Orhan Sahin

DVM, MS, PhD, Diplomate ACVM

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Education & Certifications  
  • The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio. 3/2003
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Veterinary Microbiology)
  • The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. 1/1998
  • Master of Science (Veterinary Microbiology)
  • University of Ankara, Ankara, Turkey. 6/1993
  • Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
  • Diplomate of The American College of Veterinary Microbiologists (2008)
Teaching  
  • VDPAM 488 - Clinical Microbiology Rotation, Co-instructor
  • VDPAM 625 - Bacterial Pathogenesis, Guest lecturer
Research Focus & Interests  
  • Molecular diagnostic of bacterial pathogens; Food safety and antimicrobial resistance; Epidemiology, pathogenesis, genomics, and control of bacterial pathogens of importance to animal health, food safety and public health; Campylobacter
Honors & Awards  
  • American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Biomic V3/Giles Scientific Award for Excellence in Diagnostic Veterinary Microbiology, 2022
  • Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence at the ISU College of Veterinary Medicine, 2022
  • Award for Mid-Career Achievement in Research, ISU College of Veterinary Medicine, 2021
  • Diplomate of The American College of Veterinary Microbiologists (ACVM), certified in Bacteriology/Mycology specialty (2008).
  • Recipient of a scholarship award from Ministry of Education of Turkey for master and Ph.D. studies in the United States. (1995-2003)
  • Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) Annual Conference Poster Award, second place. 2001
  • Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases (CRWAD), Poster Award in Comparative Gastroenterology, first place. 1999.
Leadership/Committees/Council  
  • ISU VDL Bacteriology Section Leader
  • Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases (CRWAD), Program Committee Member, Moderator, Fellows Selection Committee Member
  • American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD), Moderator; Abstract Reviewer; Member of Bacteriology and Antimicrobial Susceptibility subcommittees; Co-chair, Bacteriology and Mycology Subcommittee, Program Committee Member
  • FDA Vet-LIRN, faculty representative of ISU Vet Med
  • NC-1202 (Enteric Diseases of Food Animals: Enhanced Prevention, Control and Food Safety). NCRA (The North Central Regional Association), Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station, Multistate Research Project, ISU representative; Secretary; Chair
  • American College of Veterinary Microbiologists (ACVM), Graduate Students Awards Committee Chair; Continuing Education and Program Committee Member
  • ISU Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), primary member.
  • ISU CVM Diversity Inclusion and Equity (DEI) Committee Member
  • Ad-hoc peer reviewer for research proposals submitted to many different institutions
  • Editorial Board Member (Avian Diseases, Frontiers in Microbiology)
  • Ad-hoc peer reviewer for manuscripts submitted to many different scientific journals
Memberships  
  • American Society for Microbiology (ASM), 2001-present.
  • Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases (CRWAD), 1999-present.
  • American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD), 2010-present.
  • Iowa Veterinary Medical Association (IVMA), 2018-present.
  • Iowa State University, Antimicrobial Resistance Consortium, Representative, Diagnostic Core Unit, 2017-present.
  • ISU National Institute of Antimicrobial Resistance Research & Education (NIAMRRE), Scientist member, 2020 – present. 
  • Delta Chapter of Phi Zeta, the international honor society of veterinary medicine, 2003-present.
Selected Publications  

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RPCiv5IAAAAJ&hl=en

Jinji Pang&, Ashenafi Feyisa Beyi, Torey Looft, Qijing Zhang, Orhan Sahin*. 2023. Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Reduces Campylobacter jejuni Colonization in Young Broiler Chickens Challenged by Oral Gavage but Not by Seeder Birds. Antibiotics 2023, 12(10), 1503; https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12101503.                                         

Jinji Pang, Torey Looft, Qijing Zhang, Orhan Sahin*. 2023. Deciphering the association between Campylobacter colonization and microbiota composition in the intestine of commercial broilers. Microorganisms 2023, 11, 1724. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11071724.

Debora Brito Goulart, Qijing Zhang, Orhan Sahin*. 2023. Growth kinetics and fitness of fluoroquinolone resistant and susceptible Campylobacter jejuni strains of cattle origin. Fronts Vet Sci. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1117975.

Debora Brito Goulart&, Ashenafi Feyisa Beyi, Zuowei Wu, Mehmet Cemal Adiguzel, Samantha Wilson, Changyun Xu, Jinji Pang, Renee Dewell, Grant Dewell, Paul J. Plummer, Qijing Zhang, Orhan Sahin*. 2022. Influence of Single Dose Enrofloxacin Injection on Development of Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Campylobacter jejuni in Calves. Antibiotics 2022, 11, 1407. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11101407

Debora Brito Goulart&, Ashenafi Feyisa Beyi, Zuowei Wu, Mehmet Cemal Adiguzel, Anastasia Schroeder, Kritika Singh, Changyun Xu, Melda Meral Ocal, Renee Dewell, Grant Dewell, Paul J. Plummer, Qijing Zhang, Orhan Sahin*. 2022. Effect of Danofloxacin Treatment on the Development of Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Campylobacter jejuni in Calves. Antibiotics 2022, 11, 531. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11040531.  

Mehmet Cemal Adiguzel, Kayla Schaefer, Trevor Rodriguez, Jessica Ortiz, Orhan Sahin*. 2022. Prevalence, Mechanism, Genetic Diversity, and Cross-Resistance Patterns of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Isolated from Companion Animal Clinical Samples Submitted to A Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in The Midwestern United States. Antibiotics 2022, 11, 609. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11050609.    

Henthorn CR, Minion FC, Sahin O*. 2018. Utilization of Macrophage Extracellular Trap Nucleotides by Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. Microbiology, 164:1394-1404. *Corresponding author and Major Professor of the graduate student (CRH).

Gregory M, Brianna Klein, Sahin O, and George Girgis. 2018. Isolation and Characterization of Campylobacter hepaticus from Layer Chickens with Spotty Liver Disease in the United States. Avian Dis. 62(1):79-85.

Sahin O*, Samantha A. Terhorst*, Eric R. Burrough, Zhangqi Shen, Zuowei Wu, Lei Dai, Paul J. Plummer, Michael J. Yaeger, and Qijing Zhang. 2017. Key role of capsular polysaccharide in the induction of systemic infection and abortion by hypervirulent Campylobacter jejuni. Infect Immun. 85 (6): e00001-17. *Equally contributed.