Dr. Caudell was a graduate fellow in the NCI molecular pathology GPP in partnership with University of Maryland from 2003-2008. He completed his dissertation research in the Genetics Branch, under the mentorship of Peter Aplan, M.D.
Dr. Caudell received his D.V.M. degree from Virginia Tech in 2000, followed by a residency in Anatomic Pathology in the Department of Pathobiology at Oklahoma State University, completed in 2003. Following his residency, Dr. Caudell pursued graduate training in comparative molecular pathology through the Graduate Partnership Program at the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD. He completed his dissertation research in mouse models of human leukemia in the Genetics Branch, Leukemogenesis Section headed by Peter D. Aplan, M.D. Dr. Caudell defended his dissertation research and was awarded his Ph.D. degree from the University of Maryland in June 2008. The title of his Ph.D. dissertation is "Development of a mouse model for the t(10;11)(p13;q14) chromosomal translocation associated with acute leukemia in humans". Members of his graduate committee included: Siba K. Samal, B.V.Sc. Ph.D., Diplomate, The American College of Veterinary Microbiologists (Chair); Peter D. Aplan, M.D. (Co-Chair); Nathanial Tablante, D.V.M.,M.S., Diplomate, The American College of Poultry Veterinarians; R. Mark Simpson, D.V.M., Ph.D., Diplomate, The American College of Veterinary Pathologists; Iqbal Hamza, Ph.D. and Nickolas Zimmerman, Ph.D. After receiving his Ph.D., Dr. Caudell continued his research as a tenure track Assistant Professor in Pathology, in the Department of Pathobiology and Biomedical Sciences at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. He remained in Blacksburg from 2009-2013. In January, 2013, he continued to pursue his career as an assistant professor at Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina. After two years of helping to build reserach programs and resources there, he has been named the new Associate Director of the Center for Comparative Medicine Research.
