1.0Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Diseasehttps://www.med.unc.edu/cgibdAmy Smitherhttps://www.med.unc.edu/cgibd/author/amy-smither/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="EYglCtMTgk"><a href="https://www.med.unc.edu/cgibd/directory/jody-gookin-dvm-phd/">Jody Gookin, DVM, PhD</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.med.unc.edu/cgibd/directory/jody-gookin-dvm-phd/embed/#?secret=EYglCtMTgk" width="600" height="338" title="“Jody Gookin, DVM, PhD” — Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease" data-secret="EYglCtMTgk" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.med.unc.edu/cgibd/wp-content/uploads/sites/466/2026/01/Gookin.jpg14401080Research Summary Jody Gookin is a veterinarian clinician-scientist in the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University. She is a board-certified clinical specialist in canine and feline internal medicine with research expertise in comparative gastroenterology. Her laboratory is skilled in bench to bedside approaches to studying intestinal barrier function, epithelial pathogen interactions, naturally … Read more