Overview
Rebecca Bacon, DVM PhD DACVP
Dr. Bacon earned her DVM from North Carolina State University and completed her veterinary anatomic pathology residency training at Texas A&M University, earning diplomate (DACVP) status in 2022. She earned her PhD in Biomedical Sciences with Texas A&M University in 2024. Her dissertation research investigated chronic enterocolitis in rhesus macaques as a potential model for post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome in humans, and the role Campylobacter sp. plays in the development of these syndromes. This work was supported by an NIH T32 Ruth L Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Texas A&M AgriLife Research Institutional Training Grant.
Dr. Bacon maintains a dual appointment as a veterinary pathologist with the Division of Laboratory Animal Resources and as an assistant professor with the Department of Pathology. She provides diagnostic pathology services for the laboratory animal colonies to support individual animal and colony health. She also provides research support to Duke investigators, particularly with regards to development and characterization of animal models of human disease.
Dr. Bacon earned her DVM from North Carolina State University and completed her veterinary anatomic pathology residency training at Texas A&M University, earning diplomate (DACVP) status in 2022. She earned her PhD in Biomedical Sciences with Texas A&M University in 2024. Her dissertation research investigated chronic enterocolitis in rhesus macaques as a potential model for post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome in humans, and the role Campylobacter sp. plays in the development of these syndromes. This work was supported by an NIH T32 Ruth L Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Texas A&M AgriLife Research Institutional Training Grant.
Dr. Bacon maintains a dual appointment as a veterinary pathologist with the Division of Laboratory Animal Resources and as an assistant professor with the Department of Pathology. She provides diagnostic pathology services for the laboratory animal colonies to support individual animal and colony health. She also provides research support to Duke investigators, particularly with regards to development and characterization of animal models of human disease.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor in Pathology
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2023 - Present
Pathology,
Clinical Science Departments
Member of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute
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2024 - Present
Duke Human Vaccine Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Three novel neoplasms in Nancy Ma's owl monkeys (<i>Aotus nancymaae</i>).
Journal Article Veterinary pathology · May 2025 Neoplasms are only sporadically reported in New World primates and rarely in owl monkeys (Aotus spp.), specifically. Previous reports of neoplasms in owl monkeys are primarily restricted to lymphoma induced by Herpesvirus saimiri infection, a ... Full text CiteDiversity of Campylobacter spp. circulating in a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) breeding colony using culture and molecular methods.
Journal Article mSphere · November 2024 Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli represent the leading causes of bacterial gastroenteritis in humans, and infections can produce post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome (PI-IBS). Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) (RM) are si ... Full text CiteWhole-genome sequences of Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni isolates from rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) with and without intestinal disease.
Journal Article Microbiology resource announcements · April 2024 Campylobacter jejuni or Campylobacter coli infection can lead to post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome in humans and may produce a similar syndrome in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). We report the complete genomes of 8 C. < ... Full text CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
Texas A&M University ·
2023
Ph.D.
North Carolina State University ·
2015
D.V.M.