Dr. Joiner’s research focuses on genetic resistance or susceptibility to several common poultry diseases, including bacterial skeletal disease complex, chicken infectious anemia and infectious bronchitis. Dr. Joiner is currently involved in collaborative efforts investigating the pathogenesis of infectious bronchitis virus in commercial chickens and studies investigating myofiber development in high yield commercial broiler chickens. Dr. Joiner is also a contributing member of a collaborative group at the College of Veterinary Medicine investigating infectious reproductive diseases of cattle.
y. Dr. Joiner is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathobiology where she provides Anatomic Pathology diagnostic services, is engaged in didactic teaching throughout the professional veterinary curriculum and performs primary and collaborative research focusing on the pathology infectious diseases in food animals.