Rate My Professor Nicholas Haley

Nicholas J. Haley, DVM, Ph.D., serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology within the College of Graduate Studies and the College of Veterinary Medicine at Midwestern University in Glendale, Arizona. He earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Cornell University in 2004 and his Ph.D. in Microbiology from Colorado State University in 2010. Prior to his current role, Haley conducted significant research at Colorado State University's Prion Research Center, contributing to foundational studies on chronic wasting disease (CWD) transmission. His academic career at Midwestern University includes joint appointments across these colleges, where he leads courses in bacteriology, virology, emerging infectious diseases, and related topics in microbiology and immunology.

Haley's research specializes in prion diseases, with a primary focus on chronic wasting disease in cervids. His work has advanced diagnostic methodologies and understanding of disease transmission and progression. Key publications include 'Detection of CWD prions in urine and saliva of deer by using bioassay and recombinant quaking-induced conversion' (2009), 'Evolution of Diagnostic Tests for Chronic Wasting Disease from Whole Blood and Lymphoid Tissues' (2017), 'Estimating relative CWD susceptibility and disease progression in farmed white-tailed deer with rare PRNP alleles' (2019, PLOS One), 'Amplification Techniques for the Detection of Misfolded Prion Protein' (2020, Current Protocols in Molecular Biology), 'Selective Breeding for Disease-Resistant PRNP Variants to Mitigate Chronic Wasting Disease' (2021, Pathogens), and 'Classical bovine spongiform encephalopathy and chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer' (2023, Discover Veterinary Science). These contributions have garnered substantial citations, influencing CWD management strategies, genetic selection for resistance, and prion detection technologies. Haley has served as co-guest editor for the special issue 'Advances in Chronic Wasting Disease' in Pathogens and participated in institutional research committees, such as the Midwestern University Institutional Biosafety Committee.