June-July 2020 news at the College of Medicine

A message from our interim dean

By • Jul 27th, 2020 • Category: Around the College, Features, June-July 2020

A message from the college’s interim dean, Dr. Dana Zimmel.

Longtime CVM faculty member, administrator retires

By • Jul 27th, 2020 • Category: Around the College, Features, June-July 2020

Dr. Tom Vickroy, the college’s executive associate dean and a professor in the department of physiological sciences, retired in June after 32 years of service at UF.

Diversity and Inclusion updates

By • Jul 24th, 2020 • Category: Around the College, Features, June-July 2020

The college is in the process of developing plans to address increasing diversity among its faculty, staff, house officers, and students.

In the news

By • Jul 5th, 2020 • Category: June-July 2020, March 2012, News

In the news A story about a new treatment developed by a UF biomedical engineering faculty being used by UF veterinarians (Dr. Stan Kim and Dr. Adam Biedrzyski) to treat animals with severe bone loss appeared in Horsetalk and in the Paulick Report. A story about coronavirus and why people affected with the virus should […]

UF veterinarians successfully using new placenta-derived treatment for animals with severe bone loss

By • Jul 5th, 2020 • Category: Features, June-July 2020, News

A human placenta-derived compound is being used with promising results by UF veterinarians to treat animals with severe bone loss.

UF virtually hosts international aquatic group meeting

By • Jul 5th, 2020 • Category: Around the College, Features, June-July 2020

The event drew the second largest number of attendees in its history with 382 registrants from 27 countries.

Professor honored by national veterinary microbiology group

By • Jun 30th, 2020 • Category: Features, June-July 2020, People

Dr. Roy Curtiss joined the college’s faculty in 2015 through UF’s preeminence initiative. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, he owns several patented inventions and has engineered four licensed animal vaccines, which are marketed around the globe.

UF veterinary cardiologist honored by national groups

By • Jun 30th, 2020 • Category: Features, June-July 2020, People

A UF veterinary cardiologist is now a member of the AVMA’s Council on Education and a fellow in the National Academies of Practice in Veterinary Medicine.

Horse recovering well after successful treatment at UF for heart arrhythmia

By • Jun 30th, 2020 • Category: Features, June-July 2020, News

The owners of a warmblood horse from Mississippi drove him to UF in the pandemic for treatment of a heart arrhythmia. .

Mandese receives Zoetis Distinguished Teacher Award

By • Jun 30th, 2020 • Category: Features, June-July 2020, People

In addition to teaching in the primary care and dentistry service, Mandese coordinates the Small Animal Practice-Based Clerkship. She joined the UFCVM faculty in 2012.

UF researchers study whether approved drugs can block transmission of virus behind COVID-19

By • Jun 30th, 2020 • Category: Features, June-July 2020, News

UF researchers hope to identify an approved drug or drug that may prove effective in preventing or treating coronavirus infection.

Student wins 3rd place in national essay competition

By • Jun 30th, 2020 • Category: Features, June-July 2020, People

A UF veterinary student’s prize-winning essay focused on the role of a veterinarian who helped discover West Nile virus at the Bronx Zoo in 2001.