Graduate Students Sara Walker – MS (2004) - received PhD in Molecular and Cellular Pathobiology from Wake Forest Medical. Charlotte Blowe - MS (2004) - Currently employed with Goldsboro Milling. Jan-Marie Bender - MS (2005) - Currently employed with Smithfield Premium Genetics. Keri Boyette - MS (2005) - Currently employed as a research analyst with Duke University. Christian Lanier - MS (2006) - Currently employed in the nursing field. Brandon Velie - MS (2007) - Currently working towards his PhD in Equine Genetics at the University of Sydney in Sydney, Australia. Mark Knauer – PhD (2009) - Currently employed as Assistant Professor in Animal Science at North Carolina State University. Jessica Sturdevant - MS (2010) - Currently working on her DVM at Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine. Ben Winslow - MS (2010) - Currently working on his DVM at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Jocelyn Bishop - MS (2011) - Currently employed by Waldo Farms in De Witt, Nebraska. Kent Gray – PhD (2011); MS (2008) - Currently employed as a geneticist at Smithfield Premium Genetics. Yijian Huang - PhD (2012) - Currently employed as a Postdoc at Michigan State University. Undergraduate Research Assistants Dehorah Doyle - Undergraduate Research - DVM - North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine. Jessica Rooker - Undergraduate Research - DVM (2007) North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine. Shannon Anderson - Undergraduate Research - DVM (2010) North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine. Jennifer Young - Undergraduate Research - PhD (2012) Iowa State University, Department of Animal Science. Caroline Catalfamo - Undergraduate Research - DVM (2011) Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Royal St. Kitts. Sarah Margaret Craft - Undergraduate Research - BS (2007) North Carolina State University, Department of Animal Science. Emily Johnson - Undergraduate Research - Currently working toward her PhD in Pharmacology. Sean Hanley - Undergraduate Research - Currently working toward his DVM at Iowa State University, College of Veterinary Medicine. Justin Cagle - Undergraduate Research - Currently working towards his DVM at North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine. Brianna Skelly - Undergraduate Research - Currently working towards her DVM at North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine. Halli Sigal - Undergraduate Research - Currently working toward her PhD at the University of Maryland. Stephanie Morgan - Undergraduate Research - Currently working towards her DVM at North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine. Holly Ramey - Undergraduate Research - Currently working toward her PhD at the University of Missouri. Ann Coulon-Johnson - Undergraduate Research - BS (2011) North Carolina State University, Department of Animal Science. Lauren Wiggins - Undergraduate Research - BS (2011) North Carolina State University, Department of Animal Science. Maggie Anderson - Undergraduate Research - Currently working toward her DVM at North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine.