Spring/Summer 2013 Aesculapian Magazine - University of Georgia ...

FacultyNews
Four UGA CVM faculty members
were awarded Outstanding
Teaching Awards at the 2013 UGA
Faculty Recognition Banquet in
April. The award recipients were
Simon Platt, BVM&S, MRCVS,
DACVIM (Neurology), DECVN,
a professor of neurology and
neurosurgery; Marc Kent, DVM,
Roth
DACVIM (Internal Medicine;
Neurology), an associate professor of neurology and
neurosurgery; Ira G. Roth, (DVM ’86), director of
the UGA Community Practice Clinic; and, James
N. Moore, DVM, PhD, a professor of large animal
medicine.
Five CVM faculty members were recognized by
veterinary students for their contributions to the
students’ education during this past academic year:
Cherlyn Roberts (DVM ’82), a senior lecturer in
anatomy, by the Class of 2016; Corrie Brown, DVM
PhD, DACVP, a professor of anatomic pathology,
by the Class of 2015; Marc Kent, DVM DACVIM
(Internal Medicine; Neurology), an associate professor
of neurology and neurosurgery,
by the Class of 2014; Benjamin
Brainard, VMD, DACVA,
DACVECC, an associate
professor of emergency and
critical care medicine, by the
Class of 2013; Sherry Sanderson,
DVM, PhD, DACVIM, DACVN,
an associate professor of
physiology and pharmacology,
was awarded the Zoetis
Distinguished Veterinary Teacher
Award, an award presented to a
Brainard
teaching member of the faculty, selected on the basis of
character, leadership, and teaching ability as judged by
the responsiveness of his/her students.
Holly Moore Brown, (DVM ’01, PhD ’10), and Ajay
Sharma, BVSc&AH, MVSc, DVM, DAVCR, have
been selected to participate in the 2013-2014 UGA
Teaching Academy Fellows Program, an early career
mentoring program. Dr. Brown is an instructor of
clinical pathology; Dr. Sharma is an assistant professor
of diagnostic imaging.
Donald Harn, MA, PhD, a professor of infectious
diseases and a Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished
Investigator, received the Zoetis Award for Excellence
in Research. Examples of Harn’s accomplishments
include possible therapies for psoriasis, autoimmune
encephalomyelitis and diabetes, as well as the
prevention of human schistosomiasis through the
vaccination of animal reservoirs.
Kelsey Hart, DVM, (PhD ’10), DACVIM (Large
Animal), an assistant professor of large animal
medicine, received the Clinical Research Award for her
work in understanding the interactions between the
immune and endocrine systems during critical illness in
foals and also the role of equine metabolism in general.
Hart is currently working with multiple treatment
centers to evaluate a low-dose hydrocortisone treatment
regimen for septic foals, research that may lead to better
understanding and treatment of critical illness-related
cortisol insufficiency, or CIRCI, in septic people. Hart
also received the David Tyler Award for Advances in
Teaching.
The John M. Bowen Award
for Excellence in Animal/
Biomedical Research was
awarded to Kaori Sakamoto,
MLS, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVP,
for her work in understanding
the mechanisms associated
with manipulation of the innate
immune response to pathogens
in vertebrates. Her primary
Sakamoto
research emphasis is in the study
of macrophages. Sakamoto is an assistant professor of
anatomic pathology.
Quandt
The Outstanding Hospital Service
Award was presented to Jane
Quandt, DVM, MS, DACVAA,
DAVECC (Anesthesia and
ECC), an associate professor of
anesthesiology, for providing
exceptional service to faculty, staff
and students in both the large and
small animal departments, as well
as exceptional patient care to all
patients.
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