Vicki S. Blazer
Vicki started with the National Fish Health Research Laboratory, Leetown Science Center (now the Eastern Ecological Science Center - Leetown Research Laboratory), Kearneysville, WV in1992. She was previously employed as the Assistant Leader of the Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. She was also on the graduate faculty in the School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, teac
She is active in numerous research projects within the Northeast as well as nationally and internationally. She is active in the American Fisheries Society Fish Health Section and a member of other scientific societies. She is an adjunct faculty member at West Virginia University and Penn State and serves on graduate student committees. Research areas include development of microscopic and molecular markers for understanding changes in the health and populations of wild fishes. Areas of focus include endocrine disruption, emerging diseases, fish tumor pathology and assessment at Great Lakes Areas of Concern, land use influences on fish health, reproduction and immunomodulation.
Professional Experience
Postdoctoral Research Associate, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia
Assistant Leader, Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia
Research Fishery Biologist, Leetown Science Center
Education and Certifications
B.S. in Marine Science and Biology Southampton College, Long Island University.
PhD in Fisheries, Aquaculture and Pathology, Rhode Island University
Affiliations and Memberships*
Adjunct Professor, West Virginia University
Adjunct Professor, Penn State University
Science and Products
Nonlesions, misdiagnoses, missed diagnoses, and other interpretive challenges in fish histopathology studies: a guide for investigators, authors, reviewers, and readers
Reproductive health indicators of fishes from Pennsylvania watersheds: association with chemicals of emerging concern
Assessment of the fish tumor beneficial use impairment in brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) at selected Great Lakes Areas of Concern
Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) leukocytes express estrogen receptor isoforms ERα and ERβ2 and are functionally modulated by estrogens
Monitoring of wild fish health at selected sites in the Great Lakes Basin: methods and preliminary results
Health of white sucker within the St. Louis River area of concern associated with habitat usage as assessed using stable isotopes
Transgenic zebrafish reveal tissue-specific differences in estrogen signaling in response to environmental water samples
Biological effects-based tools for monitoring impacted surface waters in the Great Lakes: a multiagency program in support of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Reproductive health of yellow perch, Perca flavescens, in Chesapeake Bay Tributaries
Chemical contaminants in water and sediment near fish nesting sites in the Potomac River basin: determining potential exposures to smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu)
Reproductive health of yellow perch Perca flavescens in selected tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay
The effects of disease-related mortality on the recruitment of young-of-year smallmouth bass in the Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania
Science and Products
Nonlesions, misdiagnoses, missed diagnoses, and other interpretive challenges in fish histopathology studies: a guide for investigators, authors, reviewers, and readers
Reproductive health indicators of fishes from Pennsylvania watersheds: association with chemicals of emerging concern
Assessment of the fish tumor beneficial use impairment in brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) at selected Great Lakes Areas of Concern
Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) leukocytes express estrogen receptor isoforms ERα and ERβ2 and are functionally modulated by estrogens
Monitoring of wild fish health at selected sites in the Great Lakes Basin: methods and preliminary results
Health of white sucker within the St. Louis River area of concern associated with habitat usage as assessed using stable isotopes
Transgenic zebrafish reveal tissue-specific differences in estrogen signaling in response to environmental water samples
Biological effects-based tools for monitoring impacted surface waters in the Great Lakes: a multiagency program in support of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Reproductive health of yellow perch, Perca flavescens, in Chesapeake Bay Tributaries
Chemical contaminants in water and sediment near fish nesting sites in the Potomac River basin: determining potential exposures to smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu)
Reproductive health of yellow perch Perca flavescens in selected tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay
The effects of disease-related mortality on the recruitment of young-of-year smallmouth bass in the Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania
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