Kevin Myatt
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Article ItemVeterinary college promotes human, environmental, and animal health through One Health concept , article
One Health is the overarching concept that human, animal, and environmental health are inextricably linked and that professionals within the three realms should work together toward research findings and clinical applications that can improve the health in all three areas.
Date: Dec 01, 2023 -
Article ItemVeterinary college’s Audrey Ruple inducted into two scientific honor societies , article
Ruple was nominated and elected to membership in the Sigma Xi honor society and the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health.
Date: Nov 08, 2023 -
Article ItemEPA-funded research examines renewable energy choices in light of community values , article
Ryan Calder, assistant professor of environmental health and policy in the Public Health Program within the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, is the principal investigator in a $650,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency for research on how divides might be bridged in order to accelerate decarbonization of New England’s power grid in light of differing community values.
Date: Oct 27, 2023 -
Article ItemPhillip Sponenberg retires after 42 years of helping veterinary college, its students thrive , article
Sponenberg has been present at every veterinary college commencement since the first one in 1985 and has attended every university graduation since he arrived on campus. Graduates from five different decades extol Sponenberg as a beloved professor who consistently dispensed knowledge, wisdom, and kindness.
Date: Oct 26, 2023 -
Article ItemCollaborative study focuses on using computer algorithms to find molecular adaptations to improve COVID-19 drugs , article
Moving through all the phases of the study would not have been possible without extensive cross-departmental collaboration.
Date: Oct 18, 2023 -
Article ItemGraduate student researcher earns national award for study on COVID-19 vaccine candidate , article
Anna Hassebroek, a doctoral candidate and an anatomic pathology resident at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, received the Boehringer Ingelheim Research Award for Graduate Veterinarians.
Date: Oct 11, 2023 -
Article ItemVeterinary professor, students care for exotic animals at SeaQuest Lynchburg , article
On one morning each month, Stephen A. Smith examines the health of more species of animals than many veterinarians will in a lifetime. Because of that, some students get that same experience before they even graduate as veterinarians.
Date: Oct 10, 2023 -
Article ItemVeterinary college to present Distinguished Alumni Awards at Connect 2023 , article
Two alumni and a faculty member of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine will be honored Saturday during Connect 2023.
Date: Oct 04, 2023 -
Article ItemVeterinary college professor advances pathology education in Nicaragua, Guatemala , article
Personally, and professionally, Francisco Carvallo is deeply invested in spreading veterinary knowledge across Latin America.
Date: Sep 22, 2023 -
Article ItemMore powerful MRI enhances diagnostic, research capabilities at Veterinary Teaching Hospital , article
The new Siemens 3-tesla MRI scanner is set to go online for full diagnostic use this month.
Date: Sep 15, 2023 -
Article ItemVeterinary college lab leads exploration of DNA sequencing advances , article
The Virginia Tech Animal Laboratory Services within the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine has secured a $200,000 grant from the National Animal Health Laboratory Network to develop further expertise internally on nanopore-based genome sequencing for pathogen detection and disseminate that acquired knowledge to other laboratories.
Date: Sep 15, 2023 -
Article ItemMargie Lee honored with national poultry research award , article
Margie Lee ’82, DVM ‘86, associate dean for research and graduate studies at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, has been selected as the 2023 recipient of the Phibro Animal Health Excellence in Poultry Research Award.
Date: Aug 24, 2023 -
Article ItemIn battle against pancreatic cancer, grant-funded H-FIRE study offers hope , article
The National Institutes of Health has awarded $2.6 million to a Virginia Tech team over five years for a study of High Frequency Irreversible Electroporation (H-FIRE) for tumor ablation and immune system activation in cases of pancreatic cancer.
Date: Aug 11, 2023 -
Article ItemAcademic-private partnership aims to reduce toxic effects of deadly digestive bacteria , article
Mohamed Seleem and Nectagen Inc. have received a nearly $275,000 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study whether synthetic proteins developed by Nectagen can reduce the toxicity of the digestive bacteria commonly referred to as C. diff.
Date: Aug 08, 2023 -
Article ItemDonor, recipient honor family backgrounds with Berty Mae Scholarship to veterinary college , article
For Ron Guilliams '79, it was the sacrifices his mother, Berty Mae Maxfield, made so he could be successful. For veterinary student Gianna Novak, it was raising cattle on her father’s farm and a visit from a veterinarian to help heal a heifer.
Date: Aug 03, 2023 -
Article ItemSummer research training program enters 16th year at veterinary college , article
The Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine has successfully competed in starting a third renewal of the T35 grant as the program enters its 16th year of giving veterinary students the chance to explore research in the summer between academic terms.
