WSU College of Veterinary Medicine

A new program at #WSU is giving #undergraduate students, regardless of their grade point averages or levels of experience, the unique opportunity to gain valuable experience in some of the university’s most advanced research labs. The EschLEAD (Learn, Experience, Apply, Deliver) Program, launched this fall in the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine, aims to open doors to hands-on research for students from all academic backgrounds and any major, providing them with the skills, mentorship, and support needed to thrive in lab settings and research fields. #WSUVetMed #WSU #GoCougs More about the new EschLEAD scholar program: https://lnkd.in/gKWxAes6

Dr. Sarah Calvin ('21, DVM) is one of seven veterinarians on staff at Riverview Animal Clinic in Clarkston, Washington, and one of six who earned their #DVM at the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine, but this week she returned to her alma mater to coach #VeterinaryStudents in seats that were reserved for her just a few years ago. It's Dr. Calvin's second return to the Diagnostic Challenge. Read how she leaned on the skills she acquired from her DC experience on her very first shift as a practicing veterinarian: https://lnkd.in/gf3hJFKg

One of the greatest things about the #WSUVetMed Diagnostic Challenge – the growth we see in our second-year #VeterinaryStudents. Here’s a look back at some of our best photos from Day 1 of the case-based simulation exercise. #SimulationEducation #VeterinaryMedicine #WSU #GoCougs

Wolfie, a shepherd-lab mix diagnosed with a rare and life-threatening condition known as #chylothorax, now has a new lease on life thanks to a series of delicate and complex procedures and technology available at #WSUVetMed and only a handful of other veterinary institutions. Chylothorax causes an abnormal tangle of lymph vessels and leakage of lymphatic fluid into the chest cavity. The leakage was making it extremely difficult for Wolfie to breathe and posed a risk of irreversible damage to the heart and lungs. Read how #WSU veterinary surgeons saved Wolfie: https://lnkd.in/gcVuZysi

Shout out to, Tiko, one of our longstanding — and now retired — blood donors in #WSUVetMed’s Blood Bank and Transfusion Medicine Program. It’s safe to say without donors like Tiko that make the blood bank possible, WSU would not be the emergency veterinary referral facility that it is today. Over the course of 7 years, Tiko donated blood 27 times! Each donation has the potential to help 4-5 different dogs. Tiko is owned by Dr. Rachel Halsey, so shout out to Tiko’s mom for bringing him to help other dogs when they need it the most. More about the Blood Bank at WSU: https://lnkd.in/gMrt8V_3 #BloodDonor #GiveBlood #VeterinaryMedicine #WSU #GoCougs

???? Happy #VeteransDay from all of us at #WSUVetMed. Thanks to you and others who have served we’ve been able to educate our students for 125 years. #WSU #GoCougs Pictured #WSUVetMed #Veterans: Assistant Professor Dr. Liam Broughton-Neiswanger (Army 1998-01); Professor Dr. Bill Davis (Army, 1956-58); Veterinary Teaching Hospital Chief Operations Officer Antonio Flores (Navy); Retired Professor Dr. Bill Foreyt (Army, 1969-71); WADDL Finance Officer Kathleen Hagen; Chandler Heilman (Navy, 2016-23); Small Animal Internal Medicine Veterinary Resident Dr. Minchan Kim (Korean Army 2020-23); Radiation Therapy Dosimetrist Rob Houston (Army, 1971-73); Anatomical Pathology Resident Dr. Robert Mraz (Navy).

Serena Simmons not only got her dog, Sharon, all caught up on her vaccines but also is now one step closer to having a home to call her own — thanks in part to Thursday's Washington State University’s Healthy People + Healthy Pets free clinic. “All of this is going to help when I go to apply for an apartment or a house, so when I go in and show them, ‘hey, look my dogs are vaccinated and neutered,’ they are more likely to choose us as tenants,” said Simmons, a guest at The Way Out Bridge Housing Center in #Spokane. For at least seven years, the Healthy People + Healthy Pets clinic at Washington State University Spokane has offered free health care services to low-income people or people experiencing homelessness and their pets. #WSUVetMed and #WSUNursing students work together in the clinic under the direction of faculty members to provide routine vaccinations, immunizations, health screenings, and simple treatments to people and pets, all at no cost. #Community #GivingBack #OneHealth #WSU #GoCougs More about Healthy People + Healthy Pets: https://lnkd.in/gtquimCi

?? ?? Congratulations to all of our student winners at the 26th Annual #WSUVetMed Research Symposium sponsored by Zoetis. This year we had nearly 150 attendees and 83 poster submissions –?both records for the event. Out of all undergraduate researchers, Eva Rickard received first place in the undergraduate student category for her poster; Riana Abeshima received second place in the undergraduate research category. Ana Rangel received first place in the graduate student category; Mustika Rahmawati received second place in the category. Mingyao Yang topped the post-doctoral researchers’ category; Sara Westbrook received second place. Grace Scrafford received the research award out of the veterinary student/intern pool, and Lyndsey Werhane earned second place in the category. In the DVM resident category, Lela R. received first place and Zuzanna Pietras DVM, MRCVS earned second place. #ResearchSymposium #WSU #GoCougs #UndergraduateResearch #ResearchThatMatters More from the research symposium: https://lnkd.in/g_ksqBqB

A new program led by Washington State University will receive up to $35 million over the next five years from the USAID - US Agency for International Development to improve the development, delivery, adoption and use of effective veterinary vaccines to help combat global hunger and poverty. Funded under USAID’s Feed the Future initiative, the Feed the Future Veterinary Vaccine Delivery Innovation Lab (VVDIL) will focus on boosting food security and improving nutrition for women and children in Kenya, Tanzania and Nepal by tackling the primary barriers to the widespread use of veterinary vaccines in those areas, including the significant challenge posed by cold chain dependency. Feed The Future Innovation Lab for Animal Health #OneHealth #WSUVetMed #WSU #GoCougs More about the program: https://lnkd.in/g5iuihJG

Washington State University veterinarian Dr Michael Court has been appointed to serve on a key government advisory board that provides guidance and recommendations on complex scientific and technical issues to the commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Court’s four-year appointment to the 21-member Science Board runs into 2027. “This committee comprises highly renowned experts from various fields, including academia, industry and government, so it is quite an honor for me to be appointed,” Court said. “This appointment also reflects on the stature of Washington State University, particularly the College of Veterinary Medicine.” More about Dr. Court's appointment: https://lnkd.in/ghwZYEzY