Assistant Research Professor
North Carolina State University
Dr. Amanda Ziegler is a veterinarian scientist at NC State’s College of Veterinary Medicine. She received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and PhD in Comparative Biomedical Sciences from NC State College of Veterinary Medicine in 2015 and 2018. She completed a fellowship in the UNC Gastroenterology Basic Science Research Training Program in 2019. During her graduate and postdoctoral studies, she identified a novel age-dependent defect in intestinal epithelial barrier repair using her neonatal pig model of intestinal ischemic injury. To continue this work, Dr. Ziegler has been awarded an NIH Office of the Director/Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (OD/ORIP) Special Emphasis Research Career Award (SERCA, K01) entitled Postnatal Development of Intestinal Barrier Repair. The goal of this study is to examine postnatal development of glial-epithelial interactions in regulating barrier maintenance and repair using in vitro and large animal modeling techniques. In addition to this, Dr. Ziegler is also a co-Investigator on two major collaborative NIH/USDA research grants to study the roles of nutritional inputs, intestinal microbiome and the enteric nervous system in the postnatal development of intestinal barrier repair mechanisms. Dr. Ziegler also has experience in leading clinical trials on a national scale across multiple academic large animal hospitals, and has great interest in advising and supporting young scientists in their own career development, particularly in regards to navigating and applying for early career training awards from federal funding agencies.