Jon D.ÌýReuter
- Associate Vice Chancellor of Research Integrity & Compliance, Research Professor
- PSYCHOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE

4845 Pearl East Circle, Suite 200
Boulder, CO 80301Ìý
Jon D. Reuter, MPVM, DVM, DACLAM is the Director and Attending Veterinarian for the Office of Animal Resources, and Associate Research Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. He is actively involved in programmatic affairs including directing and managing a busy animal resource staff in husbandry and operations, veterinary care, colony management, behavioral testing, and regulatory compliance.ÌýÌý He participates in many collaborative research investigations in the fields of neuroscience, integrative physiology, wildlife ecology, and comparative medicine research.Ìý Prior to joining the faculty at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ, Dr. Reuter served as Sr. Director of the Animal Resources Department, Sr. Staff Scientist, and Attending Veterinarian at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, LaJolla, CA. Dr. Reuter graduated from the University of California, Davis with a B.S. in Veterinary Science. He then attended the University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and earned his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine and a Master's in Preventative Veterinary Medicine. After veterinary school, he entered a Postdoctoral Residency Program in Laboratory Animal Science at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.Ìý During the residency, his research interests were in the field of infectious disease with focus on nanomolecular countermeasures to potential bio-warfare agents such as anthrax and influenza. Dr. Reuter was recruited to Yale University’s Section of Comparative Medicine where he led a successful infectious disease research laboratory and supported the Yale Animal Resources Center and IACUC.Ìý
Selected Publications:
Reuter JD, Wilson JH, Idoko KE, van den Pol AN. 2005.ÌýCD4+ T cell reconstitution reduces cytomegalovirus in immunocompromised brain.ÌýJ. Virol.Ìý79:9527-9539.
Reuter JD, Livingston R, Leblanc M. 2011. Management strategies for controlling endemic and seasonal mouse parvovirus infection in a barrier facility.ÌýLab Anim. 40:145-152.
Reuter JD,ÌýFang X, Ly CS, Suter KK, Gibbs D. 2012. Assessment of hazard risk associated with the intravenous use of novel viral vectors in rodents.ÌýCMÌý62:361-70.
Nelson SL, Taylor SA, McKinley AS, Reuter JD. 2021. An isolated white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) population on St. John, US Virgin Islands shows low inbreeding and comparable heterozygosity to other larger populations. Ecol Evol.Ìý11:2775–2781.
Nguyen KT, Gates CA, Hassell Jr JE. Foxx CL, Salazar SN, Luthens AK, Arnold AL, Leblanc M, Adams SE, Lowry CA, Reuter JD.Ìý2021. Evaluation of the effects of altitude on biological signatures of inflammation and anxiety- and depressive-like behavioral responses. Progress in Neuro-psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry. 111:1-26/Ìý
Taylor JA, Smith ZZ, Anderson ME, Holbrook EH, Elkinbard IS, Reuter JD, Lowry CA, Barth DS. 2024. Prenatal broad-spectrum cannabidiol administration prevents an autism-like phenotype in male offspring from a maternal stress/terbutaline rat model. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity – Health: 40, 100828.