SHARON DIAL

Associate Research Scientist
Sharon M. Dial, DVM, PhD
Diplomate ACVP (Clinical and Anatomical)

Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology
University of Arizona 
Tucson, AZ 85721

Phone (520) 621-2356 ext 15  
Fax (520) 626-8696
E-Mail sdial@u.arizona.edu

Research interests

Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever), diagnostic pathology, immunohistochemistry. Valley Fever Center for Excellence

VSC 422 Applied Histology
VSC 423 Mechanisms of Disease (select lectures)

Shubitz LF, Dial SM. Coccidioidomycosis: a diagnostic challenge. Clin Tech Small Anim Pract. 2005 Nov;20(4):220-6.

Hahn T, Alvarez I, Kobie JJ, Ramanathapuram L, Dial S, Fulton A, Besselsen, D, Walker E, Akporiaye ET. Short-term dietary administration of celecoxib enhances the efficacy of tumor lysate-pulsed dendritic cell vaccines in treating murine breast cancer. International Journal of Cancer. Accepted. Manuscript # IJC-05-0690.R1.

Walkley SU. Thrall MA. Haskins ME, Mitchell TW, Wenger DA, Brown DE, Dial S, Seim H. Abnormal Neuronal Metabolism and Storage in Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VI (Maroteaux-Lamy) Disease. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 2005. 31: 536?544.

Li L, Dial SM, Schmelz M, Rennels MA, Ampel NM. Cellular Immune Suppressor Activity Resides in Lymphocyte Cell Clusters Adjacent to Granulomata in Human Coccidioidomycosis. Infect Immun. 2005 Jul;73(7):3923-8. PMID: 15972478.

Butkiewicz C, Shubitz L, Dial S. Risk factors associated with exposure to Coccidioides spp in dogs. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2005 Jun 1;226(11):1851-4. PMID: 15938057.

Shubitz L, Butkiewicz C, Dial S, Lindan L. Epidemiology of Coccidioidomycosis in the Dog: A study in Pima and Maricopa counties in Arizona J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2005 Jun 1;226(11):1846-50. PMID: 15938056.