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Veterinary students win prestigious awards
Eleven innovative students receive merits from the Morris Animal Foundation.
Eleven veterinary students from around the world were honored for their hard work in improving the lives of companion animals and wildlife. The students, who completed the projects with funding from the Morris Animal Foundation's (MAF) Veterinary Student Scholars program, presented their results at MAF's annual meeting in June. Judges from MAF's scientific advisory boards chose 11 winners from more than 30 entries. The winners:
Ballard Award for Companion Animals, $5,000 each (tie)
Mia Lieberman, University of California-Davis
Isolation and Purification of Lytic Bacteriophages Against Streptococcus equi subspecies equi
Stephanie Montgomery, North Carolina State University
Development of a Genomic Assay to Profile Archival Canine Hemangiosarcomas
Ballard Award for Wildlife, $5,000 each (tie)
Samantha Haskins, University of Illinois
Do Immune Responses to Helicobacter Change Over Time in Captivity in Wild-Caught Namibian Cheetahs?
Michelle Madonia, University of Illinois
Wildlife-Human Interactions and Zoonotic Disease in Kabarole District, Uganda: The Case of Monkeypox
2nd Place for Companion Animals, $2,500 each (tie)
Courtney Varney, University of Florida
Cardiovascular Effects of N-Butylscopolammonium Bromide in Horses
Aimee Jalkanen, The Ohio State University
MicroRNA Expression Profiling of Canine Osteosarcoma
Blaire Holland, North Carolina State University
Luteal Function and Ovulation in Mares Treated with PGF2a During Early and Mid-Diestrus
Kimberly Ann Bridges, Western University of Health Sciences
Molecular Evaluation of Canine and Feline Parvoviruses in Southern California
2nd Place for Wildlife, $2,500
Laura Waring, Royal Veterinary College
The Effect of Population Density on African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) Endoparasite Burden: A Study of Three South African National Parks
3rd Place for Wildlife, $1,500
Santiago Diaz, University of Florida
Use of Elephant-Specific Monoclonal Antibodies and Recombinant Antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Improve an ELISA Test for Elephants
IMPACT Award, $500
Ana Iris Mota Torres, University of Veracruz (Mexico)
Feral Cats: Trap-Neuter-Mark and Return Program
Click here to learn more about these projects and the Morris Animal Foundation.
