News
Winner of the CGS/Waltham research Grant 2014
he Board of the Comparative Gastroenterology Society (CGS) is
pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 CGS/Waltham grant. The
applications were judged by CGS Board members and the grant was
revoewd by the Waltham Ethical Review Committee.
This year's grant was awarded to Dr. Samantha Parkinson from the
University of Tennessee for her project: Analysis of oral acid
suppressants for treatment of feline acid related disorders.
Congratulations to Dr. Parkinson and her mento DR. Katie
Tolbert!
Many thanks to Waltham for their continued support of our
research grant!
Newest membership letter now available!
Winners of the CGS-Iams/Eukanuba professional development
awards 2013
The Board of the Comparative Gastroenterology Society (CGS) is
pleased to announce the winners of the CGS/Iams-Eukanuba
Professional Development Awards for travel to GutSki 2014, which
will be held at the Woodspur lodge (woodspur.com) in beautiful
Winter Park, CO from March 1st to March 5th 2014.
The winners in the category CGS members in their clinical training
(e.g., residency) and/or in research training are:
Dr. Julia Honneffer, PhD student at Texas A&M University
and
Dr. Joseph Cyrus Parambeth, doctoral graduate student at Texas
A&M University
The winner in the category CGS members who are currently enrolled
in an internship is:
Dr. Yoko Ambrosini, rotating Intern at the Veterinary Specialty
Hospital of San Diego (VSHSD)
Each award covers travel related expenses up to $1,500, kindly
sponsored by P&G PetCare.
Please join me in congratulating our winners on this prestigious
award.The CGS Board is pleased to announce the winners of the 2013
CGS Veterinary Student Summer Research Scholar Program. This year
the top two projects are being awarded grants.
CGS summer student scholarship 2014 now open for
submissions
The Board of the Comparative Gastroenterology Society (CGS) is
proud to announce the CGS Veterinary Student Summer Research
Scholar Program for the summer of 2014. For this cycle TWO awards
will be available.
Application Process:
A CGS member in good standing (i.e., dues must be currently paid
up), who is interested and willing to serve as a mentor, should
identify a first or second year veterinary student willing to work
in an area of mutual research interest in veterinary or comparative
gastroenterology. A mentor must agree to provide a supportive
learning atmosphere with consistent supervision and direction given
to the student. The student must commit to working full-time on the
research project including attending all laboratory and research
meetings. The mentor must make sure that they will be in town for
the majority of the summer research period and will arrange for
supervision during any absences. The program provides a 12 week
hands-on research experience for students with all levels of
research background.
The faculty mentor and student will write a research application
of no more than 3 pages to be submitted to Peter Kook, the at-large
member of the CGS Board (peterhendrikkook@gmail.com).
Proposals longer than 3 pages will not be reviewed and will be
disqualified on that basis. Proposals will be reviewed by members
of the CGS Board and other volunteer CGS members. The proposed
project must have clinical application in a veterinary species.
Please delineate the exact responsibilities of the student in the
application. If the project involves live vertebrate animals,
you will need to describe the animal use in detail and seek the
appropriate institutional approvals (institutional approval is also
needed for recombinant DNA proposals). We strongly suggest that the
applicant seek institutional approval of their project while the
proposal is under review so that a copy of the fully approved
clearance letter(s) can be submitted before the funding is
released. Informed owner consent must be obtained from all
participants in clinical trials. Terminal studies or live-animal
experiments that are considered excessively invasive will not be
eligible for funding. A final report must be submitted to the
secretary of the CGS within 2 months from the end of the program.
This report should contain the results and conclusions of the
study. Also, the mentor and/or student are encouraged to attend the
annual Winter meeting of the CGS (GutSki or GutSea) or the CGS
luncheon at the ACVIM Forum to present the report.
Proposals are due by February 15th, 2014. Successful mentors
and applicants will be contacted by March 1st, 2014. Review
emphasis will be placed on a quality proposal with clear and
concise objectives that can be accomplished within 12 weeks, well
planned methods, and clinical relevance to gastroenterology.
