News Stories
A&M Veterinary Students at the Houston Cat Show
COLLEGE STATION, TX – For the past several years, representatives of the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) have been attending the Houston Cat Club Annual Charity Cat Show. At this year’s show, held last weekend, veterinary students interested in feline practice staffed one of more than 40 booths and answered […]
Professor Appointed to Elite Scientific Advisory Board
COLLEGE STATION, TX – Dr. Heather Wilson-Robles of the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) has recently been appointed to serve on the Small Animal Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) for the Morris Animal Foundation (MAF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to investing in research. The work of MAF and their investment in […]
MSU, Texas A&M veterinary colleges sponsor Dog Bowl
COLLEGE STATION, TX – With a higher concentration of veterinary colleges than any other conference in the country, the Southeastern Conference boasts premiere college sports and a region with a strong focus on animal care. Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine and the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences are teaming […]
Texas A&M Professor Awarded Grants for Autism Research
COLLEGE STATION, TX – Work underway at Texas A&M University, sponsored by two foundations with a deep interest in autism, may one day provide clues to one type of autism. Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a set of complex developmental disorders characterized by persistent deficits in social communication and interaction, as well as restricted behaviors, […]
Texas A&M Holds Veterinary Medical Scientist Research Training Program Conference
COLLEGE STATION, TX – Over the course of the summer, twenty-three veterinary medical students from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences had the opportunity to move from the classroom into the laboratory to learn about veterinary medical research through the Veterinary Medical Scientist Research Program (VMSRTP), which culminated with a conference. […]
Texas A&M Graduate Student among First Merial Residents in Veterinary Parasitology
COLLEGE STATION, TX – Dr. Jessica Rodriguez, a veterinarian and graduate student at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), has been selected as one of the first Merial Residents in Veterinary Parasitology from the National Center for Veterinary Parasitology (NCVP). The NCVP’s goals are to train graduate veterinarians in clinical, […]
A&M Students Awarded Competitive Fellowships
COLLEGE STATION, TX – The only two Zoetis-Morris Animal Foundation Veterinary Fellowships for Advanced Study awarded this year went to residents at Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM). Sarah Schneider, who passed her anatomic pathology board exams last month, and Sabrina Vobornik have both been at the CVM completing their post-DVM […]
Texas A&M Offers New and Unique Course
COLLEGE STATION, TX – The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) is offering a course this fall that is somewhat different from its typical topics of anatomy and physiology. Dr. W.R. Klemm, Professor of Neuroscience at the CVM, is teaching Neuroscience and Religion as an upper-division undergraduate BIMS elective. “We will […]
Rachel Curtis Receives AAVP Award for Research
COLLEGE STATION, TX – Texas A&M PhD student Rachel Curtis developed a way to educate the public while enlisting their help in tracking an emerging disease that threatens wildlife and humans. Chagas disease is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and can cause a variety of symptoms and can even lead to sudden death. Currently, […]
Texas A&M Veterinary Students Inform Through PEER Webcasts
COLLEGE STATION, TX – The Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health, or PEER, provided a unique opportunity this summer for grade school children all over the country to learn more about health issues involving both pets and people. Second and third year veterinary students from Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences […]
