Fortier, Lisa Ann
Associate Professorpeople
Cornell faculty affiliates
- Large Animal Surgery | Cornell University Hospital for Animals Section
research
research and scholarship focus
- Equine embryonic stem cells
- The role of Rho-subfamily GTPases in cartilage homeostasis
- Tetracyclines as therapeutics for arthritis
- Platelet rich plasma for tendon and suspensory ligament regeneration
primary investigator of
- A TABLE-SIDE AUTOGENOUS CARTILAGE REGENERATION METHOD USING BONE-MARROW DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS AND GROWTH FACTORS FROM PLATELET RICH PLASMAS | Research Grant
- CARTILAGE REPAIR DEVICE | Research Grant
- DEFINING MESENCHYMAL PROGENITOR CELL SUBPOPULATIONS | Research Grant
- PATIENT-SIDE CONSTRUCTS FOR CARTILAGE REGENERATION | Research Grant
- THE PHARMACOKINETICS AND TISSUE DISTRIBUTION OF MINOCYCLINE IN HORSES. | Research Grant
affiliations
faculty appointment in
- Clinical Sciences (VETCS) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- Comparative Biomedical Sciences | graduate field
other Cornell affiliations
- Stem Cell Program (SCP) | research program
teaching
teaches
- BIOG 2990 - Introduction to Research Methods in Biology (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- BIOG 4990 - Independent Undergraduate Research in Biology (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- VTMED 6612 - Large-Animal Surgery Orthopedic Service (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- VTMED 6612 - Large-Animal Surgery Orthopedic Service (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- BIOG 2990 - Introduction to Research Methods in Biology (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- VTMED 6612 - Large-Animal Surgery Orthopedic Service (MTWRF 08:00:AM-09:00:AM) | fall 2008 class
- VTMED 6612 - Large-Animal Surgery Orthopedic Service (MTWRF 08:00:AM-10:00:PM) | fall 2008 class
background
educational background
- Ph.D., Cornell University, Ithaca, 1998
- D.V.M, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. (Cum Laude), 1991
- B.S., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. (Cum Laude), 1989
- Pre-vet, Minnesota State University, Moorhead, MN., 1984-87
featured in
- NPR's 'Science Friday' taps Cornell ornithologists, veterinarians for live show | Cornell Chronicle feature
publications
linked articles
- Age-related changes in serum insulin-like growth factor I, insulin-like growth factor-I binding protein-3 and articular cartilage structure in Thoroughbred horses | journal article
- Assessment of the catabolic effects of interleukin-1 beta on proteoglycan metabolism in equine cartilage cocultured with synoviocytes | journal article
- Caprine obstructive urolithiasis: requirement for 2nd surgical intervention and mortality after percutaneous tube cystostomy, surgical tube cystostomy, or urinary bladder marsupialization. | journal article
- Signaling through the small G-protein Cdc42 is involved in insulin-like growth factor-I resistance in aging articular chondrocytes | journal article