Leadership Program for Veterinary Students
2018 Annual Report
Contents A Commitment to Excellence
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Acknowledgements
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Program Agenda
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2018 Program Scholars
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Activities Career Exploration Careers in Industry Graduate Training Infectious Diseases Leadership in Action
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Leadership Role Playing
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Visits to NIH and Janelia
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Presentations and Prizes
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Program Scholars & Their Research
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Facilitators
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Housing
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Time Out
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Reunion Dinner
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Program Alumni
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Where Are They Now?
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What Did They Say?
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A Commitment T
he mission of the annual Cornell Leadership Program for Veterinar y Students is to provide students with learning experiences that clarif y and reinforce their commitment to careers in science. Since its inception, 29 years ago, over 660 alumni have par ticipated. These individuals came from veterinar y colleges in all par ts of the world and many, as we had hoped, have be-come scientific leaders within the veterinar y profession. We are delighted to repor t that 20 outstanding scholars par ticipated in this year’s program. It is too early to know where they will take their careers; however, based on the outstanding achievements of past par ticipants we can expec t great things from them.
esearch is the major focus of RProgram the Leadership Program. scholars under take
indi-vidual research projec ts under the guidance of Cornell facult y members who are all highly suc-cessful scientists and experienced mentors. The universit y’s world-class research facilities and intellec tual environment suppor t the scholars’ research investigations. In addition to laborator y-based research, program scholars
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par ticipate in modules and workshops that are designed to highlight employment and leadership oppor tunities for veterinar y graduates in academia, government, and industr y. here is currently a shor tage of T veterinar y scientists. It is therefore critical for the future
success of the veterinar y profession that young veterinarians engage in biomedical research. Veterinar y students are aware of what a career in clinical medicine will entail, but are much less informed about careers in biomedical research, public health, or in the pharmaceutical indus-tr y. Our goal is to show the most talented of our veterinar y students the at trac tions of biomedical research as a career and to provide them with prac tical career guidance on how to suc-ceed.
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to Excellence
David Fraser, AM, BVSc, PhD, Program Co-Director
John S. L. Parker, BVMS, PhD, Program Director
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Anowledgments T
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Leadership Program for Veterinary Students is
made possible through awards from federal agencies ,
foundations, Universities, and other private sector sponsors. For their generous support this year, the program organizers thank: ll
Albert C. Bostwick Foundation
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Cornell Feline Health Center
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Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
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National Institute for Health
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Royal Veterinary College
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Schaumann Foundation
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University of Cambridge
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University of Edinburgh
The program organizers also thank the facilitators, counselors, and mentors who took part in the 2018 program. Thank you to Ms. Kathryn Miller, the Program Student Coordinator, Ms. Bonnie Coffin, Ms. Shelagh Johnston, Ms. Alexis Wenski-Roberts, and Mr. David Frank for their assistance. Finally, the organizers congratulate the participating scholars. Their academic achievements, coupled with their dedication to discovery and
service, mark these individuals as future leaders of the veterinary profession. From time-to-time, the program organizers have described elements of the program, strategies for their implementation, and outcomes of this initiative. Recent publications include: Promoting Science-Based Careers Through Student-Directed Learning. McGregor, D. D. and Fraser, D. R. J. Vet. Med. Educ. 33; 294, 2006. Counseling Veterinary Students Who Aspire to Careers in Science. McGregor, D. D. and Fraser, D. R. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 229; 668, 2006. Acquainting Veterinary Students With Careers in the Pharmaceutical Industry. McGregor, D. D., Fraser, D. R., Haven, M. L. and Hickey, G. J Vet. Med. Educ. 34; 139, 2007. Career Paths of Alumni of the Cornell Leadership Program for Veterinary Students. Fraser, D.R., McGregor, D.D. and Gröhn, Y.T. Vet. Record 163; 750, 2008. Vocational choices made by alumni of the Leadership Program for Veterinary Stu-dents at Cornell University. Fraser D.R., Parker J.S.L., McGregor D.D. J Am Vet Med Assoc 249:759, 2016. Details on applying for the program can be found at the program website: https://www2.vet.cornell.edu/education/other-educational-opportunities/leadership-program-veterinary-students-cornell-university
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Program Agenda Monday, June 4
Opening Meeting and Ethics Discussion Tour of Vet College & Baker Institute Welcome BBQ
Tuesday, June 5
Student/Mentor Breakfast Laboratory Orientation CARE Training
Wednesday, June 6
Environmental Health & Safety Training Biological & Chemical Safety Training
Saturday, June 9
Career Exploration Discussion Leadership Pre-Meeting
Monday, June 11
Role Playing Leadership Module Reception & Dinner with Mentors
Thursday, June 14
Visit to the NIH
Friday, June 15
Visit to Janelia Research Campus
Monday, July 2
Research Project Previews
Monday, July 9
Infectious Diseases Workshop
Thursday, July 12 Monday, July 16 Thursday, July 19
Reunion Dinner Careers in Industry Workshop Leadership in Action
Friday, July 20
Research Training Discussion
Friday, July 27
Wine & Cheese Gathering with Mentors
Tuesday, July 31 Monday, August 6
Translational Science Career Planning
Wednesday, August 8
Research Presentations
Thursday, August 9
Research Presentations Farewell Dinner
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Program Scholars NAME
UNIVERSITY
MENTOR
DEPARTMENT
SPONSOR
Dorottya Nagy
University of Cambridge
Doug Antczak
Baker Institute
University of Cambridge
Elena zu Klampen
TiHo
Scott Coonrod
Baker Institute
Schaumann Foundation & DAAD
Erin McCarty
Oklahoma State University Doug Antczak
Baker Institute
NIH & Bostwick Foundation
Grace Hood
University of Queensland
Colin Parrish
Baker Institute
Feline Health Center
Grace Klass
Freie Universität Berlin
Gerlinde Van de Walle
Baker Institute
DAAD
James Mullmann
Cornell University
Robert Weiss
Biomedical Sciences
NIH & Bostwick Foundation
Jenna Park
Cornell University
Gerlinde Van de Walle
Baker Institute
NIH & Bostwick Foundation
Jennifer Reukauf
University of Pennsylvania
Chris Schaffer
Biomedical Engineering
NIH & Bostwick Foundation
Jiaming Huang
Tufts University
Pamela Chang
Microbiology & Immunology
NIH & Bostwick Foundation
Julia Gaida
Freie Universität Berlin
Hector Aguilar-Carreno
Microbiology & Immunology
DAAD
Kirsty Little
University of Edinburgh
Erica Behling-Kelly
Population Medicine University of & Diagnostic Sciences Edinburgh
Lindsey Ferguson
Oregon State University
Paula Cohen
Biomedical Sciences
NIH & Bostwick Foundation
Marie Nehring
TiHo
Rick Cerione
Molecular Medicine
Schaumann Foundation & Bostwick Foundation
Megan Kiln
University of Edinburgh
Craig Altier
Population Medicine University of & Diagnostic Sciences Edinburgh
Michelle Reichert
Royal Veterinary College
Bethany Cummings
Biomedical Sciences
Neil Vezeau
Iowa State University
Renata Ivanek Miojevic
Population Medicine NIH & Bostwick & Diagnostic Sciences Foundation
Rachael Wolters
University of Tennessee
Luis Schang
Baker Institute
NIH & Bostwick Foundation
Samantha Lin
NC State University
Charles Danko
Baker Institute
NIH & Bostwick Foundation
Sean Stapleton
Cornell University
Yrjo Gröhn
Population Medicine NIH & Bostwick & Diagnostic Sciences Foundation
Valeria Bergomi
Royal Veterinary College
Elia Tait-Wojno
Baker Institute
Royal Veterinary College
Royal Veterinary College
Activities
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Leadership Program combines faculty-guided research with student-directed learning through participation in modules, workshops, and group discussions. The activities encourage responsible leadership, critical thinking, and the development of teamwork skills. The program also highlights graduate training opportunities calculated to promote the professional development of program alumni as independent scientists and public health professionals. he
Career Exploration
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areer planning is featured prominently in the
Leadership Program. Three meetings were convened to consider
opportunities for veterinary graduates to broadly influence the veterinary profession through careers in the
academy, government or industry. Professors David Fraser, Elizabeth Moore, Bruce Kornreich, and Gerlinde Van de Walle reviewed career options available to veterinary graduates who aspire to careers in science. They emphasized the importance of selecting a superior environment for graduate research training and a mentor who has a successful training record. A companion meeting addressed issues related to graduate research training. Professor John Parker identified aspects of training that one should weigh in selecting an institution for graduate study; the subject of one’s thesis research and an individual to guide one’s graduate studies. In a separate meeting, a case study illustrated “translational science.” The ensuing discussion led by Professor Kenneth Simpson revealed how an individual trained to a high level of proficiency as both a clinical specialist and research scientist can extend the frontiers of knowledge through his or her capacity to define disease mechanisms at the cell or molecular level.
