The Wang lab at OSU CFAH, led by Qiuhong Wang, BM, MS, PhD, focuses on enteric caliciviruses and coronaviruses, including diagnosis of viral infections, molecular epidemiology, adaptation of enteric viruses in cell culture, mechanisms of virus attenuation, interspecies transmission of viruses, the mechanisms of enteric virus transmission through leafy greens, and the development of vaccines using conventional and reverse genetics technologies.
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Qiuhong Wang, BM, MS, PhD Principal Investigator and Professor FTE: 100% Research |
Areas of Expertise
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Sarah Kinder Research Technician 2 |
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Bikash Aryal Graduate Student PhD |
Thamonpan Laocharoensuk Graduate Student PhD |
Co-Directors for UN FAO Reference Centre for Zoonotic Coronaviruses and WHO CoViNet
Ranked among world’s most influential scientists (2025 World’s Top 2% Scientists list)
Ohio State researchers develop vaccine platform targeting deadly swine coronavirus- OSUVaccineTargetsSwineCoronavirus
“A breakthrough vaccine to protect newborn piglets” - Vaccine to Protect Piglets
2026 - Thamonpan Laocharoensuk (Veterinary of Preventative Medicine Graduate student) receives Internal Grant through CFAES Internal Grants Program for her study on "Mechainstic studies to investigate the roles of TMEM30A in porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) infection"
2025 - Bikash Aryal (Animal Science Graduate student) receives Internal Grant through CFAES Internal Grants Program for his study on "Evalulation to Strategy: Assesing the Adverse Effects of Heat Stress in Commercial Layer Chickens Raised in Cage-Free System"