AMANDA WATKINS, VMD

RESIDENCY TRAINED IN LARGE ANIMAL SURGERY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Cold Atmospheric Plasma to Treat Post-Surgical Orthopedic Infection

Dr. Watkins will be working on the efficacy of cold plasma, plasma activated liquid, and immune activation in a sheep model of MRSA bone fracture infections.

Mentor Team at the University of Pennsylvania

• Thomas Schaer, VMD
• Theresa Freeman, PhD
• Noreen Hickok, PhD
• Javad Parvisi, MD, MS, FRCS

ELSA LUDWIG DVM, MS, DACVS-LA

RESIDENCY TRAINED IN LARGE ANIMAL SURGERY AT VIRGINIA-MARYLAND

Normothermic Machine Perfusion, Cold Storage Preservation, and Intestinal Allograft Viability

Dr. Ludwig is a PhD candidate in North Carolina State University’s Comparative Gastroenterology Lab and will be working on allograft preservation in a porcine model.

Mentor Team at North Carolina State University and Duke University

• Liara Gonzalez, DVM, PhD, DACVS-LA
• Anthony Blikslager, DVM, PhD, DACVS-LA
• Jody Gookin DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
• Christopher Dekaney, PhD
• Andrew Barbas, MD

HYUN-TAE (HUNTER) KIM, DVM, MS

RESIDENCY TRAINED IN VETERINARY CLINICAL NUTRITION AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY

Mechanisms of Diet-Induced Immunomodulation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Dr. Kim will work on mast cell and T cell programing in inflammatory bowel disease using intestinal samples from human and canine patients.

Mentor Team at the University of Pennsylvania

• Elizabeth Lennon DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
• Dan Beiting PhD
• De’Broski Herbert PhD
• Nicole Maloney Belle MD, PhD

Benjamin Curtis DVM, residency trained in Anatomic Pathology at Colorado State University.

Development of mucosal vaccines using a systems immunology approach

Dr. Curtis will work on the use of probiotic adjuvants for the development of oral vaccines against SARS CoV2, feline enteric coronavirus, and human and murine rotaviruses.

Mentor Team at Colorado State University

• Gregg Dean, DVM, PhD, DACVP (primary mentor)
• Zaid Abdo, PhD
• Marcela Henao-Tamayo, MD, PhD
• Allison Vilander, DVM, PhD, DACVP

Ellen Sherrick, DVM. 3rd year Medical Oncology resident at North Carolina State University.

Neuronal regulation of acute chemoradiotherapy-associated pain in patients with head and neck cancer

Dr. Sherrick will examine the role of neurons that express the TRPM8 ion channel in acute orofacial radiation-associated pain and perform pain phenotyping in humans and dogs undergoing chemoradiation for spontaneous head and neck cancers.

Mentor Team at North Carolina State University

• Michael Nolan, DVM, PhD, DACVR (RO) - primary mentor
• Matthew Breen, PhD
• Margaret Gruen DVM, MVPH, PhD, DACVB
• Duncan Lascelles BVsc, PhD, DACVS, DECVS
• Santosh Mishra, PhD
• Yvonne Mowery, MD, PhD

Elizabeth Rose, DVM (Anatomic Path)

NC State Mentors: Anthony Blikslager DVM, PhD, DACVS; Amanda Ziegler DVM, PhD; Laurianne Van Landeghem PhD; Jack Odle PhD

Enhancing postnatal development of intestinal microbiome, neural networks and mucosal repair

Britt Levy VMD (Dermatology)

U Penn Mentors: Aimee Payne MD, PhD; Nicola Mason BVetMed, PhD, DACVIM

Comparative immunology and cellular immunotherapy of human and canine pemphigus

Alexa Spittler, DVM, MS (Lab An Med)

Colorado State Mentors: Daniel Gustafson PhD; Kelly Santangelo DVM, PhD, DACVP; Miranda Sadar DVM, DACZM

Efficacy of cannabidiol in a rodent model of primary osteoarthritis

Angela Gaesser DVM (LA Surgery)

U Penn Mentors: Kyla Ortved DVM, PhD, DACVS, DACVSMR; Thomas Schaer VMD, Jason Burdick PhD

An injectable hydrogel for sustained release of extracellular vesicles as a treatment for posttraumatic osteoarthritis