Rate My Professor Erika Meler

Before joining UQ, Meler worked for three years in a major emergency and referral private practice in Canada, where she established the internal medicine service, mentored students, interns, and veterinary nurses, and provided continuing education lectures and article summaries for practitioners. At UQ, she manages referral cases at the Veterinary Medical Centre, teaches veterinary and veterinary technology students across years 3-5, supervises PhD candidates on topics such as epidemiology of methicillin-resistant staphylococci and canine skin conditions, and develops innovative teaching methods. Her research specializes in infectious diseases of companion animals, particularly methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus species (MRSA, MRSP), protozoal, viral, and fungal pathogens, antimicrobial resistance, and canine obesity through non-invasive approaches. She has obtained grants from sources including Hill's Pet Nutrition and the Canine Research Foundation. Key publications include "Molecular epidemiological characteristics of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius, Staphylococcus coagulans, and coagulase-negative staphylococci cultured from clinical canine skin and ear samples in Queensland" (Antibiotics, 2025), "Nasal microbiota profiles in shelter dogs with dermatological conditions carrying methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus species" (Scientific Reports, 2023), "The effects of oclacitinib treatment on antimicrobial usage in allergic dogs in primary practice: an Australia wide case-control study" (BMC Veterinary Research, 2022), and "Treatment of congenital distal ureteral orifice stenosis by endoscopic laser ablation in dogs: 16 cases (2010–2014)" (JAVMA, 2018).