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 Jay
F. Levine
Professor, Epidemiology and Public Health
Director Food Safety Research and Response Network
Director Master of Veterinary Public Health Program
Adjunct Professor UNC School of Public Health, Dept. of Epidemiology
Associate Curator, NC State Museum of Natural Sciences
DVM, University of Tennessee
MPH, Harvard University School of Public Health
Office: B-340
Phone: 919.513.6397
Laboratory: 919.513.6302
Post-doctoral Student Office: 919.513.6368
Fax: 919.513.6464
Email: Jay_Levine@ncsu.edu
Laboratory Web site: http://www.ncsu.edu/aecl/
 Research
Area
Issues that effect aquatic animal and ecosystem health and the safety of
seafood products.
Research in our laboratory is focused on:
- aquatic epidemiology
- the ecology, captive propagation, and conservation of unionids (freshwater mussels)
- the role of bivalves as indicators of ecosystem health
- developing protocols for tracing the source of fecal contamination in surface waters
- the food safety of molluscan shellfish products
- the use of bivalves in bioremediation, restoring water quality and
reversing eutrophication
- the effect of environmental contaminants on aquatic animal health
Both field and laboratory research activities support these studies. Ongoing research is funded by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, NC Wildlife Resources Commissions, the United States Department of Agriculture National Research Initiative, and Nekton Research.
Outreach Activities
Active involvement in promoting environmental education, and environmental restoration as a conduit to local economic development. Advisory board for the development of the Sturgeon City Environmental Education Center and Recreational Complex, NC State Museum of Natural Sciences Friends of the Museum, Participation in The Sturgeon City Youth Leadership Institute, The North Carolina Freshwater Mussel Conservation Partnership, and the Environmental Medicine Consortium.
Teaching Activities
Veterinary Curriculum
- VMP 912:Evidence Based Medicine (Clinical Problem Solving in Vet. Pract.)
- VMP 9910:011: Experiences in Aquaculture
- VMP 9910:017: Emergency Programs
Graduate Instruction
- VPH 650: Population Medicine Forum
- VPH 713: Zoonoses and Public Health
- VPH 760: Molecular Technologies for Epidemiologic Investigation
- FSA 520: Pre-harvest Food Safety
- Epid 756: Infectious Diseases in Developing Countries
Recent
Publications
Caldwell JM, Raley ME, Levine JF. 2007. Mitochondrial Multiplex Real-Time Pcr As A Source Tracking Method In Fecal-Contaminated Surface Waters . Environmental Science and Technology 41:3277-3283.
Lehmann DW, Levine JF, Law JM. 2007. Polychlorinated biphenyl exposure causes gonadal atrophy and oxidative stress in Corbicula fluminea clams Toxicologic Pathology 35:356-365.
Li, X., Payne J, Santos F, Anderson KE, Levine JF, Sheldon BW. 2007. Salmonella populations and prevalence in layer feces from commercial high-rise houses and characterization of the Salmonella isolates by serotyping, antibiotic resistance analysis, and pulsed field gel electrophoresis. Poultry Science 86:591-7.
Gustafson LL, Showers W , Kwak T, Levine JF, Stoskopf M. 2007. Temporal and spatial variability in stable isotope compositions of freshwater mussels: Implications for biomonitoring and ecologic studies. Oecologia 152:140-150.
Jackson LE, Levine JF, Hilborn ED. 2006. A comparison of analysis units for associating Lyme disease with forest-edge habitat. Community Ecology 7:189-197.
Post-doctoral Students (Research Associates)
Graduate Students
Laboratory Personnel
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