VMBS Shares Research, Outreach Related To Border Health At Scowcroft Summit
The 2023 Scowcroft Summit on Border Health provided a unique opportunity for faculty and administrators from the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) to showcase their expertise, research, and outreach activities related to health resilience near the trans-border regions of southern United States and Central America. The summit, which was co-hosted […]
Texas A&M VMBS, UT Southwestern Partner To Advance Animal And Human Health
With the goal of supporting One Health, Texas A&M University’s School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) has joined forces with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to foster translational research as part of a prestigious program funded through the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The two institutions are working together on UT […]
Texas A&M Health Professionals Co-Host International Global Health Conference
A team of Aggies from the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS), School of Public Health, and College of Medicine co-hosted the 2021 Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) virtual conference this March. Approximately 1,900 participants from more than 100 countries attended this year’s conference, “Addressing Critical Gaps in […]
CVMBS Student Named Among Four Prestigious USDA Fellowship Recipients
Colette Nickodem, a second-year Ph.D. student in biomedical sciences at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS), is a recipient of the first United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Graduate Student Food Safety Fellowship. The fellowship, established […]
Parker To Speak At New York Academy Of Sciences Conference
Dr. Gerald Parker, the associate dean for Global One Health at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, has been invited to participate as a speaker in an upcoming New York Academy of Sciences conference. The conference, “Pandemic Diseases Preparedness and Response,” will be held virtually on June 22 to discuss the […]
PEER Promotes NIH-Funded One Health Curriculum at STEM 4 Innovation Conference
The Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health (PEER) Program at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) presented curriculum to educators from across the state at Texas A&M’s STEM 4 Innovation Conference. Hosted by the Texas A&M College of Engineering on Jan.13, the STEM 4 Innovation Conference is an interactive, […]
CVM Global One Health Expert Discusses Coronavirus Outbreak
The spread of 2019-nCoV, commonly known as the novel coronavirus, from China to at least 11 countries, to date, including the United States, has led the disease and its growing impacts to become a trending topic in both the news and conversation. Dr. Gerald Parker, the associate dean for Global One Health at the Texas […]
CVM Collaborates on ‘One Health’ Disease Outbreak Simulation Course
Texas A&M University, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB), and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley recently collaborated on a three-week summer disease outbreak simulation course to provide students with a “One Health” view of vector-borne diseases. At Texas A&M, the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), the Bush […]
CVM-Hosted Scholars Symposium Breaks Attendance Records
More than 500 veterinary students from across the United States, Canada, and Europe converged at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) for three days of discussion on research and global health. The National Veterinary Scholars Symposium (NVSS) at the CVM, Aug. 2-4, included a record-breaking 663 guests who came to […]
Parker Explores Potential Collaborations in France, Germany
Dr. Gerald Parker, associate dean for Global One Health in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), traveled across Europe in April to give a keynote address at a military veterinary symposium and working to build strategic relationships that would allow for mutually beneficial collaborations. In Lyon, France, Parker, Scowcroft Institute […]