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Careers in Industry
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Gerard Hickey and Emily Hickey
discussed options for a variety of careers in
the pharmaceutical industry. The students submitted questionnaires about their own experiences in veterinary science in advance and the facilitators then posed targeted questions to the students that explored their personal interests and qualifications for employment.
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Infectious Diseases
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Professors Terry Dermody, Pamela Chang, and John Parker featured discussions of Crimean Congo Hemmorhagic Fever, Ebola , Rift Valley Fever, and Influenza . These infectious agents are responsible for emerging or re-emerging diseases in humans and animals. Program scholars selected the diseases on which they wanted to focus on. Then they conducted library research on the topics, and employed Socratic methods to engage their peers and facilitators in lively and informative discussions. Later in the day, the facilitators commented on related issues and the need for veterinary scientists who contemplate careers in infectious disease research or veterinary public health. workshop moderated by
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Activities
Leadership in Action
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“A Few Good Men� illustrates strengths and deficiencies of individuals cast in the role of leaders. The students discussed leadership characteristics illustrated by the film. Professors David Fraser and Douglas McGregor, offered points to consider as well as feedback for the students to ponder. he film entitled,
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Leadership Role Playing
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eadership and its attendant responsibilities are central considerations in the
Leadership Program. Critical thinking
and decision - making are featured in a scenario - based module that explores public health , economic , political , and
social issues. Students and facilitators are assigned roles that oblige them to articulate, defend, or modify their views as the scenario unfolds. At the conclusion of the module, the facilitators comment on the exercise and discuss leadership principles they have adopted in their own careers. This year, Professor David Fraser moderated the discussion with assistance from Dr. Lisa Fortier, Dr. Doug Antczak, and Professor Douglas McGregor.
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Visits to NIH and Janelia The National Institutes of Health and the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine have forged a partnership that offers program scholars an opportunity to learn about research conducted at the national premier biomedical research institution. This year’s participants gathered on the main campus of the NIH for a full day of scientific presentations and discussions. Speakers included distinguished scientists and administrators drawn from the agency’s intramural research program. The Leadership Program was lucky enough to visit the National Library of Medicine (NLM) in the Lister Hill Building on the NIH campus. The NLM is recognized as the world’s largest medical library and hosts Medline, the indispensable database of biomedical publications and communications. Students were able to tour the library and learn about its rich history.
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NIH Agenda Welcome and Introduction to the NIH! Dr. Richard Wyatt, MD Executive Director, Office of Intramural Research Vesicular Transmission of Viral Populations: Strength in Numbers Dr. Nihal Altan-Bonnet, PhD Head, Laboratory of Host-Pathogen Dynamics, Cell Biology and Physiology Center, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Memoirs of a Veterinary Student Ambassador – My Year at the NIH Dr. Belen Hernandez, DVM Fellow, NIH Medical Research Scholars Program, Molecular Pathology Unit, Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, NCI Clinical Research in an Epidemic: Updates from a Phase 2/2b Zika DNA Vaccine Trial Dr. Grace Chen, MD, MPH Deputy Chief, Clinical Trials Program, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases NIH Research Training Opportunities for Veterinarians and Students Dr. Hibret Adissu, DVM, PhD Staff Scientist, Molecular Pathology Unit, Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, NIH Comparative Biomedical Scientist Training Program, NCI A Tale of Two Evils: Aging and Cancer Dr. Curtis Harris, MD Senior Investigator and Chief, Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, NCI
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p53 Isoforms and Cellular Senescence in Cancer Therapy Dr. Jessica Beck, DVM Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH Comparative Biomedical Scientist Training Program, Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, NCI Effects of Environment Enrichment on Pain and Stress in Rodents Dr. Catherine Bushnell, PhD Senior Investigator, Pain and Integrative Neuroscience Laboratory; Scientific Director, Division of Intramural Research, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health Immunology and the Cell Biology of Leishmaniasis Dr. David Sacks, PhD Head, Intracellular Parasite Biology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Real-time Insights into the Pathogenesis of Brain Injuries Dr. Dorian McGavern, PhD Senior Investigator, Viral Immunology and Intravital Imaging Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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Janelia Visit Leadership program scholars had the privilege of visiting Janelia Research Campus (formerly known as Janelia Farms) for the first time this year. While admiring the pristine landscape and beautiful views, students received a tour of the facilities from the wonderful Dr. Erik Snapp, Director of Graduate and Postdoctoral Programs for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Janelia, as well as one of his colleagues. The tour encompassed both Janelia’s past and future opportunities, emphasizing the ongoing interest in involving more veterinary researchers in their mission. Students learned about a variety of current projects at Janelia and saw some of the outstanding scientific support systems. Highlights included witnessing Janelia’s machine that changes 2700-3600 stocks of Drosophila every day and observing a study to understand neural information processing in the context of prey capture in the salamander and dragonfly. Everyone enjoyed seeing the scientific artwork and sketches that lined the walls, including Spanish neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s (1852-1934) neuronal network drawings. It was a wonderful way to end the Program visit to DC.
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Presentations
Program Prize
James Mullmann
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eadership
Program scholars discussed their research in a
Investigating SIRT5 as a therapeutic target in breast cancer
series of presentations over two days at the
conclusion of the program. A book prize was awarded to James Mullmann for the best overall research achievement as judged by his underlying hypothesis, investigative protocol, results, and presentation. Additional prizes were awarded to Sean Stapleton, Marie Nehring, and Michelle Reichert for exceptional achievements in integrative biology, cell biology, and molecular biology, respectively. Grace Hood was awarded a prize for the highest-ranking presentation by a scholar from the United Kingdom or Australia. The Selection Committee for the 2018 Leadership Program salutes these individuals and congratulates the entire group for their commitment to research and the excellence of their presentations.
Integrative Biology Prize UK-Australia Prize Sean Stapleton
Grace Hood
Development of Tylosin phosphate pharmokinetic mathematical model to assess prevention strategies for antimicrobial resistance
Influenza virus host adaptation and the role of sialic acid modifications
Cell Biology Prize Marie Nehring Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles as a Novel Way to Induce Pluripotency
Molecular Biology Prize Michelle Reichert The effects of dietary fibre and TGR5 on glucose regulation, bile acid composition, and the gut microbiome
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Program Scholars and Their Research
Valeria Bergomi, Royal Veterinary College Expression of Th-2 Cells in Healthy vs. Allergic West Highland Terriers I am about to start my final year at the Royal Veterinary College in London. Since starting Vet School, I have been interested in pursuing a career outside of general practice and the Leadership Programme was instrumental for me to confirm my decision. I was exposed to high level scientific research, while also learning about different career opportunities, such as those in the pharmaceutical industry. During my time here, I have worked in Dr Elia Tait-Wojno’s lab looking at expression of CD4+ Th-2 cells and ILC2s (innate lymphoid cells type 2) in healthy and allergic West Highland White Terriers. These particular cell types have been studied in humans and mice and they seem to play a key role in the pathophysiology of allergy. Using flow cytometry we were able to show that allergic dogs had, on average, a higher number of Th-2 cells; however, due to the small number of samples, the difference was not statistically significant. The plan for the lab is to collect more samples and conduct the experiment again, hopefully to prove significance. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr Elia Tait-Wojno for her mentorship and Simon Frueh for the help and guidance. In addition, I would like to extend my gratitude to Drs. Parker, Fraser and McGregor for organising such an amazing program and giving me the opportunity to spend my summer at Cornell. Lindsey Ferguson, Oregon State University Navigating the Boulevard of Broken Genes: Investigating Factors Controlling Crossover Designation During Mammalian Meiosis Missegregation of chromosomes contributes to up to 35% of miscarriages and causes conditions including Down’s Syndrome. Moreover, 90-95% of human aneuploidies (embryos with improper chromosome numbers) are of maternal origin, and mothers are more likely to carry such pregnancies as they age. Domestic animals and wildlife also experience aneuploidies, and increased frequencies have been connected to environmental toxins, creating a growing need to understand the controls of chromosome segregation. Crossovers stabilize homologous chromosome pairs at sites of double-strand DNA breaks, aiding in correct segregation. However, not all breaks result in crossovers, and crossover designation is not fully understood. This project investigated localization of cyclin N-terminal domain containing 1 (CNTD1) and ubiquitin E3 ligases FBXW9 and FBXO7 to elucidate their interactive roles in designating crossover sites. Immunoflourescent staining of meiotic cells from Flag-HA tagged male mice revealed CNTD1 patterning resembling that of crossover marker MLH1. Similar MLH1 patterning was seen in embryonic female mice, providing a framework to compare CNTD1. FBXW9 was found via immunohistochemistry to aggregate in large perinuclear foci in spermatocytes, and FBXO7 was found nonspecifically throughout testis tubules. Guides for the creation of CRISPR-Cas9 knockout mice for FBXO7 and FBXW9 were designed to further
