Jaroslava Halper

Jaroslava Halper, M.D., Ph.D. is a Professor of Pathology at The University of Georgia where she is affiliated with the Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, and with the Department of Basic Sciences in the Medical Partnership. She is a Board certified Anatomic Pathologist who received M.D. degree from Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. She trained in Pathology at Albert Einstein of Medicine (in the Bronx, New York) and at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She...See more

Jaroslava Halper, M.D., Ph.D. is a Professor of Pathology at The University of Georgia where she is affiliated with the Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, and with the Department of Basic Sciences in the Medical Partnership. She is a Board certified Anatomic Pathologist who received M.D. degree from Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. She trained in Pathology at Albert Einstein of Medicine (in the Bronx, New York) and at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She obtained Ph.D. in Experimental Pathology from the University of Minnesota at Mayo Clinic where she worked on the identification of transforming growth factor e (known better as granulin) with Harold Moses as her major professor. She continued her work on granulins, growth factors and tissue repair when she first arrived at The University of Georgia. With time her research interests have evolved into probing basic problems in tendons. More recently she has conducted ground-breakingresearch on equine degenerative suspensory ligament desmitis (DSLD). Her group has established that DSLD, a chronic progressive disorder, is a systemic condition characterized by inappropriate accumulation of proteoglycans in connective tissues, in particular in tendons and ligaments. See less