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Research Collaboration Takes ‘One Health’ Approach…2025 VMBS News Article

VMBS News published an article about our work, supported by almost $4 million in new funding, to develop interventions that will impact both canine and human health with our colleagues from the University of Georgia, “Research Collaboration Takes ‘One Health’ Approach To Study Chagas Disease Exposure, Treatment Effectiveness.”

Dr. Ashley Saunders, Dr. Sarah Hamer, and Blue the dog
photo by Karis Olson ’25, VMBS Marketing & Communications

Hearts and Minds… 2020 VMBS News article

VMBS News published an article about our project at the US-Mexico border tracking the effects of T. cruzi infection and Chagas disease in Department of Homeland Security (DHS) working dogs. Read more here: “Hearts and Minds — A team of academic researchers and a Small Animal Hospital clinician have come together for the health and safety of dogs working at the U.S. border.”

Three people provide veterinary care to a working dog near the US-Mexico border
Alyssa Meyers and Italo Zecca, a recent doctoral graduate, with a working dog.