Troy
Sutton
Associate Professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences,
Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Early Career Chair in Virology
Expertise:
- Health & Medicine
- Agriculture
Focus Areas:
- Global Health
- Infectious Disease
- Zoonotic and Emerging Viruses
In The Media:
About
- Sutton's research focuses on influenza evolution and transmission and vaccine research and development.
- He is particularly interested in studying highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses and their potential to become wider outbreaks in humans.
Troy Sutton is an associate professor of veterinary and biomedical sciences and the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Early Career Chair in Virology, specializing in animal models of influenza, transmission of influenza viruses, the evolution of pandemic viruses, the development of new influenza vaccines, and highly pathogenic avian influenza. Sutton’s team works with animal models to investigate virus transmission and evolution, and to assess preclinical vaccines. He is focused on studying viruses in the H5N1 family that are responsible for the recent outbreaks of bird flu in cattle.
Sutton performs research in the Eva J. Pell Laboratory, a BSL-3 research facility. Before joining the faculty at Penn State, Sutton worked as a visiting scholar at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease and the University of Maryland.
In The Media
1st US case of bird flu in a pig raises concerns over potential human threat
from The Associated Press October 30, 2024
“It isn’t a one-to-one relationship, where pigs get infected with viruses and they make pandemics.”
Bird Flu Is Infecting More Mammals. What Does That Mean for Us?
from New York Times April 22, 2024
"In my flu career, we have not seen a virus that expands its host range quite like this."
With the U.S. bird flu outbreak uncontained, scientists see growing risks
from National Public Radio July 24, 2024
"Every time you give an avian virus a chance to infect a human, it’s like buying a ticket for a lottery you don't want to win."
Contagious Bird Flu Presents Low Risk to People After Colorado Case
from Wall Street Journal April 29, 2022
"It spreads very quickly in poultry, makes poultry very sick, and can be lethal."
How U.S. Farms Could Start a Bird Flu Pandemic
from New York Times August 21, 2024
Is It Time to Worry About Bird Flu?
from Time November 13, 2024
What to know about the first human case of H5N2 bird flu
from NBC News June 6, 2024
Bird flu is still spreading in dairy cattle — scientists are concerned
from National Public Radio May 28, 2024
I’m About to Go on a Big Trip. Should I Be Worried About Bird Flu?
from Outside August 6, 2024
"The concern right now is that the more these viruses get used to living and replicating in a mammal, the more they can adapt to do that."
Crackdown on Kensington, Bird flu outbreak, Eurovision Song Contest
from WHYY May 8, 2024
from Statecollege.com February 1, 2018
"The work at the Pell Lab also aides the health research of agriculture operations. Sutton studies influenza, including avian flu, an important field of study considering the large number of chickens on Pennsylvania farms."
In Penn State News
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