Euk Microbiol 43:82S.
	13.	Mohammed, HO, SE Wade, R Barwick. 1996. Improving the risk assessment in veterinary epidemiological studies: Cryptosporidiosis in cattle and leptospirosis in horses. Proc Soc Vet Epi Prev Med Glasgow, pages 20-35.
	14.	Mohammed, HO, S Wade, M. Sanaa. 1998. Analysis of clustered data with binary outcomes: Giardia in dairy cattle. Epidemiol et sante anim 34:151-157
	15.	Mohammed, HO, SE Wade, SL Schaaf. 1999. Risk factors associated with Cryptosporidium parvum infection in dairy cattle in southeastern New York State. Vet Parasitol 83:1-13
	16.	Forest, TW, SP McDonough, S Wade. 1999. What=s your diagnosis? - Acute respiratory failure in a canary. Lab Animal 28:23-24
	17.	Wade, SE, HO Mohammed, SL Schaaf. 2000. Epidemiologic study of Giardia sp. infection in dairy cattle in southeastern New York State. Vet Parasitol 89:11-21
	18.	Wade, SE, HO Mohammed, SL Schaaf. 2000. Prevalence of Giardia sp., Cryptosporidium parvum, and Cryptosporidium muris (C. andersoni) in 109 dairy herds in southeastern New York State. Vet Parasitol 93:1-11
	19.	Rosen, BH. 2000. Waterborne pathogens in agricultural watersheds. Contributions by R. Croft, ER Atwill, S. Stehman, SE Wade. Watershed Science Institute, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, 61 pages
	20.	Lindergard, G, SE Wade, S Schaaf, RS Barwick, HO Mohammed. 2001. Detection of Cryptosporidium oocysts in soil samples by enzyme-linked immunoassay. Vet Parasitol 94:163-176
	21.	Nydam, DV, SE Wade, SL Schaaf, HO Mohammed. 2001. Number of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts or Giardia spp. cysts shed by dairy calves after natural infection. Am J Vet Res. 62:1612-1615
	22.	Spain, CV, JM Scarlett, SE Wade, P McDonough. 2001. Prevalence of enteric zoonotic agents in cats less than 1 year old in central New York State. J Vet Int Med. 15:33-38
	23.	Lindergard, G, SE Wade, S Schaaf, RS Barwick, HO Mohammed. 2001. Detection of Cryptosporidium oocysts in soil samples by enzyme-linked immunoassay. Vet Parasitol. 94:163-176
	25.	Rosen, BH. 2001. Waterborne pathogens in agricultural watersheds. Contributions by R. Croft, ER Atwill, S. Stehman, SE Wade. Reprinted by Natural Resource, Agriculture, and Engineering Service with permission of NRCS, 61 pages
	26.	Warnick, LD, D. Nydam, A. Maciel, CL Guard, SE Wade. 2002. Udder cleft dermatitis and sarcoptic mange in a dairy herd. J Am Vet Med Assoc 221(2):273-276
	27.	Van Keulen H, PT Macechko, S Wade, S Schaaf, PM Wallis, SL Erlandsen. 2002. The presence of human Giardia in domestic, farm and wild animals, and environmental samples suggests a zoonotic potential for giardiasis. Accepted. Veterinary Parasitology
Abstracts, Non-Peer Refereed Articles, Proceedings, and Posters
	6.	Wade, SE, HO Mohammed, SL Schaaf - New York City Watershed Agricultural Program - Epidemiological Study of Giardia sp. and Cryptosporidium parvum in Dairy Cattle. Research Poster Session, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, March 21-22, 1996
	7.	Stehman, SM, CA Rossiter, P McDonough, S Wade. Potential Pathogens in Manure. In: Animal Agriculture and the Environment: Nutrients, Pathogens, and Community Relations, Animal Agriculture and the Environment, North American Conference, Rochester, NY, Dec 11-13, 1996, pp. 47-55.
	8.	Wade, SE, HO Mohammed, SL Schaaf, PE Ziegler. Epidemiologic Risk Assessment Study of Giardia and Cryptosporidium in Domestic and Wild Hosts in New York City Watershed - Program Guide and Abstracts of 73rd Annual Meeting of The American Society of Parasitologists, Kona, Hawaii, August 16-20, 1998
	9.	Wade, SE, PE Ziegler, SL Schaaf. Preliminary Investigation of Giardia species and Cryptosporidium species in wildlife in the New York City Warershed. Final Report of three year project funder by New York City. pp 1-131 plus appendices A-D, 2000
	10.	Nydam DV, SE Wade, HO Mohammed. Total number of Cryptosporidium oocysts or Giardia cysts shed by dairy calves following natural infection. American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Denver, CO. May 2001
	11.	Nydam DV, SE Wade, HO Mohammed. Managing the risk of Cryptosporidium on dairy farms in watersheds. 34th Annual Conference of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, Vancouver, BC. September 2001
	12.	Warnick LD, DV Nydam, AE Maciel, CL Guard, SE Wade. Descriptive epidemiology of udder cleft dermatitis in a dairy herd with sarcoptic mange. 34th Annual Conference of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, Vancouver, BC. September 2001
	13.	Wade, SE, HO Mohammed, PE Ziegler, SL Schaaf. 2002. Epidemiologic risk analysis study of Giardia sp. in domestic and wild animals. In: Giardia: The Cosmopolitan Parasite, Olson, B., Olson, M., Wallis P. (eds.), CAB International, Wallingford, UK., Chap 13.
	14.	Wade, SE. 2002. Fact Sheet on Giardia for an Animal Health and Production Compendium, CAB International, London, UK.

Last Update 28 September 2006