Resident Research Abstract Award winners are celebrated at 2025 ACVIM Forum

Resident researchers were recognized and applauded at the American College of Internal Veterinary Medicine (ACVIM) Forum in Louisville, Kentucky, during an awards luncheon on June 20, 2025. The special event was sponsored by Purina Institute with many of the winners in attendance. The winning abstracts were among the research presented to ACVIM Forum attendees throughout the conference.

Resident Research Abstract Award winners gather on stage to be recognized at the 2025 ACVIM Forum in Louisville, Kentucky.

The 2025 ACVIM Resident Research Abstract Award winners and their recognized works are as follows:

• Cardiology
  • Cassidy M. Coats, DVM; Colorado State University in Fort Collins—“Coronary Ostial Eccentricity, Aortic Rotation, and Cusp Symmetry in Dogs Evaluated by Cardiac Computed Tomography”
  • Kiersten K. Forsyth, DVM., Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana—“Effects of Zenalpha (Medetomidine/Vatinoxan) on Blood Pressure, Echocardiographic Measurements, and Cardiac Rhythm in Healthy Dogs”
  • Eline Nijveldt, DVM, The Ohio State University in Hilliard—Echocardiographic Evaluation of Aortic Root Size in Cats with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy”
• Large Animal Internal Medicine (Equine)
  • Florence Dupuis-Dowd, DVM, MSc; University of California, Davis—"Effect of Ertugliflozin on Glucose and Insulin Dynamics in Healthy Horses Receiving Dexamethasone”
  • Evelyn Hodgson, DVM; University of Queensland in East Toowoomba, Australia—“Prolongs Wireless Measurement of Intragastric pH in Foals”
• Large Animal Medicine Internal Medicine (Food Animal)
  • Caitlyn Mullins, DVM, MS; Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas—Dual-Center Retrospective Review of 204 Transfusions in Camelids”
• Neurology
  • Jessica Linder, DVM, BS; Purdue University—“Spinal-only Meningomyelitis of Unknown Etiology: Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Outcome in 23 Dogs”
  • Alejandra Mondino, DVM, PhD; North Carolina State University in Raleigh—“Dissolution Characteristics of Split and Crushed Levetiracetam Extended-Release Tablets in Comparison with Immediate-Release Formulation”
• Nutrition
  • Dana Ford, BVMS; The Ohio State University in Columbus—"Increasing Dietary Fiber Intake Improves Fecal and Clinical Activity Scores in Dogs with Chronic Enteropathy”
• Oncology
  • Kayla Neiderfer, DVM; Oregon State University in Corvallis—“Comparison of Pooled vs. Single Samples Measuring Urine Protein: Creatine Ratio in Dogs Receiving Toceranib Phosphate”
• Small Animal Internal Medicine
  • Carly Iulo, DVM; Auburn University in Opelika, Alabama—“Plasma Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor (PAI-1) Activity in Dogs with Immune-mediated Hemolytic Anemia”
  • Kayla Prentice, DVM; Tufts University in Grafton, Massachusetts—Do Serum Pro-inflammatory and Pro-coagulant Biomarkers in Dogs with Gallbladder Mucoceles Predict Disease Progression?”
  • Max Randolph, DVM; University of California, Davis—“Outbreak of Leptospirosis in Dogs from Los Angeles County, California, USA 2021”
  • Colin Smith, DVM; University of Tennessee in Knoxville—“Effect of Low Dose Azithromycin on the Fecal Microbiome and Fecal Bile Acids in Dogs”
  • Sierrah Travis, DVM, BS; Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg, Virginia—“Plasma ADAMTS13 Activity in Dogs with Severe Thrombocytopenia and Presumed Immune Thrombocytopenia”

Reference

2025 ACVIM Resident Research Abstract Awards. Presented at: American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine; Louisville, KY. June 18-21, 2025.