Category: Member News

Inaugural Research Awards Promote UC Davis Collaborations Trina Wood July 19, 2023 Trina Wood Chlamydia is the most frequently reported sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the United States (1.6 million cases annually) and yet has received little attention as a devastating disease to women’s reproductive health—let alone the funding for research that could prevent it.  […]

Chris Brandt Honored With UC Tech Award Subtitle Celebrating Technical Excellence, Grounded in a Commitment to Caring Trina Wood July 19, 2023 Laurel Skurko, UC IT News 2023 UC Tech Awards winners On July 18, 2023, six individuals and eight teams from across the University of California received 2023 UC Tech Awards at the UC Tech […]

Michael Jr. Slow Poke Sloth The Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (VMBS) Winnie Carter Wildlife Center recently welcomed its newest animal resident, a Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth named “Michael Jr. Slow Poke Sloth.” Michael Jr. was given to the wildlife center by a nearby animal sanctuary and arrived at the VMBS on […]

A Kitten Survived Deadly Disease after UC Davis Experimental Trial Rob Warren July 19, 2023 Sonora Slater, Sacramento Bee Grayson was found at a local park and was brought to Front Street Animal Shelter in Old Sacramento before being enrolled in a clinical trial at UC Davis to treat him for feline infectious peritonitis, fatal […]

Dr. Jack Harkema has devoted his nearly 30-year career at Michigan State University to understanding the health implications of commonly encountered environmental and occupational air pollutants (e.g. ozone and particulate matter) found in both urban and rural communities.

Investigating how environmental chemical exposure impacts the gut microbiome to exacerbate inflammatory conditions and chronic diseases is the goal of a new $7 million grant awarded to Andrew Patterson, professor of molecular toxicology and the John T. and Paige S. Smith Professor in the College of Agricultural Sciences.

Dentistry Resident Receives National Research Award Rob Warren July 19, 2023 Ching Ching Shirley Kot, DVM The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Journals recognized the recipients of the Journal of AVMA (JAVMA) Awards and American Journal of Veterinary Research (AJVR) Awards during 2023 AVMA annual convention, held recently in Denver. Dr. Ching Ching Shirley Kot, […]

During the 2023 Convention of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), outgoing AVMA president Dr. Lori Teller gave the following speech to present the 2023 President’s Award to the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. I would like to recognize the Texas A&M University School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences with my […]

Principle Investigator Dr. Kyle Mathews Description Does your dog have a liver tumor? We are now enrolling canine patients with liver tumors into a clinical trial that is using a new therapy called INSPIRE, which uses electrical pulses to safely destroy the cells within a tumor. This study has two treatment groups. One group of […]

Dr. Nicholas Jeffery Dr. Nicholas Jeffery, a professor at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS), received the 2023 American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Clinical Research Award for his work developing treatments for spinal cord injuries in dogs. The Clinical Research Award, given annually by the AVMA Council on Research, recognizes […]