{"id":565,"date":"2018-03-02T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=565"},"modified":"2026-05-13T13:46:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:46:56","slug":"pvm-faculty-featured-in-annual-research-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/pvm-faculty-featured-in-annual-research-report.php","title":{"rendered":"PVM Faculty Featured in Annual Research Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine is pleased to have two faculty members, Dr. Sophie Leli\u00e8vre and Dr. Candace Croney, featured in the Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships (EVPRP) 2016-2017 annual research report. The theme for the annual research report this year is Earth + Space. The report provides glimpses of Purdue\u2019s role in expanding the frontiers of space and in delivering impactful research here on earth.<\/p>\n

\"Dr.

Dr. Sophie Leli\u00e8vre<\/p><\/div>\n

Dr. Leli\u00e8vre, professor of cancer pharmacology in the Department of Basic Medical Sciences, is highlighted for, as the report states, \u201c\u2026leading the charge in a new screening pipeline that focuses on epigenetics (the analysis of chemical changes on and around genes that are involved in gene expression control) to identify environmental factors with epigenetic impact.\u201d The report goes on to quote Dr. Leli\u00e8vre as explaining, \u201cMany life-impacting chronic diseases such as neurodegenerative disorders and cancers are influenced by epigenetic changes.\u201d\u00a0 Dr. Leli\u00e8vre\u2019s biobank focuses on environmental factors like certain plants and fungi that might have protective effects, documenting the positive health impacts that local specimens have had on regions all over the world.\u00a0 Since scientists are unable to test the bioactive ingredients that cause the beneficial effects directly on humans, Dr. Leli\u00e8vre identifies and tests the suspected bioactive ingredients in an \u201corgan-on-a-chip,\u201d a 3-D cell culture. \u201cThe beauty of the organ-on-a-chip model system is that it can ultimately be used with cells obtained from human populations of different origins, enabling an understanding of how natural compounds of medicinal plants and other natural species might work better in some populations than in others,\u201d Dr. Leli\u00e8vre is quoted as saying.<\/p>\n

\"Dr.

Dr. Candace Croney with a furry friend<\/p><\/div>\n

Dr. Candace Croney, professor of animal behavior and well-being in the Department of Comparative Pathobiology and director of the Purdue University Center for Animal Welfare Science, is featured in the report for the development of Canine Care Certified, a national, voluntary certification program she spearheaded that sets rigorous standards for professional dog breeders. The certification program addresses physical health, environment, behavioral health, breeding life, and caretaker expectations. According to Dr. Croney, USDA licensed commercial breeders have to follow certain key regulations, but other breeders wanted further guidance on caring for their animals, and that\u2019s where Canine Care Certified comes in. \u201cIf people are going to be buying dogs, we ought to figure out a way to protect those dogs as much as possible, while also not sending the message that there\u2019s something wrong with getting shelter dogs,\u201d Dr. Croney is quoted as saying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine is pleased to have two faculty members, Dr. Candace Croney and Dr. Sophie Leli\u00e8vre, featured in the Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships (EVPRP) 2016-2017 annual research report. The theme for the annual research report this year is Earth + Space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,34,41,11],"tags":[75,97,143,123,146,150,96],"class_list":["post-565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cancer","category-centers","category-faculty-staff","category-research","tag-bms","tag-cancer","tag-candace-croney","tag-cpb","tag-dog-breeding","tag-research","tag-sophie-lelievre"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33910,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565\/revisions\/33910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}