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Multi-center study yields benchmark recommendations for ICU patient safety

Wednesday, March 17, 2021 – 9:14am CVM-CUHA-LVT-STAFF-OCT-2018-63.jpg Thanks to Hayes’ study, veterinary hospitals across North America are applying new safety protocols. Photo: Cornell Vet Dr. Galina Hayes, associate professor of small animal surgery at the Cornell University College for Veterinary Medicine, published a study in the Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care outlining the optimal […]

Welcome to the CVM Family: Meet Eric Melch

After beginning his career in athletics, Eric Melch has joined a new team — the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine advancement team, where he is the new assistant director of leadership annual giving.   Originally from Madison, Wisc., Melch is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and began his career working in professional and […]

New programs seek justice for victims of animal abuse

  Dr. Adam Stern, a veterinary forensic pathologist at the UF College of Veterinary Medicine, has spearheaded two new programs this year aimed at determining the cause of death of stray animals in hopes of identifying cases involving animal abuse and ultimately bringing perpetrators to justice.   “The deaths of stray animals has not really […]

Years of compassionate veterinary care inspire a scholarship for Cornell students

Tuesday, March 16, 2021 – 10:35am For so many households, dogs and cats are more than pets — they’re members of the family. For Lisa Freeland, that was especially true about her cat Jack, a quirky but lovable ginger and white domestic longhair who lived to be 15. “He was loving at home, but hell […]

THIS WEEK: Join us virtually to celebrate DVM student award achievements

Join us to celebrate Ontario Veterinary College Doctor of Veterinary Medicine student achievements during the first-ever DVM Digital In-Course Awards Ceremony.   The virtual event provides an opportunity to acknowledge our student veterinarian award winners and to learn more about the awards our many donors have made possible…

Dean Lunn Begins Term as AAVMC President

NC State College of Veterinary Medicine Dean Paul Lunn has begun a one-year term as president and board chair of the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges.  The AAVMC is a nonprofit membership organization working to protect and improve the health and welfare of animals, people and the environment around the world by advancing academic […]

Model May Help Chincoteague Ponies Avoid Deadly Infection

Researchers from North Carolina State University have created a model that can identify potential hot spots for the pathogen Pythium insidiosum in the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, home to the wild Chincoteague ponies. P. insidiosum is an aquatic, fungus-like pathogen that thrives in standing water and is commonly found in tropical or subtropical environments. In horses it causes […]

Tufts in Sweet 16 for STAT Madness

Sameer Sonkusale and his group’s research on a pill that samples gut microbes is still in the running for best innovations in biomedicine, and needs your vote STAT Madness—a competition among research teams for the best innovations in biomedicine of the year—is heating up, and Tufts engineering professor Sameer Sonkusale’s microbiome sampling pill has now […]