Olivia Adler
In December, Olivia stepped on a horseshoe nail. The nail punctured her deep digital flexor tendon and hit her coffin bone, resulting in a small bone infection. The UGA Veterinary Teaching Hospital performed intravenous regional limb perfusions, utilized therapeutic shoeing techniques, and provided exceptional patient care that allowed the mare’s […]
2016 Pathology Continuing Education Workshop
A full day of Pathology Continuing Education for large and small animal veterinarians and technicians
Associate professor teaches how to explore ‘new ways around problems’
Dr. Ben Brainard possesses a penchant for challenges and real-time physiology in crisis. On a near-daily basis in his role as an associate professor of emergency and critical care medicine at the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine, Brainard works at the vortex of life and death. His naturally calm demeanor is an asset amid the chaos of caring for patients in crisis.
Critical mass: Presidential Extraordinary Research Faculty Hiring Initiative builds on UGA’s Signatu
Pejman Rohani's research is inherently collaborative, and he says the number and diversity of infectious disease researchers at UGA creates an extraordinary environment for discovery.
Athens veterinarians to participate in 2016 national service animal eye exam event
The UGA Veterinary Teaching Hospital is offering free eye exam screenings to service animals this May as part of the ACVO/Stokes Pharmacy National Service Animal Eye Exam Event. Pre-registration with the ACVO is required and is open through April 30.
Center for Vaccines and Immunology to open in 2016
Later this year, the Center for Vaccines and Immunology will open the doors of its newly renovated research facilities. Housed in the old Veterinary Teaching Hospital space, the Center will eventually accommodate up to 10 research groups comprising 100 total faculty and staff. In addition to training future scientists, the Center’s researchers will focus on expanding their understanding of the immunology of infectious diseases and how vaccines work in different populations based upon age, gender and ethnicity.
A “Dog’s Eye View” of the UGA Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Check out this great video tour of our Veterinary Teaching Hospital, created by our first-year veterinary students for Open House and given from a “Dog’s Eye View.”
UGA, Sanofi Pasteur develop new vaccine for H1N1 influenza
UGA researchers and Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, announced recently the development of a vaccine that protects against multiple strains of both seasonal and pandemic H1N1 influenza in mouse models. They published their findings in the Journal of Virology.
UGA students, alumni offered record number of NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Athens, Ga. – A record number of University of Georgia students and alumni have been offered National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships this year. These highly competitive awards recognize and support outstanding graduate students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines.
UGA CVM Alumni Association Recognizes Four
The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine recognized four alumni with awards for service to the college and the veterinary profession during its 53rd Annual Veterinary Conference and Alumni Weekend.
