News

06.23.2020
A crippling situation
Elk hoof disease continues spread into Idaho; hunters asked to report abnormalities
The Lewiston Tribune

06.11.2020
A compound unlike any other
A compound discovered in the gills of wood-eating clams could be the solution to a group of parasites responsible for some of the world’s most common infections.
WSU Insider

06.05.2020
Pursuing a pathogen: building on a century of research
In 1908, using just a microscope, veterinarian Sir Arnold Theiler discovered a microorganism inside the gut of ticks that sickens thousands of cows annually.
WSU Insider

05.29.2020
Technology to lower inflammation, may help COVID-19 patients
WSU professor Santanu Bose has discovered a protein that may help stop patients who are dying from pneumonia caused by COVID-19.
Daily Evergreen

05.28.2020
A discovery by this WSU researcher could prevent COVID-19 patients from dying
In some of the most serious COVID-19 cases, it's not the virus that kills. It's the patient's own body.
The Inlander

05.15.2020
A discovery by this WSU researcher could prevent COVID-19 patients from dying
Santanu Bose, a viral infection researcher at Washington State University, may have found a solution.
Inlander

05.14.2020
WSU researchers look to head off COVID-19’s deadly pneumonia
A discovery by a Washington State University researcher may hold the key to preventing the severe, deadly pneumonia seen with COVID-19.
WSU Insider

05.14.2020
Elk Hoof Disease Found in California for First Time
The California cases were confirmed by scientists at Washington State University.
AP

05.13.2020
Hoof disease found in Yakima elk herd
Elk hoof disease has been found for the first time in the Yakima herd in Central Washington, expanding the geographic reach of a pathogen that resembles one that makes cattle lame.
Capital Press

05.11.2020
Elk Hoof Disease Found In California For First Time
The California cases were confirmed by scientists at Washington State University.
KPIX 5

04.30.2020
Cracking the Lyme disease code
The next time a tick feeds on you, Washington State University researchers hope to make sure persistent arthritis caused by Lyme disease doesn’t linger for a lifetime.
WSU Insider

03.17.2020
Elk research facility will help WSU answer disease questions and much more
It’s been a busy start to the year for Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. In January, construction of the new elk research facility on the Pullman campus wrapped up, and in February the first elk were moved in.
Washington Ag Network

03.04.2020
WSU research could help stop herpesvirus before infection
The scientific community may be one step closer to stopping the spread of the herpes virus thanks to new Washington State University research.
WSU Insider

01.26.2020
WSU names dean for College of Veterinary Medicine
Washington State University has named Dr. Dori Borjesson the new dean of the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine.
Moscow Pullman Daily News

01.24.2020
Dr. Dori Borjesson named dean of the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Dori Borjesson, chair of the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, Immunology at the University of California Davis’ School of Veterinary Medicine, has been selected as the new dean of the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine.
WSU Insider

01.09.2020
Postdocs play key role in university success
Given the wide variety of roles they play across colleges and departments, there’s little debate about the value postdoctoral appointees add to Washington State University.
WSU Insider

01.08.2020
VMP Faculty Announcement - Santanu Bose
Santanu Bose and his collaborator Dr. Zhenjia Wang from WSU College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences was recently awarded a NIH RO1 grant titled” Active Drug Loading to Nanovesicles for Targeted Drug Delivery”. Santanu Bose is a co-investigator in this RO1 grant. In this grant nanovesicles derived from neutrophil membranes will be tested as a delivery-vehicle for delivering anti-inflammatory drugs in the airway for treatment of acute lung inflammation/injury (ALI).
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01.08.2020
VMP Faculty Announcement - Allan Pessier
Allan Pessier was one of the recipients of the first annual Dr.-Frank-Mutschmann-Award given by the German Association of Amphibian and Reptile Veterinarians for the best paper on amphibian medicine published within the last 12 months. The paper published in PLoS One described experimental studies of water composition in the development of spindly leg syndrome, which is an important limiting factor to successful captive breeding of amphibian species.
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01.08.2020
VMP Announcement - Steve Hines
Steve Hines was recognized by the International Association of Medical Science Educators for his contributions to DVM education.
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01.08.2020
VMP Graduate Student Announcement - Ryan Oliveira
Ryan Oliveira earned a Charles L. Davis Foundation Student Scholarship Award by the Charles L. Davis/Samuel W. Thompson Foundation at the American College of Veterinary Pathologists meeting in San Antonio for excellence in his graduate program.
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