Caitlin Evered
Assistant Professor
MSc, DVM, MRCVS, DVSc
cevered@uoguelph.ca
Office: PAHL Rm:3834
519-824-4120 x54497
Profile
Caitlin graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in 2014 and 2016, respectively, before beginning her veterinary education at the Ontario Veterinary College. After obtaining her DVM degree in 2020, she worked as a small-animal veterinarian in both general practice and emergency medicine. Since 2021, Caitlin has also worked as a laboratory research support veterinarian. She returned to the Ontario Veterinary College in 2022 to pursue a DVSc in anatomic pathology, which she completed in 2025. Her doctoral research focused on host–parasite interactions in goats, investigating salivary anti-CarLA antibody responses, gastrointestinal nematode epidemiology, and factors associated with anthelmintic resistance on Ontario farms. Caitlin’s current academic interests include host–parasite–immune interactions, particularly protozoal infections of companion animals and parasitic infections in laboratory animal species, as well as veterinary anatomic pathology and laboratory animal medicine.
Research Interests
• Host–parasite–immune interactions in veterinary species
• Protozoal infections of companion animals
• Parasites of laboratory animal species and research outcome impact
• Translational implications of parasitic infections in animal models
Teaching
• Phase 4 Anatomic Pathology Rotation
• VETM*4490 - Systems Pathology
• VETM*3450 – Principles of Disease
Selected Publications
1. Yan J, Evered C, Raheb S, Lillie B, Fonfara S. Ventricular cardiac hemangiosarcoma with brain metastases in a dog. J Vet Cardiol. 2024 Oct; 55:32-37.
2. Willson JA, Muir CA, Evered CL, Cepeda MA, Damjanovski S. Stable expression of α1-antitrypsin Portland in MDA-MB-231 cells increased MT1-MMP and MMP-9 levels, but reduced tumour progression. J Cell Commun Signal. 2018 Jun;12(2):479-488.
3. Cepeda MA, Evered CL, Pelling JJH, Damjanovski S. Inhibition of MT1-MMP proteolytic function and ERK1/2 signaling influences cell migration and invasion through changes in MMP-2 and MMP-9 levels. J Cell Commun Signal. 2017 Jun;11(2):167-179.
4. Cepeda MA, Pelling JJ, Evered CL, Leong HS, Damjanovski S. The cytoplasmic domain of MT1-MMP is dispensable for migration augmentation but necessary to mediate viability of MCF-7 breast cancer cells. Exp Cell Res. 2017 Jan 1;350(1):169-183.
5. Cepeda MA, Pelling JJ, Evered CL, Williams KC, Freedman Z, Stan I, Willson JA, Leong HS, Damjanovski S. Less is more: low expression of MT1-MMP is optimal to promote migration and tumourigenesis of breast cancer cells. Mol Cancer. 2016 Oct 18;15(1):65.
