AASV awards scholarships and research grants to veterinarians

Students and veterinarians receive funding from the AASV and sponsors for their education and research projects.

AASV Foundation Chair, Dr Lisa Tokach (far right) with Drs Edison Magalhaes, Jianqiang Zhang, and Cesar Corzo (from left), whose research proposals were selected for funding by the Foundation

Research proposals receive funding from the AASV Foundation

Dr Lisa Tokach, chair of the AASV Foundation, announced the selection of three research proposals for partial funding during the foundation’s annual luncheon on March 8^th in Atlanta, Georgia. The foundation granted a total of $60,000 to support efforts by researchers at the University of Minnesota and Iowa State University.

Dr Cesar Corzo and co-investigators from the University of Minnesota
Their team was awarded $18,37 to fund their proposal, “Assessing time to negative processing fluids in breeding herds after a Senecavirus A (SVA) outbreak.” This project will lead to a better understanding of herd-level SVA epidemiology and implementation of aggressive programs for system-level elimination.

Dr Jianqiang Zhang and co-investigators from Iowa State University
The team received $18,372 to “Explore the unrecognized viruses potentially causing vesicular lesions in pigs.” They plan to conduct follow-up testing on the selected foreign animal disease (FAD) cases to explore the unrecognized agents potentially causing vesicular lesions in pigs and develop appropriate diagnostic assays for the identified agents.

Drs Edison Magalhaes and co-investigators at Iowa State University
Their team was awarded $23,256 to fund the project, “Measuring the effect of diseases on the productivity of growing pigs raised in field conditions.” The overarching goal of this project is to develop an automated on-going model to allow veterinarians to measure disease-associated determinants of swine wean-to-finish mortality.

Scholarships granted to veterinarians and students

Student Debt Relief Scholarship - Dr Laura Carroll - $5,000
This scholarship is given to a recent veterinary graduate engaged in swine practice to help relieve student debt. Dr Carroll practices in Pennsylvania and is passionate about keeping small family swine farms alive and profitable.

Inaugural David A. Schoneweis Scholarship - Karissa Frealy - $1,000
This scholarship is awarded to a student or students from KSU or OSU who participates in the student oral or poster presentations during the meeting. Frealy presented “Evaluating the use of processing fluids for sow herd monitoring of porcine circovirus type 2”

Veterinary Student Poster Competition Scholarships
Sponsored by United Animal Health, these scholarships were awarded to 15 veterinary students totaling $4,000.

$500 scholarship: Amanda Anderson, Iowa State University (ISU) – Top student poster entitled “Analysis of porcine parvovirus maternal antibody decay in replacement gilts by hemagglutinin inhibition and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays”
$400 scholarships: Sam Baker, ISU; Matthew Boulanger, University of Pennsylvania
$300 scholarships: William Boyd, Virginia-Maryland CVM; Rachel Stika, ISU; Heather Walker, Ohio State University
$200 scholarships: Nicholas Benge, ISU; Krista Carroll, ISU; Amberly Jergens, ISU; Brian Johnson, University of Illinois; Kris Kovach, ISU; Will Miller, Michigan State University; Calie Peterson, ISU; Tyler Pieper, University of Illinois.

Recipient of the $5000 scholarship for Best Student Presenter, Nathan Fanzone, pictured with Dr Lucina Galina of Zoetis, sponsor of the Student Seminar and Top Student Presenter Award

Student Seminar Scholarships

The AASV Foundation awarded scholarships totaling $25,000 to 15 veterinary students.

Nathan Fanzone, University of Pennsylvania, received the $5000 scholarship for top student presentation. His presentation was titled “Causes of lameness in sows euthanized for lameness.” Zoetis provided the financial support for the Top Student Presenter Award

Additional scholarships totaling $20,000 were funded by Elanco Animal Health

Receiving $2,500 scholarships: Melissa Hermes, University of Illinois; Kelly Hewitt, ISU; Jamie Madigan, North Carolina State University; and Sabra McCallister, North Carolina State University.
Receiving $1,500 scholarships: Dayna Kinkade, University of Illinois; Jessica Kordas, University of Illinois; Kristen Leuck, University of Illinois; Megan McMahon, University of Minnesota; and Rebekah Schultz, University of Illinois.
Receiving $500 scholarships: Gabrielle Fry, Purdue University; Kathleen Kalbian, University of Pennsylvania; Broc Mauch, ISU; Molly Neiley, University of Illinois; and Alexia Riley, University of Minnesota.

March 10, 2020 - AASV