2021 Veterinary Research Scholars
From left to right: Nicole Robben, Walter Meyers, Hanah Huber, William Ty Weng, Madeline Hall, Lilli Heinen, Bailey Fritz, Dorothy Angela Thompson-Butler, Rebecca Ullom-Minnich, Naomi Hampton, Mackenzie Gray, Nicole Cassale, Hannah Barber, Morgan Hull, Shannon O’Day, Poyu Tony Lai, Trey Tomlinson, Damilola Gbore, Jayden McCall, Nathan Jackson, Stephen Edache, Joel Nelson and Dr. Kate KuKanich.
Scholar: Hannah Barber, KSUCVM Class of 2024 Mentor: Yoonseong Park, PhD VRSP Project: Effects of microbiome on tick survival |
Scholar: Nicole Cassale, KSUCVM Class of 2024 Mentor: Dylan Lutter, DVM, MS, DACVS-LA, CERP, CAC VRSP Project: Evaluation of wound healing gene expression in equine wounds treated with autologous biologic therapies |
Scholar: Stephen Edache, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, College of Veterinary Medicine, Benue State, Nigeria Mentor: Natalia Cernicchiaro, DVM, MSc, PhD VRSP Project: Quantifying how whole-dairy and large-scale feedlot application of a pre-harvest fermentation product reduces Salmonella in lymph nodes |
Scholar: Bailey Fritz, KSUCVM Class of 2024 Mentor: Mike Kleinhenz, DVM, PhD VRSP Project: Pharmacokinetics of acetylsalicylic acid in dairy cattle |
Scholar: Damilola Gbore, University of Ibadan, Veterinary Medicine, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria Mentor: Masaaki Tamura, DVM, PhD VRSP Project: Effect of water extract from Euglena gracilis on granulocytic differentiation and activation |
Scholar: Mackenzie Gray, KSUCVM Class of 2023 Mentor: Butch KuKanich, DVM, PhD, DACVCP VRSP Project: Enhancing the efficacy of butorphanol in dogs |
Scholar: Madeline Hall, KSUCVM Class of 2024 Mentor: Abbie Viscardi, PhD VRSP Project: Designing a grimace scale to assess pain in goats |
Scholar: Naomi Hampton, KSUCVM Class of 2023 Mentor: Jeba Chelladurai, BVSc, PhD, DACVM (Parasitology) VRSP Project: Optimizing in vitro biochemical assays predictive of drug resistance in Dirofilaria immitis microfilaria |
Scholar: Lilli Heinen, KSUCVM Class of 2024 Mentor: Brad White, DVM, MS VRSP Project: Evaluation of predictive models to determine case outcome based on information available at first treatment for bovine respiratory disease in feedlot cattle |
Scholar: Hanah Huber, KSUCVM Class of 2024 Mentor: Rob DeLong, PhD VRSP Project: Molecular mechanisms of antiviral nanoparticles against SARS-CoV-2 |
Scholar: Morgan Hull, KSUCVM Class of 2023 Mentor: Nora Springer, DVM, PhD, DACVP VRSP Project: Anti-bovine serum albumin IgG antibody production in horses post-vaccination |
Scholar: Nathan Jackson, KSUCVM Class of 2024 Mentor: Sherry Fleming, PhD VRSP Project: Role of Estrogen in Ischemia and Reperfusion |
Scholar: Poyu Tony Lai, KSUCVM Class of 2023 Mentor: Kate KuKanich, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM) VRSP Project: The value of a leukogram for preoperative patient assessment in shelter dogs |
Scholar: Jayden McCall, KSUCVM Class of 2023 Mentor: Waithaka Mwangi, PhD VRSP Project: Identification of protective antigens from African Swine Fever Virus proteome |
Scholar: Walter Meyers, KSUCVM Class of 2024 Mentor: Chieko Azuma, DVM, PhD, DACVR VRSP Project: Pain assessment and activity tracking in dogs with spontaneous cancer undergoing radiation therapy |
Scholar: Joel Nelson, KSUCVM Class of 2023 Mentor: Bob Larson, DVM, PhD, DACT, DACVPM (Epidemiology), ACAN VRSP Project: The effects of Steroid Implants on growth parameters of cattle grazing differing levels of Fescue Endophyte |
Scholar: Shannon O’Day, KSUCVM Class of 2024 Mentor: Katie Reif, MSPH, PhD VRSP Project: Immune responses elicited in calves administered the conditionally-licensed anaplasmosis vaccine |
Scholar: Nicole Robben, KSUCVM Class of 2024 Mentor: Berlin Londono-Renteria, PhD VRSP Project: Effect of Mosquito Salivary Proteins in Animal Endothelial Physiology |
Scholar: Dorothy Angela Thompson-Butler, KSUCVM Class of 2024 Mentor: Will Whitehouse, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM) VRSP Project: Renal and cardiac effects of diltiazem continuous infusion in healthy dogs |
Scholar: Sarah Timmerman, KSUCVM Class of 2024 Mentor: Matt Basel, PhD VRSP Project: Refining an aldosterone-producing adenoma model in mice using HAC15 cells |
Scholar: Trey Tomlinson, KSUCVM Class of 2024 Mentor: Brian Herrin, DVM, PhD, DACVM (Parasitology) VRSP Project: Surveillance of Borrelia burgdorferi in white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in Pennsylvania |
Scholar: Rebecca Ullom-Minnich, KSUCVM Class of 2023 Mentor: Maria Jugan, DVM, MS, DACVIM (SAIM) VRSP Project: Effect of IV iron sucrose (Venofer) on hematologic parameters in healthy cats |
Scholar: William Ty Weng, KSUCVM Class of 2024 Mentor: Juergen Richt, DVM, PhD VRSP Project: Differential gene expression in SARS-CoV-2-infected preclinical animal models |