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Archives: Global Health

January 24, 2019

Researchers Create Algorithm to Predict PEDV Outbreaks

PEDV is a virus that causes high mortality rates in preweaned piglets. The virus emerged in the U.S. in 2013 and by 2014 had infected approximately 50 percent of breeding herds...

January 13, 2019

CVM Student to Receive National Veterinary Leadership Honor

Hannah Varnell, a third-year student at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, is among this year’s recipients of the Dr. Jack Walther Leadership Award from the...

November 28, 2018

Salmonella, Gene Swapping and Antibiotic Resistance: Five Questions with Sid Thakur

Thakur compared the genomes of over 200 different strains of Salmonella, looking for genetic similarities across strains. He spoke with the Abstract about what this work can tell us, and how it may help to keep us and our food supply safe.

November 28, 2018

Five Questions with Dean Lunn: Launching the Global Health Program

NC State’s College of Veterinary Medicine is merging global health research with the existing education program to create a single Global Health program. By streamlining these efforts, the new program will unite the strengths of both research faculty and teaching faculty to increase the global impact of the college.

August 18, 2018

Tackling Health Challenges, 7,500 Miles Away

They may step out of the classroom during the summer, but NC State Veterinary Medicine students don’t stray far from their chosen field. This summer, three students worked on global health research projects, a required component of the certificate program...

Front building of CVM with dramatic sunset. Birds flying overhead
July 19, 2018

Two CVM Global Health Collaborations Receive Funding

The UGPN’s Research Collaboration Fund supports the work of its member institutions: NC State University, the University of São Paulo, the University of Surrey and the University of Wollongong.

May 11, 2018

Sid Thakur Named NC State Veterinary Medicine’s Director of Global Health

Siddhartha “Sid” Thakur has been named NC State College of Veterinary Medicine’s director of global health, a key leadership position reflective of the CVM’s commitment to solving some of the world’s greatest health challenges facing animals, humans and the environment.   The position, effective July 1, is part of the development of a formal global

April 22, 2018

Stringer Receives Fellowship for Global Health Research Project

Andrew Stringer has been a pivotal part of CVM’s commitment to fighting AMR and strengthening global health since arriving at the college in 2015...

April 4, 2018

New Master’s Program Offers Global Health Focus for Vet Students

During a trip to Uganda last summer, NC State College of Veterinary Medicine student Elsa Sanabria was an eyewitness to the unique power veterinarians have to strengthen global health. She was traveling with nine other vet students and Andrew Stringer, the CVM’s director of global health education and a clinical assistant professor in the Department

March 25, 2018

Global Health Project Breaks Down Veterinary Library Borders

Kris Alpi, director of the William Rand Kenan Jr. Veterinary Medicine Library, is the recipient of a scholarship for a collaborative approach to making pharmacy literature more accessible to around the world. The Medical Library Association awarded Alpi its Librarians without Borders Ursula Poland International Scholarship for a research project aiming to streamline availability of