Bob Ellis, Ph.D., received the 2020 Arnold G. Wedum Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Biological Safety Association. The award is given to a current association member for outstanding contributions to biological safety accomplished through teaching, research, service, or leadership.
"Our service prides itself on offering the highest quality medicine regardless of the species. We know about the snickers and comments, and I hope that people are able to recognize how the human animal bond exists for ANY species." -Dr. Matt Johnston
Since 2017, Tom Vilsack has been a strategic adviser of food and water initiatives at CSU's National Western Center and was on hand in May for the groundbreaking for the first building on the CSU "Spur" campus, it includes an equine center, a clinic for companion animals in conjunction with the Dumb Friends League, and will help educate CSU’s veterinary students.
For the students, it’s an opportunity to take a lead role in treating an animal and talking about treatment options with concerned owners, Dr. Janelle Scott, a CSU veterinary school faculty member, said.
"Perhaps the most important thing to understand is that it changed how consumers purchase food, almost overnight... As social distancing measures took hold, households immediately shifted away from food away from home purchases and spend a much larger share of their food budget on food at home venues such as grocery stores.” -Assistant Professor Becca Jablonski
High community demand for COVID-19 testing is lengthening wait times for test results and taking a toll on Larimer County’s ability to trace and isolate the contacts of people who test positive.
Sherry Johnson, DVM, MS, DACVSMR, received the American Association of Equine Practitioners President’s Award for spearheading AAEP’s first-ever online continuing education event as program chair of the Virtual CE Summer Series.
“The entire body is affected, because [space] is such a different and extreme environment,” says Susan Bailey, a radiologist at Colorado State University who participated in multiple of the new studies.
Rosemary Bayless, DVM, MS, DACVIM (LAIM), a doctoral candidate at North Carolina State University with a residency in equine internal medicine at Colorado State University, was selected as the 2020 AAEP Past Presidents’ Research Fellow for her research into innovative therapeutic strategies to reduce inflammation in horses by modulating neutrophil function.
A veterinarian, beef industry partner and expert in teaching and community engagement has been chosen as the new dean of UT Extension in the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture. Dr. Ashley M. Stokes, who currently serves as the associate vice president for engagement and deputy director of Colorado State University Extension, will begin her new role as the leader of UT Extension Feb. 22, 2021.