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illuminate these proteins’ functions to help improve human and animal fertility and health. I am a second year at Oregon State University, and I plan to continue researching reproduction and development as a professor or pathologist. I applied to the Leadership Program to explore these areas and meet peers with similar interests, and I have grown greatly through doing so. I would like to thank everyone in the Cohen lab as well as the program directors for the opportunity. Julia Gaida, Freie Universität Berlin Molecular Interactions between the Nipah Virus Attachment (G) and Fusion (F) Glycoproteins Nipah Virus is a zoonotic pathogen in the family of Paramyxoviridae which causes severe respiratory distress and encephalitis in humans with a mortality rate over 70%. In order for the virus to enter the hostcell the G-glycoprotein binds to ephrin-B2 receptors, which triggers the fusionprotein to fuse with the hostcell. As a member of the Aguilar-Carreno laboratory, we investigated on the exact triggering-process with the goal to obtain the structure of both proteins during their interaction by using X-ray crystallography. Current efforts are focused on adding an affinity tag to the protein by editing their genetic sequence in order to purify expressed G- and F-proteins for the crystallography. As a veterinary medicine student in my third year in Berlin, I am very grateful to afforded the opportunity to participate in the Cornell Leadership Program. My great interest for science and the desire to further my skills and knowledge in research led to my decision to apply for the program. This intense program revealed many new future perspectives for the degree of veterinray medicine to me. After my graduation, I aim to accomplish my PhD and start a research-based career in pharmaceutical industry in order to actively contribute to increase the quality of life for animals and humans. I would like to thank the Aguilar-Carreno laboratory and the program facilitators. Grace Hood, University of Queensland Influenza Virus Host Adaptation and the Role of Sialic Acid Modifications The Cornell Leadership Program was an invaluable immersion experience in the world of research, which served to broaden my horizons while offering me, as a fourth-year veterinary student, a roadmap to the many careers available to a veterinary scientist. I spent the summer in the Parrish lab where I investigated the molecular and evolutionary mechanisms by which influenza viruses change hosts; an important, yet poorly understood process which is integral to the emergence of epidemics in a novel host species. Specifically, we were interested in the role of different forms of sialic acid comparing the Neu5Gc modification found in humans to Neu5Ac, which is found in most non-human mammals, including mice. We did this by serially passaging canine and human influenza viruses in transgenic mice, and comparing the adaptation of the viruses to that of those in wild-type mice, using deep sequencing. This not only allowed us to investigate the hostadaptation of the influenza virus over time, but also allowed us to examine how the virus responded to the different receptors; all at the extremely high resolution afforded by deep sequencing techniques.
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I would like to thank Dr. Parrish, and all the members of the Parrish laboratory for their exceptional mentorship, guidance, patience, humour and baked goods. I would also like to thank Drs. Parker, Fraser, and McGregor for their unwavering support and encouragement. This summer in Ithaca, spent among peers who I’m sure will be life-long friends, has solidified my interest in the practice of veterinary science beyond the clinic. Jiaming Huang, Tufts University
Characterizing the Effects of Microbial Metabolites on TNF-induced Intestinal Injury The human body is host to trillions of bacteria known as the microbiome. Most of these bacteria reside in the gut in close association with the intestinal epithelium. This epithelium serves as an important barrier, held closed by tight junctions. However, if it becomes injured, potential antigens pass into the lamina propria, resulting in the activation of immune cells and the release of proinflammatory cytokines, including tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha). Nevertheless, certain microbial metabolites have demonstrated a reinforcing effect on intestinal barrier function and might offer protection against inflammation.
This summer, I worked in Dr. Pamela Chang’s lab to investigate some of these metabolites and characterize their effects on TNF-alpha induced epithelial injury. Prior work carried out in the lab by Samantha Scott demonstrated that these metabolites could rescue the increased permeability and sinuous cell phenotype caused by TNF-alpha. I followed up on these results and used linearity index analysis to confirm that our metabolites were successful in restoring the cell phenotype to normal. Furthermore, I performed western blot experiments to help elucidate the mechanism by which the cytoskeletal contraction causing this sinuous phenotype was occurring. I focused on examining changes in the expression of phosphorylated myosin light chain (P-MLC) or ezrin and phosphorylated Ezrin (p-ezrin). Nonetheless, the results did not support a mechanism involving changes in the expression of these proteins. The actual pathway might involve changes in protein localization rather than simply protein expression. I applied to the Leadership Program to explore a budding interest in basic research and determine whether I should pursue it. Participating in this program has provided me with great insight and understanding regarding the planned direction of my career. For now, I still plan to do a rotating internship followed by a residency upon completion of my veterinary education.
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Megan Kiln, Edinburgh University Investigating the Effect of Genes of the ECA Pathway on Invasion Gene Expression in Salmonella Enterica I am a fourth year student at The Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, with a special interest avian medicine, and I applied to this programme to discover whether poultry disease research is a viable career path for me. I had the pleasure of spending my summer in the Altier lab, investigating the effect of wec genes on invasion in Salmonella enterica. The affect of the wec cluster genes on invasion in Salmonella was confirmed through hilA::lux and csrB::lacZ assays, and the previously described Und-P hypothesis explored a sipC:lacZ assay, and demonstrate restoration occurs in mutants with an increased Und-P pool. My results mirror those previously described in E. Coli, with reduced invasion gene expression in wec mutants. Though my beta-galactosidase results show little effect of Und-P sequestration on invasion, my bile salt sensitivity tests show a significant effect on bile salt sensitivity. Further research is needed to explore the Und-P hypothesis as well as the possibility of Lipid II inhibition effects. The Veterinary Leadership Programme has been an invaluable experience and one which I anticipate will continue to impact my career for years to come. I would like to thank Dr Fraser, Dr Parker and Dr McGregor for all they do in this programme, as well as Dr Altier and everyone in the Altier lab for the wonderful research experience I have had this summer.
Elena zu Klampen, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover The Role of TGF3b and Extracellular Matrix Associated Factors in Hemangiosarcoma Progression Getting to experience this amazing, unbelievable and incredible summer makes me so thankful! Thank you, Dr. Fraser, Dr. McGregor and Dr. Parker, for making it possible for us to experience this unique summer, and Pilar, Shelagh, Bonnie and Kathryn for all of your support. Joining Dr. Scott Coonrod’s lab and working with him and Kelly was wonderful every day. I performed immunohistochemistry to investigate the appearances and distributions of different cytokines and extracellular matrix associated factors of canine hemangiosarcoma in spleen tissue in comparison to healthy spleen tissue. We found that thrombospondin, laminin and podoplanin are overexpressed in neoplastic cells. These results will help us verify novel prognostic biomarkers. These changes might be induced by TGF3b signaling and this information can be used to create new targeted therapies. I applied for the program to benefit from the knowledge of all the personalities that awaited us here and to become friends with the other awesome participants. I learned how to perform research and worked on my communication, presentation and laboratory skills. To summarize, I can say that my expectations were exceeded, although I do not know yet which career path is the right one for me. The program gave me lots of inspiration and information on all of the possible career paths. Furthermore, I became friends with likeminded people and we will support each other in the future.
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Grace Klass, Freie Universität Berlin Equine Parvovirus-Hepatitis, a Likely Cause of Theiler’s Disease One hundred years after the first documented case of Theiler’s disease, a team at Cornell identified a new parvovirus as the likely cause in 2018. The disease causes acute necrotic hepatitis in equines and is commonly associated with receiving blood products, but also known to occur without blood product administration. It is thought to be infectious and contagious, yet many of its characteristics are still unknown. Our project focused on investigating tissue tropism and establishing an in vitro model of equine parvovirus-hepatitis (EqPV-H). Our preliminary results suggested that the virus is hepatotropic in acute cases, while chronic cases show a broad tissue tropism with significant variability amongst individuals. To test infiltration ability on different cell types and humans, we inoculated equine mesenchymal stem cells, fibroblasts and human hepatocytic carcinoma cells with EqPV-H in vitro. Under the chosen conditions, the virus was not able to infiltrate these cell types. Our next step in proving hepatotropism is to inoculate primary equine hepatocytes with EqPV-H in vitro. We have successfully isolated and cultured hepatocytes from fresh liver tissue and are currently refining our method to achieve better yields and viability, before further investigating properties of EqPV-H in vitro. It has been an absolute pleasure to be part of the van de Walle lab during this summer program. I believe this project was the perfect match for me and I’d like to thank the whole team for their support and inspiration! They created a great learning environment for me, enabling me to acquire a number of useful research methods and conduct some experiments of my own. I would like to thank Dr. Gerlinde van de Walle for letting me be part of her research endeavors and Dr. Joy Tomlinson for being an excellent teacher to me.
