School of Food Science

WSU Faculty

Dr. Karen M. Killinger

KAREN M.
KILLINGER

PH.D.

Assistant Professor and
Consumer Food Safety Specialist

OFFICE: FSHN 228

PHONE: (509) 335-2970

FAX: (509) 335-4815

E-MAIL: karen_killinger@wsu.edu

website

RESEARCH INTEREST

Educational programs for at-risk populations for foodborne illness and hard-to-reach audiences; food safety at food service establishments; the relationship of cooked meat color to internal temperature and antimicrobial drug resistance in foodborne pathogens.

 


EDUCATION

Ph.D. Animal Science, minor in Microbiology Texas Tech University Dec 2005
M.S. Animal Science University of Nebraska-Lincoln May 2001
B.S. Food Science & Industry, minor in Business Kansas State University May 1998

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow. Texas Tech University, Department of Animal and Food Sciences.  Lubbock, TX.Washington State University
2001-2005

Research Assistant, Texas Tech University, Department of Animal and Food Sciences.  Lubbock, TX.

1998-2001

Research Assistant, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Animal Science.  Lincoln, NE.

1997 Summer Intern.  Excel Product Development Center.  Wichita, KS

 

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Grant Proposals Funded

  Title, Authors, Grantors Requested

Funded

2007-
2010

Advancing accurate consumer use of instant-read
food thermometers through grocery stores and
Women Infants and Children (WIC) Programs

McCurdy, Killinger, and Edlefsen

USDA-CSREES Integrated Research, Education, and
Extension Competitive Grants Program: National
Integrated Food Safety Initiative

$598,926.30   $598,927.00
2007-
2009

Food Safety Needs Assessment for Sustainable
Agriculture Producers in Washington

Killinger

Washington State University Center for Sustainable
Agriculture and Natural Resources Organic Cropping
Research for the Northwest

$6000.00 $6000.00
2007-
2008

Use of Vegetative Filter Strips to Reduce Off-site             
Pathogen Migration:  An Initial Look at Control
Strategies to Maintain a Safe Water and Food Supply

Ullman and Killinger, Washington State University

New Faculty Seed Grant

$19,988.00 $14,500.00
1999-
2001

The Value of Beef Flavor. 

Calkins and Killinger

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association

$30,000 $30,000

 

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Articles

Dowd, S. E., K. M. Killinger-Mann, J. B. Blanton, Jr., M. San Francisco and M. M. Brashears.  2007.  Positive adaptive state:  Microarray evaluation of gene expression in Salmonella enterica Typhimurium upon exposure to sub-therapeutic levels of nalidixic acid.  Foodborne Pathogens and Disease.  Accepted.  Summer;4(2).

Killinger, K. M., C. R. Calkins, W. J. Umberger, D. M. Feuz and K. M. Eskridge.  2004.  Consumer sensory acceptance and value for beef steaks of similar tenderness, but differing in marbling level.  Journal of Animal Science.  82:  3294-3301.

Brashears, M. M., M. L. Galyean, G. H. Loneragan, J. E. Mann and K. M. Killinger-Mann.  2003.  Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157 and performance of beef feedlot cattle given Lactobacillus direct-fed antimicrobials.  Journal of Food Protection.  66(5):  748-754.

Umberger, W. J., D. M. Feuz, C. R. Calkins, and K. Killinger.  2002.  "U.S. consumer preference and willingness-to-pay for domestic corn-fed beef versus international grass-fed beef measured through an experimental auction."  Agribusiness:  An International Journal.  18:  491-504.

Edeal, B., J. Rumph, R. Mass, K. Killinger, N. Jerez, S. Elnagar, T. McDaneld, R. Aljumaah, U. Pithpongsiriporn, K. Nephawe, G. Martinez, C. D. Gladney, M. F. Allan, D. Pomp.  2000.  Rapid Communication:  Linkage mapping of the Mahogany (attractin) locus in cattle and pigs.  Journal of Animal Science.  78:  2479-2480.

Killinger, K. M., M. C. Hunt, R. E. Campbell and D. H. Kropf.  2000.  Factors affecting premature browning during cooking of store purchased ground beef.  Journal of Food Science.  65:  585-587.

 

 

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