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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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Alumna receives U.S. Public Health Service’s Excellence in Public Health Award , articleVirginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine alumna Ella Rak received the 2023 award that recognizes outstanding work done during veterinary school.
Date: Nov 08, 2023 -
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Technology-enabled water surveillance and control project earns grant , articleAtop a new wave of support from the Fralin Life Sciences Institute, Peter Vikesland is leading a research team in creating wireless sensor networks to survey microbial threats to water quality and to enable operational control and provide real-world feedback for public transparency.
Date: Jul 19, 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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Veterinary college faculty recognized for contributions and impact , articleThe college honored faculty members who have shown exceptional abilities in outreach, teaching, innovation, and advancing veterinary medicine.
Date: Jun 16, 2023 -
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Virginia vaccination project named national 'immunization champion' , articleVirginia Cooperative Extension was recently recognized by the National Adult and Influenza Immunization Summit as an “Immunization Neighborhood” Immunization Champion.
Date: Jun 13, 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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Seed funding enables researchers to address environmental and societal challenges , articleFor its signature seed funding program, the Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment has awarded up to $30,000 each to seven interdisciplinary teams.
Date: May 03, 2023 -
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Class of 2023: Stephanie Valencic lives 'Ut Prosim' through a passion for public health , articleValencic is the Bachelor of Science in Public Health program's 2023 Outstanding Senior.
Date: May 03, 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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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 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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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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A silver lining in the fight for clean water in India , articleStudents and faculty in the Department of Geography trialed the use of silver-infused ceramic tiles as a way to provide clean water to schools in rural India.
Date: Mar 02, 2023 -
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Why some of Virginia Tech’s most popular courses are online , articleAs undergrads craving flexibility gravitate toward online learning options, a few Virginia Tech classes have expanded to enroll thousands of students.
Date: Jan 24, 2023 -
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Beat the heat: Virginia Tech team to study best ways to survive heat waves , articleThe researchers will develop a proposal to create a citizen science program that will train youth to collect, monitor, and communicate data on temperatures in Roanoke and how residents experience heat.
Date: Dec 14, 2022 -
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Audrey Ruple named Dorothy A. and Richard G. Metcalf Professor of Veterinary Medical Informatics , articleRuple joined the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in 2021 as an associate professor with tenure. Informatics, and the application and development of the discipline, have been integral parts of her research portfolio, including advanced computing and data sciences
Date: Dec 14, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech researchers address the grand challenges of pandemic prediction and prevention , articleT.M. Murali, a professor in the Department of Computer Science, along with several colleagues from across Virginia Tech, has received a $1 million National Science Foundation grant to identify expedient, efficient, cost-effective options for the prevention and containment of zoonotic viruses.
Date: Oct 24, 2022 -
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Fralin Life Sciences Institute sponsors inaugural Infectious Disease Symposium , articleThe Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Anthropod-Borne Pathogens will host the symposium on Friday, Oct. 7, with keynote speakers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes for Health, and One Health Institute.
Date: Oct 05, 2022
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