Kristy Little, Edinburgh University Determination of Triglycerides in the Blood of Transition Dairy Cattle The Veterinary Leadership Program at Cornell has been a truly wonderful experience that has allowed me to work within a world-class research institute whilst building on my lab skills, critical thinking and leadership qualities. Following the final year of my veterinary degree at the University of Edinburgh, I am looking to pursue a Masters in Public Health and establish a career in this field. The facilitators of the Leadership Program have provided me with extremely valuable help and advice to propel me along this path. This program has allowed me to form life-long friendships and to make memories that I will cherish forever! This summer I have had the privilege of working in Dr. Erica Behling-Kelly’s lab studying lipoproteins in the blood of transition dairy cows. During the transition period, dairy cows are almost always in negative energy balance predisposing them to a number of production limiting diseases. Therefore diagnosis of negative energy balance and management of transition diseases is of huge economic significance to the dairy industry. Using a colorimetric assay, I determined the level of triglycerides in serum samples and compared these to existing NEFA and liver triglyceride concentrations from the same cows to see if triglyceride concentration may allow diagnosis of negative energy balance.
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I would like to thank Dr Erica Behling Kelly and Dr Jasmine Kannampuzha-Francis for their mentorship over the summer. I am so very grateful to Dr Fraser, Dr McGregor and Dr Parker for creating such a fantastic program. Samantha Lin, North Carolina State University Differential Regulation of the ANTXR2 Gene in Humans and Nonhuman Primates As many inherited diseases in humans are the result of defects in gene regulation, understanding the control of genetic expression is important to elucidating the evolution of disease. In the Danko lab, where I was fortunate enough to spend my summer, we are interested in studying how genetic variation in regulatory elements affects immune function. Previous work done in the lab had shown that ANTXR2, which codes for an Anthrax toxin receptor, was significantly downregulated in T-cells of humans compared to nonhuman primates. We hypothesize that humans had much higher exposure to Anthrax due to the advent of agriculture, and the selective pressure led to the downregulation of this gene. My goal this summer was to determine which DNA regions were responsible for this downregulation in humans. Using computational work done by the Danko lab that has identified potential regulatory elements, I assayed each of these genomic regions with the luciferase assay to determine potential to drive gene expression. Future work will include assaying the causality of these regions using CRISPR gene editing technology. As a rising third-year at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine interested in combining research and clinical practice in my career, I am indebted to the leaders of the Cornell Leadership Program for the unparalleled opportunity this summer. In addition to honing my skills in genetics research, I met some incredible and inspiring peers and mentors, and for that I will be forever grateful. Erin McCarty, Oklahoma State University Single Cell Sequencing of Equine Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells The leadership program has been an incredible opportunity to gain a better understanding of what a career in veterinary research entails and to explore the many potential career paths. Additionally, it has allowed me to improve my basic science research skills and sharpen my analytical thinking. I am a rising second year at Oklahoma State University with a primary interest in equine sports medicine and surgery, and a building interest in comparative orthopaedic research. Interactions with the veterinary scientists at Cornell inspired me to consider opportunities in translation science, where I could combine basic research with clinical practice. My project in Dr. Antczak’s lab focused on determining how well single-cell RNA sequencing reports conventional equine lymphocyte subsets. Alongside Dorottya, a fellow program scholar, I analyzed patterns of differentially expressed genes to identify clusters representative of T-cell, B-cell, and monocyte subpopulations of equine peripheral blood leukocytes. Single cell sequencing offers a more robust analysis of heterogeneous populations, and validation of this methodology in the horse allows
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for refining the identity of immune cell populations and identification of novel subsets. I would like to thank Dr. Antczak, Don Miller, and the entire Antczak lab for how welcoming and supportive they were. I would also like to express my gratitude to the program directors for creating such a dynamic program. I am beyond grateful to have met so many amazing individuals from very different backgrounds, all with a shared passion for veterinary medicine and aspirations to push the field to new heights.
James Mullmann, Cornell University Investigating SIRT5 as a Therapeutic Target in Breast Cancer As a rising second-year at Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine who is fascinated by a career in translational research, I applied to the leadership program for the opportunity to gain knowledge about research in the veterinary profession, build on professional skills, and establish connections that other research programs could not provide me. In the Weiss lab, I investigated the role of SIRT5 in breast cancer progression. SIRT5 is a member of the sirtuin family of deacylase enzymes. As SIRT5 is overexpressed in many cancers but is generally dispensable in normal cells, it represents an attractive therapeutic target. I investigated the mechanism by which SIRT5 supports mammary tumorigenesis using a novel SIRT5-selective inhibitor (DK104-e) in MMTV-PyMT mice that are prone to mammary adenocarcinoma. Excitingly, SIRT5 inhibition reduced tumor growth in these mice. In addition, we assessed the pharmacokinetic properties of DK104-e by mass spectrometry, and detected the compound in serum, fat, and tumor, suggesting effective in vivo distribution and stability. Finally, tumor cell proliferation and lung metastasis were assessed by immunohistochemistry and histological staining, respectively. I am extremely thankful to the members of the Weiss lab. In particular, I would like to thank Irma Fernandez and Dr. Robert Weiss, who gave me this incredible opportunity to gain an invaluable research experience. I would like to express gratitude to the NIH for their generous funding, and to Drs. Parker, Fraser, and McGregor for the guidance, instruction, and wisdom they shared throughout this program. Dorottya Nagy, Cambridge University Single Cell Sequencing of Donkey Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Starting clinical school in my fourth year at Cambridge, I was really excited to apply to the Leadership program in order to gain additional laboratory experience while also learning about the potential career paths in veterinary research. I spent the summer in Dr Antczak’s lab, teamed up with one of the other program scholars, Erin, looking at single cell sequencing data from donkey and horse white blood cells. Using gene expression patterns, we were able to characterise the major known lymphocyte subpopulations, T- and B-cells, as well as smaller subsets like monocytes and basophils. Thus we were able to contribute to the validation of this technology for dissecting heterogeneous populations of cells in two novel species, including one in which there have been few previous immunological studies. We also got to work
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with the equids in the research herd performing blood collections and reproductive management for other ongoing projects. Although I am still undecided between clinical medicine and public health, the program has helped me confirm my affinity towards immunology, as well as my desire to pursue further clinical training, through an internship and residency, before a PhD. Now I just need to figure out where to fit a Master of Public Health. Nevertheless, the best thing I got out of this summer is the truly inspiring collection of individuals I had the fortune of meeting here, and the possibility of reconnecting with them, wherever I end up in my career! Marie Nehring, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles as a Novel Way to Induce Pluripotency Joining the Leadership Program was an incredible experience which enabled me to meet great people from around the world, provided me with the knowledge of wide-ranging career paths and invaluable career advice, and allowed me to participate in cutting-edge research. I joined the VLE Program to gain basic science research skills and to broaden my horizons by getting to know eminent scientists and other participants of the program. This summer, I had the privilege of working in Dr. Richard Cerione’s laboratory on a very exciting project involving developing a potentially new way to induce pluripotency using small membrane-enclosed packages released by embryonic stem cells (ESC), referred to as extracellular vesicles (EVs). We have discovered that treating somatic cells with the EVs isolated from ESC causes them to grow as spheres and have increased alkaline phosphatase activity, two characteristics of stem/progenitor cell types. We have also found that the EVs contain several pluripotent markers, raising the interesting possibility that the EVs mediate the transfer of these markers to differentiated cells to induce pluripotency. A big thank you to Dr. Cerione for hosting me in his lab and to all the members of the Cerione Lab for their assistance, especially Yun Ha Hur and Marc Antonyak for their support and guidance. Thank you very much Drs. Parker, Fraser and McGregor for running an outstanding program. Jenna Park, Cornell University The Use of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for Wound Healing in Horses The objective of the Veterinary Leadership Program is to develop veterinary students into leaders in biomedical research and academia. This is achieved through laboratory experience and workshops. Concurrently, I applied to the Program because my career goal is to become a veterinary scientist in the field of stem cell therapy. The use of stem cell therapy has become increasingly common in veterinary orthopedics. However, the efficacy of stem cell therapy for other applications, like wound healing, has yet to be determined. Previous studies in the Van de Walle laboratory have demonstrated that equine mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) secrete growth factors, cytokines, and anti-microbial peptides, that may improve wound healing. The primary objective of my study was to evaluate the effects of MSC secreted factors on wound healing, in vivo, in equine models.
