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Jul 5, 2014

Samuel Copeland (CVM 2015) and Callie Pierce (CVM 2016)

Two of our NCSU CVM students, Sam Copeland (2015) and Callie Pierce (2016), have had their presentations accepted for the 2014 American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP) meeting.  As such they will be in competition for L. Dwight Schwartz Travel Scholarships, which will be announced at the meeting. Sam will present his summer research on why heavy tom turkeys…
PCR strip test tubes and micropipette in genetics laboratory

Jul 2, 2014

NC State Immunologist Recipient of NIH Grant to Investigate Novel HIV Research Approach

The competitive two-stage CNIHR scholarship process required Fogle to submit a pre-proposal. He was then invited to prepare a formal proposal for final selection. As a grantee...

Jun 30, 2014

NC State Small Animal Emergency Service Offers Tips to Keep Pets Safe and Healthy This Summer

Clinicians at North Carolina State University’s Veterinary Health Complex remind owners that summer sun, soaring temperatures, and high humidity levels can be dangerous to companion animals. “If you are uncomfortable, it’s safe to say that your pet is as well,” says Dr. Rita Hanel, assistant professor in emergency and critical care. “Pets can suffer from…

Jun 26, 2014

Michael Davidson Steps Down as Director of Veterinary Medical Services to Return to the Faculty

There will a major change in the leadership of the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine this July 1. After 11 years as Associate Dean and Director of Veterinary Medical Services, Dr. Michael Glenn Davidson, a professor of ophthalmology, is stepping down to return to the faculty. “I have very mixed feelings about…

Jun 23, 2014

NC State DVM Student Education Links Vet Med, the World Wide Web, and Client Communication

Sarah Blau, a member of the Class of 2017 at NC State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, is sharing some of what she learns and experiences as a first-year veterinary student with readers of the CVM News Central Blog. Watch for these postings on a monthly basis. You may think that a veterinary medicine education…

Jun 21, 2014

Gift of Admiration, Awe, and Gratitude

Creating an endowment was a natural progression for Charles and Barbara Wilcox of Alexander, NC. The Charles E. and Barbara H. Wilcox Scholarship Endowment allows this couple to tangibly express their gratitude for the care that the professionals of the NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine provide to the least and greatest of God’s…

Jun 12, 2014

Hitchings New Investigator Award Supports Student Research

Matthew Milloway, Class of 2016 at North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, is the recipient of the George H. Hitchings New Investigator Award in Health Research presented by the Triangle Community Foundation. The $5,000 award will help fund Milloway’s continued research in laboratory of Adam Moeser, an associate professor of gastrointestinal biology and…

Jun 11, 2014

CVM News, Updates for May

Troy Ghashghaei helped lead a research effort that pinpoints the areas of the cerebral cortex that are affected in mice with absence epilepsy and shows that transplanting embryonic neural cells into these areas can alleviate symptoms of the disease by reducing seizure activity. The work may help identify the areas of the human brain affected in absence…

Jun 9, 2014

CVM News, Updates for June

Jonathan Fogle is one of 10 scientists to receive a grant from the Creative and Novel Ideas in HIV Research (CNIHR) program to investigate questions related to long-term survival with HIV infection, and the prevention of HIV transmission. The CNIHR program is a joint initiative of the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for AIDS…

Jun 3, 2014

Adam Birkenheuer Recipient of Alumni Achievement Award

Adam Birkenheuer, associate professor of internal medicine at North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, is a recipient of the 2014 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award presented by the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. Birkenheuer, a 1995 graduate of the UF College of Veterinary Medicine, was recognized as an internationally renowned expert on…