Fox31: CSU researchers working on COVID-19 vaccine
A Colorado State University veterinary pathologist, Dr. Amy MacNeill, and her team are using the vaccinia virus to make a vaccine that might protect against coronavirus.
A Colorado State University veterinary pathologist, Dr. Amy MacNeill, and her team are using the vaccinia virus to make a vaccine that might protect against coronavirus.
Faculty and staff gathered to send off recent graduates of CSU's Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program Monday. The grads had a message of their own.
CSU will also partner with the Dumb Friends League at Vida to offer a donor-subsidized clinic for companion animals while providing hands-on education for veterinary students.
The Vida building will showcase CSU’s veterinary program, considered among the best in the country. It will house an animal clinic run by the Denver Dumb Friends League and offering low-cost services and opportunities to CSU students for hands-on learning.
"I am very excited to move this field forward and to utilize metabolism as a way to choke virus replication in both the human host and mosquito vector." -Rushika Perera
Rushika Perera was named an ACS Infectious Diseases Young Investigator. The national award recognizes outstanding young investigators in the infectious diseases field who are within ten years of their last training experience or at the Assistant Professor level.
“I think the very clear message — and this isn’t specific to nursing homes — there are a lot of people out there who are infected or infectious and don’t know it,” said Greg Ebel, the CSU professor whose lab ran the tests.
The first building on the Spur campus will be 114,000 square feet and will focus on animal and human health. Named “Vida,” it will include an equine center, a clinic for companion animals in conjunction with the Dumb Friends League, and will educate CSU’s veterinary students.
From her vet school days volunteering at Colorado State University's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, through nearly two decades of work protecting animal health, and more than a year of interim leadership, Dr. Kristy Pabilonia has been named Director of Clinical Diagnostics for the Veterinary Health System.
The hospital is open, providing care to large and small animal patients for emergencies, critical follow-up appointments, and pharmacy orders.