Keren Elizabeth Dittmer is a New Zealand academic, and is professor of veterinary pathology at Massey University, specialising in animal skeletal pathology, vitamin D, and genetic diseases.
Keren Dittmer | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Massey University, Massey University |
| Thesis | |
| Doctoral advisor | Keith Gordon Thompson, Laryssa Howe, Hugh Thomas Blair, Kathryn Stowell |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Massey University |
Academic career
editDittmer holds a Bachelor of Veterinary Science from Massey University, and also completed a PhD at the same university in 2008. Her doctoral thesis investigated inherited rickets in Corriedale sheep.[1] Dittmer then joined the faculty of Massey, rising to full professor in 2023.[2]
Dittmer's research focuses on bone diseases in animals, vitamin D deficiency and genetic diseases.[2] Dittmer has researched the cause of humeral fractures in dairy heifers.[2] She has also conducted research into dropped hock syndrome in cattle, and the repurposing of older drugs for squamous cell cancer treatment in cats and dogs.[3][4][5][6]
Dittmer is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, qualified as a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists in 2011, and as of 2024 is the president of the New Zealand Society for Veterinary Pathology.[2][7][8][9]
Dittmer has written chapters in seven text books, including two of the main veterinary pathology reference texts, on bone pathology and bone tumours. She also authored an update of the WHO classification of bone and cartilage tumours.[2][10]
Awards and honours
editDittmer is part of the Variant Discovery Team, which won the Hill Lab Primary Industries award at the Kudos Awards in December 2023.[11] The Kudos Awards "honour educators, scientists and innovators who have embraced technology as a catalyst for progress".[11] She was also part of a veterinary pathology teaching team that won a teaching award.[2]
Selected works
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- K E Dittmer; K G Thompson (15 July 2010). "Vitamin D metabolism and rickets in domestic animals: a review". Veterinary Pathology. 48 (2): 389–407. doi:10.1177/0300985810375240. ISSN 0300-9858. PMID 20634407. Wikidata Q37773108.
- Xia Zhao; Keren E Dittmer; Hugh T Blair; Keith G Thompson; Max F Rothschild; Dorian J Garrick (1 July 2011). "A novel nonsense mutation in the DMP1 gene identified by a genome-wide association study is responsible for inherited rickets in Corriedale sheep". PLOS One. 6 (7): e21739. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...621739Z. doi:10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0021739. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3128599. PMID 21747952. Wikidata Q33958077.
- Kathryn S Jenkins; Keren E Dittmer; Jonathan C Marshall; Séverine Tasker (10 May 2013). "Prevalence and risk factor analysis of feline haemoplasma infection in New Zealand domestic cats using a real-time PCR assay". Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. 15 (12): 1063–1069. doi:10.1177/1098612X13488384. ISSN 1098-612X. PMID 23666110. Wikidata Q51874885.
- W D Roe; L Rogers; K Pinpimai; Keren Dittmer; J Marshall; B L Chilvers (27 January 2015). "Septicaemia and meningitis caused by infection of New Zealand sea lion pups with a hypermucoviscous strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae". Veterinary Microbiology. 176 (3–4): 301–308. doi:10.1016/J.VETMIC.2015.01.019. ISSN 0378-1135. PMID 25682024. Wikidata Q41483267.
- Leonardo Murgiano; Vidhya Jagannathan; Cinzia Benazzi; et al. (2014). "Deletion in the EVC2 gene causes chondrodysplastic dwarfism in Tyrolean Grey cattle". PLOS One. 9 (4): e94861. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...994861M. doi:10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0094861. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3986253. PMID 24733244. Wikidata Q27340080.
- Keren Dittmer; K G Thompson (24 April 2015). "Approach to Investigating Congenital Skeletal Abnormalities in Livestock". Veterinary Pathology. 52 (5): 851–861. doi:10.1177/0300985815579999. ISSN 0300-9858. PMID 25910781. Wikidata Q38441035.
References
edit- ^ Dittmer, Keren Elizabeth (2008). Inherited rickets in Corriedale sheep (PhD thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/882.
- ^ a b c d e f "2022 Professorial promotions announced". www.massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ Ministry for Primary Industries (26 January 2023). "Dropped hock syndrome | MPI - Ministry for Primary Industries. A New Zealand Government Department". www.mpi.govt.nz. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ Heagney, George (4 December 2022). "Successful cancer treatment study at Massey University could go to next level". Stuff. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ "Pets needed for Massey cancer treatment study". Stuff. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ Healthy Pets New Zealand. "New year, new research projects! Could a novel drug combination combat cancer in cats?".
- ^ Zealand, Massey University, New. "Prof Keren Dittmer - Professor in Veterinary Pathology - Massey University". www.massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "AdvanceHE fellowship recipients celebrated". www.massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ "Joint pathology meeting | American Veterinary Medical Association". www.avma.org. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ "Webinar Review: Integrating radiology, cytology and histology in the diagnosis of bone tumors (Dr. Keren Dittmer) – The Davis-Thompson Foundation". Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Genetics research wins big at Kudos Awards". www.massey.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 January 2024.