Shigetoshi Eda
Shigetoshi Eda is a Professor in the School of Natural Resources. He is also appointed as Co-Chair of Chronic Wasting Disease Working Group at UT, Associate Director of Center for Wildlife Health, Adjunct Professor at the Department of Microbiology, and Affiliate Faculty at the National Insitute for Mathematical & Biological Synthesis. He received Ph.D. degree from Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science (Japan). After working as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California Riverside, he joined the university in 2003.
Infectious diseases, immunology, epidemiology, mathematical modeling, on-site diagnosis
Wildlife Health, Undergraduate Independent Research
- His current research focuses on developing a rapid, field-deployable diagnostic platform for infectious diseases in animals, including chronic wasting disease. Since 2009, he has collaborated with Dr. Jayne Wu (Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) in developing an on-site diagnostic device for infectious diseases based on alternating current electrokinetic (ACEK)-based capacitance sensing. His group also developed another electrochemical detection method to improve sensitivity, specificity, cost, and/or on-site testing capability of current antibody, antigen, and nucleic acids (pathogen) detection methods, such as ELISA, PCR, and isothermal nucleic acid amplification (iNAAT). He has also been studying immunological reactions against surface molecules of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP). MAP is the causative agent of an economically-important disease in the dairy industry, Johne's disease. He developed a highly accurate diagnostic test for the disease, and the research on Johne's disease diagnosis resulted in several scientific publications, three patents, and several extramural grants & contracts. The diagnostic test was licensed to a veterinary diagnostic company and commercialized in February 2015. His other research interests include mathematical modeling of infectious disease epidemiology and immunology. A modeling work on Pseudomonas aeruginosa's biofilm is currently ongoing.
2505 E J Chapman Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-4500
- Doctorate, Pharmacy, Other, 1997
Shigetoshi Eda
2505 E J Chapman Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-4500
- Doctorate, Pharmacy, Other, 1997
Shigetoshi Eda is a Professor in the School of Natural Resources. He is also appointed as Co-Chair of Chronic Wasting Disease Working Group at UT, Associate Director of Center for Wildlife Health, Adjunct Professor at the Department of Microbiology, and Affiliate Faculty at the National Insitute for Mathematical & Biological Synthesis. He received Ph.D. degree from Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science (Japan). After working as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California Riverside, he joined the university in 2003.
Infectious diseases, immunology, epidemiology, mathematical modeling, on-site diagnosis
Wildlife Health, Undergraduate Independent Research
- His current research focuses on developing a rapid, field-deployable diagnostic platform for infectious diseases in animals, including chronic wasting disease. Since 2009, he has collaborated with Dr. Jayne Wu (Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) in developing an on-site diagnostic device for infectious diseases based on alternating current electrokinetic (ACEK)-based capacitance sensing. His group also developed another electrochemical detection method to improve sensitivity, specificity, cost, and/or on-site testing capability of current antibody, antigen, and nucleic acids (pathogen) detection methods, such as ELISA, PCR, and isothermal nucleic acid amplification (iNAAT). He has also been studying immunological reactions against surface molecules of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP). MAP is the causative agent of an economically-important disease in the dairy industry, Johne's disease. He developed a highly accurate diagnostic test for the disease, and the research on Johne's disease diagnosis resulted in several scientific publications, three patents, and several extramural grants & contracts. The diagnostic test was licensed to a veterinary diagnostic company and commercialized in February 2015. His other research interests include mathematical modeling of infectious disease epidemiology and immunology. A modeling work on Pseudomonas aeruginosa's biofilm is currently ongoing.