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Professor Teresa Y. Morishita, DVM, Professor Suzana Tkalcic, DVM, PhD, a
MPVM, MS, PhD, DACPV, has been native of the Republic of Croatia, recently
appointed to serve as panel chair for received the Croatian Women of Influence
Alternatives to Antibiotics in Food award for leadership and achievements in
Production programs of the United States science and technology from the Croatian
Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Women’s Network. She was cited for her
Research Services (ARS). The agency is work in marine mammal pathology and
developing new technologies to address ocean health, comparative pathology,
antibiotic resistance and reduce the use of commitment to One Health, and diligent
antibiotics through agricultural management, contributions to the advancement of science
which includes food, animals, crops and the and collaboration between her alma mater in
environment — water, soil and climate. The Croatia and WesternU. While in Croatia to
Teresa Morishita Suzana Tkalcic
research is part of the USDA’s approach to accept the award, Dr. Tkalcic gave a lecture
One Health, which is the concept that the health of animals, the health of at the Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences in Zagreb, on the history,
people, and the viability of ecosystems are intricately linked. mission, and goals of the One Health initiative. One Health is a movement
to forge co-equal, all-inclusive collaborations among physicians,
veterinarians, and other scientific-, health-, and environmentally-related
disciplines.
Professor Beth Boynton, DVM, presented
“Veterinary Medicine as a Career” at Poplar
Elementary School in Fontana, Calif., for the
school’s Career Day on March 14. She met Professor Lyon Lee, DVM, PhD, DACVAA,
with eight classes of 4th, 5th, and 6th grade and his WesternU collaborators, Associate
students that primarily came from families Professor John Tyler, DVM, DACVIM,
without a lot of education, yet are open to Assistant Professor Maisie Dawes, DVM,
possibilities. Dr. Boynton said several said PhD, DACVIM and Instructor Janet Han,
they were interested in becoming DVM, MS, DACVIM received a $170,000
veterinarians; she encouraged them all to grant for a research project described as a
attend the April 1 Open House. clinical investigation of hypertensive and
Beth Boynton hypotensive cardiovasoactives utilizing a
novel fiber optic biosensor. The biosensor
incorporates measurements of oxygen,
Professor Malika Kachani, PhD, DVM, and hydrogen, glucose, lactate, temperature, and Lyon Lee
Associate Professor David Kersey, PhD, are microcirculation. The grant was from the
new fellows of the Consortium of West Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST). Dr. Lee’s research group
Region Colleges of Veterinary Medicine’s from the Applied Physiology and Comparative Pharmacology Laboratory
teaching academy, the Regional Teaching is collaborating with a group led by Dr. Taebo Shim, director of the
Academy (RTA). They were selected for their Chemical Kinomics Research Center in Korea.
interest in veterinary education. The mission
of the RTA is to encourage academy fellows
collaborate to develop, implement, and
sustain the best practices in veterinary Associate Professor Yiling Hong, PhD, and
medical and biomedical education at the her colleagues, whose stem cell research
member institutions and to establish study, “Rapid generation of sub-type, region-
Malika Kachani
veterinary medical/biomedical educator as a specific neurons and neural networks from
valued career track. human pluripotent stem cell-derived
neurospheres” was selected as Publication
In addition, a paper by Dr. Kachani and colleagues titled “The natural Picks in the BD Accuri News in June 2016.
history of cystic echinococcosis in untreated and albendazole-treated Please see: (http://www.bdbiosciences.com
patients,” has been published. For more information, go to: /us/instruments/s/anews1606).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28336270 The full report may be read here:
Yiling Hong https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26613348
6 College of Veterinary Medicine
Professor Teresa Y. Morishita, DVM, Professor Suzana Tkalcic, DVM, PhD, a
MPVM, MS, PhD, DACPV, has been native of the Republic of Croatia, recently
appointed to serve as panel chair for received the Croatian Women of Influence
Alternatives to Antibiotics in Food award for leadership and achievements in
Production programs of the United States science and technology from the Croatian
Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Women’s Network. She was cited for her
Research Services (ARS). The agency is work in marine mammal pathology and
developing new technologies to address ocean health, comparative pathology,
antibiotic resistance and reduce the use of commitment to One Health, and diligent
antibiotics through agricultural management, contributions to the advancement of science
which includes food, animals, crops and the and collaboration between her alma mater in
environment — water, soil and climate. The Croatia and WesternU. While in Croatia to
Teresa Morishita Suzana Tkalcic
research is part of the USDA’s approach to accept the award, Dr. Tkalcic gave a lecture
One Health, which is the concept that the health of animals, the health of at the Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences in Zagreb, on the history,
people, and the viability of ecosystems are intricately linked. mission, and goals of the One Health initiative. One Health is a movement
to forge co-equal, all-inclusive collaborations among physicians,
veterinarians, and other scientific-, health-, and environmentally-related
disciplines.
Professor Beth Boynton, DVM, presented
“Veterinary Medicine as a Career” at Poplar
Elementary School in Fontana, Calif., for the
school’s Career Day on March 14. She met Professor Lyon Lee, DVM, PhD, DACVAA,
with eight classes of 4th, 5th, and 6th grade and his WesternU collaborators, Associate
students that primarily came from families Professor John Tyler, DVM, DACVIM,
without a lot of education, yet are open to Assistant Professor Maisie Dawes, DVM,
possibilities. Dr. Boynton said several said PhD, DACVIM and Instructor Janet Han,
they were interested in becoming DVM, MS, DACVIM received a $170,000
veterinarians; she encouraged them all to grant for a research project described as a
attend the April 1 Open House. clinical investigation of hypertensive and
Beth Boynton hypotensive cardiovasoactives utilizing a
novel fiber optic biosensor. The biosensor
incorporates measurements of oxygen,
Professor Malika Kachani, PhD, DVM, and hydrogen, glucose, lactate, temperature, and Lyon Lee
Associate Professor David Kersey, PhD, are microcirculation. The grant was from the
new fellows of the Consortium of West Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST). Dr. Lee’s research group
Region Colleges of Veterinary Medicine’s from the Applied Physiology and Comparative Pharmacology Laboratory
teaching academy, the Regional Teaching is collaborating with a group led by Dr. Taebo Shim, director of the
Academy (RTA). They were selected for their Chemical Kinomics Research Center in Korea.
interest in veterinary education. The mission
of the RTA is to encourage academy fellows
collaborate to develop, implement, and
sustain the best practices in veterinary Associate Professor Yiling Hong, PhD, and
medical and biomedical education at the her colleagues, whose stem cell research
member institutions and to establish study, “Rapid generation of sub-type, region-
Malika Kachani
veterinary medical/biomedical educator as a specific neurons and neural networks from
valued career track. human pluripotent stem cell-derived
neurospheres” was selected as Publication
In addition, a paper by Dr. Kachani and colleagues titled “The natural Picks in the BD Accuri News in June 2016.
history of cystic echinococcosis in untreated and albendazole-treated Please see: (http://www.bdbiosciences.com
patients,” has been published. For more information, go to: /us/instruments/s/anews1606).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28336270 The full report may be read here:
Yiling Hong https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26613348
6 College of Veterinary Medicine
