The Hill's Public Health Award is sponsored by Hill's Pet Nutrition of Topeka, Kansas and coordinated by the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges. The annual award encourages the submission of veterinary-related papers to the Secretary's Award for Innovation in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. This writing competition mirrors the Secretary's Award and encourages both single discipline and interdisciplinary proposals. The written proposals must have a veterinary-related theme and award applicants must be enrolled in a veterinary medical curriculum.
The 2008 competition is now open. For an entry form, please click here (this is a 57k Adobe Acrobat PDF document).
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AAVMC is pleased to announce the winners of the 2007 Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. Innovations in Public Health Award. Click on the links below to read the winning entries.
2007 First Award ($1,000): Cathryn T. Youmans, University of Tennessee, "Improving the quality of life for pet-owning Meals on Wheels recipients with flea and tick prevention." (1.6MB)
2007 Second Award ($750): Evan Apotheker, Purdue University, "The modern day canary: A novel and cost-effective system for detecting highly pathogenic avian influenza in the United States." (123KB)
2007 Third Award ($500): Aleisha Nesset, Iowa State University, "The international traveler's infectious disease handbook." (Submission: 969KB)
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The Harold Wetterberg Foundation Scholarship.
The Harold Wetterberg Foundation is awarding scholarships for current or former New Jersey residents who are enrolled in post-graduate education in the field of veterinary medicine. Consideration will also be given to veterinary students who are currently enrolled in the second or third year of the DVM curriculum.
The 2008 competition is now open. For an application form, please click here (this is a 45k Adobe Acrobat PDF document).