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FacultyNews Mark Jackwood, PhD, who heads the CVM’s department of population health, has been selected as a Distinguished Alumnus Award winner by the University of Delaware College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Dr. Keith Harris, who heads the CVM’s department of pathology, received the 2012 Presidential Award from the American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP) for his outstanding service to ACVP. The award was presented to him by Dr. Claire Andreasen (MS ’87, PhD ’90), president of ACVP. Bridget Garner, DVM, PhD, DACVP, and Maria Viveiros, PhD, assistant professors in the departments of pathology, and physiology and pharmacology, respectively, have been selected as Lilly Teaching Fellows. Each spring, UGA selects up to 10 new faculty members to participate in this two-year program. Maria M. Viveiros, PhD, received $445,500 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a unique mouse model to assess the underlying mechanisms of meiotic spindle formation in oocytes, or egg cells. Viveiros will determine whether these mechanisms are disrupted with increasing maternal age, leading to chromosome segregation errors and aneuploidy, an abnormal number of chromosomes. Aneuploidy in developing embryos is the leading genetic cause of congenital birth defects and pregnancy loss in women. Dr. Andy Parks, who heads the department of large animal medicine, has been selected as a Senior Teaching Fellow for 2012-2013. Each year, UGA selects up to eight senior faculty members to participate in this program. Dr. Claire Andreasen, left with Dr. Keith Harris. Photo courtesy of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists. Drs. Andrew Moorhead, Ray Kaplan and Michael Dzimianski, from the department of infectious diseases, received $312,260 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide Brugia malayi adult worms and infective larvae to researchers at the NIH. Dr. Gregg Rapoport, assistant professor of cardiology, and Dr. Justin Thomason, a third-year resident in cardiology, received $7,000 from the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine to assess the effectiveness of a delayed-release formulation of procainamide to improve treatment of dogs with heart disease. Dr. Karen Cornell, a professor of small animal surgery, was selected as a participant in the Southeastern Conference Academic Consortium Administrative Leadership Development Program for the 2012-2013 academic year. Dr. Susan Sanchez, a professor in the departments of population health and infectious diseases, has been appointed Director of Educational Programs at the Georgia BioBusiness Center (GBBC) and Assistant Director & Chair of the new division of One Health at the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute (BHSI). Dr. Danny Mead, an associate professor of population health, has been named the new science director of the Animal Health Research Center (AHRC). He will join the AHRC management team to oversee BSL3, ABSL3, and BSL3Ag studies in the facility. 33 The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine
Mead’s previous extensive experience in the AHRC and Plum Island provides a solid foundation for his service to the College in this new role. Faculty awards from the 2012 Honors and Awards Celebration: Note: Faculty Recognition Awards are selected by the entire class, and given to the faculty member deemed by the class to have made the greatest contribution to its education during that academic year. Dr. Cherie Roberts (DVM ’82), a senior lecturer from the department of veterinary biosciences and diagnostic imaging, received the Faculty Recognition Award from the Class of 2015. Dr. Kate Myrna, an assistant professor of ophthalmology, received the Faculty Recognition Award from the Class of 2014. Dr. Marc Kent, an associate professor of neurology, received the Faculty Recognition Award from the Class of 2013. Ira Roth (DVM ’86), a clinical assistant professor and director of the UGA Community Practice Clinic, received the Faculty Recognition Award from the Class of 2012. Roth was also awarded the Pfizer Distinguished Teacher Award, the top teaching award for all veterinary professors at all veterinary colleges. The award is given to a teaching member of the faculty selected on the basis of character, leadership, and teaching ability as judged by the responsiveness of his/her students. The award is sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health. Lee represents CVM at USA Science and Engineering Festival Dr. Margie Lee, professor of population health and infectious diseases, joined other UGA faculty and graduate students who volunteered to represent the University at the 2012 USA Science and Engineering Festival, held in Washington, D.C. Lee manned a booth sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, the Graduate School, the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute (BHSI), and the CVM’s department of population health. The experience gave her an opportunity to meet high school students, many of whom were already enrolling in college courses for Advanced Placement credit. Lee discussed research career opportunities, and provided information on UGA admissions, and the new Master of Biomanufacturing and Bioprocessing degree offered by the BHSI. (biomanufacturing.uga.edu/). The festival also featured technology demonstrations, contests, performances by television personalities, athletes and comedians, and over 3,000 exhibits. New Faculty Holly Brown, Lecturer, Pathology Kevin Clarke, Clinical Associate Professor, Small Animal Medicine and Surgery Brenton Credille, Assistant Professor, Beef Production Medicine Allison Haley, Assistant Professor, Small Animal Medicine and Surgery Roberto Palomares, Assistant Professor, Beef Production Medicine Wing Yee Louisa Poon, Clinical Assistant Professor, Small Animal Medicine and Surgery Emmanuel Rollin Clinical Assistant Professor, Dairy Production Medicine Scott Secrest, Assistant Professor, Veterinary Biosciences & Diagnostic Imaging Kurt Selberg, Assistant Professor, Veterinary Biosciences & Diagnostic Imaging Aesculapian Fall 2012/Winter 2013 34
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