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First, we used an in vitro scratch assay to determine if our delivery methods for MSC secreted factors were appropriate. Then, we applied MSC secreted factors to naturally-occurring wounds on allergic horses. Our in vitro assays showed that encapsulated MSC combined with a thickening agent stimulate fibroblast migration. Next, we successfully applied MSC secreted factors to horse wounds in vivo, but our results were inconclusive due to multiple confounding variables. Upon completion of the Leadership Program, I will continue my veterinary education, research projects at Cornell, and pursue a PhD in biomedical research. Michelle Reichert, Royal Veterinary College The Effects of Dietary Fiber and TGR5 on Glucose Regulation, Bile Acid Composition, and the Gut Microbiome I am entering my final year at the Royal Veterinary College in London. applied to the VLE program hoping to learn new research techniques, improve my leadership skills, and network with like-minded veterinary students from around the world, all of which I have achieved. The research and leadership experiences I have had this summer will be invaluable as I apply for laboratory animal medicine residencies this autumn. In Dr Bethany Cumming’s lab, I explored how dietary resistant starch influences bile acid (BA) composition and the gut microbiome to improve glucose regulation via the bile acid receptor TGR5. Resistant starch diets improved insulin sensitivity in a TGR5-dependent manner while increasing secondary BAs (which increase TGR5 activation, thus further improving glucose regulation). This increase in secondary BAs was accompanied by an increase in the relative abundance of Melainabacteria, suggesting this phylum may be capable of converting primary to secondary BAs, something that was not known before this project.
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I gained invaluable in vivo and molecular technique experience over the course of this project. I would like to thank Dr Bethany Cummings for her mentorship over the summer and Dr Karolina Zaborska for her technical instruction. I am also very grateful to the organizers of the VLE program for putting on this incredible event and the RVC Animal Care Trust for funding me. Jennifer Reukauf, University of Pennsylvania Optimization of Femtosecond Infrared Laser Ablation as a Novel Treatment for Focal Epilepsy in Mice I’m a rising second year vet student at UPenn. I originally applied to the Leadership Program to explore veterinary research at a new institution and to meet people from other schools. Not only was I able to get involved with great research at Cornell, but I also learned so much about my future career and met amazing new friends from around the world. After vet school, I plan to remain involved with translational research and seek a PhD and/ or residency. Specifically I am interested in linking wildlife medicine and research, and I have become recently interested in pathology. My project in the Schaffer-Nishimura lab focused on optimization of laser ablation as a potential treatment for epilepsy. Many epilepsy cases are drug-resistant and require invasive surgical treatment to mechanically disrupt seizure propagation. The aim of my project was to optimize laser ablation as an effective but less invasive method of cutting brain tissue that minimizes collateral damage. Single line cuts were made in wild type mouse brains with a femtosecond infrared ablation laser. Cuts were made at 4 different depths at speeds of 100-900 um/sec, and the brains were both imaged through cranial windows and studied histologically. We observed that precise single line cuts could be made with minimal visible damage to surrounding and overlaying tissue. Faster cuts appeared to create less surrounding tissue damage, while
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slower cuts appeared to be more consistent. These preliminary findings suggest that cut speed and power can be optimized to create thorough but precise cuts at specific depths in the cortex. Thus, cuts could be made in specific layers of the brain to stop seizure propagation while preserving normal function.
Sean Stapleton, Cornell University Development of Tylosin Phosphate Pharmacokinetic Mathematical Model to Assess Prevention Strategies for Antimicrobial Resistance
My passion for veterinary medicine has been ingrained in the vital role veterinarians serve in public health. I imagine a career working at the interface of human and animal health with the USDA or CDC, and I entered this program to deepen my understanding of research and gain skills valuable in those organizations. This summer I learned how to write and interpret computerized mathematical models. In the process, I gained a better appreciation of core concepts of the investigative process, epidemiology, and the modeling approaches used to understand complicated systems. My ongoing project goal is to develop a mathematical model to analyze the efficacy of pre-harvest intervention strategies that could mitigate the prevalence of antimicrobial resistant pathogens. Ultimately, the model will simulate and assess the effect of administering the antimicrobial drug Tylosin phosphate on species of Enterococcus living in the large intestine of beef cattle. This summer, I used pharmacokinetic concepts to develop and validate a portion of that model to estimate the amount of orally administered Tylosin that reaches and affects the bacteria within the large intestine. Moving forward, I plan to complete the model by incorporating Tylosin pharmacodynamics and Enterococcus metapopulation parameters to allow predictions to be made regarding antimicrobial resistance. I would like to thank Drs. Yrjö Gröhn and Casey Cazer for their support and guidance throughout this project as well as Drs. Parker, Fraser, and McGregor for their mentorship and dedication to the program. I would also like to thank the NIH for funding this experience. Neil Vezeau, Iowa State University Global Perceptions of Antibiotic Use and Resistance in Dairy Cattle Veterinarians During my first year of veterinary school at Iowa State University, I applied for the Cornell Veterinary Leadership Program to grow in research and leadership with the foremost veterinarians of tomorrow. My research focused on surveying dairy veterinarians’ attitudes regarding antibiotic use and resistance in dairy farming. A global effort exists to use antibiotics more judiciously in animal agriculture, including dairy farming. However, the attitudes of dairy veterinarians toward antibiotic use and resistance are not well understood. To address this knowledge gap, our team constructed an internationally-distributed survey for dairy veterinarians. I was able to statistically quantify these views
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may be explained by generational and perceived norms. In addition, I was able to help design questions concerning consumer attitudes towards organic dairy products and dairy farming for inclusion in a survey of 1,000 U.S. adults we are conducting in partnership with the Cornell Survey Research Institute. Learning fundamental analytical tools has opened many paths of scientific exploration. I hope to use these skills to form the foundation of a career in epidemiology and public policy. I’d like to thank Dr. Ivanek for her endless enthusiasm, Michelle Wemette for her supervision and guidance, and the rest of the Ivanek lab for their encouragement. I’m thankful for the opportunity to learn so much about research, as well as myself, from those in my lab, the program coordinators, and my fellow interns. Rachael Wolters, The University of Tennessee The Effect of Polynucleotide Kinase Phosphatase (PNKP) on ZIKA Virus Replication As a rising third year veterinary student, participating in the Cornell Summer Leadership Program was an opportunity that allowed me to experience the best of basic science research, and prepare for a future graduate degree program. I am interested in microbiology, and public health and hope to pursue a career in academic research. I spent the summer in the Schang Lab studying the effect of a DNA damage repair enzyme, polynucleotide kinase phosphatase (PNKP) on Zika virus (ZIKV) replication. As indicated by preliminary studies from the lab, ZIKV induces cytoplasmic relocalization of PNKP, where it co-localizes with viral replication compartments and small molecule PNKP inhibitors inhibit ZIKV replication. My hypothesis was that PNKP is a necessary host factor for ZIKV replication. My approach was to test ZIKV replication in PNKP knockout (KO) cell line created with CRISPR/Cas9. First, I tested PNKP knockout efficiency by western blotting. Next, I performed ZIKV infection assay (strain R103451) and analyzed viral infectivity by immunofluorescent imaging of ZIKV NS1 expressing cells, and ZIKV replication by titrating viral progeny released form PNKP-KO and control cells using a plaquing assay. I cannot thank the Schang lab enough for welcoming me so kindly into their midst. They taught me so much, and a special thanks goes to Drs. Malgorzata Rychlowska and Luis Schang for their guidance and mentorship. I would also like to thank Drs. Parker, McGregor, and Frasier for their continued investment into the leadership program.
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part from their intensive schedule , program scholars found time for many ‘off - duty ’ activities .
They capitalized on local Ithaca amenities and visited natural sites of beauty and cultural centers within striking distance of Ithaca.
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Dr. Doug Antczak, Dorothy Havemeyer McConville Professor of Equine Medicine, Cornell University
Hector Aguilar-Carreno, Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, Cornell University
Erica Behling-Kelly, Associate Professor, Population Medicine, Cornell University
Dr. Terry Dermody, Professor, Chair, Dept. of Pediatrics, Physician-in-Chief & Scientific Director, Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh, UPMC
Dr. Pamela Chang, Assistant Professor of Immunology, Microbiology and Immunology, Cornell University
Dr. David Fraser, Professor and Dean Emeritus, Animal Science, University of Sydney
Dr. Emily Hickey, Management Lead, Shire PLC, biopharmaceuticals.
Dr. Gerry Hickey, President, Synergy Regulatory Services, LLC.
Dr. Bruce Kornreich, Associate Director, Cornell Feline Health Center, Cardiologist, Clinical Sciences, Cornell University
Dr. Phillip Carter, Professor Emeritus, Dept. Microbiology, North Carolina State University
Dr. Lisa Fortier, James Law Professor of Large Animal Surgery, Associate Chair for the Department of Clinical Sciences Committee on Research and Graduate Education
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Dr. Douglas McGregor, Professor Emeritus, Microbiology and Immunology, Cornell University
Dr. Elisabeth Moore, Graduate student, Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University .
