Faculty and Staff

Interim Dean

435-797-3978

dirk.vanderwall@usu.edu

Director of Development

435-797-0767

niklas.aardema@usu.edu

Adjunct Clinical Professor

james.akagi@usu.edu

Assistant to the Department Head

435-797-1762

tyler.ayotte@usu.edu

Veterinary Diagnostic Lab Director, Faculty

435-797-1883

tom.baldwin@usu.edu

Veterinary Medical Lab Assistant

teanna.beckstead@usu.edu

Program Coordinator

435-797-8786

melisa.bishop@usu.edu

Director of Academic and Student Affairs

435-797-8786

michael.s.bishop@usu.edu

Writer | Marketing Assistant

ethan.brightbill@usu.edu

Adjunct Clinical Professor

nicole.busch@usu.edu

Instructor | Veterinary Pathology

435-797-1336

mike.clayton@usu.edu

Clinical Associate Professor | Sam Skaggs Family Equine Education Center Director

435-797-2162

holly.clement@usu.edu

Research Associate Professor, Director Center for Integrated Biosystems

435-797-1900

chris.davies@usu.edu

Lab Techinician III

435-797-9749

scott.hexum@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | Equine Medicine, Equine Behavior

435-535-5140

karl.hoopes@usu.edu

Antiviral Research

435-797-1631

brett.hurst@usu.edu

Staff Assistant

435-797-1516

heidi.julander@usu.edu

Clinical Professor | Veterinary Diagnostician | Public Health, Microbiology

801-798-5435

Jane.Kelly@usu.edu

Professional Practice Associate Professor

435-797-1477

cathleen.kovarik@usu.edu

DPADVS - Animal Dairy & Veterinary Sciences

carmen.lau@usu.edu

Orthopedic Disease, Regenerative Medicine and Reproductive Physiology

435-797-0950

jeff.mason@usu.edu

Financial Officer

435-797-7510

sue.mccormick@usu.edu

Pharmacology/Toxicology, Reproductive Biology, Epigenetics

435-797-1774

ralph.meyer@usu.edu

Associate Professor | Reproductive Biology and Toxicology, Environmental Exposures, Epigenetic Influence of Nutritional Environment

435-797-1685

Mirella.Meyer@usu.edu

Laboratory Animal Medicine

435-881-7763

aaron.olsen@usu.edu

Research Technician III

sarah.pierce@usu.edu

Program Assistant

435-797-1514

oakley.ransom@usu.edu

Associate Professor | Molecular Genetics, Reproductive Physiology, Embryology

435-797-2195

lee.rickords@usu.edu

Associate Dean of Clinical Programming

435-797-1882

kerry.rood@usu.edu

Assistant Professor

435-797-9877

heloisa.rutigliano@usu.edu

Assistant Professor | Bovine Reproduction/Herd Health

435-770-3008

rusty.stott@usu.edu

Clinical Assistant Professor

435-671-7703

alexis.sweat@usu.edu

Research Professor | Infectious Disease, Vaccines and Antiviral Chemotherapy

435-797-3954

bart.tarbet@usu.edu

Associate Professor | Beef Cattle Nutrition, Skeletal Muscle Growth and Physiology

435-797-7696

kara.thornton@usu.edu

Veterinary Pathology. Avian and Wildlife Pathology

435-797-7066

arnaud.vanwettere@usu.edu

Lab Technician III

435-797-9749

miles.wandersee@usu.edu

Librarian

435-797-0739

sandra.weingart@usu.edu

Director of Wellness | LCSW, MPH

435-797-1002

amanda.willett@usu.edu

allison.willoughby@usu.edu

Professor | Dairy Cattle Health, Dairy Goat Health, Epidemiology

435-760-3731

david.wilson@usu.edu