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Dr. John Angus, third-year dermatology resident, and Dr. Karen Campbell published an article on video-otoscopy in small animal practice in Veterinary Clinics of North America in July. Dr. Angus was also an invited speaker on video-otoscopy at Washington State University in June and participated in Dr. Todd Tam's seminar on endoscopy.
Dr. Robert Clarkson, veterinary clinical medicine, veterinary biosciences, medical information science, and bioengineering program, was invited to give a lecture on electron spin relaxation in Gd+3 chelates at the 10th International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry, held in Florence, Italy, in August. The trip was sponsored by the European Union Commission on Science and Technology. Dr. Clarkson's laboratory is one of only two in the United States invited to participate in the COST program studying Gd+3 chelates as potential MRI contrast agents.
Dr. Peter Constable, veterinary clinical medicine, presented a research abstract on evaluating acid-base status in cattle at the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Annual Conference in Denver in May. In June he spoke at the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners meeting in Chicago and at the VIIth International Congress on Bovine Medicine in Oviedo, Spain.
Dr. Louis-Philippe de Lorimier, medical oncology resident, spoke on medical oncology at a large referral and emergency center in Montreal on August 23.
Dr. Nicole Ehrhart, veterinary clinical medicine, presented at a meeting for the Society for Limb Preservation and Lengthening in Berkeley, Calif., in March. In October, she spoke at the College's Fall Conference and served as faculty for the Advanced Ring Fixator Course at the American College of Veterinary Surgeons Symposium in Chicago.
She is a speaker for "The Language of Biology and Medicine," a joint effort of the College of Veterinary Medicine and the College of Engineering for physical scientists interested in biomedical research.
Dr. Larry Firkins, veterinary pathobiology and Extension, spoke on foot and mouth disease and the state's emergency response plan at the Illinois Environmental Health Association Conference in Mt. Vernon, Ill., and at the Nutrition Wellness Educators meeting in Urbana. At meetings of the Illinois Pork Producers Association and Extension pork producers in Springfield and Rochelle he spoke on employee training and retention.
Dr. Jonathan Foreman, veterinary clinical medicine, was invited to serve on the National Organizing Committee for the 6th International Conference on Equine Exercise Physiology, to be held in Lexington, Ky., in September 2002.
He completed a training course last summer to become internationally licensed by the Federation Equestre Internationale, the governing body of international equestrian Olympic sports.
In August he was an attending and emergency veterinarian at the North American Young Riders Championships in Wadsworth, Ill. Others from the College who provided veterinary monitoring of horses at that event included resident Dr. Kathy Thomas, intern Dr. Diana Short, and technician Sherrie Lanzo.
Dr. David E. Freeman, veterinary clinical medicine, gave three papers and served on the certifying examination committee during the European College of Veterinary Surgeons meeting in Velbert, Germany, in July. In August he spoke to the Jefferson County Veterinary Medical Association, Birmingham, Ala. He also served on the certifying examination committee of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in San Diego, Calif., in January and February.
Dr. Wally Hoffmann, veterinary pathobiology, was honored for "Outstanding Contributions to Animal Clinical Chemistry" by the Division of Animal Clinical Chemistry of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry on July 30.
Dr. Barbara Kitchell, veterinary clinical medicine, and Dr. Joanne Messick, veterinary pathobiology, presented a short course on cancer and diagnostic cytopathology to the Puerto Rican Veterinary Medical Association in July.
Lou Ann Miller, Center for Microscopic Imaging, published a chapter on microwave embedding techniques in Microwave Techniques and Protocols (Humana Press).
Dr. Robert Prosek, cardiology resident, received an Outstanding Intern Research Project Award in June from the Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine.
Dr. Susan Schantz, veterinary biosciences, spoke at the annual meeting of the International Association for Great Lakes Research in Green Bay, Wis., and in November at the annual meeting of the International Society for Exposure Analysis in Charleston, S.C.
Her paper in the June issue of Environmental Health Perspectives, reporting impairments of verbal memory and learning in older adults exposed to PCBs from contaminated Great Lakes fish, generated news stories in Science News and Scientific American, in newspapers throughout the Midwest, Europe, and Japan, and on BBC, CBC, and NPR radio.
Dr. Pratik Singh, graduate student in veterinary pathobiology, received the Reed Rumsey Award from the American Association of Avian Pathologists in Boston in July.
Dr. Ronald D. Smith, veterinary pathobiology, taught a 40-hour course on basic epidemiology at the University of Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico, in July. He also presented papers on using veterinary technologists in veterinary informatics at the 6th Annual Talbot Informatics Symposium and on using Internet resources in veterinary practice at the American Veterinary Health Information Managers Association meeting. Both of those meetings were held in association with the AVMA Annual Convention in Boston, Mass.
Dr. Deoki Tripathy, veterinary pathobiology, gave presentations on fowl pox virus at the 50th Western Poultry Disease Conference at the University of California, Davis, in March and at the Annual Convention of the American Veterinary Medical Association in Boston in July.
Dr. Terri Turner, small animal medicine intern, received the Outstanding Case Report Award in June from the Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine.
Abby Cowan, class of 2002, completed externships at Alameda East Veterinary Hospital in Denver (where they film Emergency Vets for Animal Planet) and with board certified behaviorist Dr. Catherine Houpt at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine last summer. Her externships were supported by the Hill's Student Feeding Committee.
Rebecca Buraglio, class of 2004, attended a dog behavior course at Purdue University's Behavior Clinic. The class covered basic dog behavior through dog aggression problems as well as incorporating behavior issues into practice and how to run puppy classes. Her participation in the class was supported by the Hill's Student Feeding Committee.
Joshua Decker, class of 2003, completed a summer externship in Seattle at the University of Washington Department of Comparative Medicine, where he worked on an immunohistochemical assay for mouse hepatitis virus. The assay will be used to diagnose MHV along with ELISA. His externship was supported by the Hill's Student Feeding Committee.
Laurie Pearlman, class of 2003, received a $15,000 scholarship from the Harold Wetterberg Foundation. The scholarship recognizes merit among New Jersey residents (past or present) attending veterinary school. The program is administered by the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges.
Abe Trone, class of 2003, received a $1,500 Dr. Harold E. Amstutz Scholarship from the American Association of Bovine Practitioners at its 2001 meeting. The scholarship, which seeks to attract veterinarians to bovine practice, is funded by a grant from the Eli Lilly & Co. Foundation on behalf of Elanco Animal Health and Merial.