Curriculum Vitae NAME: EMPLOYER: TITLE: Laura A. Kennedy University Of Kentucky Clinical Assistant Professor DATE APPOINTED: July 1, 2007 D.O.E: 100% service EDUCATION: Anatomic Pathology Residency, Texas A&M University July 2003 to July 2006 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University May, 2001 GPA: 3.6/4.0, Graduated With Honors Emphasis on: Equine medicine, theriogenology and pathology. Bachelor of Science, Michigan State University Animal Science, May 1998 GPA: 3.83/4.0, Graduated With High Honors Emphasis on: Non-ruminant nutrition, equine exercise physiology, equine management, member of the departmental curriculum committee. CERTIFICATION: Board Certification, American College of Veterinary Pathologists, 2006 EMPLOYMENT: Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, Amarillo, TX Diagnostic Pathologist July 2006- July 2007 Hanover Shoe Farms, Hanover PA Resident Veterinarian July 2001 to July 2003
CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITY: Kentucky Horse Racing Necropsy Program: 2007-present, ongoing funding provided through the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and Equine Drug Research Council. TEACHING/POST-DOCTORAL SCHOLAR TRAINING: Post-doctoral scholars (pathology residents): SERVICE: Dr. Maria Shank Dr. Molly Evely Dr. Veronica Boling Dr. Peter Chu Dr. Gabriela Toro Mayorga Session chair, Pathology Of The Racehorse, American College of Veterinary Pathologists Annual Meeting, 2016. Session co-chair, Racehorse Pathology, American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, 2016. Guest editor, Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, special issue on racehorse pathology, publication expected January 2016. Diagnostic Pathology Subcommittee, American College of Veterinary Pathologists, 2014 present, 2015 co-chair. Co-coordinator, annual meeting of the Midwest Association of Veterinary Pathologists, Lexington KY, August 2015. Reviewer, Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 2009-present Kentucky Association of Equine Practitioners, Board member, 2014 present. Head, UK VDL Research Committee: July 2013-2015 UKVDL Post-doctoral (residency) program coordinator 2008-2014 PUBLICATIONS: Manifestations of Equine Herpesvirus-1, Equine Disease Quarterly, October 2015. Equine Abortion Field Necropsies. Kentucky Veterinary News. Fall 2014.
Reproductive Leptospirosis. Equine Disease Quarterly, July 2014. Ness SL, Kennedy LA, Slovis NM Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy Associated with Portal Vein Thrombosis in a Thoroughbred Foal. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2013 Jan 30. Kennedy, L. Horse Racing Breakdown Research Project. Kentucky Veterinary News. Winter 2012-2013. Erol E, Williams NM, Sells SF, Kennedy L, Locke SJ, Donahue JM, Carter CN. Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Crossiella equi and Amycolatopsis species causing nocardioform placentitis in horses. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 2012 Oct 10. Erol E, Sells SF, Williams NM, Kennedy L, Locke SJ, Labeda DP, Donahue JM, Carter CN. An investigation of a recent outbreak of nocardioform placentitis caused abortion in horses. Veterinary Microbiology, 2012 Aug 17. Nocardioform Placentitis, Equine Disease Quarterly, Winter 2011. PRESENTATIONS: The Kentucky Horse Racing Necropsy Program: An Integrative Approach to the Investigation of Catastrophic Injuries in Thoroughbred Racehorses. American College Of Veterinary Pathologists, annual meeting, Minneapolis MN, October 2015. A Potpourri of Equine Neurology. Midwest Association of Veterinary Pathologists, Lexington KY, August 2015. Proper Diagnosis: Lessons Learned From Postmortem Programs. Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit VI, Lexington KY, July 2015. The Preexisting Lesion: A Pathologists Perspective. American Association Of Equine Practitioners, annual meeting, Salt Lake City UT, December 2014. The Kentucky Horse Racing Necropsy Program: for the health and welfare of horses, humans and the racing industry. UK Equine Showcase, Lexington KY, February 2014. The Kentucky Horse Racing Necropsy Program. Equine Diagnostic and Research Seminar mini-symposium, November 2014. Concomittant Canine Distemper and Rhodococcus equi infection in a raccoon. Midwest Association of Veterinary Pathologists, Madison WI, August 2014.
Infectious Agents identified from equine neonatal fatalities between 2010 and 2012. Erdal Erol, Lynne Cassone, Laura Kennedy, Uneeda Bryant, Stephan Locke, and Craig Carter, World Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, June 2013, Berlin, Germany. Equine Multinodular Pulmonary Fibrosis, International Conference on Equine Infectious Disease, Lexington, KY, October 21, 2012. Nocardioform Placentitis, Mid-West Veterinary Medical Conference, Louisville, KY, October 7, 2012. Case Studies in Equine Toxicology with Cynthia Gaskill, Equine Diagnostic and Research Seminar, January 26, 2012. Nocardioform Placentitis in Central Kentucky, American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Buffalo, NY, October 2011. Careers in Veterinary Medicine, USDA Ag Explorers, June 2008-2015 Introduction to the UKVDL, Morehead Veterinary Technology students, May 2008 2015 The field necropsy: Getting the Most for Your Effort. Mid-American Veterinary Conference, Louisville, KY, October 2009. Disseminated Aspergillosis in a Dog, CL Davis South-Central Division Meeting, Galveston, TX October 2006. Proliferative Enteropathy in a Foal, CL Davis South-Central Division Meeting, Galveston, TX October 2005. Small Intestinal Submucosal Fibrosis in a Horse, CL Davis South-Central Division Meeting, Galveston, TX October 2004. Olfactory Neuroblastoma in a Calf, CL Davis South-Central Division Meeting, Galveston, TX October 2003 Alopecia Universalis in a Holstein Heifer, North-Central Conference of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, East Lansing, MI, June 2000 Fatal Hepatopathy in a Dog, Midwest Veterinary Pathology, Bloomington, IN, August 2000
MEETINGS ATTENDED: American College of Veterinary Pathologists, Minneapolis MN, October 2015. Midwest Association of Veterinary Pathologists, Lexington KY August 2015 Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit VI, Lexington KY, July 2015 American Association of Equine Practitioners, Salt Lake City UT. December 2014. American College of Veterinary Pathologists, Atlanta GA, November 2014. International Conference on Equine Infectious Disease, Lexington, KY October 2012 American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians/United States Animal Health Association Annual Meeting, Buffalo, New York, October 2011. American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians/United States Animal Health Association Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 2010 Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit, Lexington, KY, June 2010. American College of Veterinary Pathologists Annual Meeting, Monterey, California, December 2009 Havemeyer Foundation Workshop: Veterinary Aspects of Thoroughbred Breeding, Lexington, KY, October 2009. Hagyard Bluegrass Equine Symposium, Lexington, KY, November 2009 Mid-American Veterinary Conference, Louisville, KY, October 2009 PROFFESIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: American College of Veterinary Pathologists American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians Kentucky Association of Equine Practitioners
RESEARCH ACTIVITY: Clinical testing of equine adipose tissue mesenchymal stem cell therapy for induced tendinitis. PI Troedsson M, Woodward, EM, Kennedy, LA. 2013. Private funding. Hepatic Copper and Iron Concentrations in Mares Dying of Hemorrhage from a Ruptured Uterine Artery; $14,000. PI Allen A, PI C Gaskill, Bryant, UK, Kennedy, LA. PI B. Blakley. Western College of Veterinary Medicine Canadian Vitamins Class Action Settlement Research Grant, (2009-present).