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Here’s Why Your Face Doesn’t Perceive Itchiness the Same Way Your Body Does

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Dr. Duncan Lascelles treats a patient at the NC State Veterinary Hospital.

Jul 29, 2026

Advancing Pain Research and Alleviation: Inside NC State’s Comparative Pain Research and Education Center

Pain doesn’t discriminate by species — and neither does the science needed to understand and relieve it. That’s the driving philosophy behind the Comparative Pain Research and Education Center (CPREC) at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, a hub where clinicians, scientists and educators have been reshaping how the world understands, measures and treats…
Dr. Jorge Piedrahita, third from left, is director of the Comparative Medicine Institute and a professor in the Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences.

Jul 24, 2026

NIH Renews Prestigious Training Grant for NC State Ph.D. Students Preparing to Lead Complex Research Teams

The National Institutes of Health has approved a $2.5 million grant for the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine to continue the work of its Comparative Molecular Medicine Training Program, which awards fellowships to Ph.D. students in NC State University’s Comparative Medicine Institute. Since NIH first funded the program in 2021, more than 20 students…
Drs. Simon Roe and David Knazovicky, right, examine a patient's X-rays before replacing the dog's hip with an uncemented implant this month.

Jul 22, 2026

NC State to Offer New Uncemented Hip Replacements for Small Dogs, Cats

A deep sense of satisfaction about his choice to become a small animal orthopedic surgeon spread through Dr. David Knazovicky as he viewed a video that recently arrived in his email inbox unexpectedly. A border collie named The Tick and seven other dogs were competing in the fast-paced sport of flyball, taking turns in relay…
A woman in a white T shirt and jeans sits on top of a sculpture of a dog's head as teenagers wearing the same shirt surround her.

Jul 20, 2026

Put NC State’s Pilot VetRISE Program for High Schoolers in the Win Column

The study has ended, the data is in and the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine is pleased to release the results: Our inaugural VetRISE summer program offering 11 North Carolina high schoolers an opportunity to immerse themselves in research with some of our most prominent scientists was a success in every category. The findings:…
Dr. Shelly Vaden in mauve shirt and white mask and blue gloves explains something to a man in a dark shirt and blue mask

Jul 7, 2026

AVMA Honors Vaden with its 2026 Clinical Research Award

Dr. Shelly Vaden, professor of internal medicine at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine and president of the American College of Veterinary Nephrology and Urology, has been awarded the 2026 Clinical Research Award from the American Veterinary Medical Association. The award recognizes an AVMA member who has made significant contributions to the diagnosis, prevention…
The outside of the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, a brick building and a pinkish sky

Jun 30, 2026

Latest Accolades for Our Problem-Solvers, Innovators and Life-Changers

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A graphic with a picture of screwworms overlaid with a quote from Dr. Andy Moorhead, NC State associate professor: “We’d been watching it inch closer and closer, but I guess while we weren't exactly surprised that it jumped over, we hoped on some level it wouldn't happen. Dealing with an outbreak is very different from dealing with prevention.”

Jun 22, 2026

Screwworm Outbreak No Surprise to Nation’s Veterinary Parasitologists

When the first four New World screwworm cases in the United States in 60 years were reported in Texas, members of the American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists were already together at their annual conference. Dr. Andy Moorhead, associate professor of parasitology at the NC State College of  Veterinary Medicine, was there in his role as…
A blue and red graphic with headshots of Dr. Liara Gonzalez, Dr. Cristina Lanza, Dr. Caroline McKinney, Dr. Barbara Qurollo, Dr. Katie Sheats and Dr. Joshua Stern and a picture of Dr. Margaret Gruen petting a white cat, Dr. Natasha Olby kneeling beside a brown and white dog and Dr. Mike Sano working in his lab.

Jun 4, 2026

NC State CVM Offers High Schoolers Summer Research Stint

Eleven North Carolina high school students will get to experience the thrill of being immersed in life-changing research this summer when they join the labs of top scientists at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine through a pilot program called VetRISE. Dr. Margaret Gruen, a board-certified veterinary behaviorist and prolific researcher at NC State,…
Members of the NC State Class of 2026 take the veterinarian's oath as they stand in black gowns and black caps with their right hands raised.

May 11, 2026

‘We Conquered Everything’: 108 New Veterinarians Take on the World

In fall 2022, more than 100 graduates from 41 different academic institutions showed up at first-year veterinary student orientation on the campus of the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, swatting at their nervous anticipation and putting a toe on the starting line. Four years of studying, stressing, surgeries and stitches, of laughing, crying and…

May 4, 2026

Here’s Why Your Face Doesn’t Perceive Itchiness the Same Way Your Body Does

For Immediate Release Tracey Peake [email protected] In a new study, researchers from North Carolina State University show that itch sensations in the face are perceived differently from those in the body due to differences in signaling between trigeminal (located in the brain) and spinal pain pathways. The work could lead to the development of specific…