Ming Lo, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVP

Biography

Ming is a veterinary pathologist passionate about pathogen-host interactions. Born and raised in Taiwan, her childhood dream of serving as a veterinarian came true when she obtained her DVM from National Taiwan University. She worked in the clinical diagnostic lab at National Taiwan University Veterinary Hospital for two years after vet school and nourished her passion for veterinary clinical pathology. Inspired by her vet school mentor, Dr. Ling-Ling Chueh and her undergraduate study on characterizing different serotypes of feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV) in clinical cases, she pursued her master’s degree in microbiology using a mouse model to study the pathogenesis of different strains of influenza viruses with distinct pathogenecity under the supervision of Dr. Ching-Hwa Tsai and Dr. Su-Jane Lin. With partial financial support from the Taiwanese government, she received her PhD in Integrative Pathobiology (former Comparative Pathology) from University of California, Davis mentored by Dr. Chris Miller that she developed and characterized a genital transmission model of human herpes simplex virus type 2 and zika virus in rhesus macaques.

After her PhD, she was spurred by the desire of deepening her pathology-related knowledge and skills in order to broaden and sharpen her insights for understanding animal models of infectious diseases, she completed her veterinary anatomic pathology residency at University of Florida (2019-2022) supervised by Dr. Ian Hawkins and Dr. Robert Ossiboff. She became a board-certified veterinary pathologist in 2022 and joined the Comparative Pathology Laboratory at NEIDL (National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories) to extend her expertise in viral pathogenesis. Since she joined the NEIDL Comparative Pathology Laboratory (NCPL) in October 2022, she has served as the study pathologist on multiple investigative or pre-clinical studies that focus on infectious diseases (i.e. influenza virus, severe acute respiratory coronavirus type 2, Ebola virus, Sudan virus, Nipah virus and Hendra virus) in rodents and non-human primates.
Ming is specialized in qualitative and quantitative histopathological assessment of lesions in routine Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) slides and characterizing protein expression in different cell types (such as phenotyping immune profiles) or nucleic acid distribution in tissues stained with multiplex fluorescence and chromogenic immunohistochemistry or in situ hibridization. She integrated artificial intelligence-empowered image analysis when applicable to achieve more objective quantitative results. She is passionate in applying her expertise in the field of viral pathogenesis, particularly characterizing the host tissue responses and the interplay between host immune responses and viral pathogens in animal models.