{"id":3245,"date":"2020-06-08T17:27:52","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T17:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/?page_id=3245"},"modified":"2024-03-12T21:56:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T21:56:59","slug":"faculty-spotlight-jijun-hao","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty-spotlight-jijun-hao\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Spotlight: Jijun Hao &amp; Gagandeep Kaur"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-secondary\">\n  <div class=\"relative bg-black\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"adhere object-cover\" src=\"\/media\/westernu\/basic-slider\/slide-default-00.jpg\" alt=\"slide-default-00\">\n      <div class=\"adhere gradient-overlay\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"relative container pt-56 md:pt-112 pb-144 md:pb-192\">\n      <div class=\"md:flex md:justify-between px-12\">\n        <div class=\"sm:w-8\/12 md:w-6\/12 xl:w-5\/12 px-12\">\n                      <div class=\"mb-20\">\n              <div class=\"block font-sans font-bold text-14 text-white leading-130\">\n  <span class=\"inline-block\">\n    <a href=\"\/\" class=\"block hover:underline\">WesternU<\/a>\n  <\/span>\n      <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\" class=\"inline-block hover:underline\">College of Veterinary Medicine<\/a>\n          <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/faculty-and-staff\/\" class=\"inline-block hover:underline\">Faculty and Staff<\/a>\n    <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n    <span class=\"inline-block\">Faculty Spotlight: Jijun Hao &#038; Gagandeep Kaur<\/span>\n  <\/div>            <\/div>\n                                        <h1 class=\"t-h1-sans  text-white\">Faculty Spotlight: Jijun Hao &#038; Gagandeep Kaur<\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"relative my-48 md:my-72\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"lg:flex px-12 lg:justify-start\">\n              <div class=\"w-full lg:w-5\/12 2xl:w-4\/12 -mt-80 md:-mt-112 mb-48 px-12 lg:pr-32\">\n                              <nav class=\"py-28 px-40 2xl:px-64 rounded-5 md:rounded-8 bg-gray-darker text-white mb-40\">\n            <ul>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/faculty-and-staff\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Faculty and Staff<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/administration\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Leadership Team<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Faculty<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/faculty-and-staff\/staff\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Staff<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                          <\/ul>\n          <\/nav>\n                            <\/div>\n      \n      \n                  \n                  \n      <div class=\"w-full px-24 wysiwyg-content lg:w-7\/12 2xl:w-7\/12\">\n        <h2>WesternU CVM Researchers Receive Grant from ACVD to Identify Biomarkers in Canine Atopic Dermatitis<\/h2>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"relative my-48 md:my-72\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"lg:flex px-12 lg:justify-center\">\n      \n      \n                  \n                  \n      <div class=\"w-full px-24 wysiwyg-content xl:w-10\/12 2xl:w-9\/12\">\n        <figure id=\"attachment_3253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3253\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3253\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"My Document Name\" src=\"\/media\/veterinary\/hao_jijun.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"286\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Dr. Jijun Hao, PhD<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3296\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3296\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3296 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"My Document Name\" src=\"\/media\/veterinary\/gagandeep_kaur_new.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"287\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3296\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> Dr. Gagandeep Kaur, DVM, PhD<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>FEB. 2020 &#8211; <\/strong>Western University of Health Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine Associate Professor Jijun Hao, PhD, and Associate Professor Dr. Gagandeep Kaur, DVM, PhD, have received a grant from the American College of Veterinary Dermatology to examine the sensitivity and specific of some \u2018promising\u2019 biomarkers to canine Atopic Dermatitis.<\/p>\n<p>The project titled \u201cDevelopment of Biomarkers for Canine Atopic Dermatitis\u201d is led by Dr. Jijun Hao (PI) and Dr. Gagandeep Kaur of WesternU CVM (Co-PI). Dr. Charli Dong from the Animal Dermatology Clinic in Pasadena will collaborate on this project.<\/p>\n<p>Atopic Dermatitis is a common, pruritic, inflammatory skin disorder in dogs, and no specific diagnostic biomarkers are available for this disease to date. The current diagnosis relies on a combination of patient history, clinical signs, and exclusion of other diseases with clinical presentations, which can be time-consuming and costly.<\/p>\n<p>The previous pilot study of Dr. Hao and his team has revealed a panel of potential \u2018biomarkers\u2019 that appear promising\u2014they are currently working to examine the sensitivity and specificity of these \u2018biomarkers\u2019 in order to develop reliable biomarkers specific to canine Atopic Dermatitis.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSuccess of this project could potentially lead to a major breakthrough in the establishment of reliable biomarkers for early, more accurate diagnosis of canine Atopic Dermatitis,\u201d Dr. Hao explained, \u201cit will make early treatments possible, while improving the life quality of affected dogs, will significantly simplifying the canine Atopic Dermatitis disease scoring system, and lead to better prediction of disease prognosis.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If successful, dogs, dog owners, and veterinary doctors will benefit from this research: earlier diagnosis of disease in dogs will allow timely medical intervention, which could minimize patient suffering. Importantly, the new findings may have the translational potential in the development of biomarkers for the disease in humans.<\/p>\n<p>The results of this project can be expected to be presented at a national\/international meeting within the next two years.<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":0,"parent":4076,"menu_order":803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3245","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3245"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7047,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3245\/revisions\/7047"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}