Education

B. A., 1969, The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio. Filed of study: Biology and Chemistry.

M.S., 1971, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.  Field of study: Immunology.

Ph.D., 1976, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.  Field of study: Virology and Immunology.

Post-doc, 1976-1979, The Ohio State University, OARDC, Wooster, OH.  Field of study: Virology and Immunology.

Employments and professional history

Graduate Research Fellowships:

1969-1970, Dept. Molecular Biology, Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, Ohio;

1972-1976, Microbiol. Dept, The Ohio State University.

Assistant (1979-1985)

Associate Professor (1985-1990)

Professor (1990-2002)

Distinguished University Professor (2002-present)

Food Animal Health Research Program, Veterinary Preventive Medicine Dept.,

Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC),

The Ohio State University (OSU), Wooster, OH 44691

Honors and Awards

1965-69, The College of Wooster, Honors Scholarship & Honors in Biology.

1976, Elected to Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society; Phi Zeta, Veterinary Medicine Honor Society.

1987, Invited Distinguished  Visiting Professor, Univ. of Guelph, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ontario, Canada.

1989, Beecham Laboratories Award for Research Excellence, College of Veterinary Medicine, OSU.

1990-present, The American College of Veterinary Microbiologists, Honorary diplomate.

1992, Distinguished Senior Scientist Research Award, OARDC, OSU.

1992, Fulbright Scholar, Inst. of Virology, INTA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

1995, University Distinguished Scholar Award, OSU

1995, Fellow, Am Assoc for the Advancement of Sci.

1995, Distinguished Veterinary Immunologist Award, AAVI.

2002, Selected as Distinguished University Professor, The Ohio State University.

2003, Awarded Doctor honoris causa (Honorary Doctorate), The University of Ghent, Belgium.

2003, Elected Member, US National Academy of Science.

Funding history for the past five years

From 1997-2002 (including current grants) Dr. Linda Saif has received over $8.5 million in grants

(direct and indirect costs) as principal investigator from the following sources: USDA, NRI (4 grants),

NIH, NIAID (5 grants), EPA (1 grant), Merck, Incorporated (2 grants),

National Pork Producers Council (1 grant) and OARDC Research Enhancement: Matching Grant Competition (1 grant),

Small Industry Grants (3 grants), and International Collaborations (1 grant).

Publications:  more than 220 refereed journal publications and 42 book chapters (see Publications).

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