Faculty and Staff
Debra L. Miller
Adjunct Associate Professor
Email: millerdl@uga.edu
Research interests
Debra Miller is an Associate Professor of Pathology with a joint appointment in the Department of Pathology and the Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory (VDIL) in the College of Veterinary Medicine at The University of Georgia (UGA). She is a Veterinary Pathologist at the UGA Tifton VDIL. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and is a member of The Center for Wildlife Health.
Dr. Miller received her B.S. in Wildlife, Biology, and Resource Management from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Her M.S. was in Wildlife Ecology at Mississippi State University and her thesis study was growth and development of bobcats. Dr. Miller continued at Mississippi State earning her D.V.M. and her Ph. D (Veterinary Science and Wildlife). Her dissertation study explored the feasibility of embryo transfer in bobcats. She completed her pathology training in the Comparative Pathology Division of the Department of Pathology at the University of Miami (UM) School of Medicine. At UM, she gained pathology experience in marine mammals and sea turtles.
At UGA, Dr. Miller serves as the mentor to senior veterinary students choosing an externship in gross and microscopic pathology with a wildlife emphasis. She also serves as one of four mentors for the UGA VDIL pathology residency program. Dr. Miller also offers a special topics course in Pathology that is designed for non-DVM graduate students. She participates in the Georgia GIFT program, which offers research-based internships to high school teachers for the advancement of science-based learning in the classroom. At UTK, Dr. Miller contributes to courses in the wildlife health curriculum and guest lectures on pathology as requested.
Dr. Miller is a certified wildlife biologist. Her professional memberships include the American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians, the Wildlife Disease Association, Association of Reptile and Amphibian Veterinarians, The Wildlife Society, American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. Dr. Miller served on the APHIS USDA Wildlife Services National Advisory Committee from 2001-2007.
As a Veterinary Pathologist, Dr. Miller’s chief focus is free-ranging wildlife followed by exotics (introduced free-ranging species and zoo species), captive native species (e.g., alligators, ungulates), and exotic pet species. Her primary areas of research are marine mammals (reproduction and pathology) and amphibian diseases as they relate to anthropogenic influences. Dr. Miller works with researchers at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks on various species including Bowhead whales, Arctic fox, Polar bears and Muskoxen. She collaborates with Dr. Jeanette Wyneken at Florida Atlantic University, who is studying Leatherback sea turtles. At UGA Dr. Miller collaborates on Fallow deer, Wild turkey, Coyote, and Tilapia studies. Thus far at UTK, Dr. Miller has been involved with the Amphibian Disease Program.
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