2021 Veterinary Research Scholars
From left to right: Nicole Robben, Walter Meyers, Hanah Huber, William Ty Weng, Madeline Hall, Lilli Heinen, Bailey Fritz, Dorothy Angela Thompson-Butler, Rebecca Ullom-Minnich, Naomi Hampton, Mackenzie Gray, Nicole Cassale, Hannah Barber, Morgan Hull, Shannon O’Day, Poyu Tony Lai, Trey Tomlinson, Damilola Gbore, Jayden McCall, Nathan Jackson, Stephen Edache, Joel Nelson and Dr. Kate KuKanich.
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Mentor: Yoonseong Park, PhD VRSP Project: Effects of microbiome on tick survival |
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Mentor: Dylan Lutter, DVM, MS, DACVS-LA, CERP, CAC VRSP Project: Evaluation of wound healing gene expression in equine wounds treated with autologous biologic therapies |
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Mentor: Natalia Cernicchiaro, DVM, MSc, PhD VRSP Project: Quantifying how whole-dairy and large-scale feedlot application of a pre-harvest fermentation product reduces Salmonella in lymph nodes |
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Mentor: Mike Kleinhenz, DVM, PhD VRSP Project: Pharmacokinetics of acetylsalicylic acid in dairy cattle |
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Mentor: Masaaki Tamura, DVM, PhD VRSP Project: Effect of water extract from Euglena gracilis on granulocytic differentiation and activation |
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Mentor: Butch KuKanich, DVM, PhD, DACVCP VRSP Project: Enhancing the efficacy of butorphanol in dogs |
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Mentor: Abbie Viscardi, PhD VRSP Project: Designing a grimace scale to assess pain in goats |
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Mentor: Jeba Chelladurai, BVSc, PhD, DACVM (Parasitology) VRSP Project: Optimizing in vitro biochemical assays predictive of drug resistance in Dirofilaria immitis microfilaria |
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Mentor: Brad White, DVM, MS VRSP Project: Evaluation of predictive models to determine case outcome based on information available at first treatment for bovine respiratory disease in feedlot cattle |
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Mentor: Rob DeLong, PhD VRSP Project: Molecular mechanisms of antiviral nanoparticles against SARS-CoV-2 |
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Mentor: Nora Springer, DVM, PhD, DACVP VRSP Project: Anti-bovine serum albumin IgG antibody production in horses post-vaccination |
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Mentor: Sherry Fleming, PhD VRSP Project: Role of Estrogen in Ischemia and Reperfusion |
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Mentor: Kate KuKanich, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM) VRSP Project: The value of a leukogram for preoperative patient assessment in shelter dogs |
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Mentor: Waithaka Mwangi, PhD VRSP Project: Identification of protective antigens from African Swine Fever Virus proteome |
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Mentor: Chieko Azuma, DVM, PhD, DACVR VRSP Project: Pain assessment and activity tracking in dogs with spontaneous cancer undergoing radiation therapy |
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Mentor: Bob Larson, DVM, PhD, DACT, DACVPM (Epidemiology), ACAN VRSP Project: The effects of Steroid Implants on growth parameters of cattle grazing differing levels of Fescue Endophyte |
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Mentor: Katie Reif, MSPH, PhD VRSP Project: Immune responses elicited in calves administered the conditionally-licensed anaplasmosis vaccine |
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Mentor: Berlin Londono-Renteria, PhD VRSP Project: Effect of Mosquito Salivary Proteins in Animal Endothelial Physiology |
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Mentor: Will Whitehouse, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM) VRSP Project: Renal and cardiac effects of diltiazem continuous infusion in healthy dogs |
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Mentor: Matt Basel, PhD VRSP Project: Refining an aldosterone-producing adenoma model in mice using HAC15 cells |
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Mentor: Brian Herrin, DVM, PhD, DACVM (Parasitology) VRSP Project: Surveillance of Borrelia burgdorferi in white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in Pennsylvania |
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Mentor: Maria Jugan, DVM, MS, DACVIM (SAIM) VRSP Project: Effect of IV iron sucrose (Venofer) on hematologic parameters in healthy cats |
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Mentor: Juergen Richt, DVM, PhD VRSP Project: Differential gene expression in SARS-CoV-2-infected preclinical animal models |
Scholar: Hannah Barber, KSUCVM Class of 2024
Scholar: Nicole Cassale, KSUCVM Class of 2024
Scholar: Stephen Edache, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, College of Veterinary Medicine, Benue State, Nigeria
Scholar: Bailey Fritz, KSUCVM Class of 2024
Scholar: Damilola Gbore, University of Ibadan, Veterinary Medicine, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Scholar: Mackenzie Gray, KSUCVM Class of 2023
Scholar: Madeline Hall, KSUCVM Class of 2024
Scholar: Naomi Hampton, KSUCVM Class of 2023
Scholar: Lilli Heinen, KSUCVM Class of 2024
Scholar: Hanah Huber, KSUCVM Class of 2024
Scholar: Morgan Hull, KSUCVM Class of 2023
Scholar: Nathan Jackson, KSUCVM Class of 2024
Scholar: Poyu Tony Lai, KSUCVM Class of 2023
Scholar: Jayden McCall, KSUCVM Class of 2023
Scholar: Walter Meyers, KSUCVM Class of 2024
Scholar: Joel Nelson, KSUCVM Class of 2023
Scholar: Shannon O’Day, KSUCVM Class of 2024
Scholar: Nicole Robben, KSUCVM Class of 2024
Scholar: Dorothy Angela Thompson-Butler, KSUCVM Class of 2024
Scholar: Sarah Timmerman, KSUCVM Class of 2024
Scholar: Trey Tomlinson, KSUCVM Class of 2024
Scholar: Rebecca Ullom-Minnich, KSUCVM Class of 2023
Scholar: William Ty Weng, KSUCVM Class of 2024