Plans call for construction of a 14,000-square-foot building within the Judson Harper Research Complex on the south side of CSU’s Foothills Campus. The new facility would be adjacent to the existing Center for Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases.
Five MIP PhD students are part of the inaugural Anschutz Graduate Fellows cohort at Colorado State University, conducting research focused on pandemic prevention and practical countermeasures to make communities more resilient.
Researchers at CSU are among the foremost experts on Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of the disease, and have for many years been dedicated to understanding its underlying immunopathology.
Dr. Dan Regan is the 2022 recipient of the Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence, and will kick off the 24th annual College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Research Day with a keynote address.
"Everyone goes through rough patches, in college and in life. You're not going to be ready for it, and life will not care."
"As educators, we need to recognize that addressing climate change needs to be infused into everything we do. We are responsible for empowering young people to take control of this situation," says Dr. Colleen Duncan, who represented the college at the United Nations climate summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
VIDEO: Dr. Laura Brandt is Director of Clinical Pathology for Zoetis Reference Labs. She completed a clinical pathology residency at Colorado State University and simultaneously obtained a master's degree in microbiology.
Colleen Duncan, DVM, Ph.D., is an associate professor of pathology at CSU's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Colorado has also seen an increase in wildfires in recent years, and spurred by horse owners’ concerns about their effects on air quality, as well as the impact of air quality on horses in general, she and other researchers launched the BREATHE (Better Racing and Exercise in Air That Horses Enjoy) project.
Vanessa Villegas Selwyn (Ph.D., ’19) has always lived between worlds. She is the daughter of a Chicana Native American mother and a Russian, German, and Jewish father. Her academic background is the very definition of interdisciplinarity, with degrees in psychology, cellular and molecular biology, and curriculum and instruction.
“Human health authorities have said, very emphatically, climate change is the number one public health threat of the 21st century,” says Dr. Colleen Duncan. “However, these impacts are not restricted to people. Veterinary associations around the world are similarly declaring climate change poses a monumental threat to animal health.”