Bio

Dr. Breen’s research focuses on genetics, genomics, and the comparative aspects of animal and human health.

Publications

• Cross-Species Exome Sequencing Reveals Recurrent Genomic Alterations in California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) Urogenital Carcinoma and Highlights a Recurrent PD-L1 Variant , Genes (2026)
• Differences in PFAS exposure between Pacific pinnipeds: The Galapagos (Zalophus wollebaeki) and California (Zalophus californianus) sea lions , Marine Pollution Bulletin (2026)
• Attomolar Detection of HIV-1 with Label-Free RCA-rCRISPR on Smartphone , bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)
• Environmental Exposures and Canine Bladder Cancer: A Case Control Study Using Silicone Passive Samplers , Environmental Science & Technology (2025)
• Evaluating non-destructive sampling methods of parchment for genomic sequencing , npj Heritage Science (2025)
• Fecal microbiota is more stable during degradation and more diverse for ex situ cheetahs in Namibia compared to the USA , Frontiers in Conservation Science (2025)
• Genomic Evaluation of Canine Prostatic Carcinomas as a Model for the Human Disease: or ‘UC or not UC – that is the question’ , Veterinary and Comparative Oncology (2025)
• Polypoid Cystitis: A Retrospective Case-Series of 112 Dogs , Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine (2025)
• Canine on the Couch: The New Canary in the Coal Mine for Environmental Health Research , Environment & Health (2024)
• Contrasting pathogen prevalence between tick and dog populations at Chornobyl , Parasites & Vectors (2024)

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