Lifang Yan

Dr. Lifang Yan is an Associate Clinical Professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University. Her work focuses on molecular diagnostics and pathogen identification in veterinary contexts.

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Veterinary Medicine and Science, Mississippi State University (2012)
• Master of Science (M.S.), Agronomy, China Agricultural University (2006)
• Bachelor of Agriculture (B.Agric.), Animal Science, Shanxi Agricultural University (2004)

Research interests include:

• Molecular diagnostics for viral infectious diseases
• Whole genome sequencing of pathogens
• Viral genotyping
• Antimicrobial resistance characterization

Her peer-reviewed publications emphasize diagnostic challenges in veterinary virology, including detection failures in BVDV-2a, Deerpox virus diagnosis in wildlife, and assay development for persistent viral infections. She also applies genomic sequencing to pathogen differentiation in aquaculture and poultry contexts.

Expertise areas are listed as:

• Molecular virology
• Sequencing technologies