Jennifer Rudd

Jennifer Rudd is a fully licensed veterinarian, educator and researcher with specialization in infectious diseases. After graduating with her doctorate in veterinary medicine from Oklahoma State in 2011, Dr. Rudd practiced small animal medicine and surgery (general practitioner) for several years before returning to her alma mater to pursue her doctorate in comparative biomedical sciences, with an emphasis on the innate immune response to pandemic influenzas and bacterial coinfections in people. Dr. Rudd is an assistant professor at OSU College of Veterinary Medicine and the interim Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs. She enjoys continuing to pursue her passions of teaching future veterinarians, researching infectious disease, and progressing innovative and effective education for future Oklahoma State veterinarians.

Research Interests:

* Translational animal models of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection
* The innate immune response and dysfunction after viral pneumonia
* Influenza pneumonias and bacterial coinfection
* Johne's Disease (Mycobacterium avium ssp paratuberculosis) in small ruminants
* Bovine respiratory disease complex
* Scholarship of teaching and learning
* Scholarship of scientific education