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Top research at college acknowledged during Phi Zeta Research Day

Each year, the college acknowledges the top research being performed by D.V.M. students, graduate students and faculty during Phi Zeta Research Day. Awards are given in a variety of categories for presentations and for overall excellence among faculty. This year’s Phi Zeta activities took place on April 14-15. The award categories and winners are listed below. For photos and more background on the event, visit the Phi Zeta page on the website.

Top Dog Awards
Given to a student from each veterinary class who made a research-oriented presentation that was deemed best in the class.

• First Place: MacKenzie Door, Class of 2024: “Sequencing and transferability of ESBL-encoding IncN and Incl plasmids among field strains of different Salmonella serovars and Escherichia coli”
  Mentored by Dr. Subhashinie Kariyawasam, department of comparative, diagnostic and population medicine, and Dr. Thomas Denagamage, department of large animal clinical sciences.
• Second Place: Alyssa Carrillo, Class of 2023: “Computed tomographic findings in free living gopher tortoises (G. Polyphemus) with trauma in North Central Florida”
  Mentored by Dr. Vilaplana Grosso, department of small animal clinical sciences.
• Third Place: Dana Haimovitz, Class of 2022: “Effect of diet change in healthy dogs with subclinical cardiac biomarker or echocardiographic abnormalities”
  Mentored by Dr. Darcy Adin, department of large animal clinical sciences

Best in Show Awards
Given to a graduate student from each of the college’s five academic departments whose presentation was selected as the best from that department.

• First Place: Alicer Andrew, department of infectious diseases and immunology: “Examining how host mediated responses to malaria infection can be detrimental to pregnancy”
  Mentored by Dr. Julie Moore, department of infectious diseases and immunology
• Second Place: Tomas Gonzalez, department of large animal clinical sciences: “A new era in reproductive management of cattle: Reducing the use of exogenous hormones through automated technology”
  Mentored by Dr. Rafael Bisinotto, department of large animal clinical sciences
• Third Place: Emily Griffin, department of physiological sciences: “Quantitative and spatial assessment of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the Indian River Lagoon and Atlantic coast of Brevard County, Florida”
  Mentored by Dr. John Bowden, department of physiological sciences

Graduate Student Awards

• Excellence in Master’s Studies Award: Dr. Tatiana Weisbrod: “Patterns of mortality and the molecular identification of enteric trematodes in Florida manatee (Trichechus Manatus Latirostris) calves”
  Mentored by Dr. Nicole Stacy, department of comparative, diagnostic and population medicine
• Excellence in Doctoral Studies Award: Hajime Guillermo Kurita Oyamada: “Molecular toxicity evaluation of the effect of novel nanoparticle using fathead minnow fish as a model”
  Mentored by Dr. Nancy Denslow, department of physiological sciences
• Excellence in Clinical Science Research: Dr. Jose Carvajal: “Lymphatic embolization in dogs with idiopathic chylothorax”
  Mentored by Dr. Brad Case, department of small animal clinical sciences
• Excellence in Basic Science Research: Jasmine Ayers
  Mentored by Dr. Rhoel Dinglasan, department of infectious diseases and immunology
• Charles F. Simpson Memorial Scholarship Award: Christopher Souders
  Mentored by Dr. Chris Martyniuk, department of physiological sciences

Faculty Awards

• Zoetis Award for Research Excellence: Dr. Roy Curtiss III, department of infectious diseases and immunology
• FVMA Clinical Investigator Award: Dr. Darcy Adin, department of small animal clinical sciences
• E. Cornelius Young Investigator Award: Dr. John Bowden, department of physiological sciences