Michelle Verant, Ph.D. student in the Comparative Biomedical Sciences (CBMS) Graduate Degree Program in the UW School of Veterinary Medicine, has been selected as the 2013 recipient of the Wildlife Disease Association Graduate Student Scholarship Award. “This is an extremely … Continue reading
Category Archives: CBMS Student News
Study Advances Treatment of Respiratory Failure in ALS Patients
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a neurological disorder that affects 5 out of every 100,000 people worldwide and proves fatal in most patients within 3 to 5 years of diagnosis. The most frequent cause … Continue reading
Unexpected Survival of Damaged Nerve Fibers Challenges Prevailing View of Multiple Sclerosis
MADISON – Multiple sclerosis (MS), a brain disease that affects over 400,000 Americans, causes movement difficulties and many neurologic symptoms. MS has two key elements: the nerves that direct muscular movement lose their electrical insulation (the myelin sheath) and cannot … Continue reading
Research Training Grant Opens Doors for Veterinary Students
“After four years of accumulating veterinary school loans and working at a minimal salary as a resident, it would be impossible to enter graduate school without financial support.” Sara Colopy, a recent Ph.D. graduate and clinical instructor at the UW … Continue reading
Graduate Student Reaches the Other Side of the World
When people say “your job will take you places,” they don’t usually mean to a remote village of Papua New Guinea, sitting by someone’s bedside in the night as they donate blood. But that’s just one of the places that … Continue reading