Rate My Professor Jennifer Johns

Her research focuses on translational applications of mesenchymal stem cells, investigating their interactions with bacterial pathogens, alterations in immune responses during infectious and inflammatory diseases, and potential for regenerative medicine in domestic animals, including modulation of tumor microenvironments in canine osteosarcoma. Additional interests encompass tick-borne rickettsial infections such as granulocytic anaplasmosis caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum, hematology and hematopoiesis in laboratory animals and non-mammalian species, hematopoietic disorders in domestic animals, and development of veterinary diagnostic testing for exotic and laboratory species. Johns has received the 2025 Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award for outstanding teaching, character, and leadership as voted by students; the 2023 Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence; and UC Davis honors including the Donald Dungworth Graduate Student Travel Award, CL Davis Award for Outstanding Pathology Trainee/Graduate Student, and Leslie Shelton Award for Excellence in Emergency and Critical Care Medicine. As the inaugural Power Endowed Faculty Scholar, she supports resident and student research, innovative teaching initiatives, and collaborations with animal shelters and international veterinary programs.