Μ. D. Willard

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M. D. Willard's research focuses on gastrointestinal inflammation and histopathological diagnosis in companion animals, primarily dogs and cats. Willard has published extensively on establishing standardized diagnostic criteria for gastrointestinal inflammation in endoscopic biopsy samples. This work includes developing guidelines for evaluating gastrointestinal inflammation and assessing the effect of sample quality and tissue processing on diagnostic sensitivity.

Willard's publications address specific conditions such as feline inflammatory bowel disease and gastric lesions in racing Alaskan sled dogs. The research also includes comparative studies examining histopathologic findings in biopsies from different parts of the canine digestive tract. While the majority of recent publications are in veterinary medicine, earlier work by Willard investigated the adenoviral transfer of a gene encoding human apolipoprotein A-I in mice, which increased circulating high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

Willard holds a high-impact researcher designation, evidenced by an h-index of 27 and over 2,300 citations across 65 publications. The researcher maintains an active lab website and has been recently active, with the most recent publication listed in 2026.

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• h-index: 27
• Publications: 65
• Citations: 2,379