Vicki S. Blazer
Vicki started with the National Fish Health Research Laboratory, Leetown Science Center (now the Eastern Ecological Science Center - Leetown Research Laboratory), Kearneysville, WV in1992. She was previously employed as the Assistant Leader of the Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. She was also on the graduate faculty in the School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, teac
She is active in numerous research projects within the Northeast as well as nationally and internationally. She is active in the American Fisheries Society Fish Health Section and a member of other scientific societies. She is an adjunct faculty member at West Virginia University and Penn State and serves on graduate student committees. Research areas include development of microscopic and molecular markers for understanding changes in the health and populations of wild fishes. Areas of focus include endocrine disruption, emerging diseases, fish tumor pathology and assessment at Great Lakes Areas of Concern, land use influences on fish health, reproduction and immunomodulation.
Professional Experience
Postdoctoral Research Associate, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia
Assistant Leader, Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia
Research Fishery Biologist, Leetown Science Center
Education and Certifications
B.S. in Marine Science and Biology Southampton College, Long Island University.
PhD in Fisheries, Aquaculture and Pathology, Rhode Island University
Affiliations and Memberships*
Adjunct Professor, West Virginia University
Adjunct Professor, Penn State University
Science and Products
Trout with “blacktail” associated with whirling disease
Is White Sucker Tumor Prevalence in some Wisconsin Rivers Related to Environmental Contaminant Exposures or Other Factors?
West Coast Fish Pathogen Now Found in the East
USGS Fish Health Scientist Shares Thoughts on Chesapeake Restoration
Biological Activity of Steroid Hormones in U.S. Streams
USGS Works with Partners to Study and Summarize Health of Yellow Perch
Skin Lesions and Mortality of Fishes in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Science Summary—Indicators of Reproductive Endocrine Disruption in Fish in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Total Mercury Concentrations in Smallmouth Bass from Chesapeake Bay Tributaries, USA Dataset, 2013-2017
Estrogen equivalents of surface water and smallmouth bass estrogenic biomarker data in New Jersey, 2016-2017
Toxicity of potassium chloride, active compound in the molluscicide potash, on salmonid fishes and their forage base (Leetown Science Center, 2018).
Estrogen Equivalents of Surface Water in the Upper Chesapeake Bay Watershed (2008 - 2011)
Development of a multiplex fluorescence in situ hybridization assay to identify coinfections in young-of-the-year smallmouth bass
Targeted and non-targeted analysis of young-of-year smallmouth bass using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled with time-of-flight mass spectrometry
Identification of Aphanomyces invadans, the cause of epizootic ulcerative syndrome, in smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) from the Cheat River, West Virginia, USA
Perfluoroalkyl substances in plasma of smallmouth bass from the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Genome sequences of 26 white sucker hepatitis B virus isolates from white sucker, catostomus commersonii, inhabiting transboundary waters from Alberta, Canada, to the Great Lakes, USA
Production and characterization of a mouse monoclonal antibody against smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) IgM
Phylogeographic genetic diversity in the white sucker hepatitis B Virus across the Great Lakes Region and Alberta, Canada
Biological and anthropogenic influences on macrophage aggregates in white perch Morone americana from Chesapeake Bay, USA
Environmental and anthropogenic drivers of contaminants in agricultural watersheds with implications for land management
Modeling estrogenic activity in streams throughout the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay watersheds
Ecological risk assessment of environmental stress and bioactive chemicals to riverine fish populations: An individual-based model of smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieu
Retrospective analysis of estrogenic endocrine disruption and land-use influences in the Chesapeake Bay watershed
Science and Products
Trout with “blacktail” associated with whirling disease
Is White Sucker Tumor Prevalence in some Wisconsin Rivers Related to Environmental Contaminant Exposures or Other Factors?
West Coast Fish Pathogen Now Found in the East
USGS Fish Health Scientist Shares Thoughts on Chesapeake Restoration
Biological Activity of Steroid Hormones in U.S. Streams
USGS Works with Partners to Study and Summarize Health of Yellow Perch
Skin Lesions and Mortality of Fishes in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Science Summary—Indicators of Reproductive Endocrine Disruption in Fish in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Total Mercury Concentrations in Smallmouth Bass from Chesapeake Bay Tributaries, USA Dataset, 2013-2017
Estrogen equivalents of surface water and smallmouth bass estrogenic biomarker data in New Jersey, 2016-2017
Toxicity of potassium chloride, active compound in the molluscicide potash, on salmonid fishes and their forage base (Leetown Science Center, 2018).
Estrogen Equivalents of Surface Water in the Upper Chesapeake Bay Watershed (2008 - 2011)
Development of a multiplex fluorescence in situ hybridization assay to identify coinfections in young-of-the-year smallmouth bass
Targeted and non-targeted analysis of young-of-year smallmouth bass using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled with time-of-flight mass spectrometry
Identification of Aphanomyces invadans, the cause of epizootic ulcerative syndrome, in smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) from the Cheat River, West Virginia, USA
Perfluoroalkyl substances in plasma of smallmouth bass from the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Genome sequences of 26 white sucker hepatitis B virus isolates from white sucker, catostomus commersonii, inhabiting transboundary waters from Alberta, Canada, to the Great Lakes, USA
Production and characterization of a mouse monoclonal antibody against smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) IgM
Phylogeographic genetic diversity in the white sucker hepatitis B Virus across the Great Lakes Region and Alberta, Canada
Biological and anthropogenic influences on macrophage aggregates in white perch Morone americana from Chesapeake Bay, USA
Environmental and anthropogenic drivers of contaminants in agricultural watersheds with implications for land management
Modeling estrogenic activity in streams throughout the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay watersheds
Ecological risk assessment of environmental stress and bioactive chemicals to riverine fish populations: An individual-based model of smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieu
Retrospective analysis of estrogenic endocrine disruption and land-use influences in the Chesapeake Bay watershed
*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government