Date: Jul 25, 2023 -
Article ItemNew table for CT scanner allows examination of large animals at Veterinary Teaching Hospital , article
The special table for large animals can be wheeled to the teaching hospital’s CT scanner, which is particularly useful for studying conditions inside the heads of equine animals.
Date: Jul 19, 2023 -
Article ItemHoof health is horse health: Newly certified farrier enhances veterinary hospital services , article
Gabrielle Evans, the farrier apprentice at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, has undergone rigorous training, honing her skills in anatomy, physiology, pathology, gaits, horseshoes and more to become an American Farrier’s Association certified farrier.
Date: Jul 10, 2023 -
Article ItemSmall Animal Community Practice re-energized in its commitment to clients and students , article
The clinic within the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine accepts pets from a 35-mile radius of Blacksburg.
Date: Jul 07, 2023 -
Article ItemEye tissue from one dog used to save another dog’s eye at Virginia Tech veterinary hospital , article
Clinicians with the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine used corneal tissue from an eyeball lost by a dog brought into the hospital’s emergency room hours earlier, with consent from the owner, to replace that taken during a surgery to remove cancer from the eyeball of another dog.
Date: Jul 06, 2023 -
Article ItemAlumna Kendall Taney named American Veterinary Dental College Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Fellow , article
Kendall Taney ’97, DVM ’02, owner of the Center for Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is among fewer than 20 recognized experts in how to help animals with dental pain.
Date: Jun 30, 2023 -
Article ItemCareCredit accepted at veterinary college’s three teaching hospitals , article
Financing pets’ veterinary care through CareCredit has been available since April at the Animal Cancer Care and Research Center in Roanoke, the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, and the Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Blacksburg.
Date: Jun 30, 2023 -
Article ItemFull-tuition scholarship gift makes veterinary college possible , article
Michael and Jennifer Stanton had never stepped on the campus of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine when they financed their first four-year full-tuition scholarship in 2018. Diana Lemus is benefiting from the Stantons’ generosity.
Date: Jun 22, 2023 -
Article ItemAppalachian drinking water quality and health data lacking, Virginia Tech-led study finds , article
Alasdair Cohen, assistant professor of environmental epidemiology in public health, has studied drinking water and health challenges in rural areas internationally and in California. Since arriving at Virginia Tech in 2019, he has been studying similar issues in rural Appalachia.
Date: Jun 21, 2023 -
Article ItemSeed planted in neurotrauma research consortium hoping to harvest multimillion-dollar grants , article
Michelle Theus leads the new consortium for neurotrauma research, which has been awarded a $300,000 seed grant from the Fralin Life Sciences Institute to engage in groundbreaking scientific investigation of traumatic brain injury and its long-term effects.
Date: Jun 12, 2023 -
Article ItemVeterinary professor finds harmful bacterial pathogen in Virginia farm-raised rainbow trout , article
The discovery by Stephen A. Smith, professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathology and director of the Aquatic Medicine Program at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, was published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Aquatic Animal Health.
Date: Jun 07, 2023 -
Article ItemMargie Lee named associate dean for research and graduate studies at veterinary college , article
Lee, among the third class of graduates from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in 1986 and one of its earliest Black graduates, has been head of the college's Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology since 2018.
Date: Jun 02, 2023 -
Article ItemIn memoriam: Mark Crisman, veterinary professor , article
Crisman, a professor at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine from 1987-2010, died on May 20.
Date: Jun 01, 2023 -
Article ItemRetiring to Australia, Hodgsons give $1 million estate gift to veterinary college scholarship , article
Future first-generation university students with demonstrated financial need, leadership qualities, and high academic standing after the first year of veterinary school will benefit from the Hodgsons’ gift in progressing toward a veterinary degree.
Date: Jun 01, 2023 -
Article ItemAudrey Ruple named chair of Veterinary Advisory Board for pet insurance provider Fetch , article
Ruple, who came in 2021 to the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, will lead a panel of seven veterinarians representing academia and public and private practice across the U.S.
Date: May 31, 2023 -
Article ItemHIV drugs may help fight deadly fungal infection, Center for One Health Research study finds , article
Antiviral drugs can make antifungals work again, and that may be a key treatment strategy in the battle against Candida auris, a frighteningly deadly fungal pathogen discovered in 2009, Mohamed Seleem’s lab at the Center for One Health Research has found.
Date: May 30, 2023 -
Article ItemMemorial scholarship honoring much-loved rural veterinarian will assist veterinary students from rural areas , article
Bill W. "Doc" Fuller ’88, DVM ’97 was a Southwest Virginia mixed-animal practice veterinarian.
