Steven W. Dow

Steven W. Dow, DVM, Ph.D., is currently a professor of immunology in the Department of Clinical Sciences and the director of the Center for Immune and Regenerative Medicine at Colorado State University (CSU). The Dow Laboratory at CSU investigates tumor immune responses and develops new cancer immunotherapies. The laboratory also develops immunotherapies to prevent respiratory tract infections in cattle, dogs and cats, as well as for treatment of ocular viral infections and ocular cancer in horses and cats. A third program focuses on stem cell therapy for treatment of chronic infections and for wound healing, with studies in rodent models and pet dogs. Dr. Dow received his DVM from the University of Georgia and completed a residency in small animal internal medicine at Colorado State University. He then completed a PhD program in Comparative Pathology in the laboratory of Ed Hoover at Colorado State University. After that, Dr. Dow completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the National Jewish Center in the laboratory of Dr. Terry Potter, before joining the faculty of the Department of Clinical Sciences at CSU in 2002.