The College of Veterinary Medicine and the veterinary community mourn the passing of senior cardiology resident Dr. Daniel Newhard on June 8, 2019. Dr. Newhard had been receiving medical treatment following a recent cancer diagnosis and died following medical complications. Dr. Newhard was a deeply valued friend and colleague, and was recognized as an exceptional […]
Milestone marks the first patient with GM1 gangliosidosis treated with gene therapy The first clinical trial of a gene therapy treatment created through a research alliance between Auburn University and the University of Massachusetts has been administered in a child at the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, in Bethesda, Maryland. The NIH clinical trial […]
Alfredo Sanchez-Londono, DVM, has joined the Equine Field Service with the J.T. Vaughan Large Animal Hospital at Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Sanchez-Londono – who earned his veterinary medicine degree from Universidad de La Salle in Bogota, Colombia – joined Auburn in April. He comes from a 14-year stint with the Veterinary Field Service […]
Editors Note: To watch a live stream of the 2019 College of Veterinary Medicine Commencement, visit this link. Video will begin streaming once the ceremony gets underway. Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine will award 121 professional DVM degrees during the college’s 112th commencement on Monday, May 6. The ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. in […]
Four faculty in Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine are completing a prestigious six-month research focused training program through the Center for Clinical and Translational Science, or CCTS. Maninder Sandey, an assistant professor of pathology in the Department of Pathobiology, has already completed the training. Nicholas Rancilio, an assistant professor of radiation oncology, Department of […]
Virginia Aida, a second-year student at Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, is about to begin coordinating a doctoral program along with her veterinary studies as she begins a prestigious program with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Scientist Training Program that guarantees a job in its foreign animal diseases research program upon graduation. Aida was […]
Spring is nesting season for birds, including raptors, and the Southeastern Raptor Center, or SRC, at the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine wants people to know what to do if they encounter a young or orphaned raptor on the ground. Orphaned is the term applied to a young raptor that has been abandoned and […]
Jonathan Tubbs, of Oakman, Alabama, and a member of the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine Class of 2020, is a recipient this year of the Dr. Jack Walther Leadership Award, presented during the 91st Western Veterinary Conference, or WVC, in Las Vegas. The WVC is a flagship event that brings together more than 15,000 […]
Research papers authored by two Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine faculty were recently selected as award-winning manuscripts by the Phi Zeta Veterinary Honor Society. Eric Fish, DVM, an assistant professor in the Department of Pathobiology, and Daniel Newhard, DVM, a cardiology resident in the Wilford and Kate Bailey Small Animal Teaching Hospital, were chosen […]
The College of Veterinary Medicine recently honored four faculty with the college’s top teaching awards, recognizing the work of exceptional teaching in the college’s mission of educating future veterinarians and biomedical scientists. “The faculty honored are truly outstanding clinicians, researchers and educators and are exemplars of the numerous dedicated faculty at the College of Veterinary […]
