Colleen Monahan

Colleen Monahan is a Clinical Assistant Professor and Senior Veterinary Pathologist at the University of New Hampshire (UNH), affiliated with the Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences department and the New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (NHVDL). She holds a D.V.M. from the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine (2015) and completed an anatomic pathology residency at Michigan State University (2018). Her roles include Foreign Animal Disease Coordinator and Pathology Section Head at NHVDL, where she oversees diagnostic cases across domestic/exotic/wildlife species.

Education: B.S. in Animal Sciences (University of Tennessee), D.V.M. (University of Tennessee), residency training at Michigan State University. Research focuses on infectious/neoplastic diseases in animals, honey bee/terrestrial invertebrate health, and diagnostic case integration into education. She teaches courses like Histology, Veterinary Diagnostics, and Field Experience. Professional activities include outreach to regional veterinarians and continuing education programs.

Publications span diverse species (reindeer, cockroaches, dogs, reptiles, lions), emphasizing zoonotic diseases, neoplastic processes, and clinical pathology. Her work bridges veterinary medicine with wildlife conservation and exotic species health management.

Lab affiliations include the NHVDL, a critical center for diagnostic pathology and foreign animal disease surveillance. Her expertise supports both clinical diagnostics and academic training programs in veterinary sciences.