Faculty

Kim Newkirk, DVM, PhD, D ACVP
Assistant Professor

Department of Pathobiology
College of Veterinary Medicine
The University of Tennessee
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-4542
Office:A301B3

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

Research Interests

• Mouse models of human disease
• Mouse phenotyping

Professional Societies

• American College of Veterinary Pathology

Publications

• The Acute Cutaneous Inflammatory Response is Attenuated in Slug Knockout Mice. Lab Investigation. 2008. Newkirk KM, Duncan FJ, Brannick E, Chandler HL, Parent AE, Kusewitt DF May 5, Epub ahead of print.
• Microarray Analysis Demonstrates a Role for Slug in Epidermal Homeostatsis. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 2007 advanced online publication 19 July 2007 (DOI: 5700990). 2008 128(2)361-369. Newkirk KM, Bakaletz A, Moldovan L, Parent AE, Kusewitt DF.
• 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-eyeddogs: 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.