Brian Leonard , DVM, PhD
736 WILSON RD RM D202
Education
Comparative Ophthalmology Residency, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, 2013
Small Animal Rotating Internship, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin Madison, 2012
DVM, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, 2004
PhD, Comparative Pathology, University of California Davis, 2004
BA, Biochemistry, Kenyon College, 1997
Employment
Associate Professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 2025 - Present
Associate Professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 2025 - Present
Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis, Davis, 2019 - 2025
Assistant Professional Researcher, University of California Davis, Davis, 2017 - 2019
Publications
Andrographolide Inhibits Corneal Fibroblast to Myofibroblast Differentiation In Vitro Biomolecules (2022)
Metallic Engineered Nanomaterials and Ocular Toxicity: A Current Perspective Pharmaceutics (2022)
Arap1 Deficiency Causes Photoreceptor Degeneration in Mice. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science (2017)
Species variation and spatial differences in mucin expression from corneal epithelial cells Experimental Eye Research (2016)
Effect of stratification on surface properties of corneal epithelial cells Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science (2015)
Interfacial phenomena and the ocular surface Ocular Surface (2014)
Visceral Smooth Muscle α-Actin Deficiency Associated With Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-obstruction in a Bengal Cat (Felis catus × Prionailurus bengalensis) Veterinary Pathology (2014)
Antimicrobial peptides: agents of border protection for companion animals. Veterinary dermatology (2012)
Bifidobacterium bifidum in a rat model of necrotizing enterocolitis: antimicrobial peptide and protein responses. Pediatric research (2012)
Activity, expression and genetic variation of canine β-defensin 103: a multifunctional antimicrobial peptide in the skin of domestic dogs. Journal of innate immunity (2012)