The Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) announced today that Dr. John A. Herrmann, from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, is the recipient of the 2014 Senator John Melcher, DVM Leadership in Public Policy Award. At the University of Illinois, Dr. Herrmann directs the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine/Master of Public Health...
After a cougar was discovered on a Whiteside County farm on November 20 and euthanized by a state conservation police officer, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR) sent the animal to wildlife pathologists seeking some answers. Was it a healthy animal? What had it been eating? And just what was it doing so far from...
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The University of Illinois is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Daniel L. Rock, a professor of pathobiology, and Mark S. Kuhlenschmidt, a professor and the interim head of pathobiology, will pursue innovative global health and development research projects. Grand Challenges Explorations funds people worldwide to...
A University of Illinois research program that investigates the health effects of exposure to chemicals widely used in plastics has received a five-year, $8 million grant as part of the Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers program, jointly funded through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the National Institute of Environmental Health...