Dr. Kenneth Simpson, Professor, Section of Small Animal Medicine, Clinical Sciences, Cornell University
Dr. Gerlinde Van de Walle, Harry M. Zweig Associate Professor in Equine Health, Cornell University
Dr. John Parker, Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, Cornell University
Dr. Luis M. Schang, Director, Baker Institute for Animal Health and Cornell Feline Health Center, Professor, Chemical Virology
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Program Dinner The Leadership Program scholars hosted a dinner for their mentors, module facilitators, counselors, and other guests at the Baker Institute for Animal Health.
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Leadership Program were housed in the Zeta Psi fraternity house on the Cornell campus. They had Several events were scheduled there, typically in the evening in conjunction with a catered meal. The living arrangements enabled the scholars to socialize and relax in a convenient and pleasant campus environment.
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Leadership Program graduates is maintained in order to strengthen the professional network forged Cornell and to uphold the program’s tradition of excellence for the benefit of future scholars. Alumni are encouraged to make informed decisions about the advanced training needed to realize their professional goals. The accompanying table lists degrees awarded to program graduates and degrees they are expected to receive after completing the academic programs in which they are presently registered. Not included in the list are degrees alumni received before they began their veterinary studies. ontact with at
Academic Qualifications of DVM alumni of the Leadership Program (1990-2017) % North America
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% Total Alumni
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33.6%
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MPH MS
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he following table indicates that a substantial number of program alumni obtained residency training in the course of their graduate studies .
One hundred and seven of these individuals were graduates of veterinary schools in North America while fifty-seven were alumni of schools located elsewhere in the world. It is tempting to speculate that the difference between the two groups reflects greater opportunities for residency training in North America although other, less obvious reasons may contribute to the observed difference.
Residency Training of DVM Alumni of the Leadership Program (1990-2017) No.
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% Other Alumni
% Total Alumni
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Where are They Now? Listed below are the positions currently occupied by program alumni who have completed their veterinary education and are pursuing careers in science or public health.
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John Angelos, Professor, Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California at Davis, California William Carr, Associate Professor, Biology, Medgar Evers College, CUNY, New York, NY Laura Gumprecht, Director, Safety Assessment, Merck Research Laboratory, Philadelphia, PA Richard Haworth, Head, Pathology, GlaxoSmithKline, Middlesex, UK Elizabeth Lyon-Hannah, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Boise State University, Boise, ID Melissa Mazan, Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, MA Rebecca Papendick, Senior Scientist, Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, California Susan Schaefer, Associate Professor, Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI A. W. (Dan) Tucker, Senior Lecturer, Veterinary Public Health, University of Cambridge, UK Thomas Vahlenkamp, Professor and Head, Institute of Virology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Leipzig, Germany
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Prema Arasu, Fulbright Fellow, Global Health Initiatives, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka David Bainbridge, Veterinary Anatomist / Reproductive Biologist, University of Cambridge, UK Linda Berent, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO Ian Davis, Associate Professor, Biosciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Judy Hickman-Davis, Professor, Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Alan Radford, Reader, Infection Biology, University of Liverpool, UK 40
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Tomasz Betkowski, Site and Resource Manager, Quintiles, Warszawa, Poland Stephen Davies, Associate Professor, Parasitology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD Mathew Gerard, Associate Professor, Anatomy/ Surgery, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Jacqueline Phillips, Professor, Neuroscience, Macquarie University, Sydney, AU Cristina Rodriguez-Sanchez, Technical Associate, Academic Diagnostic Biology, UNAM, Mexico Louise Southwood, Associate Professor, Large Animal Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, New Bolton Center, Philadelphia, PA Reinhard Straubinger, Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig Maximillian University, Munich, Germany
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Virginia Fajt, Associate Professor, Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Melinda (Stewart) Gabor, Director, Laboratory Services, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Sydney, AU Deborah Hoyle, Epidemiologist, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK Christopher Laing, Executive Director, Capital City Innovation, School of Medicine, University of Texas, Austin, TX Emma (Massey) O’Neill, Lecturer, Small Animal Medicine, University College, Dublin, Ireland Joanne Rainger, Anesthesiologist, University of Queensland, Brisbane, AU Susanna Ryan, Director, Ryter, Ltd, London, UK Veiko Saluste, Chief Executive Officer, Interchemie Worken, Adelaar AS, Estonia Lynn Wachtman, Epidemiology, Officer, VS SPRS, USDA (APHIS), Indianapolis, IN
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Melissa Beall, Medical Affairs Manager, IDEXX, Portland, ME Larissa Bowman, Director, Mountain Veterinary Pathology Inc., Ashville, NC Leslie Gabor, Head, Study Execution and Laboratories, Elanco, Sydney, AU Maria Lara-Tejero, Associate Research Scientist, Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University, New Haven, CT Christopher Mariani, Associate Professor, Neurology and Neurosurgery, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Sonia Mumford, Veterinary Medical Officer, Olympia Fish Health Center, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Olympia, WA Jeffrey Phillips, Associate Professor, Immunology and Oncology, Lincoln Memorial University, Knoxville, TN Stacy Pritt, Director, Animal Care, University of Texas, SW Medical Center, Dallas, TX Mary Thompson, Associate Professor, Small Animal Medicine, Murdoch University, Perth, AU Oliver Turner, Director, Pathology, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, East Hanover, NJ
1995
Gertraut Altreuther, Clinical Project Manager, Parasitology, Bayer Animal Health, Leverkusen, Germany Philippa Beard, Group Leader, Virology, Pirbright Institute, Woking, UK Kate Creevy, Associate Professor, Small Animal Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Rachael Gray, Senior Lecturer, Veterinary Pathology, University of Sydney, Sydney, AU Wendy Harrison, Executive Director, Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK Andrew Moorhead, Associate Research Scientist, Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA Anthony Mutsaers, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph, Ontario, CA
1996
Mark Doherty, Portfolio Manager, Boehringer Ingelheim, Sydney, AU Michelle Kellaway, Chief Operating Officer, Qantas Assure, Sydney, AU Tamara Gull, Assistant Clinical Professor, Pathobiology, University of Missouri, Colum-bia, MO Antonia Jameson Jordan, Lecturer, Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Ralph Senften, Head, Information Technology, Provet AG, Berne, Switzerland Allison Stewart, Lecturer, Equine Internal Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, AU Edwin van Duijnhoven, Fetal Morphologist, Charles River Laboratories, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Constantin von der Heyden, Managing Director, Pegasys Capital, Cape Town, South Africa
1997
Peter Bracken, Principal Specialist, Regulatory Affairs, Boehringer Ingelheim, St. Joseph, MO Jonathan Happold, Senior Consultant, Ausvet Proprietary Ltd., Ausvet, Canberra, AU Tanya LeRoith, Associate Professor, Pathology, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA Lucy Neave, Lecturer, Creative Writing, Australian National University, Canberra, AU Patricia Pesavento, Chair, Graduate Group in Comparative Pathology, University of California, Davis, California Paul Plummer, Associate Professor, Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA Rachael Walker, Research Scientist, Elanco Ltd., University of Sydney, Sydney, AU Jonathan Werner, Principal Pathologist, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, California Rebecca Wilcox-Fisher, Animal Welfare Officer, RMIT, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AU Esther Wissink, Head, Research Affairs, Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Max Bastian, Principal Investigator, FriedrichLoeffler-Institut, Greifswald, Germany Amanda de Mestre, Senior Lecturer, Reproductive Immunology, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK Steven Fleischer, Director of Therapeutic Drugs, Evaluation, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD Karsten Hueffer, Professor, Microbiology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK Erin (Crotty) Phipps, Principal Investigator, Disease Surveillance, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Mary Klinck, PhD candidate, Pharmacology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada Karen Liljebjelke, Assistant Professor, Microbiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada Larissa Minicucci, Director, DVM/MPH Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Anne-Marije Sparnaaij, Project Manager, Netherlands Food Safety Authority, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1999
Elmer Ahrens, Technical Specialist, Royal Canin Co., Germany
