The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has awarded the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) $3.7 million in cooperative agreements to develop vaccines designed to prevent …
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Study shows mRNA vaccine harnesses T-cells to combat COVID-19 in lungs
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The effectiveness of mRNA vaccines in reducing disease severity and hospitalization from COVID-19 is well established. Now, new research from the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine advances our understanding of how these vaccines protect the lungs following breakthrough infections from emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
TEACH in India: Taking the Wisconsin Idea Global
Posted onIn December 2022, UW School of Veterinary Medicine faculty offered a first-of-its-kind training program for Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI) veterinarians in Hyderabad, India, called TEACH (Training in Emergency Animal Care and Handling). Emeritus Professor Christopher Olsen, Assistant Professors Keith …
Toward Greater Representation
Posted onLia Spencer, a member of the DVM Class of 2024 at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, is the first recipient of the newly established Pan Asian Veterinary Medicine Scholarship award. Tim Yoshino, …
Record-Setting Research Portfolio Embodies One Health Approach
Posted onWould you expect scientists studying influenza, human respiratory disorders, multiple sclerosis, cancer treatments, and more to be based at a School of Veterinary Medicine? Every day, faculty, staff, and students within the University of Wisconsin …
Companion Animal Fund Grant Program Supports 10 New Studies
Posted onResearchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine will pursue 10 new research projects with support from the school’s Companion Animal Fund Grant Program. In 2022, the program distributed over $137,000 in grants …
Wild Primate Virus Has Pandemic Potential Should It Jump the Species Barrier, Shows Study
Posted onIn a world still reeling from COVID-19, infectious disease researchers are eager to head off the next pandemic before it has the chance to spill over from animals to humans. But the scientific reality of …
New Understanding of ‘Superantigens’ Could Lead To Improved Staph Infection Treatments
Posted onThe bacterium Staphylococcus aureus has long been known to cause infections in humans, ranging from mild skin infections to pneumonia to more serious infections of the heart. In high-income countries, it’s the leading cause of a sometimes-fatal …
Experimental COVID-19 vaccine provides mutation-resistant T cell protection in mice
Posted onA second line of defense — the immune system’s T cells — may offer protection from COVID-19 even when vaccine-induced antibodies no longer can, according to new research out of the University of Wisconsin School …
Osorio To Lead UW Global Health Institute
Posted onJorge Osorio, an expert in epidemiology, virology and vaccines, has been named the next director of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Global Health Institute. Osorio, professor of pathobiological sciences in the School of Veterinary Medicine, has …