Molly Church
Assistant Professor, Pathobiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Education:
MS (Environmental Toxicology)
University of California-Santa Cruz, 2005.
VMD (Veterinary Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, 2009.
PhD (Comparative Pathology)
University of California-Davis, 2016.
Permanent linkMS (Environmental Toxicology)
University of California-Santa Cruz, 2005.
VMD (Veterinary Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, 2009.
PhD (Comparative Pathology)
University of California-Davis, 2016.
Description of Itmat Expertise
Comparative neuropathology, comparative neurooncology, comparative oncology, spontaneous disease models, One Health initiativesSelected Publications
Church Molly E, Veluvolu Sridhar M, Durham Amy C, Woolard Kevin D: Clinical outcomes, ultrastructure and immunohistochemical features of canine high-grade olfactory neuroblastoma. [PMID 31177641] Veterinary and comparative oncology Jun 2019.Palma Roberto J, Bush William, Church Molly E, Paek Mathew: What Is Your Neurologic Diagnosis? [PMID 31194660] Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 255(1): 55-58, Jul 2019.
Church Molly E, Turek Bradley J, Durham Amy C: Neuropathology of Spontaneous Hypertensive Encephalopathy in Cats.[PMID 31113291] Veterinary pathology 56(5): 778-782, 09 2019.
Geoghegan Eileen M, Welch Nicole L, Yabsley Michael J, Church Molly E, Pesavento Patricia A, Buck Christopher B: Identification of a Second Raccoon-Associated Polyomavirus. [PMID 28663292] Genome announcements 5(26): e00548-17, Jun 2017.
Mitchell Emily P, Church Molly E, Nemser Sarah M, Yakes Betsy Jean, Evans Eric R, Reimschuessel Renate, Lemberger Karin, Thompson Peter N, Terio Karen A : Pathology and Epidemiology of Oxalate Nephrosis in Cheetahs.[PMID 28891390] Veterinary pathology 54(6): 977-985, 11 2017.
Kubiski S V, Sisó S, Church M E, Cartoceti A N, Barr B, Pesavento P A: Unusual Necrotizing Encephalitis in Raccoons and Skunks Concurrently Infected With Canine Distemper Virus and Sarcocystis sp. [PMID 26374278] Veterinary pathology 53(3): 674-6, May 2016.
Pesavento Patricia A, Brostoff Terza, Church Molly E, Dela Cruz Florante N, Woolard Kevin D: Polyomavirus and Naturally Occuring Neuroglial Tumors in Raccoons (Procyon Lotor).[PMID 26912716] ILAR journal 56(3): 297-305, 2016.
Church Molly E, Estrada Marko, Leutenegger Christian M, Dela Cruz Florante N, Pesavento Patricia A, Woolard Kevin D: BRD4 is associated with raccoon polyomavirus genome and mediates viral gene transcription and maintenance of a stem cell state in neuroglial tumour cells.[PMID 27600312] The Journal of general virology 97(11): 2939-2948, Nov 2016.
Church Molly E, Dela Cruz Florante N, Kim Kevin, Persiani Michele, Woods Leslie W, Pesavento Patricia A, Woolard Kevin D: Production of a recombinant capsid protein VP1 from a newly described polyomavirus (RacPyV) for downstream use in virus characterization. [PMID 26955649] Data in brief 7: 60-5, Jun 2016.
Church M E, Dela Cruz F N, Estrada M, Leutenegger C M, Pesavento P A, Woolard K D: Exposure to raccoon polyomavirus (RacPyV) in free-ranging North American raccoons (Procyon lotor). [PMID 26802526] Virology 489: 292-9, Feb 2016.
Brostoff Terza, Dela Cruz Florante N, Church Molly E, Woolard Kevin D, Pesavento Patricia A: The raccoon polyomavirus genome and tumor antigen transcription are stable and abundant in neuroglial tumors. [PMID 25165109] Journal of virology 88(21): 12816-24, Nov 2014.
Nogradi Nora, Magdesian K Gary, Whitcomb Mary Beth, Church Molly, Spriet Mathieu: Imaging diagnosis-aortic aneurysm and ureteral obstruction secondary to umbilical artery abscessation in a 5-week-old foal. [PMID 23496157] Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association 54(4): 384-389, Jul-Aug 2013.
Sinclair Kristin M, Church Molly E, Farver Thomas B, Lowenstine Linda J, Owens Sean D, Paul-Murphy Joanne: Effects of meloxicam on hematologic and plasma biochemical analysis variables and results of histologic examination of tissue specimens of Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica).[PMID 23106456] American journal of veterinary research 73(11): 1720-7, Nov 2012.
Finkelstein Myra E, Doak Daniel F, George Daniel, Burnett Joe, Brandt Joseph, Church Molly, Grantham Jesse, Smith Donald R: Lead poisoning and the deceptive recovery of the critically endangered California condor. [PMID 22733770] Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109(28): 11449-54, Jul 2012.
Church Molly E, Gwiazda Roberto, Risebrough Robert W, Sorenson Kelly, Chamberlain C Page, Farry Sean, Heinrich William, Rideout Bruce A, Smith Donald R: Ammunition is the principal source of lead accumulated by California condors re-introduced to the wild.[PMID 17051813] Environmental science & technology 40(19): 6143-50, Oct 2006.
Chamberlain C P, Waldbauer J R, Fox-Dobbs K, Newsome S D, Koch P L, Smith D R, Church M E, Chamberlain S D, Sorenson K J, Risebrough R: Pleistocene to recent dietary shifts in California condors.[PMID 16275902] Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102(46): 16707-11, Nov 2005.