06-06-11
June 6, 2011
CVM NewsCalendar is a biweekly newsletter for faculty, staff, and students of the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. Please submit news and calendar items to Sue Kirchoff, editor, at kirch004@umn.edu by noon the Friday before publication.
In this issue - College news
- Education Day celebrates excellence in education
- Vote for Staff Appreciation Day award recipients by Friday
- CIC adds new NIH-funded study
- Conference room renovations underway
- One night only: Mini Medical School to explore concussions
- Nominations sought for McKnight Land-Grant Professorships
- Facilities Management to retool custodial program
- CVM Web traffic report, May 2011
- Faculty and staff news
- Welcome to the College
- Antonella Borgatti makes TV appearance to promote cancer awareness
- In memory: Vivian Neiger
- Student news
- Shelley Mehlenbacher successfully defends MPH
- In the news
- Star Tribune mentions VMC, quotes Jeannine Moga
- Echo Press reports Patrick Redig to be inducted into Hall of Fame
- Raptor Center mentioned in Free Press story
- Calendar
- Clinical Investigation Center
- Needs a home
- Foster home sought for Orion, a blood donor cat
- Links
Education Day celebrates excellence in education The CVM celebrated its second annual Education Day on May 23. The keynote address, "Transforming Education in the 21st Century," was given by Dr. Debra Olson, associate dean, School of Public Health, and faculty attended breakout sessions on 21st-century graduate student mentoring, curriculum revision, the use of handheld devices in health sciences education, and more. Faculty members also presented posters, demonstrations, and computer presentations related to education and innovative teaching methods, from the development of a new course in critical scientific reading to teaching camelid anatomy. Education Day concluded with the presentation of awards to faculty and staff who demonstrate excellence in education. Dr. Leslie Sharkey received the Pfizer Distinguished Teacher Award and Dr. Sandra Godden received the Mark of Excellence Award. Learn more >>
Vote for Staff Appreciation Day award recipients by FridayThe polls are open for voting for this year's Carl (Chuck) Edborg III and Outstanding Faculty and P&A award recipients. The awards will be presented at the Staff Appreciation Day event on June 17 from 11:30 a.m. to noon in 215 Pomeroy Student Alumni Learning Center. A picnic luncheon will follow from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the lobby area outside 125/135 Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine. Faculty and staff were asked to RSVP for the luncheon via SurveyMonkey by June 3.
Volunteers sought to help with Staff Appreciation Day luncheon
Volunteers are sought to help with the Staff Appreciation Day luncheon on Friday, June 17. Crews are needed to set up, cover tables, and cut buns at 9 a.m. in the lobby area of Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine; grillers are needed at 11 a.m. on the lawn between Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine and the Pomeroy Student-Alumni Learning Center; food and beverage servers are needed starting at 11:30 a.m.; and a cleanup crew is needed starting at about 1:30 p.m. To volunteer, contact Cindy Irons at irons005@umn.edu.
CIC adds new NIH-funded study 
The Clinical Investigation Center (CIC) is now enrolling dogs with cancer in a new one-day, sampling-only study for three specific breed-cancer combinations. They need golden retrievers with lymphoma, Scottish terriers with transitional cell carcinoma, and American cocker spaniels with melanoma. This is an NIH-funded study of sampling techniques, only one or two visits required to sample tumor(s), blood, and saliva. Owners receive $1,000 VMC credit. Contact Mike Henson at 612-625-1770 or henso001@umn.edu, or Amber Winter at 612-624-1352 or alwinter@umn.edu. In other news from the CIC: - Only one more dog with a fragmented coronoid process (elbow dysplasia) is needed for the study of MRI to detect cartilage changes. The owner will pay for arthroscopy, but the study covers the MRI and recheck appointments for six months. Contact Dr. Katja Wucherer at 612-624-5308 or Sara Pracht at prach011@umn.edu or 612-626-3574.
- More Labrador retrievers with and without cruciate ligament injury are needed for a DNA study of this disease. The study consists of one blood sample only. The CIC needs 8-year-old or older Labs that have never had cruciate disease, and Labs with cranial cruciate ligament rupture (CCLR) that will have or have had surgery to repair the condition. Contact Amber Winter at alwinter@umn.edu or 612-626-1352.
For a complete list of studies underway in the CIC, visit www.cvm.umn.edu/cic/.
