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Class of 2025: Louhan Dembele makes her mark in public health locally and globally , articleLouhan Dembele, the top graduating student in public health, has excelled in academics, research, and service.
Date: May 12, 2025 -
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Tom Cecere to deliver commencement address to veterinary college Class of 2025 , articleCecere joined the veterinary college faculty in 2012 and has become known for his passion for teaching and mentorship.
Date: May 07, 2025 -
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Class of 2025: Veterinary college names first-ever co-valedictorians , articleJohn Kett and Samantha Lannon share the honor for top GPA in the veterinary college's Class of 2025.
Date: May 06, 2025 -
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Pet iguana successfully treated for cancer at Virginia Tech animal cancer center , articleWhen their well-trained 6-foot iguana developed cancer, the Smiths turned to cutting-edge treatment at the veterinary college's Roanoke hospital.
Date: Apr 25, 2025 -
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Veterinary students, donors express appreciation for each other at Evening of Gratitude , articleThe event brought together givers and recipients of scholarship funds, sometimes meeting for the first time.
Date: Apr 22, 2025 -
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Virginia Tech’s public health program works to ease impacts of opioid crisis , articleKathy Hosig, in dual leadership roles for Virginia Tech's public health program and Virginia Cooperative Extension, leads efforts to disseminate evidence-based prevention materials to Virginia communities.
Date: Apr 09, 2025 -
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Gift from animal advocates Karen Waldron and Shawn Ricci ‘transformational’ for Veterinary Teaching Hospital , articleThe $4 million gift will lift emergency care to another level for both horses and small pets at the hospital.
Date: Mar 05, 2025 -
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Hall of fame farrier Travis Burns takes on dual role as veterinary hospital administrator , articleBurns, an influential figure in the horseshoeing industry, will turn most of his work time toward helping run the Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
Date: Mar 03, 2025 -
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John Rossmeisl receives Virginia’s top faculty honor , articleRossmeisl, whose research focuses on developing treatment options for brain cancers that are difficult to treat in dogs and humans, received a 2025 Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.
Date: Jan 29, 2025 -
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Production Management Medicine team treats animals in rural and urban settings , articleThe mobile veterinary team from Virginia Tech helps care for animals, including some who help care for humans at a Roanoke Valley clinic.
Date: Jan 06, 2025 -
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Virginia Tech public health alumna fills critical role in disease outbreak response , articleJanuary is One Health Awareness Month, and Sydney Spivey explains how education and experience in that concept helps her organize the response to mpox and Marburg.
Date: Jan 02, 2025 -
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Veterinary alumnus puts wellness first in hospital support , articleReed Hall, owner of two Northern Virginia animal hospitals, is giving $250,000 toward the expansion of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
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Collaborative approach to veterinary neurology at Virginia Tech spurs groundbreaking research, compassionate care , articleThe neurology team's mission at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital is threefold: research, clinical service, and education of the next generation of veterinary professionals.
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Study assesses virulence of Cryptococcus strains, laying groundwork for improved treatment , articleThe laboratory of Kirsten Nielsen in the Center for One Health Research has completed a six-year study to examine the virulence of 38 clinical isolates from various strains of Cryptococcus.
Date: Dec 09, 2024 -
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Veterinary Teaching Hospital honors Staff Members of the Year , articleThey and their colleagues provide expertise and support to clinicians, residents, and students in caring for animal patients and human clients.
Date: Dec 05, 2024 -
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Ela Austin named as associate dean for public health programs , articleAustin wants to expand educational opportunities and enhance community connections.
Date: Nov 05, 2024 -
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Donkey makes quick turnaround from snake bite with Veterinary Teaching Hospital care , articleThe donkey's caretaker said she knew exactly what to do. Tara Pilonero called her vet and said, "Call the vet school. Tell them, I'm coming."
Date: Oct 30, 2024 -
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New faculty member Go Togawa embraces challenges of veterinary neurology research , article“My goal is not only to train residents and treat patients but also to identify clinical problems that need further investigation,” Go Togawa said.
Date: Oct 20, 2024 -
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In memoriam: Bernard Jortner, professor emeritus of biomedical sciences and pathobiology , articleJortner joined the veterinary college at its opening in 1980. He later became co-director of the Laboratory for Neurotoxicity Studies.
Date: Oct 13, 2024 -
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Labs establish joint genome-sequencing service to head off future pandemics , articleTesting labs in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are joining forces for a pathogen identification service to assist animal and plant disease diagnosticians.
Date: Oct 10, 2024 -
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First veterinary class: Claire Godwin endures as clinician, surgeon and horse rider , articleClaire Godwin founded a successful small animal veterinary practice in Laytonsville, Maryland, and travels across the U.S. and beyond competing in equine endurance races.
