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
Single-dose cathepsin L CRISPR nanotherapy mitigates PASC-like lung damage in hamsters.
Journal Article Nano Res · September 2025 Respiratory post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) persists in many SARS-CoV-2 survivors, yet no therapies specifically address its long-term pulmonary damage. We demonstrate that a single-dose CRISPR-CasRx nanotherapy targeting the host enzyme cathepsin L ... Full text Link to item CiteThree 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 CiteReply to Nachamkin, “Diversity of Campylobacter species in a rhesus macaque breeding colony”
Journal Article mSphere · April 29, 2025 Full text CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
Texas A&M University ·
2023
Ph.D.
North Carolina State University ·
2015
D.V.M.