
Research Assistant Professor
Education
- PhD - North Carolina State, 2009
- DVM - Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, 1997
- BA & BSc - Brown University, 1992
- Garland-Lewis, G., Whittier, C., Murray, S., Trufan, S., Rabinowitz, P.M. 2017. Occupational Risks and Exposures Among Wildlife Health Professionals. EcoHealth.
- Vlčková, K., Gomez, A., Petrželková, K.J., Whittier, C.A., Todd, A.F., Yeoman, C.J., Nelson, K.E., Wilson, B.A., Stumpf, R.M., Modrý, D., White, B.A., Leigh, S.R. 2016. Effect of Antibiotic Treatment on the Gastrointestinal Microbiome of Free-Ranging Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla g. gorilla). Microbial Ecology.
- Whittier, C.A., Milligan, L.A., Nutter, F.B., Cranfield, M.R., Power, M.L. 2011. Proximate composition of milk from free-ranging mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei). Zoo Biology.
- Whittier, C.A., Cranfield, M.R., Stoskopf, M.K. 2010. Real-time PCR detection of campylobacter spp. in freeranging mountain gorillas (gorilla beringei beringei). Journal of Wildlife Diseases.
- Milligan, L.A., Rapoport, S.I., Cranfield, M.R., Dittus, W., Glander, K.E., Oftedal, O.T., Power, M.L., Whittier, C.A., Bazinet, R.P. 2008. Fatty acid composition of wild anthropoid primate milks. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
- Cranfield, M., Gaffikin, L., Minnis, R., Nutter, F., Rwego, I., Travis, D., Whittier, C. 2006. Clinical response decision tree for the mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringeii) as a model for great apes. American Journal of Primatology.
- Whittier, C., Nutter, F., Cranfield, M. 2005. Tourists welcome [3]. New Scientist.
- Sherwood, C.C., Cranfield, M.R., Mehlman, P.T., Lilly, A.A., Garbe, J.A.L., Whittier, C.A., Nutter, F.B., Rein, T.R., Bruner, H.J., Holloway, R.L., Tang, C.Y., Naidich, T.P., Delman, B.N., Steklis, H.D., Erwin, J.M., Hof, P.R. 2004. Brain structure variation in great apes, with attention to the mountain gorilla (Gorilla Beringei Beringei). American Journal of Primatology.
- Whittier, C.A., Horne, W., Slenning, B., Loomis, M., Stoskopf, M.K. 2004. Comparison of storage methods for reverse-transcriptase PCR amplification of rotavirus RNA from gorilla (Gorilla g. gorilla) fecal samples. Journal of Virological Methods.
- Ali, R., Cranfield, M., Gaffikin, L., Mudakikwa, T., Ngeruka, L., Whittier, C. 2004. Occupational health and gorilla conservation in Rwanda. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health.
- Da Silva, A.J., Cacciò, S., Williams, C., Won, K.Y., Nace, E.K., Whittier, C., Pieniazek, N.J., Eberhard, M.L. 2003. Molecular and morphologic characterization of a Cryptosporidium genotype identified in lemurs. Veterinary Parasitology.
- Whittier, C.A., Dhar, A.K., Stem, C., Goodall, J., Alcivar-Warren, A. 1999. Comparison of DNA extraction methods for PCR amplification of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit II (COII) DNA from primate fecal samples. Biotechnology Techniques.
General Research Interests
- I am broadly interested in issues of wildlife health with specific emphasis on human infectious disease threats to wildlife.
Selected Research Projects
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Health threats to wild gorillas in the Central African Republic- providing consulting and emergency vet services for WWF project with habituated wild western lowland gorillas.
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Smithsonian Wildlife Health Initiative- assisting with establishment of coordinated wildlife health program.
Research and Clinical Interests
- Wildlife medicine
- Conservation
- African apes
- Zoonoses
- Field diagnostics
- Epidemiology