Date: Apr 26, 2023 -
Article ItemNadia Saklou receives research fellowship to employ data analysis for animal, human health , article
Saklou first heard the term “clinician-scientist” while attending veterinary school at Colorado State. Now, with experience as both a clinician and scientist at Virginia Tech, she has become a clinician-scientist herself with a fellowship in hand that completes the circle back to Colorado State.
Date: Apr 26, 2023 -
Article ItemSpay clinics give veterinary students early surgery experience , article
This semester was the first time that dogs and cats for the spay lab were mostly drawn from those owned by individuals and families as opposed to primarily shelter animals, although shelters can also participate in the program. The surgery is done free of charge.
Date: Apr 26, 2023 -
Article ItemHorseshoes and hedgehogs: Fun for all at veterinary college Open House , article
The Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine hosted its annual Open House on April 15. The event was an opportunity for the college to showcase its educational programs.
Date: Apr 21, 2023 -
Article ItemVeterinarians find new career paths with help of program aiming to become national center , article
The Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine helps veterinarians from across the nation find new routes, applying their education, experience, and skills to move into areas beyond private practice, such as government or industry.
Date: Apr 21, 2023 -
Article ItemMid-Atlantic regional workshop at Virginia Tech highlights value of T32 research training program for veterinarians , article
The National Research Service Award Institutional Research Training Grant, more commonly called a T32 grant, offered by the National Institutes of Health provides a way to fund veterinarians who pursue a Ph.D. and become leaders in biomedical research with the guidance of an experienced mentor.
Date: Apr 11, 2023 -
Article ItemAudrey Ruple leads effort to standardize reporting guidelines in clinical trials with dogs and cats , article
Now that the guidelines are being published, applying them will require journal editors and private and public labs across North America to begin utilizing them in order for them to affect the quality of reporting.
Date: Apr 05, 2023 -
Article ItemVeterinary college alum Bruce Bowman carries serving others to new heights around the world , article
Bowman led a successful private veterinary clinic for large and small animals for more than 25 years before working as a field veterinarian for the commonwealth. He has been on five international veterinary trips: two to Kashmir, two to Mongolia, and another aboard a ship hauling livestock to Egypt.
Date: Mar 31, 2023 -
Article ItemGolden retriever’s cancer treatment gives veterinary student perspective as pet owner , article
A dog owner, a veterinary clinic assistant, and a veterinary student might see advanced radiation treatment of a pet from somewhat different perspectives. But Taylor Layton sees it from all three at once.
Date: Mar 29, 2023 -
Article ItemVeterinary college joins national effort to address emergency and critical equine care services , article
The combination of older veterinarians leaving the field, current equine veterinarians leaving for better pay and work-life balance, and fewer numbers of veterinary students choosing equine as their elective field of specialty has seriously affected the availability of primary and emergency care for horses throughout the United States and beyond.
Date: Mar 28, 2023 -
Article ItemVeterinary student Karen Morris competes on 'Jeopardy!' , article
Morris, pursuing both a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Master of Public Health, will appear on the game show on Wednesday, March 22. Check local listings for time and station.
Date: Mar 21, 2023 -
Article ItemVeterinary college, Department of Corrections continue to benefit from two-decade partnership , article
Aligned by the common goal of improving Virginia agriculture, the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and the Virginia Department of Corrections continue to reap the benefits of a partnership now more than two decades old.
Date: Mar 15, 2023 -
Article ItemPublic health students go to Malawi, assess problems in care for cervical cancer , article
Sam Rodgers and Stephanie Hernandez, both Master of Public Health students at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, went to the African nation of Malawi over Virginia Tech's winter break to help assess the nation’s continuum of health care from home to hospital.
Date: Mar 08, 2023 -
Article ItemVeterinary professor goes back to school to learn how to make school better for students , article
Michael Nappier wants to emphasize the “teaching” part of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital. His solution: Going back to school.
Date: Mar 02, 2023 -
Article ItemVeterinary college alumni at forefront of effort to contain avian flu and its impacts , article
From personally escorting a sample on a flight from Virginia to Iowa for testing, to joining a delegation on a trans-Pacific flight to Japan to convince trading partners the U.S. poultry supply is safe, alumni from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine are on the front lines in the battle to control the impacts of the highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak.
Date: Mar 01, 2023 -
Article ItemPre-veterinary fellowship offers an Italian perspective on animal sanctuaries for student Anika Rao , article
Rao, a sophomore in the School of Animal Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and a student worker on the Animal Care for Education team at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, spent two weeks helping care for animals at sanctuaries while also getting to visit many cultural attractions in and around Rome.