Erica Behling-Kelly, Assistant Professor, Clinical Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Nadine (Bowden) Ramos, Staff Research Fellow, Food and Drug Administration, Washington DC Christine Broster, PhD candidate, Microbiology, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France Robert Dickens, Veterinary Medical Officer, USDA, Raleigh, NC Joshua Fine, Principal Senior Scientific Advisor, Tunnell Government Services, Washington, DC Peter Florian, Director of Pharmacology, R&D, Sanofi, Frankfurt, Germany Francette Geraghty-Dusan, Veterinary Manager, Animal Health Co., Turner, AU Bronwen Harper, Science Educator, Box Hall Institute, Melbourne, AU Carl Holmgren, Neuroscientist, Center for Advanced European Studies and Research, Bonn, Germany Emily Meseck, Director, Project Pathology, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, East Hanover, NJ Mary Nabity, Assistant Professor, Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College
Station, TX Kimberly (Costello) Newkirk, Associate Professor, Anatomical Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Rachel Peters, Associate Director, Agios Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA Christopher Premanandan, Associate Professor, Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Rachael Tarlinton, Lecturer, Microbiology, University of Nottingham, UK Holger Volk, Department Head, Clinical Science, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK
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Stephen Daley, Senior Research Fellow, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, AU Katharine Evans, Health Research Manager, Kennel Club of London, London, UK Toby Floyd, Veterinary Research Pathologist, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories, Weybridge, UK Rachel (Geisel) Allavena, Associate Professor, Pathology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, AU Samuel Hamilton, Director, Animal Disease Preparedness Services, DAFF, Canberra, AU Natali Krekeler, Lecturer, Veterinary Reproduction, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AU Jamie Lovaglio, Clinical Veterinarian, NIH, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, MT Richard Luce, EIS Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA Fiona (Norris) Sansom, Senior Lecturer, Veterinary Biosciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AU Knut Stieger, Professor, Ophthalmology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany Joost Uilenreef, Staff Advisor, Anesthesia, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Birgit (Hungerl) Viertlboeck, Senior Research Scientist, Immunology, Institute of Animal Physiology, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany Kevin Woolard, Assistant Professor, Pathology, University of California, Davis, California
2001
Rachel (Windsor) Ballantyne, MS Candidate, Epidemiology, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK Julie Chevrette, Associate Director, Animal Care, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Karin Hölzer, Scientific Program Officer, Food Safety, Pew Charitable Trust, Philadelphia, PA Katherine Hughes, University Lecturer, Pathology, University of Cambridge, UK Stephanie Janeczko, Senior Director, Veterinary Outreach, ASPCA, New York, NY Robert Klopfleisch, Professor, Veterinary Pathology, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany David Loch, Patent Attorney, Fisher, Adams & Kelly, Brisbane, AU Maeva May, Policy Manager, Institute of Cancer Research, University of London, UK Timothy Myshrall, Associate Director, Biological Resources, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH Judith Phillips, Postdoctoral Associate, Neurovirology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Kis Robertson, Senior Epidemiologist, USDA, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Washington DC Simon Starkey, Veterinarian, Pet Smart Inc., Phoenix, AZ Jason Stayt, Staff Scientist, VetPath Laboratories, Perth, AU Amy Warren-Yates, Associate Professor, Pathology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Robin Yates, Associate Professor, Comparative Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Bevin Zimmerman, Associate Director, Pathology, Charles River Co., Ashland, California
2002
Christine (Trezise) Bayley, Veterinary Pathologist, Gribbles Pathology, Melbourne, AU Kelly Still Brooks, Assistant Professor, Clinical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
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Karin Darpel, Visiting Lecturer, Veterinary Virology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK Karyn Havas, Chief, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Population Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Steven Laing, Director, Pathology, Genentech, San Francisco, California Anne Lo, Director, Strategic Development, Trail Biosciences, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Michael Mienaltowski, Assistant Professor, Animal Science, University of California, Davis, California Andrew Miller, Veterinary Pathologist, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Simon Priestnall, Associate Professor, Pathology, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK Barbara Wehrli-Tännler, Marketing Manager, Piavita AG, Zßrich, Switzerland
2003
Rosie Allister, PhD candidate, Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, UK John Baker, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Abcam, Cambridge, UK Patrick Carney, Assistant Professor, Clinical Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY David Gardiner, Chief Medical Officer, ZN Labs Veterinary Diagnostics, Salt Lake City, UT Erika Gruber, Assistant Professor, Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Lindsay Hamilton, Senior Veterinary Surgeon, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK Michael Krahn, Professor, Cell Biology, University Hospital of Munster, Munster, Germany Heather Martin, Assistant Professor, Veterinary Science, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, NY Siobhan Mor-La Roche, Researcher, One Health, University of Liverpool, UK Kate Patterson, Visual Communication Project Leader, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, AU Mayank Seth, Head, Internal Medicine, Animal Health Trust, Cambridge, UK Karla Stucker, Science Teacher, George School, Newtown, PA Lyn Wancket, Pathologist, NAMSA, Northwood, OH Christianne Wrann, Assistant Professor,
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2004
Anton Asare, Veterinary Officer, USDA, APHIS, Columbia, SC Carolin Block, Medical Manager, Immunology and Ophthalmology, Roche Pharma AG, Reinach, Switzerland Matthew Breed, Senior Animal Program Veterinarian, Frederick National Cancer Laboratory, NIH, Bethesda, MD Andrew Broadbent, Research Fellow, Virology, Pirbright Institute, UK Karla Dreckmann, Research Scientist, Vaccine Development, Boehringer Ingelheim, Germany Robert Ossiboff, Clinical Assistant Professor, Pathology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL Allison Rogala, Research Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Duncan Russell, Assistant Professor, Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Baukje Schotanus, Advisor, Health Care Professionals, BKC Media, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Katherine Scollan, Assistant Professor, Cardiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Ivana Sekis, Anesthesiologist, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria Katy Townsend, Assistant Professor, Small Animal Surgery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Claire Underwood, Assistant Professor, Large Animal Imaging, New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square, PA James Weemhoff, PhD candidate, Pharmacology, University of Kansas, Kansas City, MO Annika (Krengel) Weigold, Veterinarian, Wilhelma Zoo, Stuttgart, Germany
2005
Krystal Allen-Worthington, Veterinary Medical Officer, NIMH, Washington, DC Melanie Ammersbach, Veterinary Clinical Pathologist, Antech Diagnostics, Elora, Ontaria, Canada Hannah Bender, Veterinary Pathologist,
Taronga Conservation Society, Sydney, AU Hille Fieten, Director, Companion Animal Genetics, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Amanda Kreuder, Assistant Professor, Veterinary Diagnostics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA Rebecca Mitchell, Postdoctoral Fellow, Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA Marieke Opsteegh, Scientist RIVM, National Institute for Public Health & the Environ-ment, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Emily Orchard-Mills, Service Specialist, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food, Canberra, AU Trisha Oura, Assistant Professor, Diagnostic Imaging, Tufts University, Boston, MA Bo Raphael, Biosecurity Officer, Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Canberra, AU Johanna Rigas, Clinical Pathologist, Animal Reference Pathology, Salt Lake City, UT Klara Saville, Senior Manager, Global Annual Health, The Brooke, London, UK
Kanika (McAlpine) Singleton, Solution Specialist, KLS Interactive Marketing Services, Philadelphia, PA Catherine Trickett-Tisdal, Lecturer, Veterinary Science, Myerscough College, Willsborrow, UK Nina Weishaupt, Manager, R&D Neurology, New Beta Innovation, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
2006
Stephanie Brien, Veterinarian, Ape Action Africa Inc., London, UK Onno Burfeind, Veterinary Service Specialist, Department of Agriculture, Futtercamp, Germany Bronwyn Clayton, Policy Analyst, Agriculture Victoria, Melbourne, AU Alexander Corbishley, Lecturer, Farm Animal Practice, University of Edinburgh, UK Janny de Grauw, Anesthesiologist, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands Annika Haagsman, Academic Clinician, Small Animal Surgery, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Eva Maria Laabs-Poos, Government Veterinary Officer, Oldenburg, Germany Tiffany (Reed) Lyle, Assistant Professor, Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Richard Meeson, Senior Lecturer, Orthopedic Surgery, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK Joseph Neary, Assistant Professor, Animal Health, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX Ashley Neary Hartley, Resident, Small Animal Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Louise Sullivan-Fitzgerald, Pathologist, Gribbles, Melbourne, AU William Sander, Senior Operating Manager, Booz Allen Hamilton, Washington, DC Anne (Gordon) Schneider, Postdoctoral Fellow, Population Medicine, Cornell Univer-sity, Ithaca, NY Justine Shotton, Veterinary Services Manager, Maxwell Wildlife, Winchester, UK Gelja (Maiwald) Surma, Head, Business Development, IDT Biologika, Dessau, Germany
2007
