Elaine Norton, DVM, MS
Contact Info
MD, DVM, Colorado State University
PhD student, Comparative and Molecular Biosciences, University of Minnesota
MS, Biomedical Sciences, Auburn University
BS, Arizona State University
Summary
Awards & Recognition
2015 EQUUS Research Fellowship NIH Comparative Medicine and Pathology Training Fellowship, 2013-2016
Research
Research Summary/Interests
Equine metabolic syndrome (EMS) is a metabolic derangement in horses defined by increased insulin resistance and has been described as an animal model for type two diabetes in humans. The focus of my research is using genome-wide association studies and next-generation sequencing technologies to look at associations between known EMS phenotypes, metabolic derangements, and breed susceptibility to identify genes and putative functional alleles associated with EMS and laminitis risk, using Welsh Ponies and Morgans as a model population.