Past Scientific Advisory Board Members
Kathryn M. Meurs, DVM, Ph.D., D-ACVIM
2003-2007; SAB Chair, 2006-2007
Dr. Meurs received her DVM from the University of Wisconsin in 1990 and her PhD in genetics from Texas A&M University in 1997. She is also board certified from the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. Dr. Meurs has received numerous honors throughout her career, including most recently the Norden Distinguished Teaching Award and the Faculty Clinical Teaching Award from Ohio State University. Previous to her current position as professor and Richard L. Ott chair of small-animal medicine and research at Washington State, she was an associate professor in the department of veterinary clinical sciences and a faculty member in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology at Ohio State University. Her areas of interest include familial aspects of cardiovascular disease, especially cardiomyopathy.
David J. Argyle, BVMS, Ph.D., MRCVS
2003-2007
Dr. Argyle received his BVMS in 1991 and his PhD in immunology and oncology in 1995 from the University of Glasgow. He is currently William Dick Professor of Clinical Studies at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies. He previously was an associate professor of oncology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the co-scientific editor in chief of the Journal of Veterinary and Comparative Oncology. He has also taught at the University of Glasgow Veterinary School and sat on the U.K. government’s Veterinary Products Committee as an expert in molecular genetics. Dr. Argyle currently serves on a number of advisory committees. His research interests include the basic biology of cancer, the identification of molecular targets to develop novel therapies, and the canine and feline aging process.
Julie K. Levy, DVM, Ph.D., D-ACVIM
2003-2007
Dr. Levy received her DVM from the University of California-Davis in 1989 and a PhD in immunology from North Carolina State University in 1997. She has taught at the University of Florida since 1997. In 2003, Dr. Levy received the Clinical Investigator Award from the Florida Veterinary Medical Association and the Carl J. Norden-Pfizer Distinguished Teacher Award. She is actively involved in the AVMA’s clinical practitioners advisory committee, the American Association of Feline Practitioners, the annual Florida Cat Conference at the University of Florida, and Operation Catnip, the feral cat spay/neuter program in Gainesville, Florida. Her primary area of interest is managing feral cat colonies.
Past Wildlife Scientific Advisory Board Members
David E. Stallknecht, Ph.D.
2003-2007; WSAB Chair, 2006-2007
Dr. Stallknecht received his PhD in epidemiology and community health from Louisiana State University in 1989. He also has a master’s degree in wildlife biology from The University of Georgia, where he began teaching in 2000. Prior to his current teaching position as an associate professor, Dr. Stallknecht was an associate research scientist at the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study at The University of Georgia. He is the assistant editor of The Journal of Wildlife Diseases and a committee member for the United States Animal Health Association, the Wildlife Disease Association, the West Nile Working Group in Georgia and the Georgia Animal Health Safeguarding Work Group. His primary areas of interest are wildlife and avian disease.
Steven L. Monfort, DVM, Ph.D.
2003-2007
Dr. Monfort received his DVM in 1986 from the University of California-Davis and his PhD in environmental biology in 1993 from George Mason University, where he still holds an adjunct professorship. He also holds an adjunct professorship at Boise State University. Dr. Monfort serves on the species survival commissions for antelope and deer. His interests lie in reproductive physiology and endocrinology. His major reproductive research efforts have focused on the Eld’s deer and scimitar-horned oryx.