Date: Oct 08, 2024 -
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How to have a happy hike with your pet , articleVeterinary clinician Michael Nappier suggests carrying water, food and first aid and starting with short, easy, flat trails, with few people or pets around.
Date: Oct 03, 2024 -
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Kirsten Nielsen brings microbiology research laboratory to Center for One Health Research , articleA third generation researcher, Nielsen delves deeply into the sometimes deadly infectious fungi cryptococcus.
Date: Sep 25, 2024 -
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Twins Ann and Lydia Carpenter follow veterinary and public health path to parallel career tracks , articleAnn Carpenter is a veterinary medical officer in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, while Lydia Carpenter is a veterinary medical officer in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Date: Sep 24, 2024 -
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Veterinary Teaching Hospital saves towel-eating donkey and her ailing mother , articleHarper is back to her old self after undergoing surgery to remove a small towel from her intestines. She made a full recovery as did her mother Daisy, who was treated for intestinal inflammation.
Date: Sep 23, 2024 -
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X.J. Meng receives prestigious MERIT Award to study hepatitis E virus , articleMeng, University Distinguished Professor of Molecular Virology, is the first at Virginia Tech to receive the prestigious grant from the National Institutes of Health, which offers long-term funding to exceptional researchers.
Date: Sep 13, 2024 -
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Veterinary college's Distinguished Alumni Awards honor graduates from three decades , articleMatthew Iager DVM ’96, Sara Waltz Johnston DVM ’16, and Michael Erskine DVM ’88 received awards.
Date: Aug 09, 2024 -
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Ailing toy poodle recovers, delivers healthy puppies with Veterinary Teaching Hospital care , articleSenna, a pregnant toy poodle, faced a critical health scare when she stopped eating and became unwell. Rushed to the Virginia Tech Veterinary Teaching Hospital's intensive care unit, Senna received specialized care from both the ICU and theriogenology teams, enabling her to recover and safely give birth to an adorable litter of healthy puppies.
Date: Aug 08, 2024 -
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Doctoral student researching infectious diseases named to two honor societies , articleAbdullahi Jamiu, a research assistant in the Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences program within the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, has been inducted into Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, and Omicron Delta Kappa.
Date: Jul 23, 2024 -
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Dog's journey at Animal Cancer Care and Research Center inspires owners, clinical professionals , articleA dog named Joe's journey at the Animal Cancer Care and Research Center in Roanoke, from a serendipitous adoption to an inspiring battle with cancer, showcases the resilience, compassion, and transformative power of advanced veterinary care.
Date: Jul 03, 2024 -
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Tanya LeRoith named new director of Veterinary Teaching Hospital , articleLeRoith replaces retiring director Terry Swecker, once her faculty advisor when she was a student at the veterinary college.
Date: Jun 25, 2024 -
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The making of a veterinarian , articleThe recently graduated Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) Class of 2024 reflects on the grueling yet rewarding path that molded them into veterinarians. What began as an exciting, if daunting, first day of classes (during the COVID-19 pandemic) turned into a profound four-year transformation.
Date: Jun 25, 2024 -
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First veterinary class: New college launches long academic careers , articleTerry Swecker, Michaela Kristula, and Joseph Taboada were each among the first graduating class from the new veterinary college 40 years ago in 1984, and each pursued a long career on the academic side of veterinary medicine.
Date: Jun 24, 2024 -
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First veterinary class: Don Nichols combines math aptitude, animal interest for career in pathology , articleDon Nichols, the only math major in the first class of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, merged his puzzle-solving skills and love for animals into a 30-year federal pathology career.
Date: Jun 24, 2024 -
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First veterinary class: From startup college to startup clinic for Valerie Campbell and Nancy Hall , articleStarting from humble beginnings in converted sheep barns, Valerie Campbell and Nancy Hall, who graduated from the first class of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in 1984, built a successful veterinary practice in Northern Virginia.
Date: Jun 24, 2024 -
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Researchers issue ‘call to action’ for data on more diverse range of dog owners , articleIn a perspective piece for the journal Science, Virginia Tech’s Audrey Ruple and Courtney Sexton wrote that factors that affect dogs' end-of-life outcomes could be significant for the humans that share their environments.
Date: Jun 15, 2024 -
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Research identifies possible new pathway to treatment of colorectal cancer , articleA recently published paper on a kinase and its importance in triggering cellular responses caps more than 12 years of research for the veterinary college's Coy Allen.
