Biography
BSc, PhD (Aberdeen); MBA (UPEI)
Project Manager/Elanco; Adjunct & Graduate Faculty member, Pathology and Microbiology; EMBA Sessional Instructor
Dr. Whyte obtained her Ph.D from Aberdeen University, a post-doctoral fellowship from Stirling University and an MBA from the University of Prince Edward Island. She has been employed by both academic institutions and private industry and has extensive professional experience in contract research in Canada and internationally. She has considerable experience in the design, execution and validation of preliminary and confirmatory laboratory and field studies, in the capacity of research scientist. She has managed a research group of university and government scientists and a commercial animal holding facility designed for academic and contract research activities, of direct commercial relevance for local producers and also with international relevance. In this capacity, she also acted as a consultant to develop management strategies for the development of a supply chain for branded products including establishing sustainable growing standards, certification of growers and linking co-branding partners with distribution and retail. Dr. Whyte is an advisor and consultant to external clients, providing recommendations, budgets, briefing materials, data analysis, reports and planning documents and, is a scientific reviewer for industry grant applications and scientific manuscripts for journal publication.
Dr. Shona Whyte is currently an adjunct professor in the Department of Pathology and Microbiology, and Graduate Program Faculty at the Atlantic Veterinary College and serves on several graduate committees, either in a supervisory or examiner capacity.
Recent Publications
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Vaccination strategy is an important determinant in immunological outcome and survival in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) when challenged with atypical Aeromonas salmonicida
- Aquaculture, 2020
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Caspase-11, a specific sensor for intracellular lipopolysaccharide recognition, mediates the non-canonical inflammatory pathway of pyroptosis
- Cell & Bioscience, 2019
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Avermectin treatment for Lepeophtheirus salmonis: Impacts on host (Salmo salar) and parasite immunophysiology
- Aquaculture, 2019
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Vaccine-induced protection against furunculosis involves pre-emptive priming of humoral immunity in arctic charr
- Frontiers in Immunology, 2019
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Acquired protective immunity in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar against the myxozoan, Kudoa thyrsites, involves induction of MHIIβ+/CD83+ antigen presenting cells
- Infection and Immunity, 2018
Research Classification
- no classification
Research Interests
- Fish parasitology
- Fish immunology
- Host-pathogen interactions
Current Scholars in Pathology and Microbiology
- David J. Speare
- Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Lecompte
- Catherine Anne Muckle
- Melanie Buote
- Noel Clancey
- Shona Whyte
- Carmencita Yason
- Cornelia Gilroy
- Alfonso Lopez
- Lisa M. Miller
- Chelsea K. Martin
- Russell Fraser
- Megan Jones
- Molly Kibenge
- Frederick Kibenge
- Mark Fast
- Shannon Martinson
- Shelley Burton
- Laura Bourque