Michael J Dark, DVM, PhD, DACVP

Director & Clinical Associate Professor

Department: Department of Comparative, Diagnostic & Population Medicine

Business Phone: (352) 294-4138

Business Email: darkmich@ufl.edu

CV: View Curriculum Vitae

Accomplishments

Barbara Jean Thompson Award for Outstanding Service

2018 Davis / Thompson Foundation
Member, Board of Directors

2017-2025 Davis / Thompson Foundation

VEM5115 – Veterinary Histology

2014-2015,2017-2021,2020-2023 College of Veterinary Medicine
VEM5851 – Adv. Anatomic Pathology Clerkship

2011-2013,2015-2019,2017-2025,2023-2025 College of Veterinary Medicine
VEM5751 – Anatomic Path Core Clerkship

2010-2021,2023-2025 College of Veterinary Medicine
VEM5571 – Emerging Diseases

2012-2013,2015-2020,2019-2025 College of Veterinary Medicine
VEM5165 – Large Anim Pathology

2011-2025 College of Veterinary Medicine
VEM5162 – Vet Pathology 2

2011-2020,2025 College of Veterinary Medicine
VEM5164 – Small Anim Pathology

2011-2016,2018-2019 College of Veterinary Medicine
VME7980 – Research for Doctoral Dissertation

2018 College of Veterinary Medicine

Veterinary Pathology, including studying the pathology of a variety of conditions in animals in an attempt to better model human disease.

Discovery and diagnosis of diseases in animals

Bacterial genomics and vector-borne diseases

Bacterial genome sequencing and bioinformatics

Rickettsial diseases such as Anaplasma marginale and other model systems

Disease research, including how to better use archived samples for genetic research

Examining alternative fixatives for DNA research

Determining the maximum useful sample age for DNA recovery from diagnostic tissue samples.

Animals as model systems for disease

Pathology of a variety of conditions in animals in an attempt to better model human disease.

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Business Mailing:: PO Box 100123
GAINESVILLE FL 32610
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GAINESVILLE FL 32610