Please note: The maximum dollar amount for each award grant is
$8,000.00. No indirect costs will be paid by CGS. $5,000.00 should
be considered part of a stipend for the student and $3,000.00 is to
be allocated for consumables by the mentor. This is not to be
confused with a salary, i.e., payment is not by the hour. If the
student is looking for a summer job to supplement their income,
this is not the right project for them. The emphasis of this
program is to expose the student to GI research and to give them an
opportunity to gather hands on experience, i.e., this will be a
learning experience on top of which the student will get
substantial pocket money.
Proposal Guidelines:
1. Title: A
brief, clear specific designation of the subject of the research
topic. The title should reflect the objective(s) and scope of the
proposal. Accurately describe the research contemplated in 80
spaces or less.
2. Mentor's name,
address, affiliation, telephone, FAX, and e-mail address
3. Student’s name,
address, affiliation, telephone, FAX, and e-mail address
4. Rational
(introduction and background relevant to project)
5.
Hypothesis
6. Specific
aims
7. Methods and
materials
8. Supplies
needed
9. Expected
results
10. Pertinent references (no
more than 5).
11. The proposal should not
exceed 3 pages in length.
No budget is required. It is expected that the mentor will
provide the majority of laboratory supplies required to complete
the research.
Winner of the CGS/Waltham research grant 2013
The Board of the CGS is pleased to announce the winner of the
2013 CGS/Waltham Grant. The grants were judged by CGS Board
members and volunteer CGS members.
This year's grant is awarded to Dr. Yasushi Minamoto from the
Texas A&M University Gastrointestinal Laboratory for his
project, Evaluation of serum metabolite profiles and
fecal microbiota in dogs with idiopathic inflammatory bowel
disease. Dr. Minamoto is a PhD candidate under the
mentorship of Dr. Jan Suchodolski.
Congratulations to Dr. Minamoto and many thanks to Waltham for
their continued generous support of this grant!
Minutes of the membership/Board meeting
CGS/Iams Eukanuba Professional Development award winners
2013
The winners of the 2012 DDW Travel Grants are
Dr. Sarah Crain, third year small animal
internal medicine resident at the University of Minnesota
Dr. Romy Heilmann, first year small animal internal
medicine resident and PhD student at Texas A&M University
Dr. Kathleen Aicher, Small Animal Intern at
the University of Tennessee
Each award covers travel related expenses up to $1,500, kindly
sponsored by P&G PetCare.
Please join me in congratulating Drs. Crain and Heilmann. They
have shown a passion for gastroenterology/hepatology through their
past work and a desire to continue to contribute in these areas.
Well done!
ACVIM 2013
It gives me great pleasure to announce this year's CGS abstract
winners for the ACVIM Forum in Seattle:
Dr. Allison Bradley (PhD student of Dr. David Twedt) from Colorado
State University won for the best oral presentation by an
individual in training with her abstract entitled: "Hepatic copper
and zinc concentrations in feral dogs versus dogs fed a commercial
diet"
Dr. Candice Bailey (internal medicine resident mentored by Dr.
Craig Ruaux) from Oregon State University won for the best poster
by an individual in training with her abstract entitled: "Serotonin
and chromogranin-A expression is increased in the small intestine
in dogs with inflammatory bowel disease"
Each will receive a cash prize from our organization. On behalf of
the CGS I would like to congratulate both Drs. Bradley and Bailey.
Also, our thanks go to Nutramax Laboratories for generously
sponsoring these awards!
DDW 2014
Next year's DDW meeting will be held in Chicago- watch this
space for upcoming information on the DDW dinner!
The meeting this year was a memorable experience with more than
16,000 gastroenterologists in attendance and well over 5000
research abstracts presented. There will be another CGS dinner
during next year's DDW in Chicago, so please come and join us next
year for this event!
Membership information
- Membership file updated 2011
- Membership application form
CGS Board
CGS Board election results 2013
The outcomeof the 2013 elections for members of the Board as as
follows:
- Our president will be Joerg Steiner
- Steve Hill will be serving as past president
- our new president elect will be Craig Ruaux
- Karin Allenspach will continue as webmaster.
- Jan Suchodolski will continue as secretary &
treasurer.
- Bob Sherding will be our new at-large member 1 to the board.
His position is charged with helping with our annual
conference GUTSKI and GUTSEA, which by the way Bob is the only
member who has been to every single one of our annual
meetings.
- Peter Kook will be our new at-large member 2
A big THANK YOU to our other members who stepped forward to
serve our wonderful organization - thanks for being willing to
serve!!!