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RICHARD FRENCH


Director, New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

Director, Animal Resource Office

Associate Director, BSL-3 Laboratory

(603) 862-2726
317 Kendall Hall
Email: richard.french@unh.edu


Education:

1991-1996:       University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, PhD and Residency
                         Residency, Anatomic Pathology
1987-1991:       University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, MS, Parasitology
1983-1987:       University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, DVM
1978-1982:       University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, BS, Pathobiology

Courses Taught:

ANSC 704: Pathologic Basis of Disease

General Area of Interest and/or Speciality:

Pathology, Parasitology, Zoonotic Diseases, Spongiform Encephalopathies

Description or Current Research and/or Professional Activities:

Representative Publications - Past 10 Years: 

  1. Balinsky CA, Delhon G, Smoliga G, Prarat M, French RA, Geary SJ, Rock DL, Rodriguez LL. Rapid Preclinical Detection of Sheeppox Virus by a Real-Time PCR Assay. J Clinical Microbiology. Nov 21, 2007.
  2. Balinsky CA, Delhon G, Afonso CL, Risatti GR, Borca MV, French RA, Tulman ER, Geary SJ, Rock DL. Sheeppox virus kelch-like gene SPPV-019 affects virus virulence. J Virology. Oct;81(20):11392-401. 2007.
  3. Enayetallah AE, French RA, Grant DF.. Distribution of soluble epoxide hydrolase, cytochrome P450 2C8, 2C9 and 2J2 in human malignant neoplasms. J Molecular Histology. May;37(3-4):133-41. 2006.
  4. Sura Radhakrishna, VanKruiningen Herbert J., DebRoy Chitrita,  Hinckley Lynn S., Greenberg Karen J., French Richard A.. Extraintestinal Pathogenic E.coli (ExPEC) Induced Acute Necrotizing Pneumonia in Cats. Zoonoses Public Health. 54(8):307-13. 2007.
  5. French , R.A.; Kreilick, J.; Ortega, M.; Caira, J.; Barclay, J.: Identification and Characterization of a Digenetic Trematode in the Renal Tubules of the Greater Scaup (Aythya marila). J. Parasitology (submitted).
  6. French , R.A.; Kreilick, J.; Ortega, M.; Caira, J.; Barclay, J.: Renal trematodiasis in the Greater Scaup (Aythya marila): Pathology and Incidence (1987-1997). J. Wildlife Diseases (submitted).
  7. Foral Tomas, Garmendia Antonio E., VanKruiningen Herbert J., French, Richard A. Flourescent Antibody Test for Rapid Detection of West Nile Virus in Avian Tissues. Avian Disease. June ;51(2):601-5. 2007.
  8. Risatti GR, Holinka LG, Lu Z, Kutish GF, Tulman ER, French RA, Sur JH, Rock DL, Borca MV. Mutation of E1 glycoprotein of classical swine fever virus affects viral virulence in swine. Virology. Dec 5;343(1):116-27. 2005.
  9. Gorton TS, Barnett MM, Gull T, French RA, Lu Z, Kutish GF, Adams LG, Geary SJ. Development of real-time diagnostic assays specific for Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides Small Colony. Vet Microbiol. Nov 30;111(1-2):51-8. 2005.
  10. Enayetallah AE, French RA, Barber M, Grant DF. Cell-specific subcellular localization of soluble epoxide hydrolase in human tissues. J Histochem Cytochem. Mar;54(3):329-35. 2005.
  11. Maratea J, Ortega, I, Garmendia, A, French R. Meningeal worm (Paralophostrongylus tenuis) in Ocnnecticut White-tailed Deer. Northeast Wildlife, Vol 57, 2002 (not previously reported)
  12. Risatti GR, Borca MV, Kutish GF, Lu Z, Holinka LG, French RA, Tulman ER, Rock DL. The E2 glycoprotein of classical swine fever virus is a virulence determinant in swine. J Virol. Mar;79(6):3787-96. 2005
  13. G. R. Risatti, M. V. Borca, G. F. R. A. French, Z. Lu, Kutish, D. L. Rock The E2 glycoprotein of classical swine fever virus affects viral virulence in swine. Journal of Virology J Clin Microbiol. Jan;43(1):112-9. 2005
  14. L. Zsak, M. V. Borca, G. R. Risatti, A. Zsak, R. A. French, Z. Lu, G, F. Kutish, J. R. Neilan, J. D. Callahan, W. M Nelson, and D. L. Rock. Preclinical Diagnosis of African Swine Fever in Contact Exposed Swine by a Portable Real-Time PCR Assay. J Clin Microbiol. Jan;43(1):112-9, 2005.
  15. Russell S, Frasca S, Sunila I, French RA. Application of a multiplex PCR for the detection of protozoan pathogens of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica in field samples. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. Apr 21; 59(1), 85-91, 2004.