Conference room renovations underway The conference room in 441 VMC will not be available this week while cabinet removal and wall alterations are completed. One night only: Mini Medical School to explore concussions "Heads, Helmets, and Health: All About Concussions" is the topic of a one-night-only Mini Medical School on Monday, June 20, from 6:00-8:30 p.m. in 2-650 Malcolm Moos Health Sciences Tower. The instructors are Jeff Wozniak, Ph.D., L.P., a specialist in the science behind concussions, and Suzanne Hecht, M.D., a sports medicine expert. The cost is $10. For more information and to register, go to www.ahc.umn.edu/mini-medical-school/index.htm. Nominations sought for McKnight Land-Grant Professorships The Office of the Vice President for Research has announced the competition for the 2012–14 McKnight Land-Grant Professorships, a program of career development awards for junior faculty. Faculty and staff are encouraged to nominate outstanding professors. The recipients named to this endowed professorship will begin their appointments July 1, 2012, and be awarded a research grant in each of the following two years. Nominations are due Oct. 3. For more information, see McKnight nomination. Facilities Management to retool custodial program Faced with budget reductions like all University departments, Facilities Management recently announced a series of changes to the custodial program aimed at efficiently cleaning large spaces in a healthier and safer manner with fewer custodians. The program is scheduled to launch this summer. Components include the use of more riding equipment; the use of backpack vacuums with high-tech filters; a new, greener, chemical program that uses fewer chemicals; the use of microfiber, a material proven to clean better with less effort; and a "team cleaning" approach. For details, visit www.facm.umn.edu/custodial-program/.
CVM Web traffic report, May 2011
Top 10 CVM Web pages By number of visits, May 2011
Data from Google Analytics
College of Veterinary Medicine: 33,061 visits Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory: 12,345 visits The Raptor Center: 6,634 visits Veterinary Medical Center: 5,150 visits Education and Student Services: 4,662 visits Equine Center: 4,168 visits Minnesota Urolith Center: 2,937 visits Veterinary Anatomy: 2,863 visits Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Department: 1,857 visits Veterinary Radiology: 1,340 visits By the numbers For the top 10 most visited Web pages, the number of visits ranged from 33,061 for the CVM home page to 1,340 for the Veterinary Radiology home page. Visits to the CVM home page came from 8,985 people in 101 countries and territories; 62 percent got to the site through a search engine, such as Google; 20 percent were new visits. Visitors spent an average of 1:23 minutes on the site. Most Web pages saw an decrease in visitors compared to April, but a few had more visitors. Especially notable: the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety site, which saw an increase of 36 percent.
Faculty and staff news (top) Welcome to the College Welcome to the following employees who joined the College in May: AHC Information Systems
Jeff Sik, computer support specialist Center for Animal Health and Food Safety
Jeein Chung, veterinary medical resident Veterinary Clinical Sciences Department
Ashley J. Graef, junior scientist Veterinary Continuing Education
Nicole M. Kast, program director Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Katherine N. Gonzales, junior scientist, viral serology Veterinary Medical Center
Chandra R. Cristofono, veterinary technician, small animal core Veterinary Population Medicine Department
Kelly A. Krogh, graduate school trainee
Anne E. Mayer, assistant scientist
Steven J. Tousignant, research assistant Antonella Borgatti makes TV appearance to promote cancer awarenessDr. Antonella Borgatti, assistant clinical professor of oncology, make an appearance on FOX9 on May 22 to discuss cancer in pets as part of a PETCO fundraising effort to raise $1 million for the Morris Animal Foundation. For more information about the fundraising effort, visit www.petcancerawareness.org/.  In memory: Vivian Neiger
Faculty, staff, and volunteers from The Raptor Center (TRC) and around the College mourned the death of Vivian Neiger, TRC's former volunteer coordinator. Vivian died on May 24 after a two-year battle with cancer. Her funeral was May 27. The family suggests memorial donations to The Raptor Center (www.raptor.cvm.umn.edu), Dodge Nature Center (www.dodgenaturecenter.org), or Feline Rescue Inc. (www.felinerescue.org).
Student news (top) Shelley Mehlenbacher successfully defends MPH Veterinary public health resident Shelley Mehlenbacher, in the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety, successfully defended her M.P.H. thesis, “Raw Pet Food Diets in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Area“ on May 13. Her advisor is Dr. Jeff Bender.
In the news (top) Star Tribune mentions VMC, quotes Jeannine Moga "Service Helps Manage Pets' Last Days," a story in the May 24 issue of the Star Tribune, mentioned the service's work with the Veterinary Medical Center and quoted Jeannine Moga, social work program director. The story is online at http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/122460414.html. Echo Press reports Patrick Redig to be inducted into Hall of Fame The May 20 issue of Echo Press, the official newspaper of Douglas County, reported that Dr. Patrick Redig, CVM professor and cofounder of The Raptor Center, was a 2011 Hall of Fame inductee in School District 206 in Alexandria, Minnesota. He and two other honorees will attend a ceremony as part of homecoming festivities in September. Raptor Center mentioned in Free Press story The Raptor Center was mentioned in a May 20 Free Press story about a man who found a young owl he couldn't identify. He learned that the bird was a great horned owl chick that had fallen from its nest in a nearby tree.
