UGA CVM STEM outreach programs recognized for inclusive excellence

The College of Veterinary Medicine was honored for Ready.Vet.Go., a program tailored to middle school students from metro Atlanta and rural Macon County. Additionally, the college’s Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory was recognized for its efforts to tackle a regional shortage of veterinarians by addressing the underrepresentation of rural students […]

Lucas Kelley

Alexandra Grant

Jackson Borders

Adrea Mueller

Kya Mckenzie

Austin Hill

Shaun Van den hurk

Headshot photo of Ricardo Mendes

Ricardo Mendes

Before joining UGA, Dr. Mendes worked as a full professor in a University in Brazil, Instituto Federal Catarinense (IFC), Concórdia, Santa Catarina state, and has been granted several research grants at federal and state levels. He has a strong background in veterinary pathology, starting with a Master’s degree in this […]

Kaitlyn Freeman

Gable Peacock

Danielle Miller

Caleb Dowell

Grazieli Maboni

Grazieli Maboni is the Section Head of the Microbiology and Molecular diagnostic laboratories at the Athens Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and is an Assistant Professor in Infectious Diseases at the College of Veterinary Medicine. Grazieli is a veterinarian and is board-certified in bacteriology/mycology and virology by the American College of Veterinary […]

Pauline Rakich

Sarah Schneider

Corey Brisson

CVM scientists create COVID-19 saliva test for campus community

When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit the U.S., the most common way to test for the virus was using nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs—which pass through the nostril to the very back of the nasal cavity, where they pick up mucosal secretions. But thanks to a team of researchers from UGA’s Veterinary […]

Binu Velayudhan

Binu Velayudhan is the Director of Athens Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases in the College of Veterinary Medicine. He is a veterinarian and a board-certified virologist. Dr. Velayudhan earned his PhD in infectious diseases from the University of Minnesota, and an MBA from Texas Tech University. […]

Isabel Chastain

Gustavo Garcia

CVM announces new director for Athens Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

The College of Veterinary Medicine is pleased to announce the hire of Dr. Binu Velayudhan as the director of the Athens Veterinary Diagnostic Lab (AVDL), effective January 1, 2021. Dr. Velayudhan currently serves as the assistant director of laboratories at the North Carolina Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories in Raleigh, NC. Prior […]

Veterinary Diagnostic Labs to provide COVID-19 testing support

Both the Athens Veterinary Diagnostic Lab and Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Lab are now registered to conduct assays on human samples and support SARS-CoV-2 testing. Where the labs were previously registered to accept and perform diagnostic assays on animal tissues and cultures, this new registration grants them the ability […]

Staying the Course in the Face of Chaos

It has been a little under a month since COVID-19 was first recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Around the world, people from all walks of life have been asked to adapt to a new lifestyle—one of constant change and social distancing. Despite the upheaval, the University […]

Amy Mckinney

Amy Lavender

Ingrid Fernandez-Marrero

Jillian Fishburn

Michelle Norris

Sabrina Bailey

Wendy Counkle

Ashley Phillips

Jennifer Lightsey

Rebecca Cox

Daniel R. Rissi

Paula Krimer

Doris M. Miller

Doris M. Miller

going beyond the expected