Animals are indispensable to unraveling the medical mysteries that still plague our society. Dr. Huneke's work is based on providing a clean, enriched and healthy environment for animals used in biomedical research. He assisted researchers in the planning and performance of research with special interests in microbiology, immunology, neonatology and pharmacology. One focus of his work was in disease transmission between animals and man (zoonoses).

His professional activities also include serving for many years as executive director of ULAR. He is a former council member for the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, International (AAALAC), and also served as president of the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Research (PSBR).

"Graduate School Faculty Awards"
(May 7, 2014)

Selected Publications
(See all Richard Huneke's publications in PubMed.)

“Animal models of herpes simplex virus immunity and pathogenesis”
Kollias CM, Huneke RB, Wigdahl B, Jennings SR.   
The Journal of Neurovirology, Volume 21 (1), February 2015. 

“Tight Skin 2 mice exhibit delayed wound healing caused by increased elastic fibers in fibrotic skin” 
Long KB, Burgwin CM, Huneke R, Artlett C, Blankenhorn, EP 
Advances in Wound Care, Volume 3 (9), September 2014.

“Electrospun soy protein scaffolds as wound dressings: Enhanced re-epithelialization in a porcine model of wound healing”
Har-el Y, Gerstenhaber JA, Brodsky R, Huneke, RB, Lelkes, PI
Wound Medicine, May 2014

"Exposure of Laboratory Animal Care Workers to Airborne Mouse and Rat Allergens"
Glueck JT, Huneke RB, Perez H and I Burstyn
Journal of the American Association of Laboratory Animal Science, 51 (5): 554-560, 2012.

"Guinea Pig Basic Experimental Methods"
Huneke RB  
In The Laboratory Rabbit, Guinea Pig, Hamster, and Miscellaneous Rodents, Mark A. Suckow, Karla A. Stevens, Ronald P. Wilson (Eds.),  Academic Press, 2012

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