Comparative Internal Medicine Laboratory

The missions of the Comparative Internal Medicine Laboratory are to:

Investigate diseases relevant to people and animals,
Develop tools for the practical diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease, and
Train the next generation of medical specialists in scientific methodology while conducting ethical, translational research.

Executive Board

Director: Carol R. Reinero, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
900 E. Campus Drive
Columbia, Missouri 65211
573-882-7821
reineroc@missouri.edu

Associate Director: Aida Vientós-Plotts, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM)
900 E. Campus Drive
Columbia, Missouri 65211
573-882-7821
VientosPlottsAi@missouri.edu

Laboratory Manager: Hans Rindt, PhD
W168 Veterinary Medicine Building
Columbia, Missouri 65211
573-823-6008
Rindth@missouri.edu

Primary Investigators

Leah A. Cohn, DVM, PhD, DACVIM-Small Animal Internal Medicine
Microbiology (e.g., MRSA, C. felis and sepsis), immunology (e.g., inflammation and allergic airway disease) and clinical treatment trials (e.g., cytauxzoonosis, asthma)

John R. Dodam, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVAA
Cellular and in vivo physiology, clinical trials in large and small animal models

Philip J. Johnson, BVSc, MS, MRCVS, DACVIM-Large Animal Internal Medicine, DECEIM
Immunology (inflammation), sepsis (endotoxemia), equine microbiome, and identification of pathophysiological processes in equine laminitis

Bridget M. Lyons, VMD, DACVECC
Alterations of microbiota in critically ill dogs and cats, sepsis, trauma

John R. Middleton, DVM, PhD, DACVIM-Large Animal Internal Medicine
Bovine mastitis, staphylococci, clinical microbiology, epidemiology, molecular speciation and fingerprinting of bacteria

Carol R. Reinero, DVM, PhD, DACVIM-Small Animal Internal Medicine
Canine and feline pulmonology (asthma, interstitial lung diseases, pulmonary hypertension, bronchiolar disorders, bronchomalacia, aerodigestive disorders); advanced thoracic imaging (fluoroscopy, computed tomography, endoscopy, ultrasonography); respiratory microbiome in health and disease; clinical immunology

Aida Vientós-Plotts, DVM, DACVIM-Small Animal Internal Medicine
Respiratory microbita in health and disease; interactions between respiratory microbiota and distant sites in health and disease; influence of antimicrobials and probiotics on the respiratory microbiota; dybiosis in infectious and inflammatory airway disease

Graduate Students

Christa Bernhard, DVM (MS candidate)

Diana Hoffman, DVM (MS candidate)

Jennifer Howard, DVM (MS candidate)

Bathilda Lake, DVM (MS candidate)

Julia Remaks, DVM (MS candidate)

Kylie Townsend, DVM (MS candidate)

Giving to the Comparative Internal Medicine Laboratory

The Comparative Internal Medicine Laboratory needs your financial support to fund cutting-edge research to help animals with a variety of medical problems and to train the next generation of veterinary scientists.

Past gifts have helped support studies with significant impacts on the health of animals and people. Some of these include:

New and better treatments for feline asthma and chronic bronchitis
Improved treatment of immunologic disorders such as immune-mediated hemolytic anemia and immune mediated polyarthropathy
Better management of endocrine disorders including diabetes mellitus
Better options for the treatment of bobcat fever, sepsis and ehrlichiosis
Studies of the immune response to cancer
New and effective preventive treatments for equine laminitis

Gifts supporting the laboratory can be made in honor or in memory of a special person or pet. Please join us in our efforts to find cures for common diseases in both animals and people by making a donation today.

To make a gift online, visit our giving site. Please specify “CIML” in the Gift Instructions.

To make a gift by phone, call 573-882-0548.

To make a gift by mail, send your donation to:

Attn: Director of Advancement
MU College of Veterinary Medicine
Comparative Internal Medicine Laboratory Gift Fund
W210 Veterinary Medicine Building
Columbia, MO 65211