Kim Newkirk, DVM, Ph.D., DACVP

Assistant Professor

Department of Pathobiology
College of Veterinary Medicine
The University of Tennessee
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-4542
Office: A220

Education

• BS - Cornell University -- Animal Science, 1998
• DVM - Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine -- 2002
• Residency Training and PhD -- The Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine -- 2007

Board Certification

• American College of Veterinary Pathologists -- 2006

Teaching

• General Pathology - inflammation
• Laboratory Animal Pathology

Clinical Interests

• Laboratory Animal Pathology
• Ophthalmic Pathology
• Dermatology

Research Interests

• Mouse models of human disease
• Mouse phenotyping

Professional Societies

• American College of Veterinary Pathology

Publications

• A retrospective study of feline eyelid tumors. Newkirk K, Rohrbach B. Veterinary Pathology. In press. Sept/Oct 2008.
• Immunohistochemical analysis of ocular hemangiomas and hemangiosarcomas in dogs. Chandler H, Newkirk K, Kusewitt D, Dubielzig R, Colitz C. Veterinary Ophthalmology. 12(2):491-495. 2009
• Conjunctival xanthoma in a blue and gold macaw (Ara ararauna). Souza M, Johnstone-McLean N, Ward D, Newkirk K. Veterinary Ophthalmology. 12(1):53-55. 2009
• Slug/Snai2 is a downstream mediator of epidermal growth factor receptor stimulated reepithelialization. Kusewitt D, Choi C, Newkirk K, Leroy P, Li Y, Chavez M, Hudson L. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 129(2): 491-495. 2009
• The Acute Cutaneous Inflammatory Response is Attenuated in Slug Knockout Mice. Newkirk K, Duncan F, Brannick E, Chandler H, Parent A, Kusewitt D. Lab Investigation. 88(8):831-841. 2008
• Microarray Analysis Demonstrates a Role for Slug in Epidermal Homeostatsis. Newkirk K, Bakaletz A, Moldovan L, Parent A, Kusewitt D. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 128(2)361-369. 2008
• Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure Induces Corneal Degeneration in 129 Mice.Toxicologic Pathology. 2007 35(6):817-824. Newkirk KM, Chandler H, Parent AE, Young DC, Colitz C, Wilkie D, Kusewitt DF.
• Snai2 Expression Enhances UVR-induced Skin Carcinogenesis. American Journal of Pathology. 2007 171(5): 1619-1639. Newkirk KM, Parent AE, Fossey SL, Choi Changsun, Chandler HL Rajala-Schultz PJ, Kusewitt DF.
• Ultraviolet Radiation Stimulates Expression of Snail Family Transcription Factors in Keratinocytes. Molecular Carcinogenesis. 2007. 46(4):257-268. Hudson LG, Choi C, Newkirk KM, Parkhani J, Cooper KL, Lu P, Kusewitt DF
• Uveal spindle cell tumor of blue-eyed dogs: an immunohistochemical study. Veterinary Pathology. 2007. 44(3):276-284. Zarfoss M, Klauss G, Newkirk K, Kiupel M, Jones Y, Colitz C, Weisbrode S, Kusewitt D, Dubielzig R.