2018 AWARDS
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
DVM & Undergraduate Student Poster category awardees
Molly Burton – Prevalence and strain diversity of Anaplasma marginale in Kansas cattle herds
Arashi Nakashima – Parachlorella kessleri-derived extracellular polysaccharides inhibit colon carcinoma growth in mice via an enhancement of host antitumor immune responses
Intern, Resident, & MS Poster category awardees
Sarah Remfry – Prevalence of Top-7 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in wheat grains by culture method
Deepa Upreti – Evaluation of competitive ELISA for detection of antibodies to Rift Valley fever virus in cattle and sheep sera
PhD Poster category awardee
Ti Lu – Identifying immune-dominant and neutralizing epitopes from K88 fimbriae of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
APPLIED SCIENCES – ORAL PRESENTATIONS
1st place: Katelyn Fentiman – The effect of topical latanoprost on aqueous humor flow rate in normal dogs
2nd Place: Olga Norris – Indicators of persistent hypertonicity in diabetic dog
3rd Place: Geoffrey Browning – Pharmacokinetics of oral gabapentin in Caribbean flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber)
BASIC SCIENCES – ORAL PRESENTATIONS
1st place: Krishani Denali Perera – Identification and characterization of protease inhibitors for ferret and mink coronaviruses
2nd Place: Ana Stoian – Important CD163 peptide sequences in resistance to PRRSV-2 infection
2nd Place: Sarah Stuebing – Behavioral and neurobiological assessments of episodic-like memory in aged and young rats
CASE REPORTS AND CASE SERIES – ORAL PRESENTATIONS
1st Place: Michael Denk – CT-guided osteological preparation and examination of the Skull of a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
2nd Place: Anastasia McHaney – Use of ultrasound in the diagnosis of soft tissue foreign bodies
3rd Place: Vinay Shivanna – First report of Parapoxvirus infection in an American bison (Bison bison)
ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
A.S.R. Ganta Veterinary Student Award - Nicole Winegarner (Class 2019)
A.S.R. Ganta Graduate Student Award - Rui Guo (PhD candidate)
Benjamin and Catherine Kurz Research Scholarship - Alyson Fitzgerald (Class 2021)
Dr. Horst W. and Elisabeth A. Leipold Scholarship - Jacob Herford (Class 2021)
Miller Pathology Scholarship - Stephen Mercer (Class 2019)
Dr. Harish C. and Ved K. Minocha Scholarship - So Lee Park (DVM/PhD Class 2020)
Zoetis Animal Health Award for Excellence in Research by a Faculty Member - Dr. Weiping Zhang, Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology