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Article ItemJohn Rossmeisl receives Virginia’s top faculty honor , article
Rossmeisl, 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 -
Article ItemVMCVM Faculty Spotlight: Jessica Gilbertie , article
Jessica Gilbertie is a passionate faculty member dedicated to mentoring veterinary students as they grow into confident doctors. Inspired by Marie Curie, she leads groundbreaking antimicrobial research while finding joy in cooking, reading, and spending time with her rescue Greyhound, Dolly. Her advice: embrace your journey, seek support, and enjoy every step toward your goals.
Date: Jan 16, 2025 -
Article ItemStudy maps key stages of immune response to deadly fungal infection , article
Kirsten Nielsen's latest research as part of the Center for One Health Research reveals a precise timeline of immune responses that could reshape treatment strategies.
Date: Jan 15, 2025 -
Article ItemNew Virginia Tech cancer researcher seeks to understand and predict deadly tumor metastasis , article
Shenglin Mei, the newest principal investigator of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Cancer Research Center in Washington, D.C., applies computational biology, genetics, and immunology to study cancer’s spread away from the primary tumor.
Date: Dec 17, 2024 -
Article ItemVMCVM Faculty Spotlight: Fawzy Elnady , article
Fawzy Elnady, excels in teaching anatomy innovatively and is passionate about education and animal welfare. He draws inspiration from his veterinarian wife, Asmaa. In his free time, he enjoys their cats, Tama and Yarni, and hopes to visit Makkah for pilgrimage.
Date: Dec 10, 2024 -
Article ItemStudy assesses virulence of Cryptococcus strains, laying groundwork for improved treatment , article
The 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 -
Article ItemIn memoriam: Bernard Jortner, professor emeritus of biomedical sciences and pathobiology , article
Jortner joined the veterinary college at its opening in 1980. He later became co-director of the Laboratory for Neurotoxicity Studies.
Date: Oct 13, 2024 -
Article ItemLabs establish joint genome-sequencing service to head off future pandemics , article
Testing 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 -
Article ItemVMCVM Faculty Spotlight: Lijuan Yuan , article
Lijuan Yuan has been with the veterinary college since 2007. She enjoys conducting impactful research, mentoring future researchers, and exploring new places. Specializing in human rotavirus and norovirus, her goal is to develop effective vaccines. An avid nature photographer, she also aims to travel to 100 countries.
Date: Oct 09, 2024 -
Article ItemFrom exchange student to professor: Yukitaka Kani joins veterinary college faculty , article
Yukitaka Kani becomes an assistant professor of veterinary anatomy 13 years after first attending the veterinary college as an exchange student.
Date: Oct 02, 2024 -
Article ItemData meets medicine: AVI Talbot Veterinary Informatics Symposium marks 30-Year milestone at Virginia Tech , article
The 30th Annual AVI Talbot Veterinary Informatics Symposium recently took place at the college, celebrating three decades of advancing veterinary healthcare through data and technology. Named after the college’s inaugural dean, this event brought together global experts to explore how informatics is transforming animal care. From AI to zoonotic disease monitoring, attendees discussed the future of veterinary medicine and its impact on both animal and human health.
Date: Sep 30, 2024 -
Article ItemRabies Awareness: Protecting Your Pets and Family , article
World Rabies Day is Sept. 28, 2024, and the veterinary college is committed to raising awareness about this deadly but preventable disease. Learn more in this question and answer session with Tanya LeRoith, hospital director at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
Date: Sep 26, 2024 -
Article ItemKirsten Nielsen brings microbiology research laboratory to Center for One Health Research , article
A third generation researcher, Nielsen delves deeply into the sometimes deadly infectious fungi cryptococcus.
Date: Sep 25, 2024 -
Article ItemMicrobiology expert Xiaogang Wang joins veterinary college with a vision for transformative research , article
With experience spanning from China to Boston's elite medical institutions, Xiaogang Wang aims to bridge the gap between basic microbiology and real-world applications.
Date: Sep 23, 2024 -
Article ItemX.J. Meng receives prestigious MERIT Award to study hepatitis E virus , article
Meng, 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 -
Article ItemScientist awarded National Institutes of Health grant to examine cancer-related enzyme , article
Kathleen Mulvaney, assistant professor with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s Cancer Research Center — D.C., will investigate the basic biology of PRMT5, an enzyme that can be found in 15 percent of human cancers.
Date: Sep 10, 2024 -
Article ItemA veterinarian's journey from engineering to canine nutrition research , article
For Janice O'Brien, a Ph.D, student in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, the road to becoming a researcher in canine nutrition epidemiology has been anything but conventional.
Date: Aug 22, 2024 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech alum Ira Blader returns to head veterinary college research department , article
Ira Blader, a Virginia Tech alum, has come full circle in his academic journey. He has returned to his alma mater as the new Head of the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine.
Date: Aug 19, 2024 -
Article ItemFrom Blacksburg to Ethiopia: Veterinary college professors forge partnerships to tackle food insecurity, empower communities , article
Carla Savage and Sophie Wenzel embarked on a two-week immersion in Ethiopia to lay the groundwork for impactful global research.
Date: Jul 30, 2024 -
Article ItemFrom Chile to Virginia: Ph.D. research improves brain tumor measurement in dogs , article
A study by doctoral student Josefa Garcia Mora on canine brain tumor measurement has become one of the most cited papers in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine.
Date: Jul 30, 2024
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