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I. Kati Loeffler, DVM, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral
Fellow, Department of Reproductive Sciences
Reproductive
Sciences
Education
Michigan State University, D.V.M., 1989
Michigan State University, Ph.D., Pharmacology & Toxicology,
1996
University of Wisconsin – Madison, Environmental Toxicology
Center, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 1996-1998
University of Wisconsin – Madison, School of Medicine,
Department of Anatomy, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 1999-2000
Professional History and Interests
Kati Loeffler has a diverse background in clinical veterinary medicine and research in environmental toxicology and animal development. Her post-doctoral research focused on the molecular aspects of animal development and the effects of environmental toxicants on the function of those molecular processes.
Last year, she refocused her work to address more directly her passion for wildlife and joined the Smithsonian National Zoological Park to work on issues concerning diseases of wildlife. She is leading a study of infectious disease exposure in captive giant pandas in China and has assisted in what is hoped to be the first of a series of workshops in China that addresses disease diagnosis and pathology in zoo and wild animal species. She has also initiated a study exploring disease issues that may affect the reproductive fitness of red pandas in North American and Chinese zoos.
Her goal is to integrate studies of wildlife disease with conservation strategies in which the interaction among humans, domestic animals and wildlife are effectively addressed to the mutual benefit of all three.
Selected Publications
Loeffler, I.K., R.J. Montali, B. Rideout, D. Li. Pathology. In: Giant Pandas in Captivity: Biology and Medicine, D.E Wildt, A. Zhang, H. Zhang, D. Janssen, S. Ellis, eds. Chapter XV. Cambridge University Press (in preparation).
Loeffler, I.K., D.L. Stocum, J.F. Fallon, C.U. Meteyer. 2001. Leaping lopsided: A review of the current hypotheses regarding etiologies of limb malformations in frogs (feature article). The Anatomical Record 265: 228-245.
Meteyer, C.U., I.K. Loeffler, J.F. Fallon, K.A. Converse, E. Green, J.C. Helgen, S. Kersten, R. Levey, L. Eaton-Poole, J.G. Burkhart. 2000. Hind limb malformations in free living northern leopard frogs (Rana pipiens) from Maine, Minnesota and Vermont suggest multiple etiologies. Teratology 62: 151-171.
Benedict, J.C., T-M. Lin, I.K. Loeffler, R.E. Peterson, J.A. Flaws. 2000. Physiological role of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in mouse ovary development. Toxicological Science 56: 382-388.
Loeffler, I.K. and R.E. Peterson. 1998. Interactive effects of TCDD and p,p=-DDE on the development of the male rat reproductive tract. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 154: 28-39.
Contact
Smithsonian's
National Zoo
Conservation & Research Center
1500 Remount Road
Front Royal, VA 22630
Phone:
540.622.8416
