2023 Showcase

Research Awards of Distinction 

Distinguished Research Alumnus

Scott Dee, DVM, MS, PhD

Read more about Dr. Dee and why he was chosen as our 2023 recipient

Distinguished Research Partner

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health - USA

Accepted by Dr. Linda Tikofsky, BS, DVM 

Read more about BIAH and why it was chosen as our 2023 recipient

Mark of Excellence Award

Alonso Guedes, DVM, MS, PhD

Read more about Dr. Guedes and why he was chosen as our 2023 recipient

Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence

Eva Furrow, VDM, PhD

Read more about Dr. Furrow and why she was chosen as our 2023 recipient

Research Day Competition Winners

That's a wrap! Thank you to everyone who helped make Research Day 2023 such a resounding success!  

We invite you to view the College of Veterinary Medicine's research through our trainee presentations - by clicking the links below to their competition submissions. Research Day 2023 infographic and video abstracts have been sorted into playlists according to their areas of research and uploaded to Google drive and/or YouTube. Click to open any of the documents shown below.

Infographics

1st place (tie)

Emma Persoon

"Genetics Behind Behavior in Service Dogs"

Emma Persoon_671 Infographic.pdf
Emma Persoon explainer.pdf

1st place (tie)

Freya Stein

"How can we predict cardiac arrhythmias in Standardbred racehorses?"

Freya Stein_687 Infographic.pdf
Freya Stein explainer.pdf

2nd place 

Anders Matson

"Improving Natural Killer Cell Therapies for Cancer"

Anders Matson_676 Infographic.pdf
Anders Matson Explainer.pdf

Infographic Honorable Mentions

Michaela Cain

"Recombinant Pichinde Virus Vector Based Vaccine"

Michaela Cain_669 Infographic.pdf

Julia Baker

"Repeat Offender: Understanding PRRSV clinical rebreaks"

Julia Baker_672 Infographic.pdf

Nicole Tate 

"Improving Standardbred Health and Performance with Genetics"

Nicole Tate_673 Infographic.pdf

Video Abstracts

1st place (tie)

Natalie Kirk

"Evaluation of a new tuberculosis vaccine in mice"

1st place (tie)

Lauren Hughes

"Genetics of pergolide response in horses with Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction"

2nd place 

Phoebe Strell

"Generating Exogenic Microglia-like Cells for Alzheimer's Disease"

Video Abstract Honorable Mentions

Miranda Medrano

"Alternative Pig Farms"

Joaquin Andres Alvarez Norambuena

"Hand sanitation protocols to decrease the risk of influenza transmission in pigs and from pigs to people"

All 2023 Competition Submissions