03-10-08, College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota

CVM This Week
March 10, 2008

CVM This Week is a weekly 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 before noon Friday. To view CVM This Week as a Web page and access back issues, go to       www.cvm.umn.edu/newsandevents/publications/cvmthisweek.

In this issue

College news (top)

Points of Pride Research Days set for March 25-26
The College's annual Points of Pride Research Days event is scheduled for March 25-26.

The event will begin with a March 25 poster competition in the lobby of the Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine building from from 2:30-5:00 p.m. Graduate students, Summer Scholars, postdoctorals, and residents will present their research, and faculty, staff, and students are invited to view the posters and enjoy refreshments.

On March 26 from 3:00-4:20 p.m., two seminars will be presented in 125 Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine:

The seminars will be followed by the presentation of poster awards at 4:20 p.m. and a reception for award recipients in the Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine lobby at 4:30 p.m. For more information, contact Shan Balmer at 4-3002.


Stephanie Valberg

Stephanie Valberg to receive Distinguished Women Scholar Award
Dr. Stephanie Valberg, a professor in the Veterinary and Population Medicine department and the director of the University of Minnesota Equine Center, will receive the University's 2008 Distinguished Women Scholar Award in sciences and engineering. The award will be presented at a ceremony to be held at the Annual Celebration for Women sponsored by the Office for University Women on April 24 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. in the McNamara Alumni Center Memorial Hall. Stephanie will be awarded $2,000 to be used for research, scholarly, or artistic activities.

The Distinguished Women Scholar Award was established to acknowledge and honor the accomplishments of distinguished women scholars at the University of Minnesota. Congratulations, Stephanie!

Veterinarians warn Congress about dangers of veterinary shortage;
CVM team to visit congressional members during AAVMC meeting
American Veterinary Medical Association officials recently testified at congressional hearings to explain the harmful consequences of too few veterinarians working in public health and encourage congressional support for initiatives shoring up the low supply of veterinarians. For more information, go to www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/mar08/080315b.asp

On March 18, a team from the College -- Trevor Ames, interim dean, Will Hueston, director of the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety, Dick Isaacson, chair of the Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences department, Srirama Rao, associate dean for research, Ian Rubinoff, president of the Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association, and Jan Williams, government relations -- will go to Washington, D.C., to meet with congressional members during the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges Annual Meeting.

Alumni news
Dr. Holly Neaton reappointed to Board of Animal Health
Governor Tim Pawlenty announced the reappointment of Holly Neaton, D.V.M., a College alumna, to the Board of Animal Health on Feb. 28.

Holly has been the attending veterinarian for the Beckman Coulter Immunodiagnostics Animal Facility in Maple Plain since 1997. From 1979 to 1997, she was a veterinarian and partner in the Watertown Veterinary Clinic, a mixed animal practice with an emphasis on dairy, equine, and small ruminants, returning to the College as an assistant professor from 1985 to 1992. She was president of the Minnesota Veterinary Medicine Association (MVMA) in 1997 and received the MVMA's Veterinarian of the Year Award in 2001.

The Board of Animal Health consists of five members appointed by the governor. It oversees numerous voluntary and mandatory programs that focus on controlling and eradicating animal diseases in Minnesota. Holly has been reappointed as a veterinarian member to the board for a four-year term that expires January 2, 2012.

Special offer on Vet Consult titles in Veterinary Student Supply
Veterinary Student Supply (VSS) and Elsevier are teaming up to make you a special offer on Vet Consult titles: Order your Vet Consult title by March 31 and receive a 20 percent discount. Stop by VSS for details.

