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    VA-MD Vet Med alumni (clockwise from top left) Jody Kull ’04; Jennifer McQuiston ’93, ’97, ’98; Lindsey McCrickard Shields ’11; Betsy Schroeder ’16, ’20; and Jim Trybus ’04.
    Uniquely prepared for a pandemic , article

    From public health veterinarians and pathologists to veterinary epidemiologists and disease surveillance experts, VA-MD Vet Med's One Health-trained alumni have their boots on the ground in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

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    Headshot of Mohamed Seleem.
    Center for One Health Research receives nearly $2 million from NIH to find new ways to combat gonorrhea , article

    Seleem, also the Tyler J. and Frances F. Young Endowed Chair in Bacteriology at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, and Dan Flaherty, associate professor of medicinal chemistry and molecular pharmacology at Purdue University, are the principal faculty for a $3 million grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health for ongoing studies on how to repurpose existing drugs to fight Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

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    Photo of Associate Professor, Julia Gohlke in front of VA-MD College of Veterinary Medicine.
    Julia M. Gohlke wins NASA grant to study health damages of extreme weather events , article

    Julia M. Gohlke, associate professor of environmental health in the department of population sciences at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, has been awarded a $1 million grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). She will work alongside co-PIs Ryan Calder, assistant professor of environmental health and policy at the college; Samarth Swarup of the University of Virginia; and Benjamin Zaitchik of Johns Hopkins University.

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    Eli Vlaisavljevich, associate professor , Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics,College of Engineering and Irving Coy Allen, associate professor of inflammatory diseases at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine look over a histotripsy piece of equipment.
    Virginia Tech team receives $2 million grant to use bubbles to destroy deadly tumors , article

    Pancreatic cancer has the highest mortality rate of the major cancers, and only 10 percent of patients live longer than five years after diagnosis. Treatment options can be limited, but an interdisciplinary team led by Irving Coy Allen, associate professor of inflammatory diseases at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, might change that. The team recently received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore the use of histotripsy as a therapeutic option for pancreatic cancer.

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    Laura Parkhurst joins veterinary college amid national shelter crisis , article

    Laura Parkhurst has taken on the role of clinical instructor in shelter medicine and surgery clerkship at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine amidst a critical time for animal shelters nationwide.

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    Headshot of James Romero-Masters.
    Romero-Masters to study tumor viruses at Center for One Health Research , article

    James Romero-Masters recently joined the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine as an assistant professor at the Center for One Health Research, a collaborative effort of the veterinary college and the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine.

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    Two researchers in their white coats, working in a lab.
    Veterinary college promotes human, environmental and animal health through One Health concept , article

    Human, animal, and environmental are not three different kinds of health. They are One Health. One Health is the overarching concept that human, animal, and environmental health are inextricably linked, and that professionals within the three realms should work together toward research findings and clinical applications that can improve the health in all three areas. The veterinary college – both throughout its Public Health program and more traditional veterinary medicine -– is deeply committed to the concept of One Health.

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    Headshot of Mohamed Seleem.
    Academic-private partnership aims to reduce toxic effects of deadly digestive bacteria , article

    Mohamed Seleem and Nectagen, Inc., have received a nearly $275,000 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study whether synthetic proteins developed by Nectagen can reduce the toxicity of the digestive bacteria.

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    Nammalwar Sriranganathan honored with emeritus status , article

    Nammalwar Sriranganathan, professor of bacteriology in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the title of professor emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.