Online shelter medicine course receives UF award A graduate online course offered by the Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program has been selected to receive an Online Education Excellence award from the University of Florida’s “UF Online” program. The award was given in the graduate courses category. The course, titled “Integrating Veterinary Medicine with Shelter Systems” was […]

A large animal surgery resident was recently honored by a national clinicians association.

A postdoctoral associate in the college’s department of infectious diseases and pathology has received a three-year fellowship from NIH to support her research.

UF/IFAS finds way to reduce E. coli in cows, improving food safety By Brad Buck A new biological treatment could help dairy cattle stave off uterine diseases and eventually may help improve food safety for humans, a University of Florida study shows. Kwang Cheol Jeong, an assistant professor in animal sciences and UF’s Emerging Pathogens […]

Employees honored with Superior Accomplishment Awards   The UF College of Veterinary Medicine’s  2014 Division 5 Superior Accomplishment Award winners were honored, along with other university winners, at a luncheon held March 12 at the Paramount Hotel in Gainesville. The program recognizes staff members who contribute outstanding and meritorious service, efficiency and/or economy, or to […]

Graduate student research noted at Phi Zeta The following awards, given to UF CVM graduate students in acknowledgement of overall excellence in scholarship and research activities performed during the past year. These awards were presented March 21 during Phi Zeta Day Symposium activities. Excellence in Clinical Science Research: Poonam Jaiswal, department of physiological sciences This […]

UF researchers: Simple test could distinguish human from animal strains of anaplasmosis   By Sarah Carey University of Florida veterinary researchers say a simple DNA-based test could help identify strains of a debilitating tickborne disease that infects an increasing number of people. The research marks the first time scientists have demonstrated the ability to distinguish […]

Faculty honored for research Three college faculty members were acknowledged for their research accomplishments during Phi Zeta Research Symposium, held March 20-21 at the college. The winners were chosen from nominations selected from a pool of names suggested by faculty colleagues. And the winners were: C. E. Cornelius Young Investigator Award: Dr. Prodip Bose, department […]

In the News A story about Dr. Valery Scharf’s research into a gold-based drug’s impact on osteosarcoma cells appeared in the Sun Sentinel, in Clinical Leader, in the Independent Florida Alligator, BioResearch Online and Medical News Today. A story about Dr. Anthony Barbet and Dr. Basima Al-Khedery’s research involving the development of a test to […]

Animal Airwaves program wins top award from medical college association.

Collaboration between UF, conservation group helps indigo snake By Michelle Champalanne In a collaboration said to benefit all parties, a University of Florida zoological medicine specialist has provided key services to assist a conservation group devoted to saving the Eastern indigo snake from extinction. For several years, Dr. Darryl Heard, an associate professor of zoological […]