Annie Newell-Fugate

DVM, MSc, PhD

Assistant Professor

Dr. Annie Newell-Fugate is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University and a member of the Interdisciplinary Faculty of Reproductive Biology, the Interdisciplinary Faculty of Toxicology, the Faculty Collaborative for Research in Women’s Health and Sex Differences, and the Cardiovascular Research Institute. She is the director of the Texas A&M Comparative Endocrine Laboratory. She received her D.V.M. from North Carolina State University, her Ph.D. in reproductive endocrinology from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and she conducted post-doctoral training under an NIH K01 grant also at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. As a comparative endocrinologist Dr. Newell-Fugate’s research program is focused on understanding the sexually dimorphic mechanisms of endocrine disease and metabolic dysfunction. Her interest in the cross-talk between metabolism and reproduction led her to an evolving area of her research program focused on the interrelationship between local androgens, estrogens, and white adipose tissue insulin signaling and lipid metabolism.

Education

2012-2014

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

NIH K01 post-doctoral fellowship

Title: Follicular and endometrial pathology in polycystic ovary syndrome

Mentors: Romana Nowak, Ph.D., Janice M. Bahr, Ph.D., Robert Rosenfield, M.D.

2008-2012

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Ph.D. in Animal Sciences (Summa cum laude)

Co-Advisors: Rebecca Krisher, Ph.D. and Romana Nowak, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Validation of the obese Ossabaw miniature pig as a model of the obese polycystic ovary syndrome phenotype with concomitant metabolic syndrome: exploration of polycystic ovary syndrome pathophysiology using in vivo and in vitro models

2005-2008

University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort

Veterinary Faculty

M.Sc. in Wildlife Reproduction and Production Animal Studies

Advisor: Henk Bertschinger, B.VSc., Dr.Med.Vet., Ph.D., Dipl. ECAR

Thesis: The effects of two formulations of deslorelin on the reproduction of male African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus)

2000-2004

North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine

D.V.M. (Summa cum laude)

1996-2000

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

B.S. with Honors in Biology (Magna cum laude)

Undergraduate Honors Thesis: Northern Cardinal territorial behavior and resource competition

Get in Touch

979-458-3202

newellf13@tamu.edu