Trio of VetMed graduate students honored for their research
Spring awards luncheon recognizes excellence in research, teaching and service Three graduate students enrolled in the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine are recipients of highly competitive campus-wide awards recognizing their excellence in research, teaching and engaged scholarship. The awards are presented annually by the Graduate School to recognize […]
Empowering the Next Generation: One Student’s Commitment to Mentorship and Research
In the lab and in the classroom, Taylor Elijah Martin has built a graduate career defined by both scientific rigor and a deep commitment to mentorship. A Ph.D. student in the Interdisciplinary Toxicology Program at the University of Georgia, Martin conducts research in Dr. Xiaoqin Ye’s lab while also making […]
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 […]
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 […]
CVM faculty member to lead new NIH Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Center
The University of Georgia has signed a contract with the National Institutes of Health for an initial award of $8 million to develop a new, more advanced influenza vaccine designed to protect against multiple strains of influenza virus in a single dose. The total funding could be up to $130 […]
The College of Veterinary Medicine recently received approval from the Board of Regents to create the Alison Bradbury Chair in Feline Health, one of only two such endowed professorships in the nation. Dr. Chad Schmiedt, professor of small animal surgery, will be the first to hold the position. Schmiedt is […]
Dr. Hondalus is a graduate from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University, and following graduation, she was an equine and small animal private practitioner. She subsequently completed a Large Animal Internal Medicine Residency at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine and a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology […]
