F. Claire Hankenson

Assistant Professor, Laboratory Animal Medicine

Senior Associate Director, University Laboratory Animal Resources

Contact Information
177E Old Vet Quadrangle, ULAR
3800 Spruce Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6009

Office: 215-573-3625
Fax: 215-573-9998

Email:
fclaire@pobox.upenn.edu

Education

BA (Chemistry/English) Indiana University, 1993

DVM (Veterinary Medicine) Purdue University, 1997

MS (Microbiology) University of Washington, 2001

ACLAM, 2002

Description of Research Expertise

My areas of interest surround refinement in the care and use of animals in biomedical research. In particular, the continued demand for rodents as models of human disease necessitates the refinement of diagnostics and phenotyping for these species. Rodent clinical pathology assessments are a main focus of my work and are being applied to spontaneous and experimentally-induced disease models. As well, I continue to collaborate on nonhuman primate medicine and disease research and assist with improvements in occupational health for individuals working with laboratory animals.

Selected Publications

Gwynn SR, Hankenson FC, Lauring AS, Rohn JL, Overbaugh J.: Feline leukemia virus envelope sequences that affect T-cell tropism and syncytium formation are not part of known receptor-binding domains. Journal of Virology 74(13): 5754-61, Jul 2000.

Hankenson FC, VanHoosier GL. : Biology and Diseases of Hamsters. Laboratory Animal Medicine, 2nd Edition. Fox JL, Anderson L, Loew F, Quimby F (eds.). Academic Press, CA, 2002.

Hankenson FC , Johnston NA, Weigler BJ, DiGiacomo RF: Zoonotic Diseases of Occupational Health Importance in Laboratory Animals. Comp. Med. 53(6): 579-601, 2003.

Taylor DK, Bass T, Flory G, Hankenson FC: Use of low-dose chlorpromazine in conjunction with environmental enrichment to eliminate self-injurious behavior in a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta). Comparative Medicine 55(3): 282-8, Jun 2005.

DenHouter JV, Hankenson FC : Web searches for laboratory animal medicine: using the "mouse" for access to online resources. Lab Animal 35(6): 29-35, Jun 2006.

Oscherwitz J, Hankenson FC, Yu F, Cease KB: Low-dose intraperitoneal Freund's adjuvant: toxicity and immunogenicity in mice using an immunogen targeting amyloid-beta peptide. Vaccine 24(15): 3018-25, Apr 5 2006.

Taylor DK, Rogers MM, Hankenson FC: Lanolin as a treatment option for ringtail in transgenic rats. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science: JAALAS 45(1): 83-7, Jan 2006.

Cheng HH, Anderson MM, Hankenson FC, Johnston L, Kotwaliwale CV, Overbaugh J. : Envelope determinants for dual-receptor specificity in feline leukemia virus subgroup A and T variants. Journal of Virology 80(4): 1619-28, Feb 2006.

Hankenson FC, VanHoosier GL. : Ch 12. Parasites of Hamsters. Flynn’s Parasites of Laboratory Animals, 2nd Edition. Page: 399-412, Baker DG (eds.). Blackwell Publishing, Ames, IA, 2007.

Pritt S, Hankenson FC, Wagner T, Tate M. : The basics of animal biosafety and biocontainment training. Lab Animal 36(6): 31-8, 2007.

Meier T, Myers DD, Eaton KA, Ko MC, Hankenson FC. : Gangrenous Clostridium perfringens infection and subsequent wound management in a Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta). J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 46(4): 68-73, 2007.

Stender R, Whitney E, Braun T, Hankenson FC : Establishment of Blood Analyte Intervals for Laboratory Mice and Rats by Use of a Portable Clinical Analyzer J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 46(3): 47-52, 2007.

Gaertner DJ, Hankenson FC, Hallman T, Batchelder MA. : Anesthesia and Analgesia in Rodents. Academic Press, CA 2008.

Hankenson FC*, Garzel LM, Fischer DD, Nolan B, Hankenson KD: Evaluation of tail biopsy collection in laboratory mice (Mus musculus): vertebral ossification, DNA quantity and acute behavioral responses. J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 47(6): 10-18, 2008.
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