Calendar (top)

Monday, March 10

New Employee Orientation
8:30 a.m.-noon
458 Veterinary Medical Center

Tuesday, March 11

Seminar in Comparative and Molecular Biosciences
Purinergic Receptors and the Regulation of Na+ Absorption and Anion Secretion in Epithelial Cats
Presented by Katie Schiller
Advisor: Dr. Scott O'Grady
Noon-1 p.m.
215 Veterinary Science

Wednesday, March 12

Comparative Biosciences Seminar
The Pathogenesis of Dopaminergic Neurodegeneration in Equine Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction and Parkinson's Disease
Presented by Dr. Dianne McFarlane, Department of Physiological Sciences, Oklahoma State University
Hosted by Dr. Stephanie Valberg and the University of Minnesota Equine Center
3 p.m.
125 Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine
Refreshments available. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Contact: Jaclyn Barnes at barne063@umn.edu or 612-624-2700

Thursday, March 13

Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges Annual Meeting and Educational Symposium
Starts today and continues through March 18
Westin Washington City Center Hotel
Washington, D.C.
For more information, go to http://www.aavmc.org/meetings_events/future_meetings.htm

Small Animal Grand Rounds
Clinical Investigation Center Data
Presented by Kelly Hall
8 a.m.
125 Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine

Neurology Grand Rounds (Medical School)
One Medicine-One Science: Canine Epilepsy--a Naturally Occurring Model with Bidirectional Benefits
Presented by Ned Patterson, Assistant Professor, Veterinary Clinical Sciences
4:30 p.m.
12-155 Phillip Wangestein Building, Minneapolis Campus

Saturday, March 15

Horse Owner Education Days (advanced session)
Leatherdale Equine Center
For details, to to www.cvm.umn.edu/outreach/events/horseowner.html

What's ahead

Equine Club St. Patty's Day Bake Sale: March 17, noon-1 p.m., lobby of 125/135 Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine. Cookies, bars, and other treats -- as well as clothing items -- will be for sale. All proceeds will go to support the student chapter of the American Association of Equine Practitioners.

Fort Dodge Animal Health Presentation--Small Ruminant Discussion, presented by Dr. Pugh: March 17, 5:30 p.m., 135 Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine. Contact: Kyle Adkins, Class of 2010, Fort Dodge Student Representative, at adki0021@umn.edu

Hill's Pet Food Distribution: March 18, 7:00-7:50 a.m. and noon-12:50 p.m., Gortner Avenue dock, Large Animal Hospital

Fort Dodge Animal Health/Equine Club Presentation--West Nile Virus, presented by Dr. Pugh: March 18, noon-1 p.m., 135 Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine. Contact: Kyle Adkins, Class of 2010, Fort Dodge Student Representative, at adki0021@umn.edu

Hill's Pet Food Distribution: March 19, 7:00-7:50 a.m. and noon-12:50 p.m., Gortner Avenue dock, Large Animal Hospital

Opportunities in International and Cultural Immersion: March 19, noon-12:50 p.m., 215 Ben Pomeroy Student-Alumni Learning Center. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Hill's Pet Food Distribution: March 20, 7:00-7:50 a.m. and 5:00-5:50 p.m., Gortner Avenue dock, Large Animal Hospital

University floating holiday: March 21

Hold Your Horses Seminars presented by Dr. Erin Malone and Dr. Nicolas Ernst: March 25, 7 p.m. and 8 p.m., Hamel Community Building, Hamel, Minn. For details, go to      http://www.cvm.umn.edu/outreach/events/holdyourhorses.html

Points of Pride Research Days: March 25-26

Open Dialog with Frank B. Cerra, Senior Vice President for Health Sciences: March 31, noon-2 p.m., 125 Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Cerra will give a brief presentation and then open the floor to questions. Refreshments available.

Veterinary Student Supply Book Fair: April 1, 9:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m., outside Veterinary Student Supply in the lounge area. Stop by to see the latest and most popular Saunders and Mosby books. Discounts from VSS prices will be offered.