Date: Jun 14, 2024 -
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William S. 'Terry' Swecker Jr. retires as Veterinary Teaching Hospital director , articleSwecker, one of the first graduates of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, stepped down as hospital director on May 10 and retires from Virginia Tech on June 30.
Date: Jun 13, 2024 -
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Critical thinking for critical care: Conner guides emergency care course at veterinary college , articleEmergencies find everyone in life, eventually. The same is true in veterinary medicine, even for clinicians who have purposely gone into a field other than emergency care.
Date: May 28, 2024 -
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Siblings in same class continue Migliores’ veterinary education legacy at Virginia Tech , articleMike Migliore and Nikki Migliore are three years apart in age but the brother and sister are both slated to graduate with DVMs next year.
Date: May 15, 2024 -
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Class of 2024: Top veterinary graduate Alexandra Reddy finds unexpected path to pathology studies , articleReddy found her way to the veterinary college through science coursework during her high school and undergraduate years. "I love learning about these issues because I want to help the animals that they impact, not because I love soil biology or water chemistry or things like that," she said.
Date: May 03, 2024 -
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New equine performance center impresses as it begins serving horse community , articleThe indoor arena with three surfaces enhances Virginia Tech's ability to serve regional equine professionals and enthusiasts at the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center.
Date: Apr 10, 2024 -
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New faculty member Umaña Sédo brings love of mentoring students, care of cattle to veterinary college , articleUmaña Sédo joined the veterinary college in January as an assistant professor of production management medicine. He received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) at the National University of La Plata in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2015.
Date: Apr 03, 2024 -
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Veterinary college symposium showcases graduate students’ research, makes collaboration connections , articleMore than 60 graduate students from the veterinary college and its research and public health programs created posters explaining their research with some of them chosen to give either a full-length or four-minute flash talk about their research to their peers and faculty mentors.
Date: Mar 28, 2024 -
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Stanton Foundation grant to fund canine mitral valve diagnosis research at veterinary college , articleResearch will determine if veterinarians using only a stethoscope and chest X-rays can be effective in identifying dogs that would benefit from medical treatment for mitral valve disease.
Date: Mar 21, 2024 -
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Public health alum Lindsay Fairbanks’ role is to stop infection before it starts , articleFairbanks, an infection preventionist at Carilion Clinic, educates medical professionals on the best practices to stop the spread of pathogens during surgeries and treatment.
Date: Mar 20, 2024 -
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Audrey Ruple collaborates with Dog Aging Project, largest-known study of dog health , articleInformation collected on more than 47,000 dogs is helping scientists explore many angles of animal, environmental, and human health.
Date: Feb 28, 2024 -
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Gregory Daniel, former interim dean, to retire, leaving a permanent imprint on veterinary college , articleDaniel helped shepherd the Animal Cancer Care and Research Center to fruition and has also influenced medical education during 17 years at Virginia Tech.
Date: Feb 20, 2024 -
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Research grant aimed at improving wastewater monitoring for diseases in rural Appalachian communities , articleAmid the ongoing efforts to combat and monitor the spread of diseases, a new project aims to bridge the gap in wastewater surveillance between urban and rural areas.
Date: Feb 15, 2024 -
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Veterinary college alumna founds global organization for animal welfare, environmental education , articleAnna Katogiritis transformed a chance email from Jane Goodall into a career championing animal welfare and environmental education globally.
Date: Feb 14, 2024 -
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Accomplished alum guides veterinary students in surgical techniques , articleVirginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine alumnus Justin Ganjei, an accomplished veterinary surgeon in Maryland, offers his expertise to help today’s veterinary students learn proper surgery techniques.
Date: Jan 25, 2024 -
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Kevin Pelzer influences many lives during 36 years at veterinary college , articlePelzer’s teaching and clinical background at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine is primarily in large animal medicine and epidemiology, but one of his most memorable experiences involved something much different.
Date: Jan 23, 2024 -
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Donkey foal named Hokie in honor of lifesaving work of Veterinary Teaching Hospital , articleAfter she was found stuck in a fence shortly after her birth, the foal was referred to the experts at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine’s hospital, where she was nursed back to health.
Date: Jan 12, 2024 -
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In TEDx talk, post-doc Courtney Sexton explores millennia-old bonds between humans and dogs , articleThe oldest love story isn’t “Romeo and Juliet” or any Greek myth, says TEDx speaker Courtney Sexton. It is the millennia-old love affair between humans and dogs.
Date: Jan 03, 2024 -
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X.J. Meng awarded $2 million NIH grant to study hepatitis E-related neurological disorders , articleMeng, University Distinguished Professor of Molecular Virology in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, will focus on understanding how the hepatitis E virus affects the cells in the neurovascular unit, leading to neurological injury.
