Melanie Graham, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery

Contact Info
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
PhD, Animal modeling, welfare, refinement. Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
M.P.H., Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN
B.A., Quantitative Methods and Computer Science, University of Saint Thomas, Minneapolis MN
Summary
Teaching: AnSci/CMB/VMed 8134 – Ethical Conduct of Animal Research
Awards & Recognition
The Patrick J. Manning Award recognizing special effort in the care and use of research animals and significant contribution to biomedical research, 2004.
Research
Research Summary/Interests
- Application of the 3Rs to guard the cumulative experience of animal subjects and improve model validity and translation
- Diabetic animal models
- Nonhuman primate disease models
- Animal behavior
- Development of cell-based therapies for treatment of diabetes
- Extrahepatic delivery of islets, both free and encapsulated