News Briefs
Texas A&M Professor Honored with AAVMC Excellence in Research Award
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) announced the recognition of Dr. James Womack, distinguished professor in the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, with the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges’ (AAVMC) 2016 Excellence in Research Award. This award recognizes Womack’s efforts in advancing the fundamental boundaries of […]
One Health Transboundary Wildlife Biologist Visits Texas A&M
Wildlife biologist and veterinarian Scott Newman is the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Senior Technical Coordinator for Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases in Vietnam. He was hosted by Texas A&M One Health Initiative during November 2015. Newman leads zoonotic and non-zoonotic disease programs, food safety projects, and facilitates a One Health approach that places […]
Texas A&M Professor Selected as AAVMC 2016 Public Policy Faculty Fellows Participant
Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) announced the selection of Dr. Jeffrey Musser, clinical professor in the Veterinary Pathobiology department, as a participant in the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges’ (AAVMC) 2016 Public Policy Faculty Fellows. The AAVMC launched the faculty fellows program in 2015 to bring faculty representatives from […]
AVMA Council on Education Accreditation Site Visit
During the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Council on Education (COE) accreditation site visit exit interview with Dr. Kenita Rogers and Dr. Eleanor Green, the accreditation team went through their list of comments. As expected, they found some items the CVM needs to fix, but all are fixable. It’s unlikely there will be challenging substantial […]
Two Texas A&M Veterinary Faculty Recognized for Teaching Excellence
COLLEGE STATION, Texas-The Texas A&M Association of Former Students (AFS) recently honored two outstanding Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) faculty members in the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences (VSCS). Dr. Audrey Cook, associate professor, and Dr. Ashley Saunders, associate professor, received AFS College-Level Teaching Awards during a department meeting […]
Hinrichs Named Texas A&M University System Regents Professor
COLLEGE STATION, TX – In November, the Board of Regents for the Texas A&M University System designated 12 faculty members as Regents Professors. Dr. Katrin Hinrichs, professor and Patsy Link Chair in Mare Reproductive Studies, in the Department of Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, was […]
The State Employee Charitable Campaign ends successfully
The 2015 State Employee Charitable Campaign (SECC) at Texas A&M was completed in November. This marked the end of seven fundraisers that benefitted five special organizations: Aggieland Humane Society, Aggieland Pregnancy Outreach, Breast Cancer Awareness, Service Dogs, and Camp Agape. The grand total the Texas A&M CVM raised for the SECC this year was $24,636.31, […]
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)–Coordinated Research Initiative for the Implementation of Antimicrobial Resistance Control Strategies
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Understanding the global consequences of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in humans, animals, and the environment remains a highly complex, yet critically important, problem. From Oct. 28-30, leading researchers and policy makers met in Santiago, Chile to begin formulating a coordinated response to AMR among Pacific Rim countries. Attending as an internationally known […]
Advance Scholars: Esteve-Gassent and Arenas-Gamboa
Dr. Maria Esteve-Gassent and Dr. Angela Arenas-Gamboa, assistant professors at the CVM, were recently accepted into the Advance Scholar Program at Texas A&M University. The program, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), seeks to increase the diversity of female faculty in all levels of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) at Texas A&M. The […]
Texas A&M Global Partnership Receives Award to Create Novel Curriculum for “Bench-to-Shop” Training
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M AgriLife Research announced that the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) and the Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases (IIAD), a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Center of Excellence, have been awarded a $1.2 million contract (under contract number D15PC00280) by the DHS […]
