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Michael Bailey, third-year veterinary student, spent last summer at Washington State University working on research to develop an effective vaccine for anaplasmosis in cattle. He worked with Reg Valdez, a former master’s degree student at the College, who is now finishing his Ph.D.
Dr. David Barber, research associate in veterinary pathobiology, has been working with College Extension personnel to develop a curriculum for humane animal care at Illinois elementary schools.
Laura Bellen, a third-year veterinary student, shown above with Morris representative Betty White, was selected by Morris Animal Foundation as the new Ballard student representative to the College. Bellen will educate the student body and the faculty at the College about the Morris Animal Foundation’s role in animal health.
Dr. Nicole Ehrhart, veterinary clinical medicine, was nominated to the American College of Veterinary Surgeons Examination Committee. She lectured on surgical oncology at the Western States Veterinary Conference and will be chairing and speaking in the Oncologic Surgery Forum at the ACVS meeting in September 2000.
Dr. David Freeman, veterinary clinical medicine, discussed advances in state-of-the-art equine care at an exhibition opening for equine artist Lynn Wade at the Ottinger Gallery in Chicago on November 19. The opening was a benefit for the equine program in the Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital.
Drs. Jonathan Foreman, veterinary clinical medicine, Wanda M. Haschek-Hock, veterinary pathobiology, and Peter Constable, veterinary clinical medicine, presented their research findings on equine leukoencephalomalacia at the Fumonisins Risk Assessment Workshop, January 10 through 12, at the University of Maryland, College Park, Md.
Dr. H.R. Gaskins, veterinary pathobiology, has been selected as a University Scholar for the year 2000. Dr. Gaskins’ research is on the molecular and cell biology of inflammation.
Katie Henry, director of Budget and Resource Planning for the College, will be the chair of this year’s Dean’s Budget Council on the Urbana-Champaign campus.
Dr. Rex A. Hess, veterinary biosciences, was an invited speaker at the National Institute of Nutrition, Mexico City, Mexico, November 15, 1999, where he discussed the histopathological evaluation of the testis. The next day he lectured on estrogens and male reproduction at the National Institute of Perinatology, also in Mexico City.
Dr. Douglas E. Hutchens, veterinary pathobiology, spoke on equine parasites and control programs at an equine health seminar in Phoenix, Ariz., last November.
Dr. Richard E. Isaacson, veterinary pathobiology, was part of a site review team for the National Science and Engineering Research Council, which was in Canada to review a network program proposal.
Dr. Ann Johnson, veterinary clinical medicine, was the invited speaker at the AO Vet 30-year Jubilee course on fracture fixation in Davos, Switzerland.
Dr. Mark Martinelli, veterinary clinical medicine, was recently an invited speaker at the Italian Equine Conference, SIVE (Italy’s version of the AAEP), held in Pisa, Italy, where he spoke on scintigraphy. Dr. Martinelli was an invited speaker at the British Equine Veterinary Association meeting in September, and at the ACVS in October. He also served as facilitator for the International Forum of the AAEP in December. Dr. Martinelli spoke at the Illinois State Veterinary Medicine Association meeting in February. In March he spoke in Munich, Germany, for the European Society for Veterinary Orthopedics and Traumatology.
Dr. Milt McAllister, veterinary pathobio-logy, was the keynote speaker at the COST-820 conference of the European Union, entitled Vaccines Against Animal Coccidioses, in Interlaken, Switzerland, in November. He spoke on recent advances in the knowledge of Neospora caninum. Dr. McAllister was also an invited speaker at the veterinary parasitology symposium in Brazil during October, and at the American Association of Bovine Practitioners meeting in Nashville during September. Dr. McAllister wrote or co-authored four articles on Neospora in the October special edition of the International Journal for Parasitology.
Dr. Cliff Shipley, veterinary clinical medicine, was recently promoted to associate clinical professor.
Dr. Arthur Siegel, veterinary clinical medicine, received a Y2K Project Excellence award for his participation in CampusYear 2000 preparations. Dr. Siegel will be speaking to a group of medical records administrators at an upcoming Veterinary Medicine Database, Inc.-sponsored SNOMED program on
epidemiology and its importance to the profession.
Dr. Philip Solter, veterinary pathobiology, has been selected to receive the 2000 American Association of Feline Veterinary Practitioners research award. Dr. Solter won the award, to be presented at the American Animal Hospital Association annual meeting in April, for his research on feline medicine and surgery. Dr. David Sisson, veterinary clinical medicine, is a co- investigator on Dr. Solter’s award-winning research.
Dr. Eric Storey, intern in veterinary clinical medicine, has accepted an ophthalmology residency at the University of Saskatchewan Western College of Veterinary Medicine beginning July 1, 2000.
Agnes Van Volkenburgh, third-year veterinary student, was offered a position as
kennel manager at the Chicago Animal Care and Control Clinic. It will be the first time that they have hired a student to carry out a veterinarian’s duties.
Dr. Richard L. Wallace, Extension and veterinary clinical medicine, has spoken recently on many topics in many places: hairy heel warts, at the 4 State Dairy Nutrition and Management Conference, Lacrosse, Wis.; computer gadgets for the road warrior, at the American Association of Bovine Practitioners annual conference, Nashville, Tenn.; prescription for a healthy dairy, at the Effingham (Ill.) Veterinary Clinic Client Appreciation Dinner; lameness in cattle and hairy heel warts, at the Mississippi Valley VMA in Peoria, Ill., and at the Lena (Ill.) Veterinary Clinic Client Appreciation Dinner; neospora abortions and troubleshooting somatic cell counts, at 10 Area Dairy Days throughout Illinois (El Paso, Arthur, Quincy, Jerseyville, Okwaville, Breese, Teutopolis, Elizabeth, Freeport, Harvard); and at the Southern Illinois VMA in Centralia.
Dr. Charles E. Wiedmeyer, graduate student in veterinary pathobiology, received the 1999 C.L. Davis Foundation Student Scholarship Award. Dr. Wiedmeyer was nominated by the College for the award, which recognizes superior achievement in a graduate/residency program.
Dr. Ted Whittem, veterinary biosciences, will be speaking at the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Annual Forum in Seattle in May. He has also been invited to present a keynote lecture at the European Association for Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology (EAVPT) International Congress in Israel this July. Dr. Whittem recently joined the editorial board of the Journal of Veterinary Research.
As chairman of the Examination Committee for the American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology, Dr. Whittem will host the annual examinations for candidate diplomates at the College
in July.