Regular meetings, seminars, and rounds
- New Employee Orientation: Mondays, 8:30 a.m.-noon, 458 Veterinary Medical Center
- Veterinary Clinical Sciences Grand Rounds: Thursdays, 8-9 a.m., 125 Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine
- Comparative Oncology Seminar: Every two months on the second Thursday of the month, noon, 280 Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
- Large Animal Grand Rounds: Fridays, 8-9 a.m., Nutrena Conference Center, Leatherdale Equine Center
- Conversation on Teaching, Seminar on Teaching, or CVM Teaching Academy: Fridays, noon-12:50 p.m., 213 or 215 Pomeroy Student-Alumni Learning Center (through June 10)
Monday, June 6Transmission of Pathogens Among Apes, Humans, and Domestic Animals in Western Uganda
Presented by Dr. Innocent Rwego
Hosted by Dr. Tom Molitor
2 p.m.
280 Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Thursday, June 9 Veterinary Clinical Sciences Grand Rounds
Presented by Drs. Katja Wucherer and Dr. Duane Robinson
8-9 a.m.
125 Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine School of Public Health Roundtable: One Health Leadership in a Global Setting
9 a.m.-noon
Cowles Auditorium, Hubert H. Humphrey Center
Lertrak Srikitjakarn, dean and faculty member of veterinary medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, will present "One Health Leadership Emerging in Southeast Asia: My Personal Experience in Fostering Seeds of Success." Will Hueston, Global Food Systems Leadership endowed chair, will moderate a multi-disciplinary panel of One Health experts who will share their experiences.
Free and open to the public, but registration is requested.
For details and to register, visit http://blog.lib.umn.edu/sphpod/events/2011/06/sph_roundtable_leadership.html. Comparative Oncology Seminar
Immunotherapy of Spontaneous Canine Meningioma
Presented by Brian Anderson, M.D./Ph.D. canditate in the Ohlfest lab
Noon
280 Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Pizza will be provided. Friday, June 10 Conversations on Teaching
Presented by Al Beitz and Tom Molitor
Noon-1 p.m.
213 Pomeroy Student-Alumni Learning Center Wednesday, June 15 American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum: June 15-18
Denver, Colorado
For details and to register, go to www.acvim.org/websites/forum2011/index.php?p=460 Thursday, June 16 Veterinary Clinical Sciences Grand Rounds
Presented by Drs. Diana Allevato and Lindsey Mathews
8-9 a.m.
125 Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine Friday, June 17 Staff Appreciation Day - Awards presentation: 11:30 a.m.-noon, 215 Pomeroy Student-Alumni Learning Center
- Picnic luncheon: noon-1:30 p.m., lobby outside 125/135 Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine. (Please note: Faculty and staff were asked to RSVP by June 3.)
Monday, June 20 Mini Medical School
Heads, Helmets, and Health: All About Concussions
Presented by Jeff Wozniak, Ph.D., L.P., a specialist in the science behind concussions, and Suzanne Hecht, M.D., a sports medicine expert
Sponsored by the Academic Health Center
6:00-8:30 p.m.
2-650 Malcolm Moos Health Sciences Tower
The cost is $10. For more information and to register, go to www.ahc.umn.edu/mini-medical-school/index.htm. Thursday, June 23 Veterinary Clinical Sciences Grand Rounds
Presented by Drs. Kristina Kiefer & Fekadu Kassie
8-9 a.m.
125 Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine Friday, June 24 Hill's Pet Food Distribution
7:00-9:45 a.m. and noon-2:45 p.m.
Gortner Avenue dock, Large Animal Hospital Saturday, June 25 Pet-a-Palooza
10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Minnesota State Fairgrounds, Machinery Hill
Admission and parking are free. For more information, visit https://events.umn.edu/Pet-a-Palooza-013543.htm. July
Thursday, July 14Comparative Oncology Seminar
Jong-Hyuk Kim, D.V.M., Ph.D., a new post-doc, will present a summary of his Ph.D. work
Noon
280 Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Pizza will be provided. Saturday, July 16American Veterinary Medical Association Convention: July 16-19
St. Louis, Missouri
For details and to register, go to https://www.avmaconvention.org. Wednesday, July 27 Havemeyer Foundation Genome Workshop: July 27-29
Oak Ridge Conference Center
Chaska, Minnesota
For details, visit www.cvm.umn.edu/vetmedce/events/Havemeyer/home.html. Sunday, July 31Twin City Polo Classic
11 a.m.
Twin City Polo Club, Maple Plain, Minnesota
This year's event will benefit the Equine Center.
For more information, visit www.thepoloclassic.com/
You can help important research efforts. For information about clinical studies currently enrolling in the Veterinary Medical Center, visit the Clinical Investigation Center Web site at www.cvm.umn.edu/cic/current.
Needs a home (top)  Foster home sought for Orion, a blood donor cat
The companion animal blood donor program is looking for a foster home for Orion, one of its blood donors. A 5-year-old neutered male domestic shorthair brown tabby, Orion was recently obtained from Crossroads Animal Shelter. A very sweet large cat, he has been housed with other cats, but not tested with dogs yet. Contact Beth Olmstead at johns547@umn.edu.
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