The University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine is bolstering the veterinary clinician-scientist workforce through a five-year, $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Clinician scientists are those with training in clinical …
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SVM Student Wins Inaugural One Health Scholarship to Study Links in Human and Chimpanzee Health
Posted onTaylor Weary, a DVM/PhD dual degree student at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, is the inaugural recipient of the Dr. Gregory D. Bossart Memorial One Health Scholarship. The $5,000 scholarship, administered by …
Micro-Molded ‘Ice Cube Tray’ Scaffold Is Next Step in Returning Sight To Injured Retinas
Posted onTens of millions of people worldwide are affected by diseases like macular degeneration or have had accidents that permanently damage the light-sensitive photoreceptors within their retinas that enable vision. The human body is not capable …
Mystery Disease at Sierra Leone Chimpanzee Sanctuary Linked To Bacterial Infection
Posted onIn 2005, chimpanzees at the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Freetown, Sierra Leone, started getting sick. They would stumble, vomit and stop eating. The illness came on quickly; some chimps were found dead before caretakers even knew they …
Prioritizing Student Support
Posted onRebecca Brotzman DVM’07 can remember the pride she felt at the 2007 School of Veterinary Medicine Celebration of Excellence when, as a soon-to-be graduate, she was presented with an award for clinical proficiency in bovine …
University of Wisconsin–Madison Student Receives Alltech Student Research Manuscript Award
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Alltech recently continued its commitment to student research and agricultural innovation by presenting the 36th Alltech Student Research Manuscript Award to Maria K. Arendt, who recently received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
After Winning Online Vote, Researchers to Assemble German Shepherd Genome
Posted onThe UW–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine tapped its resourcefulness and humor to get a grant in an unusual way: by winning an online vote among six finalists. VetMed’s Comparative Genetics Research Laboratory will use the …