2021 Veterinary Research Scholars

VRSP scholars at the 2021 poster session

Hannah BarberScholar: Hannah Barber, KSUCVM Class of 2024

Mentor: Yoonseong Park, PhD

VRSP Project: Effects of microbiome on tick survival

Nicole CasaleScholar: Nicole Cassale, KSUCVM Class of 2024

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

Stephen EdacheScholar: Stephen Edache, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, College of Veterinary Medicine, Benue State, Nigeria

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

Bailey FritzScholar: Bailey Fritz, KSUCVM Class of 2024

Mentor: Mike Kleinhenz, DVM, PhD

VRSP Project: Pharmacokinetics of acetylsalicylic acid in dairy cattle

Damilola GboreScholar: Damilola Gbore, University of Ibadan, Veterinary Medicine, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Mentor: Masaaki Tamura, DVM, PhD

VRSP Project: Effect of water extract from Euglena gracilis on granulocytic differentiation and activation

Mackenzie GrayScholar: Mackenzie Gray, KSUCVM Class of 2023

Mentor: Butch KuKanich, DVM, PhD, DACVCP

VRSP Project: Enhancing the efficacy of butorphanol in dogs

Madeline HallScholar: Madeline Hall, KSUCVM Class of 2024

Mentor: Abbie Viscardi, PhD

VRSP Project: Designing a grimace scale to assess pain in goats

Naomi HamptonScholar: Naomi Hampton, KSUCVM Class of 2023

Mentor: Jeba Chelladurai, BVSc, PhD, DACVM (Parasitology)

VRSP Project: Optimizing in vitro biochemical assays predictive of drug resistance in Dirofilaria immitis microfilaria

Lilli HeinanScholar: Lilli Heinen, KSUCVM Class of 2024

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

Hanah HuberScholar: Hanah Huber, KSUCVM Class of 2024

Mentor: Rob DeLong, PhD

VRSP Project: Molecular mechanisms of antiviral nanoparticles against SARS-CoV-2

Morgan HullScholar: Morgan Hull, KSUCVM Class of 2023

Mentor: Nora Springer, DVM, PhD, DACVP

VRSP Project: Anti-bovine serum albumin IgG antibody production in horses post-vaccination

Nathan JacksonScholar: Nathan Jackson, KSUCVM Class of 2024

Mentor: Sherry Fleming, PhD

VRSP Project: Role of Estrogen in Ischemia and Reperfusion

Poyu Tony LaiScholar: Poyu Tony Lai, KSUCVM Class of 2023

Mentor: Kate KuKanich, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)

VRSP Project: The value of a leukogram for preoperative patient assessment in shelter dogs

Jayden McCallScholar: Jayden McCall, KSUCVM Class of 2023

Mentor: Waithaka Mwangi, PhD

VRSP Project: Identification of protective antigens from African Swine Fever Virus proteome

Walter MeyersScholar: Walter Meyers, KSUCVM Class of 2024

Mentor: Chieko Azuma, DVM, PhD, DACVR

VRSP Project: Pain assessment and activity tracking in dogs with spontaneous cancer undergoing radiation therapy

Joel NelsonScholar: Joel Nelson, KSUCVM Class of 2023

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

Shannon O’DayScholar: Shannon O’Day, KSUCVM Class of 2024

Mentor: Katie Reif, MSPH, PhD

VRSP Project: Immune responses elicited in calves administered the conditionally-licensed anaplasmosis vaccine

Nicole RobbenScholar: Nicole Robben, KSUCVM Class of 2024

Mentor: Berlin Londono-Renteria, PhD

VRSP Project: Effect of Mosquito Salivary Proteins in Animal Endothelial Physiology

Dorothy Angela Thompson-ButlerScholar: Dorothy Angela Thompson-Butler, KSUCVM Class of 2024

Mentor: Will Whitehouse, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM)

VRSP Project: Renal and cardiac effects of diltiazem continuous infusion in healthy dogs

Sarah TimmermanScholar: Sarah Timmerman, KSUCVM Class of 2024

Mentor: Matt Basel, PhD

VRSP Project: Refining an aldosterone-producing adenoma model in mice using HAC15 cells

Trey TomlinsonScholar: Trey Tomlinson, KSUCVM Class of 2024

Mentor: Brian Herrin, DVM, PhD, DACVM (Parasitology)

VRSP Project: Surveillance of Borrelia burgdorferi in white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in Pennsylvania

Rebecca Ullom-MinnichScholar: Rebecca Ullom-Minnich, KSUCVM Class of 2023

Mentor: Maria Jugan, DVM, MS, DACVIM (SAIM)

VRSP Project: Effect of IV iron sucrose (Venofer) on hematologic parameters in healthy cats

William Ty WengScholar: William Ty Weng, KSUCVM Class of 2024

Mentor: Juergen Richt, DVM, PhD

VRSP Project: Differential gene expression in SARS-CoV-2-infected preclinical animal models