Date: Dec 21, 2023 -
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Game on: Veterinary college boasts ‘Wheel of Fortune’ winner, contestant with second chance’on ‘Jeopardy!’ , articleGarry Morgan, director of diversity, equity, and inclusion at the veterinary college, is less than two weeks removed from a “Wheel of Fortune” victory. Karen Morris, a Class of 2024 veterinary student, is back on “Jeopardy!” for the Second Chance Tournament airing on Roanoke’s WDBJ (Channel 7) at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Date: Dec 20, 2023 -
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Veterinary Teaching Hospital makes transition to ezyVet electronic medical record system , articleReplacing four previous computer systems with one sounds like a frightening task to have started on Halloween, but as the winter holiday break approaches, all seems to be merry and bright about the Veterinary Teaching Hospital switchover to ezyVet.
Date: Dec 19, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech’s new equine performance center in Northern Virginia offers ‘next-level’ care for horses , articleVirginia first lady Suzanne Youngkin joined Executive Vice President and Provost Cyril Clarke and other Virginia Tech officials at the ribbon-cutting for the Jane and Stephen Hale Equine Performance Evaluation Center and the official naming of the Paul J. Goodness Podiatry Clinic at the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, Virginia.
Date: Dec 14, 2023 -
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Guinea pig started veterinary student’s journey, generous donors continue it , articleNoah Goldfarb has known since about age 12 that he wanted to be an exotic animal veterinarian. But between formal education, internships, residencies, and early career positions in that specialty, it can take almost 12 years to get established – and many more to pay off loans.
Date: Dec 12, 2023 -
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Class of 2023: Elizabeth Glazunov discovers a wider view of public health , articleGlazunov received the 2023 Phi Kappa Phi Medallion Award. She will graduate with a Bachelor of Science in public health with plans to pursue a career in dentistry.
Date: Dec 11, 2023 -
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Doberman breeders and owners step forward to fund heart disease detection study , articleDilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is an inherited progressive heart disease that affects up to 45% of Doberman pinschers.
Date: Dec 07, 2023 -
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Veterinary college promotes human, environmental, and animal health through One Health concept , articleOne 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 -
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Veterinary college’s Audrey Ruple inducted into two scientific honor societies , articleRuple 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 -
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EPA-funded research examines renewable energy choices in light of community values , articleRyan 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 -
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Phillip Sponenberg retires after 42 years of helping veterinary college, its students thrive , articleSponenberg 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 -
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Collaborative study focuses on using computer algorithms to find molecular adaptations to improve COVID-19 drugs , articleMoving through all the phases of the study would not have been possible without extensive cross-departmental collaboration.
Date: Oct 18, 2023 -
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Graduate student researcher earns national award for study on COVID-19 vaccine candidate , articleAnna 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 -
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Veterinary professor, students care for exotic animals at SeaQuest Lynchburg , articleOn 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 -
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Veterinary college to present Distinguished Alumni Awards at Connect 2023 , articleTwo alumni and a faculty member of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine will be honored Saturday during Connect 2023.
Date: Oct 04, 2023 -
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Veterinary college professor advances pathology education in Nicaragua, Guatemala , articlePersonally, and professionally, Francisco Carvallo is deeply invested in spreading veterinary knowledge across Latin America.
Date: Sep 22, 2023 -
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More powerful MRI enhances diagnostic, research capabilities at Veterinary Teaching Hospital , articleThe new Siemens 3-tesla MRI scanner is set to go online for full diagnostic use this month.
Date: Sep 15, 2023 -
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Veterinary college lab leads exploration of DNA sequencing advances , articleThe 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 -
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Margie Lee honored with national poultry research award , articleMargie 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 -
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In battle against pancreatic cancer, grant-funded H-FIRE study offers hope , articleThe 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 -
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Academic-private partnership aims to reduce toxic effects of deadly digestive bacteria , articleMohamed 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 -
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Donor, recipient honor family backgrounds with Berty Mae Scholarship to veterinary college , articleFor 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 -
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Summer research training program enters 16th year at veterinary college , articleThe 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 -
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New table for CT scanner allows examination of large animals at Veterinary Teaching Hospital , articleThe 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 -
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Hoof health is horse health: Newly certified farrier enhances veterinary hospital services , articleGabrielle 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 -
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Small Animal Community Practice re-energized in its commitment to clients and students , articleThe 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 -
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Eye tissue from one dog used to save another dog’s eye at Virginia Tech veterinary hospital , articleClinicians 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 -
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Alumna Kendall Taney named American Veterinary Dental College Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Fellow , articleKendall 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 -
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CareCredit accepted at veterinary college’s three teaching hospitals , articleFinancing 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 -
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Full-tuition scholarship gift makes veterinary college possible , articleMichael 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 -
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Appalachian drinking water quality and health data lacking, Virginia Tech-led study finds , articleAlasdair 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 -
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Seed planted in neurotrauma research consortium hoping to harvest multimillion-dollar grants , articleMichelle 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 -
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Veterinary professor finds harmful bacterial pathogen in Virginia farm-raised rainbow trout , articleThe 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 -
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Margie Lee named associate dean for research and graduate studies at veterinary college , articleLee, 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 -
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In memoriam: Mark Crisman, veterinary professor , articleCrisman, a professor at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine from 1987-2010, died on May 20.