  16. Mullen T., Russell, S., Tucker M., Maratea J., Koerting C., Hinckley L., Perkins C., DeGuise S., Frasca, S., DeGuise, S., Burrage, French R. Paramoebiasis Associated Mass Mortality of American lobster (Homarus americanus) in Long Island Sound, USA. J. Aquatic Animal Health 16: 29-38., 2004.
  17. Enayetallah A., French R., Thibodeau M., Grant D. Distribution of Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase and CYP2C8, 2C9 and 2J2 in Normal Human Tissues. Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry. 52:4, 447-454, 2004.
  18. Jennifer Maratea, Darla Ewalt, Salvatore Frasca, Lawrence Dunn, Sylvain De Guise, Lech Szkudlarek, David St. Aubin and Richard A. French. Evidence of Brucella Infection in Marine Mammals Stranded Along the Coast of Southern New England. J Zoo Wildl Med. 34(3):256-61, 2003.
  19. Shannon Kearney and Richard A. French. WNV Research Continues. Connecticut Wildlife 23:3, 2003.
  20. W. Beckwith, S. Sirpenski, R.A.French  and D. Mayo. Isolation of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus from Crows during Surveillance for West Nile Virus in Connecticut, 2000. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 66(4):422-6. 2002.
  21. French RA, Broussard SR, Meier WA, Minshall C, Arkins S, Zachary JF, Dantzer R, Kelley KW. Age-associated loss of bone marrow hematopoietic cells is reversed by GH and accompanies thymic reconstitution. Endocrinology 143(2): 690-9, 2002   (sageke.sciencemag.org: Noteworthy This Week, 2/5/02)
  22. Maria-Soledad Penna, Mazhar Khan, and Richard A. French. Development of a multiplex PCR for the detection of Haplosporidium nelsoni, Haplosporidium costale and Perkinsus marinus in the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica, Gmelin, 1971). Molecular and Cellular Probes 15, 385-390, 2001
  23. James Hadler, Randall Nelson, Tara McCarthy, Mary Jane Lis, Richard French, Theodore Andreadis, (DPH lab person: Don Mayo or Chip Beckwith),  and Matthew Cartter. West Nile Virus Surveillance in Connecticut in 2000:  Evidence that an Intense Epizootic can Occur without Humans being at High Risk for Severe Disease. Emerging Infectious Diseases, Jul-Aug 7(4):636-642, 2001.
  24. Millicent Eidson,* Nicholas Komar,†  Faye Sorhage,‡ Randall Nelson,d Tom Talbot,* Farzad Mostashari,¶ Robert McLean,£ and the WNV Bird Mortality Surveillance Groupa (aWard Stone; Madhu Anand; Christine Falco; Steve Kopian; Annie Fine, Nancy Jeffery; Kate Schmit, Amy Willsey, Dennis White, Barbara Wallace, Perry Smith, Hwa-Gan Chang; Tracey McNamara; Eddy Bresnitz, Colin Campbell, NJ Dept. of Health; Doug Roscoe; Theodore Andreadis, John Anderson; James Hadler, Matthew Cartter; Herbert Van Kruiningen, Antonio Garmendia, Richard French; Jenny Dickson; Lou Sileo; Amy Kerst, Robert Lanciotti, Nicholas A. Panella.). Crow Deaths as a Sentinel Surveillance System for West Nile Virus in the Northeastern United States, 1999. Emerging Infectious Disease 7:4, 615-620, 2001.
  25. Antonio E. Garmendia, Herbert J. Van Kruiningen, Richard A. French. The West Nile Virus: Its Recent Emergence in North America. Microbes and Infection, 3:223-229, 2001.
  26. Novelle… French et. al. (28 contributing to report). Update: West Nile Virus Activity---Northeastern United States, January – August 7, 2000. MMWR 49:31, 714-717, August 2000.
  27. Antonio E, Garmendia, Herbert J Van Kruiningen, Richard A. French, John F. Anderson, Theodore G. Andreadis. Recovery and Identification of West Nile Virus form a Hawk in Winter. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 38:8, 3110-3111, 2000.
  28. Roberts, M.; Bittman, K.; Li, W.; French, R.; Mitchell, B.; LoTurco, J.; D’Mello, S.: The Flathead Mutation Causes CNS-Specific Developmental Abnormalities and Apoptosis. J. Neuroscience 20:6, 2295-2306, 2000.
  29. John F. Anderson, Theodore G. Andreadis, Charles R. Vossbrinck, Shirley Tirrel,  Edward M. Wakem, Richard A. French, Antonio E, Garmendia, Herbert J Van Kruiningen. Isolation of West Nile Virus from Mosquitoes, Crows, and a Cooper’s Hawk in Connecticut, Science 286(5448):2331-3, 1999.