Jessica M. Snyder DVM, MS, Diplomate, ACVIM (Neurology) and ACVP
Dr. Snyder’s research broadly involves the assessment of pre-clinical animal models developed to address unmet translational needs of human diseases. As a comparative pathologist, her focus is the examination and validation of animal model phenotypes and evaluation of treatments and interventions via the application of clinicopathologic and histopathologic diagnostic criteria and scoring systems. Her specific interests include rodent models of aging and large and small animal models of neuromuscular and central nervous system disease. She also assists investigators with aspects of study design and data interpretation. Dr. Snyder is the Director of the Comparative Pathology Program. She coordinates CMED 514 and CMED 512 and is an instructor in pathology rounds and rotations offered by the Department of Comparative Medicine (CMED 590; JPC sessions).
Jenna Klug, DVM, MS, DACVP
Dr. Klug is a veterinary specialist in comparative pathology with a focus on aging. She completed veterinary residency training in Laboratory Animal Medicine and Pathology in the Department of Comparative Medicine at UW, and is well qualified to provide comparative pathology consultation and support for various aspects of animal research including study design, necropsy, histopathology analysis, scoring, disease model evaluation, cause of death analyses, and imaging and figure production in rodent and large animal research models. Board certified in Veterinary Anatomic Pathology, September 2022
Dr. Murnane is a board certified veterinary pathologist at the Washington National Primate Research Center, and has many years of broad experience in comparative veterinary pathology including over 10 years of research and pathology experience with zoo and wild animals. His primary responsibility is to provide research and diagnostic pathology expertise for the primate center. Dr. Murnane’s current primary research interest is focused on multi-disciplinary efforts to develop meta-analysis tools to query and analyze the plethora of scientific data available to biomedical researchers.
Dr. Sanders is a specialist in aquatic animal veterinary medicine and pathology. He was certified as a Fish Pathologist by the American Fisheries Society Fish Health Section, June 2004. He is uniquely qualified to consult and assist with aspects of aquatic animal facility and system configuration for study design, disease model evaluation, histopathological analysis, scoring, and data interpretation of various aquatic animal models.
Shanny H. Kuo, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVP
Dr. Kuo is a veterinary specialist and fellow in comparative pathology. She earned her DVM and MS degrees in Taiwan, where she specialized in veterinary anatomic pathology and developed extensive diagnostic expertise across diverse animal species. She later completed a combined anatomic pathology residency and doctoral training at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, culminating in ACVP board certification in veterinary anatomic pathology in September 2024. Her professional interests include diagnostic pathology, comparative disease models, and advancing translational research through integrative pathology approaches.
Kerrie Allen, CPP/UWVDL, HIC Program Operations Manager
Kerrie Allen is the Program Operations Manager for the University of Washington Veterinary Diagnostic Lab/Comparative Pathology Program and Histology and Imaging Core at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree from Washington State University in Animal Science with a main focus in veterinary medicine. She has a broad background in zoo and exotics specializing in large mammals and also in the veterinary science and diagnostics fields. She currently operates and manages necropsy, histology and pathology services through the Department of Comparative Medicine.
Marina Ivanova – Histotechnologist
Marina is an experienced Histotechnologist with over 20 years in veterinary histopathology. She is highly skilled in tissue processing, microtomy, and staining techniques essential for accurate veterinary diagnostics. Marina holds a prior background in nursing, providing a well-rounded understanding of clinical and laboratory practices, she is dedicated, detail-oriented, and committed to quality in every step of the diagnostic process.
Jennifer Doan, Research Scientist II, BS
Jennifer is experienced in biomedical research and clinical technical work with primary focuses in Clinical Pathology and supporting research studies. Jennifer works for the University of Washington’s as a Research Scientist/Engineer 2 in the Histology and Imaging Core, Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, and Comparative Pathology Program.
Kelsie Neumann, Research Scientist II, BS, MS
Kelsie is the Image Specialist for the Histology and Imaging core. She earned her B.S. In Biochemistry from the University of Puget Sound and her M.S. in Chemistry from the University of Oregon. During her masters work she completed a yearlong internship at Thermo Fisher Scientific where she gained experience in fluorescent immunohistochemistry and product development for spatial biology reagents. She brings her experience from this internship to the HIC and hopes to expand the core’s services and offerings for fluorescent IHC.
