Hosting
Hosting of International
Visitors at the College of Veterinary Medicine
KSU-CVM has welcomed visitors from
around the world. In order to facilitate these visits, the IAC
has remodeled two apartments in the veterinary complex for use
by guests of CVM faculty. Other housing opportunities can also
be arranged in Manhattan. Pictures of the apartments are shown
below.
Kansas State University also provides a number of other housing opportunities for guests. These can be reviewed at http://www.k-state.edu/provost/provhousing/index.htm .
Among others, the following international guests have visited
the college:
Dr. Nasrin Stanikzai, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kabul University - February 2007
Russian Guests - May
2006
Left (left to right): Dr. Thu
Annelise Nguyen, DM/P; Dr. Chris Ross, A&P;
Nina Shestakova; Kirill Dernov; Dr. Denis Odnoshevskiy; Alexey
Zlotin;
Dr. Alexander Sidorchuk; Mariya Bunyakina; Dr. Justin Kastner,
DM/P.
Dr. Denis Odnoshevskiy, Dr. Alexander Sidorchuk, Nina Shestakova, Kirill Dernov, Alexey Zlotin and Mariya Bunyakina from Novosibirsk State Agrarian University and Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology, Russia, with members of the KSU-CVM faculty; 2006 – guests of the International Activities Committee.
Dr. Carlos Morales, National University of Costa Rica, 2005 – guest of Dr. Walter Renberg
Elena Gart (front row, left) was one of two Russian Students who participated in the Summer Veterinary Scholar’s Program at Kansas State University in 2007. Her advisor was Dr Ronette Gehring. She worked in Dr Sanjeev Narayanan’s laboratory, where she conducted experiments designed to study the transfer of resistance elements in a mixed bacterial population exposed to different concentrations of antimicrobial drugs. Elena is in her fourth year of veterinary studies at the Novosibirsk State University of Agriculture, where she is also a laboratory assistant.
Denis A. Odnoshevskiy came to K-State from Novosibirsk State Agrarian University where he was an Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and the Deputy Director of Research, Institute of Veterinary Medicine. Denis is pursuing a doctoral degree in Pharmacology. He is supported by the BIOINDUSTRY INITIATIVE, a Program of the United States Department of State, Washington D.C.
Other Veterinary faculty
visitors have included:
- Dr. Ehab Abu-Basha, head of Veterinary Basic Medical Sciences at the Jordan University of Science and Technology. Dr. Abu-Basha was the guest of Dr. Gehring in 2007.
- Dr. Enrique Garcia of the University of Guadalajara, Mexico as a guest of Dr. Ferrer in 2007.
- Dr. Janis Gonzalez from Brazil as a guest of Dr. Biller in 2007.
- Dr. Merja Leinonen of Helsinki University, Finland as a guest of Dr. O’Brien in 2007.
- Dr. Virginie De Busscher of the University of Liege, Belgium as a guest radiology resident in 2007.
Furthermore, KSU-CVM has hosted several students from around the world:
- Gabriela Caruso from Sao Paulo Brazil participated in an equine externship.
- Annika Krengal from Bonn, Germany and Evan Adler from Dublin, Ireland participated in exotics externships.
If you are interested in
visiting KSU-CVM please contact the chair of the International
Activities Committee.