Dr. (Hayes) Bouknight was a graduate Scholar in the NCI Molecular Pathology Graduate Partnership Program in partnership with Michigan State University and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, from 2005 – 2010.
Dr. (Hayes) Bouknight received her B.S. from Fort Valley State University and her D.V.M. from Tuskegee University in 2004. After graduation, Dr. Hayes (Bouknight) pursued a residency in anatomic pathology in the Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation at Michigan State University. In 2005, she was accepted into the NCI Molecular Pathology Graduate Partnership Program to continue graduate course work and training as a diagnostic pathologist at MSU. Following completion of her diagnostic training and course work, Dr. Hayes (Bouknight) accomplished board certification in anatomic pathology by The American College of Veterinary Pathologists in 2007. She then relocated to the NIH, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD to begin her dissertation research. Her research focused on the transcriptional regulation of adipocyte differentiation in a laboratory headed by Elisabetta Muller, Ph.D., within the NIDDK Genetics of Development and Disease Branch. Members of her graduate guidance committee included: Matti Kiupel D.V.M, Ph.D., Diplomate, The American College of Veterinary Pathologists (chair), Elisabetta Mueller, Ph.D., James Wagner,M.B.A., Ph.D., and Mark Simpson, D.V.M, Ph.D., Diplomate, The American College of Veterinary Pathologists. After receiving her Ph.D., Dr. (Hayes) Bouknight was employed by Lexicon Pharmaceuticals as a veterinary pathologist. She now resides in Raleigh-Durham, NC where she serves as a veterinary pathologist for Charles River Laboratories.