Date: Jun 01, 2023 -
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Retiring to Australia, Hodgsons give $1 million estate gift to veterinary college scholarship , articleFuture 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 -
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Audrey Ruple named chair of Veterinary Advisory Board for pet insurance provider Fetch , articleRuple, 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 -
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HIV drugs may help fight deadly fungal infection, Center for One Health Research study finds , articleAntiviral 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 -
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Memorial scholarship honoring much-loved rural veterinarian will assist veterinary students from rural areas , articleBill W. "Doc" Fuller ’88, DVM ’97 was a Southwest Virginia mixed-animal practice veterinarian.
Date: Apr 26, 2023 -
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Nadia Saklou receives research fellowship to employ data analysis for animal, human health , articleSaklou 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 -
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Spay clinics give veterinary students early surgery experience , articleThis 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 -
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Horseshoes and hedgehogs: Fun for all at veterinary college Open House , articleThe 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 -
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Veterinarians find new career paths with help of program aiming to become national center , articleThe 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 -
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Mid-Atlantic regional workshop at Virginia Tech highlights value of T32 research training program for veterinarians , articleThe 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 -
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Audrey 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 -
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Veterinary college alum Bruce Bowman carries serving others to new heights around the world , articleBowman 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 -
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Golden retriever’s cancer treatment gives veterinary student perspective as pet owner , articleA 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 -
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Veterinary college joins national effort to address emergency and critical equine care services , articleThe 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 -
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Veterinary student Karen Morris competes on 'Jeopardy!' , articleMorris, 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 -
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Veterinary college, Department of Corrections continue to benefit from two-decade partnership , articleAligned 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 -
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Public health students go to Malawi, assess problems in care for cervical cancer , articleSam 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 -
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Veterinary professor goes back to school to learn how to make school better for students , articleMichael Nappier wants to emphasize the “teaching” part of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital. His solution: Going back to school.
Date: Mar 02, 2023 -
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Veterinary college alumni at forefront of effort to contain avian flu and its impacts , articleFrom 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 -
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Pre-veterinary fellowship offers an Italian perspective on animal sanctuaries for student Anika Rao , articleRao, 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 -
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Four times bereaved by cancer, MaLora Bush finds purpose in treating pets , articleTrained 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 -
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Research funding skyrockets at Virginia Tech's veterinary college , articleFunding 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 -
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Veterinary student Alex Marsh arrives on campus after deep immersion in tropical rainforest research , articleHandling 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 -
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Kevin Lahmers, leader in exotic tick disease study, receives Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence , articleLahmers 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 -
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Former police dog Thor swallows hard for holidays, receives compassionate, life-saving care at Veterinary Teaching Hospital , articleIt’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 -
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Llamas doing well after emergency C-section at Veterinary Teaching Hospital , articleA 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 -
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Veterinary college launches revolutionary cancer studies, seeks expanded teaching hospital , articleThe 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 -
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Animal Cancer Care and Research Center exceeds expectations in its first two years , articleThe center recently celebrated two years since its opening in Roanoke beside Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Date: Nov 18, 2022 -
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Veterinary college’s dean receives honor from Auburn University , articleM. 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 -
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Veterinary instructors from Kenya, Uganda learn from – and teach – their peers at Virginia Tech , articleOctober 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 -
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Connect 2022 brings alumni, students together for weekend of networking and fun , articleMore than 600 registered attendees came to the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Connect 2022, Oct. 20-22.
Date: Nov 02, 2022 -
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Animal behavior course helps students discern what dogs tell us without words , articleThe “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 -
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Veterinary students provide spay/neuter services to help end pet overpopulation in region , articleStudents 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 -
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Center for One Health Research receives nearly $2 million from NIH to find new ways to combat gonorrhea , articleIn 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 -
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Veterinary college's William “Bill” Pierson earns national avian disease award , articleBefore 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