Speakers
John Munday
I completed my veterinary degree at Massey University in New Zealand before working in private veterinary practice for two years. I then returned to Massey and completed a PhD investigating the role of antioxidants and alcohol in the development of human atherosclerosis. After my PhD, I completed a 2-year residency in veterinary pathology at Michigan State University. I became a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists in 2001 and worked as a diagnostic pathologist at the University of Georgia for four years. In 2004, I returned to New Zealand and joined the pathology department at Massey University. Here I developed a research interest in the causes of cancer in animals, especially the role of papillomaviruses in skin cancer in cats and dogs. My research on papillomaviruses has resulted in around 100 publications including several recent reviews. I have also co-authored several book chapters describing the role of papillomaviruses in causing skin disease in animals – for example in Fenner’s Veterinary Virology, Greene’s Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat, and the Encyclopedia of Virology. Most of the remainder of my research publications have been describing cancer in animals and I was fortunate enough to be a co-editor of the latest edition of ‘Tumors of Domestic Animals’. In addition to teaching Veterinary Pathology to veterinary students, I am also the Research Direction for Research Director for Täwharau Ora, the School of Veterinary Science and the Associate Dean of Research for the College of Science at Massey University.
