A study led by University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine Clinical Assistant Professor Erin Lashnits provides new insights into how best to diagnose Bartonella infection in dogs, a common flea-borne disease that is linked to heart …
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Combining Low-Dose Radiotherapy With Immunotherapy Eradicates Metastatic Cancer in Mice
Posted onMore doesn’t necessarily mean better — including in cancer treatment. University of Wisconsin–Madison and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists report today in the journal Science Translational Medicine that combining targeted radiopharmaceutical therapy with …
Serving Patients by Empowering Practitioners
Posted onWhen Chris Snyder assumed the role of associate dean for clinical affairs and teaching hospital director this June at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM), he came full circle on a journey that began …
UW School of Veterinary Medicine Breaks Ground on Building Expansion
Posted onOn Friday, June 18, the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine broke ground on its long-anticipated building expansion and celebrated the project’s future impact for veterinarians in training, the state of Wisconsin and beyond. …
UW Veterinary Medicine Professor Ruthanne Chun Receives 2021 LaMarr Billups Community-University Engagement Award
Posted onRuthanne Chun DVM’91, clinical professor of oncology in the UW School of Veterinary Medicine, has been named the winner of this year’s LaMarr Billups Community-University Engagement Award. The award recognizes a member of the Greater …
Ground Broken for VetMed Expansion
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On Friday, June 18, the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine broke ground on its long-anticipated building expansion. The enhanced facilities will improve instruction space for students, double the size of the school’s small animal hospital and significantly enhance the large animal hospital, expand labs for studying naturally occurring animal and human diseases, and increase and modernize infectious disease research space. Speakers included Wisconsin Department of Administration Secretary Joel Brennan, UW System President Tommy Thompson, UW–Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank, UW Foundation President Michael Knetter, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation CEO Erik Iverson and School of Veterinary Medicine Dean Mark Markel.
Vaccination, Previous Infection, Protect Against COVID-19 Gamma/P.1 Variant in Animal Model
Posted onIn early January 2021, travelers returning to Tokyo, Japan, from Amazonas, Brazil, were screened for COVID-19 at the airport. A few days later, the National Institute of Infectious Disease of Japan announced that the travelers …
UW-Madison Professors Teach Schools How To Do Antigen Testing
Posted on A team of UW–Madison researchers this year taught nurses and personnel at more than 100 Dane County schools how to conduct rapid antigen testing for the virus that causes COVID-19, allowing them to react …
UW–Madison Joins Rockefeller Foundation’s Pandemic Prevention Institute
Posted onThe Rockefeller Foundation, a philanthropy focused on health, science and social issues, today announced efforts to create an international pandemic prevention institute. By building a network of more than 20 public, private and nonprofit partners around …
Alumnus Forges History With Sculpture for SVM Building Expansion
Posted onJohn Hallett has always loved art as much as animals and science. But as he weighed his career options, his concern about making a living as an artist tipped the scales toward studying veterinary medicine. …