Date: Feb 14, 2023 -
Article ItemFour times bereaved by cancer, MaLora Bush finds purpose in treating pets , article
Trained in human medicine, MaLora Bush has found a life’s mission and a job she loves as the radiation therapist and medical dosimetrist at the Animal Cancer Care and Research Center.
Date: Feb 07, 2023 -
Article ItemResearch funding skyrockets at Virginia Tech's veterinary college , article
Funding awarded to the college has tripled in a decade, with most of that growth – from roughly $7 million to over $18 million – occurring in the past five years. Research funding jumped 80 percent, from $10 million to $18 million, between fiscal years 2021 and 2022 alone.
Date: Feb 03, 2023 -
Article ItemVeterinary student Alex Marsh arrives on campus after deep immersion in tropical rainforest research , article
Handling scores of tropical snakes isn’t a prerequisite for entry into the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. But Marsh already has impressive credentials and experience researching wildlife in the Amazon rainforest of Peru.
Date: Jan 31, 2023 -
Article ItemKevin Lahmers, leader in exotic tick disease study, receives Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence , article
Lahmers has been a central figure in the discovery, tracking, and control of Theileria, a parasite transmitted to cattle by the Asian longhorned tick. The tick was not known to be in the United States until 2017, and Lahmers helped identify its arrival in Virginia the following year.
Date: Jan 27, 2023 -
Article ItemFormer police dog Thor swallows hard for holidays, receives compassionate, life-saving care at Veterinary Teaching Hospital , article
It’s much easier to get a cloth elf and a plush teddy bear chew toy into a dog than to get them out. But out they came, thanks to the combined efforts of more than 20 personnel at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
Date: Jan 20, 2023 -
Article ItemLlamas doing well after emergency C-section at Veterinary Teaching Hospital , article
A pregnant llama with a twisted uterus. Even with the best of care, there are a lot of things that can go wrong when an emergency caesarean section is needed in that situation.
Date: Nov 21, 2022 -
Article ItemVeterinary college launches revolutionary cancer studies, seeks expanded teaching hospital , article
The Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine has garnered national attention with the launch of a center specializing in the treatment and study of cancer in companion animals, M. Daniel Givens, dean of the college, told the Board of Visitors at its November meeting.
Date: Nov 21, 2022 -
Article ItemAnimal Cancer Care and Research Center exceeds expectations in its first two years , article
The center recently celebrated two years since its opening in Roanoke beside Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Date: Nov 18, 2022 -
Article ItemVeterinary college’s dean receives honor from Auburn University , article
M. Daniel Givens was named the recipient of the El Toro Award for Excellence in Food Animal Medicine at the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine’s annual conference
Date: Nov 15, 2022 -
Article ItemVeterinary instructors from Kenya, Uganda learn from – and teach – their peers at Virginia Tech , article
October sweater weather and the sight of ghosts and skeletons decorating Blacksburg residents’ houses and yards were a little bit jarring for four veterinary faculty members from Kenya and Uganda, but the teaching methods they learned and the insights they imparted to their hosts were eye-opening for all involved.
Date: Nov 07, 2022 -
Article ItemConnect 2022 brings alumni, students together for weekend of networking and fun , article
More than 600 registered attendees came to the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Connect 2022, Oct. 20-22.
Date: Nov 02, 2022 -
Article ItemAnimal behavior course helps students discern what dogs tell us without words , article
The “Paw Patrol” and other animated dogs may be able to speak fluent English, but in real life, dogs communicate to us with more subtle behavioral cues.
Date: Oct 31, 2022 -
Article ItemVeterinary students provide spay/neuter services to help end pet overpopulation in region , article
Students in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine must complete a three-week rotation in shelter medicine and surgery, a required clerkship for each veterinary student amid the 17 clerkships they complete over the final two years of their studies.
Date: Oct 25, 2022 -
Article ItemCenter for One Health Research receives nearly $2 million from NIH to find new ways to combat gonorrhea , article
In an era of “superbugs” such as strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae resistant to antibiotics, the stakes are incomprehensibly high if new antibiotics and new ways of fighting disease-causing microbes are not found.
Date: Oct 25, 2022 -
Article ItemVeterinary college's William “Bill” Pierson earns national avian disease award , article
Before his 2018 retirement, Pierson was the director of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital from 2007-14 and served as interim head of the Department of Biomedical Science and Pathobiology from 2016-18.
Date: Oct 21, 2022