Jonathan Paul M Mochel

Dr. Jon Mochel obtained his Veterinary Medical Degree from the National Veterinary School of Alfort. He completed his Doctorate studying Neurosciences in collaboration with the College de France and received the Silver Medal from Paris XII for his work. Dr. Mochel holds a MS in Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics and is a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology (ECVPT). He completed his Ph.D at Leiden University, with a focus on the mathematical modeling of the renin-angiotensin system for cardiovascular diseases. He is a founder of the Animal Health Modeling & Simulation Society which aims at promoting the dissemination of mathematical modeling in Veterinary Sciences. Dr. Mochel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Iowa State University and the Chair of the Education and Residency Committee of the ECVPT. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics and an ad hoc Study Section Reviewer for the US National Science Foundation, the UK Medical Research Council and the CNRS/INSERM ATIP-Avenir Program. He is currently the Vice-President of the European Association of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology. His research pertains to the analysis of clinical data obtained from spontaneous animal models of human diseases to bridge the knowledge gap between experimental models and patients. He has authored more than 85 peer-reviewed publications in select biomedical journals and is the co-founder of LifEngine Animal Health, a Y Combinator company developing gene editing solutions for canine oncology, and 3D Health Solutions, a platform for efficient drug screening in pharmaceutical research.
1: Allenspach K, Borcherding DC, Iennarella-Servantez CA, Mosichuk AP, Atherly T, Sahoo DK, Kathrani A, Suchodolski JS, Bourgois-Mochel A, Serao MR, Serao NV, Willette A, Perez BA, Gabriel V, Mao S, Kilburn L, Dang V, Borts D, Almada LL, Fernandez-Zapico ME, Phillips GJ, Jergens AE, Mochel JP. Ketogenic diets in healthy dogs induce gut and serum metabolome changes suggestive of anti-tumourigenic effects: A model for human ketotherapy trials. Clin Transl Med. 2022 Sep;12(9):e1047. doi: 10.1002/ctm2.1047. PMID: 36149786; PMCID: PMC9506423.
2: Sahoo DK, Borcherding DC, Chandra L, Jergens AE, Atherly T, Bourgois-Mochel A, Ellinwood NM, Snella E, Severin AJ, Martin M, Allenspach K, Mochel JP. Differential Transcriptomic Profiles Following Stimulation with Lipopolysaccharide in Intestinal Organoids from Dogs with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Intestinal Mast Cell Tumor. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Jul 20;14(14):3525. doi: 10.3390/cancers14143525. PMID: 35884586; PMCID: PMC9322748.
3: Kopper JJ, Iennarella-Servantez C, Jergens AE, Sahoo DK, Guillot E, Bourgois-Mochel A, Martinez MN, Allenspach K, Mochel JP. Harnessing the Biology of Canine Intestinal Organoids to Heighten Understanding of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Pathogenesis and Accelerate Drug Discovery: A One Health Approach. Front Toxicol. 2021 Nov 10;3:773953. doi: 10.3389/ftox.2021.773953. PMID: 35295115; PMCID: PMC8915821.
4: Martinez MN, Mochel JP, Neuhoff S, Pade D. Comparison of Canine and Human Physiological Factors: Understanding Interspecies Differences that Impact Drug Pharmacokinetics. AAPS J. 2021 Apr 27;23(3):59. doi: 10.1208/s12248-021-00590-0. PMID: 33907906.
5: Minkler S, Lucien F, Kimber MJ, Sahoo DK, Bourgois-Mochel A, Musser M, Johannes C, Frank I, Cheville J, Allenspach K, Mochel JP. Emerging Roles of Urine-Derived Components for the Management of Bladder Cancer: One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Jan 23;13(3):422. doi: 10.3390/cancers13030422. PMID: 33498666; PMCID: PMC7865365.
6: Sebbag L, Mochel JP. An eye on the dog as the scientist's best friend for translational research in ophthalmology: Focus on the ocular surface. Med Res Rev. 2020 Nov;40(6):2566-2604. doi: 10.1002/med.21716. Epub 2020 Jul 31. PMID: 32735080.
7: Ambrosini YM, Park Y, Jergens AE, Shin W, Min S, Atherly T, Borcherding DC, Jang J, Allenspach K, Mochel JP, Kim HJ. Recapitulation of the accessible interface of biopsy-derived canine intestinal organoids to study epithelial-luminal interactions. PLoS One. 2020 Apr 17;15(4):e0231423. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231423. PMID: 32302323; PMCID: PMC7164685.
8: Vaghi C, Rodallec A, Fanciullino R, Ciccolini J, Mochel JP, Mastri M, Poignard C, Ebos JML, Benzekry S. Population modeling of tumor growth curves and the reduced Gompertz model improve prediction of the age of experimental tumors. PLoS Comput Biol. 2020 Feb 25;16(2):e1007178. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007178. PMID: 32097421; PMCID: PMC7059968.
9: Sebbag L, Allbaugh RA, Weaver A, Seo YJ, Mochel JP. Histamine-Induced Conjunctivitis and Breakdown of Blood-Tear Barrier in Dogs: A Model for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Front Pharmacol. 2019 Jul 9;10:752. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2019.00752. PMID: 31354477; PMCID: PMC6629934.
10: Ambrosini YM, Borcherding D, Kanthasamy A, Kim HJ, Willette AA, Jergens A, Allenspach K, Mochel JP. The Gut-Brain Axis in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Relevance of the Canine Model: A Review. Front Aging Neurosci. 2019 Jun 18;11:130. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2019.00130. PMID: 31275138; PMCID: PMC6591269.
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