Clinical Rounds for First, Second, and Third-Year Veterinary Students: April 1, noon, 135 Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine

Opportunities in International and Cultural Immersion: April 2, noon-12:50 p.m., 215 Ben Pomeroy Student-Alumni Learning Center. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Mather Lecture Series-Film Interpretation Session: Watch the Experts at Work, presented by Dr. Kari Anderson and Dr. Laura Ziegler: April 3, 7:00-8:30 p.m., 215 Pomeroy Student-Alumni Learning Center. $30. For details and to register, go to www.cvm.umn.edu/outreach/events/mather.html

Hill's Pet Food Distribution orders due: April 4

Opportunities in International and Cultural Immersion: April 16, noon-12:50 p.m., 215 Ben Pomeroy Student-Alumni Learning Center. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Go to the Academic Health Center's calendar of events.

Go to the University of Minnesota campus events calendar.

In the media (top)

Large animal vet shortage discussed in USA Today
USA Today published "Vet Shortage Threatens Food System," online at www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-02-28-vetshortage_N.htm

Faculty and staff news (top)

Ned Patterson to present Grand Rounds for Department of Neurology
Dr. Ned Patterson of the Veterinary Clinical Sciences department will present Grand Rounds for the Department of Neurology at the Medical School on Thursday from 4:30-5:30 p.m. His presentation, entitled "One Medicine-One Science: Caninie Epilepsy - a Naturally Occurring Model with Bidirectional Benefits," will be held in 12-115 Phillip Wangensteen Buidling on the Minneapolis campus.

Research news (top)

Clinical Investigation Center news
New form for research in Veterinary Medical Center
Veterinary Medical Center administration and the Clinical Investigation Center (CIC) have developed a hospital impact checklist  for research taking place in the hospital. The form is now required for all research studies that use client animals or hospital resources.

The Hospital Impact Checklist asks for the basics of the study in a format designed to help the investigator identify areas of the VMC that will or might be affected. Forms are found online (see below) and turned into the CIC for processing.  This process was modeled after what is working in other veterinary teaching hospitals. The primary benefits of the hospital impact checklist are:

Researchers have been asked to begin using the checklist immediately. The checklist should be filled out when you are submitting an IACUC or beforehand if you think there could be resource or pricing issues. Where do you find it?  Currently, it is available on the CIC Web site: www.cvm.umn.edu/cic/Investigators/Downloads/home.html  In the near future, the form will be on the VMC Informatics page as well.

Kathy Stuebner, research coordinator in the CIC, is available to help complete the form. Forms are turned in to her in a box by her office – 440B VMC, or through interoffice mail.

Mike Conzemius, Alexa Hart, Vicki Wilke, Catherine St. Hill, Jody Lulich and Josephine Gnanandarajah participated in the pilot of the checklist. 

Clinical studies currently enrolling in the VMC
For a list of clinical studies currently rolling in the Veterinary Medical Center, visit the Clinical Investigation Center Web site at http://www.cvm.umn.edu/cic/current.

Links (top)

AVMA News Bytes and other news
www.avma.org/news/info_rss.asp

CVM This Week
Back issues of CVM This Week, from June 2004 to today's issue, are at       http://www.cvm.umn.edu/newsandevents/publications/cvmthisweek/home.html.

Hill's College Feeding Program
Order online through the Hill's online ordering system at https://www.summationdata.com/hpn. For more information about the Hill's College Feeding Program, contact Jaime Nett at nett0049@umn.edu or Alisha Leonard at leona156@umn.edu.

Housing
For information about student and off-campus housing, including a housing and roommate search service, go to http://www.housing.umn.edu/.

Job openings
For information about positions available at the College, visit     www.cvm.umn.edu/About/HumanResources/Employment     /. For detailed information about current job openings, how to apply, and application materials, go to the University of Minnesota Office of Human Resources at http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/employment/index.html.

The VMC Pulse
Issues are available online by logging in at   http://www.cvm.umn.edu/vmc/staffresources/Pulse.html.

University of Minnesota Legislative Network News
 http://ga4.org/u_of_m_leg_net/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=8620389&r=

Veterinary Medical Library
For information about the Veterinary Medical Library, including new acquisitions, visit http://www.vetmed.lib.umn.edu/news.

Veterinary Practice News
Did you know that you can get a free subscription? Subscribe (or renew) online at www.vetpracticenews.com.

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