2006 merck/merial - School of Veterinary Medicine - Louisiana State ...

YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD FINALISTSDr. Hibret Amare Adissu: Dr. Adissu received his D.V.M. from the Addis Ababa University inEthiopia in 1993 and his M.S. in Comparative Experimental Medicine from the University of Tennesseein 2002. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Cell Biology in the graduate training program at PurdueUniversity and is also a Graduate Teaching Assistant and Academic Teaching Fellow in the BasicMedical Sciences Department at Purdue. Dr. Adissu is a professional member of the American Societyof Cell Biologists, the Ethiopian Veterinary Association, and Omicron Chapter of Phi Zeta, the HonorSociety for Veterinary MedicineDr. Megan A. Albertelli: Dr. Albertelli received her D.V.M. in 1999 and her M.S. in Small AnimalClinical Sciences in 2001, both from the University of Michigan. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. fromthe same institution in Human Genetics in the Department of Human Genetics and Unit for LaboratoryAnimal Medicine. Dr. Albertelli is the recipient of the James V. Neel Fellowship Award from theUniversity of Michigan and is in the final stages of her graduate program.Dr. Nicola Mason: Dr. Mason received her B.V.M. from the University of London in 1992 and a Ph.D.from the University of Pennsylvania in Immunology in 2004. She is currently pursuing a PhD in CancerImmunology from the same institution. Dr. Mason was a Small Animal Intern at the University ofBristol from 1993-1995 and a Small Animal Internal Medicine Resident at the University ofPennsylvania from 1995-1997. From 2000-2003, Dr. Mason was a Research Associate, during whichtime she received her PhD. Presently, she is a Senior Research Investigator and Assistant Professor inthe Department of Pathobiology and Clinical Studies at University of Pennsylvania.Dr. Sherry T. Shu: Dr. Shu received her B.V.M. from the National Taiwan University in Taipei,Taiwan, in 2000. Dr. Shu was a Research Associate at the John Wayne Cancer Institute in SantaMonica, California from 2000-2003 and is currently a Research Associate at The Ohio State University.She received her M.S in Molecular Endocrinology from The Ohio State University in 2005 and iscurrently pursuing her Ph.D. from the same institution.Dr. Katherine Kay Williamson: Dr. Williamson received her D.V.M. from Iowa State University in1996. She then became the Assistant State Veterinarian. Dr. Williamson was in private equine practicesfrom 1999-2002 in Oklahoma. From 2002-2005 she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Oklahoma StateUniversity College of Veterinary Medicine and is currently a Research Associate at that university.ALTERNATE:Dr. Vimal Selvaraj: Dr. Selvaraj received his B.V.Sc. from the Madras Veterinary College in India in2000 and his M.S. in Reproductive Immunology from the University of Illinois in 2003. He is currentlypursuing a Ph.D. in Reproductive Physiology and is acting as a Graduate Research Assistant at CornellUniversity, where he was also a post-DVM fellow and Graduate Teaching Assistant in 2004 and 2005,respectively.21