News Briefs
Veterinary Students Inspire K-12 Students to Pursue STEM and Perfect Their Own Non-technical Skills
Third-year CVM veterinary students enrolled in Drs. Johnson’s and Klemm’s VIBS 948 elective course are honing their non-technical skills while inspiring the next generation of veterinary science professionals. This course aids students in enhancing leadership, communication, and outreach skills through the development and presentation of a K-12 classroom lesson relating to STEM. Working closely with […]
Texas A&M Professor Joins AAEP Board of Directors
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS– Leslie Easterwood, DVM, clinical assistant professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) at Texas A&M University, has joined the board of directors of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP). Easterwood was installed during the Dec. 6 President’s Luncheon at the AAEP’s 62nd Annual Convention in Orlando, Fla. […]
CVM hosts a Tailgate
CVM hosted a tailgate for the Ole Miss game in the new Veterinary & Biomedical Education Complex courtyard on November 12. The event rounded out a weekend celebration of both the Grand Opening and the 100-year anniversary of the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. Approximately 300 people attended the tailgate to […]
Student Researchers Tackle Societal Issues
What program combined public health, environmental health, and animal health to answer two research societal needs? Two Texas A&M students, Clara Bush (veterinary student), and Jarius Pulczinski (graduate student), participated in the thirteen-week on- campus summer Veterinary Medical Scientist Research Training Program (VMSRTP)(https://vetmed.tamu.edu/vmsrtp). Their scholarships were sponsored by the Texas A&M One Health Initiative. Each […]
The College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Science hosts USDA APHIS-VS
The College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Science hosted the US Department of Agriculture Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service Veterinary Service (USDA APHIS-VS) Live Bird Market System Continuing Education Training Course October 25-27, 2016. The course was supported by colleagues from the Department of Poultry Science, Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, the USDA Agricultural […]
Artists Edgar Sotelo and Tammie Bissett
Edgar Sotelo I was born and raised in Old México and came to the states to go to college. My father was an artist and my grandfather was an artist. I remember sitting at the kitchen table as a 5 year-old kid sketching Cowboys and horses with my dad. At that early age, I started […]
Less Risk, More Value: Livestock Biosecurity in South Africa led by Texas A&M University Interdisciplinary Team
Texas A&M University team has been awarded $473,989 by the United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service to promote biosecurity with beef, swine, and poultry small-scale livestock farmers in South Africa. The project is titled “Less Risk, More Value: Enhancing Biosecurity Best Practices of Livestock Diseases in South Africa,” and its goal is to […]
“Sex in the Post-genome Era” Symposium
On Oct. 20-21, the “Sex in the Post-genome Era” symposium facilitated discussion on how genetics influence and interact with gender and sex, merging knowledge from fields of social sciences, history, biology, health, and others. The symposium was a collaborative effort sponsored by the Texas A&M Institute for Genome Sciences and Society, College of Veterinary Medicine […]
Texas A&M, Johns Hopkins receive $5.3 million NIH grant to study how lead exposure affects humans
When researchers try to uncover the cause of disease, they commonly start with two questions: Did a quirk in the patient’s genes open the door to illness, or did exposure to environmental factors play havoc with the patient’s health? Very often, both genes and the environment are at least partly to blame, and to provide […]
Texas A&M Researchers Awarded Grant to Establish “Tissue Chip” Center
Testing drug safety and efficacy is challenging, expensive, and time consuming. Recent advancements have given way to what is known as “tissue chips.” These tiny bioengineered systems mimic the larger, complex organs and tissues of the human body. The chips may improve our ability to ensure that a drug is safe before clinical trials begin […]