News

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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01.08.2020
VMP Graduate Student Announcement
Raquel Burin earned the Lynn Jones Memorial Award for the Best Oral Presentation (1st Place) at the conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases in Chicago, for her paper entitled “A novel anti-nutritional strategy that inhibits newly identified tyramine and D-glucuronic acid metabolic pathways in Salmonella.”
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01.08.2020
VMP announcement
Steve Hines received a $40K gift from Ken and Lori Jacobsen in support of a Teaching Academy Forum proposal.
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11.27.2019
WSU gets first elk calf for hoof disease research
Elk S19, otherwise known as Salix, is the first elk calf acquired by Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine for its Elk Hoof Disease Research Program.
WSU Insider

11.20.2019
Exploring a Potential Root Cause of Elk Hoof Disease
TREPONEMES OR TOXIC CHEMICALS?: WSU College of Veterinary Medicine In Charge of Investigation
The Daily Chronicle

11.04.2019
Elk Hoof Rot Research Center Nears Completion, Captive Study Planned for 2020
Washington State University will open its $1.2 million elk hoof rot disease research center in Pullman before the end of this calendar year, and studies with captive elk are expected to begin by next spring.
The Daily Chronicle

08.23.2019
Washington State University receives $100K grant to study elk hoof disease
Washington State University received a $100,000 grant last week to help study elk hoof disease. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation awarded the money to WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine. The grant will help fund the construction of an elk hoof disease research facility, according to a news release from the RMEF.
Spokesman Review

08.20.2019
WSU Receives $100K To Study Elk Hoof Disease
Last week, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation awarded Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine a $100,000 grant to assist with construction of its elk hoof disease research facility. Construction began in May on the Pullman campus.
Washington Ag Network

08.19.2019
WSU gets $100,000 for elk center
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation donates to Pullman school’s elk hoof disease research center, which is now under construction.
Lewiston Tribune

08.16.2019
Elk Hoof Disease Facility Receives $100,000 RMEF Grant
MISSOULA, Mont.—The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation awarded a $100,000 grant to Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine to assist with construction of its elk hoof disease research facility. Construction began in May on campus in Pullman, Washington.
RMEF Elk Network

08.14.2019
WSU expands Protein Biotechnology Program through new $2.3 million NIH grant
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the National Institutes of Health has awarded Washington State University NIH Protein Biotechnology Training Program $2.3 million over the next five years to support training of Ph.D. graduate students.
WSU Insider

08.13.2019
Reintroducing endangered northern leopard frogs in Washington
With the help of scientists from Washington State University, hundreds of endangered northern leopard frogs have taken a leap back into the wild in recent weeks at the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Grant County.
WSU News