Principal Investigator
DVM, MPVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
Research Scientists
Shino Yoshida
DVM
shino.yoshida@wsu.edu
Shino Yoshida finished her BVSc degree at the University of Tokyo in Japan. After graduation, she completed two years of small animal rotating internship and then started a small animal specialty internship in internal medicine at the Hokkaido University Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Japan. She loves small animal internal medicine, particularly gastrointestinal diseases and their treatments, including fecal microbiota transplantation, aiming at conducting bench-to-bedside research.
Keiko Kato
DVM, PhD
keiko.kato@wsu.edu
Keiko Kato earned her BVSc degree from Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University in Japan. Following graduation, she worked as a general veterinarian in animal clinics and completed a small animal anesthesiology internship at the Rakuno Gakuen University Veterinary Teaching Hospital. In September 2020, she received her Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine at Rakuno Gakuen University and subsequently joined the faculty as an assistant professor of anesthesiology. Her primary research focus is in anesthesiology, with particular interest in the cardiovascular effects of drugs like pimobendan and urinary oxygen partial pressure. Recently, she has expanded her research to explore the interaction between gut health and systemic physiology, specifically through the use of intestinal organoids and fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT). She is also interested in veterinary care for cats and marine animals. Outside of work, she enjoys summer activities, particularly surfing.
Meg Nakazawa
BVSc, PhD
meg.nakazawa@wsu.edu
Meg Nakazawa completed her BVSc degree at Nihon University in Japan. After her graduation, she worked as a staff veterinarian at Nihon University Animal Medical Center. In March 2023, Meg successfully earned her Ph.D. degree from the Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine at Nihon University. Her current interests include gastrointestinal diseases in dogs, dog leukocyte antigen, organoids, organ-on-a-chip and translational research. In her free time, she enjoys winter activities such as skiing and snowboarding.
Graduate Students
Matthew Wun
DVM
MS student
Veterinary Resident, Internal Medicine Small Animal
Gerald Dykstra
DVM
Ph.D. candidate
Alumni
Dr. Minae Kawasaki, Rotating Intern at Western College of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Takashi Goyama, ECFVG® Certified in May 2023, Rotating Intern at Western College of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Yurika Tachibana, MS student at University of Florida
Dr. Itsuma Nagao, PhD candidate at the University of Tokyo