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Jay F. Levine

Jay Levine

Professor, Epidemiology and Public Health
Adjunct Professor UNC School of Public Health, Dept. of Epidemiology
Associate Curator, NC State Museum of Natural Sciences
Director Food Safety Research and Response Network
Director Master of Veterinary Public Health Program
NC Mollusk Scientific Council


BS, Michigan State University
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.aeclab.org

Outreach Interests

Issues that effect aquatic animal and ecosystem health and the safety of seafood products.

Research in our laboratory is focused on:

Both field and laboratory research activities support these studies. Ongoing research is funded by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, NC Wildlife Resources Commissions, and the United States Department of Agriculture National Research Initiative.

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.

Aquaculture production biosecurity and the role of aquaculture in ensuring food security and local economic development.

Teaching Activities

Veterinary Curriculum

Graduate Instruction

Selected Recent Publications

Caldwell, J, Levine, JF. 2009. Domestic wastewater influent profiling using mitochondrial real-time PCR for source tracking animal contamination. Journal of Microbiological Methods (In press).

Holliman, F, Davis, D, Bogan, A, Kwak T, Cope, G., Levine, JF. Magnetic resonance imaging of live freshwater mussels. Invertebrate Biology 127:396-402.

Vander Pluym JL, Eggleston DB, Levine JF. Impacts of Road Crossings on Stream Fish Movement and Community Structures. Transactions of the Canadian Fisheries Society (In press)

Bucci, JP, Showers, B, Levine, JF, Usry B. 2008. Valve gape response to turbidity in two freshwater bivalves (Corbicula fluminea and Lampsilis radiata). J. Freshwater Ecology 23:479-483.

Shivappa, RB, Savan, R, Kono, T, Sakal M, Kurath G, Levine, JF. 2008. Detection of spring viremia of carp virus (SVCV) by loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) in koi carp (Cyprinus carpio). Journal of Fish Diseases 31:249-258.

Holliman FM, Kwak TJ, Cope WG, Levine JF. 2007. Exposure of Unionid Mussels to Electric Current: Assessing Risks Associated with Electrofishing. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136:1593-1606.

Miller O, Fuller FJ, Gebreyes W, Lewbart GA, Shivappa RB, Stone DM, Dixon PF, Raley ME, Levine JF. 2007. Phylogenetic analysis of spring virema of carp virus reveals distinct subgroups with common origins for recent isolates in North America and the UK. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 76:193-204.

Johnson, AK, Law, JM, Harms, CA, Levine JF. 2007. Multi-tiered Health Assessment of Atlantic menhaden in the Pamlico River, North Carolina. J. Aquatic Animal Health 19:205-214.

Lehmann DW, Levine JF, Law JM. 2007. Polychlorinated biphenyl exposure causes gonadal atrophy and oxidative stress in Corbicula fluminea clams. Toxologic Pathology 35:356-365.

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 10:3277-3283.

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 ecological studies. Oecologica 152:140-150.

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.

Johnson AK, Harms CA, Levine JF, Law JM. 2006. A quantitative real-time RT-PCR assay to measure TGF-beta mRNA and its correlation with hematologic, plasma chemistry and organo-somatic indices responses in triamcinolone-treated Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus. Developmental Comparative Immunology 30:473-84.

Eads, CB, Bogan AE., Levine JF. 2006. Status and Life History of the Notched Rainbow (Villosa constricta) in the Upper Neuse River Basin. Southeastern Naturalist 5:649-660.

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.

Gustafson LL, Stoskopf MK, Bogan A, Showers W, Kwak, T, Hanlon S, Levine JF. 2005. Evaluation of a nonlethal technique for hemolymph collection in Elliptio complanata, a freshwater bivalve. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 65:159-165.

Gustafson LL, Stoskopf MK, Showers W , Cope G, Eads C , Linnehan R, Kwak T, Anderson B, Levine JF. 2005. Reference ranges for hemolymph chemistries from Elliptio complanata of North Carolina. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 65:167-176

 

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