UK Graduate Student Spotlight: Gloria Gellin

Gellin is studying the epidemiology of leptospirosis in Central Kentucky and horses’ immune response to the disease.
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UK Graduate Student Spotlight: Gloria Gellin
Gloria Gellin is studying horses' immune response to leptospirosis and the epidemiology of leptospirosis in the central Kentucky area. | Photo: University of Kentucky's College of Agriculture
Name: Gloria Gellin
From: Cleveland, Ohio
Degrees and institute where received:

  • AAS in veterinary technology from Morehead State University;
  • BS in animal science from the University of Kentucky (UK);
  • MS in animal science with a concentration in microbiology from UK; and
  • MPH with a concentration in epidemiology at UK.

Gloria Gellin came to the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment for her bachelor of science and her master’s degree. For her master’s, she worked on a project looking at antibiotic resistance in swine and for her MPH, Gellin worked with both the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment and the College of Public Health. Gellin is currently working on her PhD in veterinary science under the direction of Craig Carter, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVPM, and director of the UK Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (VDL).

Gellin said Carter is the reason she is working on a doctorate.

“He believed in me and my ability to continue to work while working on my doctorate,” she said

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