Patrick Ayscue, Director, Epidemiology, Metabiota, San Francisco, CA Sonja Bröer, Preclinical Neuroscientist, Neurona Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA Rosemary Brungs, Registrar, Pediatric Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital, Sydney, AU Stephen Burr, Postdoctoral Fellow, Cell Biology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Sarah Caddy, Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Elva Cha, Senior Research Scientist, GNS Healthcare, Cambridge, MA Boran Choi, PhD Candidate, Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Ludwig Groebler, Professional Education Manager, Johnson & Johnson, Erkrath, Germany Laura Grogan, PhD candidate, Conservation Biology, James Cook University, AU Kate Johnson, Postdoctoral Fellow, Cell Biology, University of Reading, Reading, UK Kay Russo, Industrial Service Specialist, Land of Lakes Co., Fort Collins, CO 46
Mihaiela Swift, PhD Candidate, Natural History, Kings College, London, UK Ryan Traslavina, Pathologist, Antech Diagnostics, Hunt Valley, MD Maria Volkmann, PhD Candidate, Immunology, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany Annemarie Voorbij, Academic Clinician, University of Sydney, Sydney, AU Kristin Lewis Wilson, Pathologist, Amgen Inc., San Francisco, California Shen Yang, Postdoctoral Fellow, Cell Biology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich, Switzerland
2008
Rachel Acciacca, Resident Surgeon, Critical Care, U.S. Army, Jacksonville, NC Hannes Bergmann, Livestock Compliance Inspector, Western Australia Department of Agriculture, Moora, AU Jennifer Bernard, Pathologist, IDEXX Laboratory, Memphis, TN Lucie Chevallier, Director, Molecular Genetics, University of Alfort, Paris, France Katharina Dinger, Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Biology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany Johanna Dups, Veterinary Epidemiologist, Western Australia Department of Agriculture, Moora, AU Anna Heymer, Dr. Med. Vet. candidate, Nutrition, Tierärztliche Hochschule, Hannover, Germany Lisa Holz, Postdoctoral Fellow, Virology, University of Tuebingen, Stuttgart, Germany Jennifer Irving, Resident, Pathology, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK Sally Ann Iverson, EIS Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Phoenix, AZ Joshua Leach, PhD candidate, Oncology, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, UK Katherine McKelvey, Academic Clinician, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Joanna Mleczko, Research Scientist, Lovelace Biomedical, Albuquerque, NM Dallas New, Epidemiologist, Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatoon, Canada Annelies Nijdam, Postdoctoral Fellow,
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Epidemiology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands Kimberley Schiller, Management Consultant, Accenture, London, UK James Swann, D.PhD Candidate, Pharmacology, Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford, UK Heidi Vesterinen, MPH Candidate, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
2009
Guen Bradbury, Innovation Consultant, Innovia Technology, Cambridge, UK Floryne Buishand, Senior Lecturer, Small Animal Surgery, University of Edinburgh, UK Nancy Erickson, PhD candidate, Cell Physiology, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany Jenna Gettings, Postdoctoral Fellow, Companion Animal Parasite Council, Clemson University, Clemson, NC Laura Gey, Head, HET Commission, University of Bonn, Germany Sonja Heinrich, Consultant, Boston Consulting Group, Berlin, Germany Alan Humphreys, Clinical Veterinarian, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX Shuhei Ito, Technical Specialist, Pfizer Inc., Tokyo, Japan Greta Schmoyer, USDA (APHIS) Inspector, Knoxville, TN Elizabeth Slack (Davenport), Patent Officer, J.A. Kemp, Oxford, UK Katrina Stewart, Resident, Medicine, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN Jakob Trimpert, PhD candidate, Virology, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany Sarah van Rijn, Staff Surgeon, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Jolanda Verhoef, Veterinarian, Charles River Laboratories, Pointe-Claire, Canada Hans Winkler, Postdoctoral Fellow, Nutritional Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa
2010
Mirjam Brackhan, Postdoctoral Fellow, Neuroscience, Oslo University, Oslo, Norway Heike Breuer, Study Director, Biomedical
Veterinary Research GMBH, Walsrode, Germany Greg Dickens, Innovation Consultant, Innovia Technology, Cambridge, UK Line Greve, PhD Candidate, Equine Medicine, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK Sarah Hooper, Postdoctoral Fellow, Conservation Biology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO Sanne Hugen, PhD candidate, Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands Marie Killerby, EIS Fellow, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA Anne Kimmerlein, Epidemiologist, VCA Inc., Davis, California Brina Lopez (Graham), PhD candidate, University of Georgia, Athens, GA Kathleen O’Hara, MPVM candidate, University of California, Davis, CA Gertje Petersen, PhD candidate, Genetics, Otago University, Dunedin, NZ Eliza Smith, Program Manager, Kyeema Foundation, Brisbane, AU Luise Steltzer-Seeker, Postdoctoral Fellow, Cell Biology, Scottish Center for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh, UK Daniel Woodburn, PhD candidate, Comparative Pathology, University of Illinois, Ur-bana, IL
2011
Ángel Abuelo Sebio, Assistant Professor Bovine Medicine, Michigan State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, East Lansing, MI Hanna Atkins, Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Medicine, Wake Forest University, WinstonSalem, NC Jessica (Brown) Beck, PhD candidate, Cancer Biology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD Timothy Chua, Veterinary Officer, Biological Resource Center, Singapore Scott Dudis, Force Health Protection Officer, US Army, Baumholder, Germany Kristin Elfers, Lecturer, Department of Veterinary Physiology, TiHo, Hannover, Germany Erasmus zu Ermgassen, Postdoctoral Fellow,
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Production Animal Science, Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium Ellen Hart, Veterinary Medical Officer, FDA, Washington, DC Linda Huang, PhD Candidate, Pathobiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Per Karlsson, Postdoctoral Fellow, Statistics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Marion Leiberich, Postdoctoral Fellow, Reproductive Biology, University of Pretoria, South Africa Jessica Magenwirth, Self-Employed Entrepreneur, Berlin, Germany Celine Mortier, PhD candidate, Rheumatology, University of Ghent, Belgium Maurine O’Brien, Veterinary Pathologist, Charles River Laboratories, Frederick, MD Karina Radefeld Stein, Postdoctoral Fellow, Immunology, Research Center, Borstel, Germany Viktoria Rungelrath, NIH Research Scientist, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, MT Michelle White, PhD candidate, Genetics, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Sarah Wood, PhD candidate, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, CA
2012
Molly Benner, Resident, Oncology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL Luca Bertzbach, PhD candidate, Institute for Virology, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany Debbie Burnett, PhD candidate, Immunology, Garvan Institute, Sydney, AU Iris Chan, Intern, Small Animal Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Anna Maria Gartner, Dr. Vet. Med. candidate, Giessen University, Giessen, Germany Anja Gemmer, PhD candidate, Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, Germany Anna Goodroe, Veterinarian, Wisconsin Private Research Center, Madison, WI Hilary Hu, Resident, Neurology/Neurosurgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M, College Station, TX 48
Andrea Nies, PhD Candidate, Nutrition, TiHo, Hannover, Germany Laura Schmertmann, PhD candidate, Pathology, University of Sydney, Sydney, AU Lucas Smolders, Resident Surgeon, University of Zurich, Switzerland Hanna (Telama) Castro, Postdoctoral Fellow, Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Fin-land Adam Werts, Resident, Laboratory Animal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Helena Wittgenstein, PhD candidate, Pathology, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany
2013
Casey Cazer, PhD candidate, Epidemiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Francis Chen, DVM/PhD candidate, Developmental Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Iva Cvitas, PhD candidate, Clinical Immunology, University of Bern, Switzerland Angus Fisk, D.Phil. candidate, Neurology, University of Oxford, UK Lucy Hardwick, Lieutenant, UK Army Veterinary Corps Nandita Kataria, Medical Student, University of Sydney, Sydney, AU Wilfred Leung, PhD candidate, Oncology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Jenny Munhofen, US Army Veterinary Corps, Ft. Campbell, KY Tessa Procter, PhD Candidate, University of Edinburgh, UK Hendrik Sake, PhD candidate, Biotechnology, Medical School, Hannover, Germany Svenja Wiechert, PhD candidate, Microbiology, Medical School, Hannover, Germany
2014
Callum Bennie, Resident, Dermatology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Alicia Braxton, Resident, Laboratory Animal Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Sebastian Bunte, Dr. Med. Vet. candidate, Tierärztliche Hochschule, Hannover, Germany Laura Eling, PhD candidate, Neurology, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility,
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Grenoble, France Rachael Labitt, Resident, Laboratory Animal Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Chelsea Landon, Resident, Laboratory Animal Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC Fabian Lean, PhD candidate, Infectious Diseases, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, AU Emily Milodowski, PhD Candidate, Oncology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK Dimo Naujokat, Veterinary Business Administrator, Leipzig, Germany Isabel Ralle, PhD candidate, Cardiology, Medical School, Hannover, Germany Clare Sherman, Resident, Critical Care, University of Colorado, Fort Collins, CO Susanne Spoerel, Anesthesiologist, JustusLiebig University, Giessen, Germany Merit Van den Berg, Resident, Small Animal Medicine, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium Vanessa Wallace, Resident, Pathology, VirginiaMaryland Technical University, Blacksburg, VA Lucy Watson, PhD candidate, Ovarian Biology, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK
2015
Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler Institute, Mockenberg, Germany Katriina Willgert, PhD candidate, Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
2016
Carolyn Bender, Scientist, Crown Bioscience Inc., Indianapolis, IN Ariana Boltax, Postdoctoral Associate, Education, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Elizabeth Goldsmith, Resident, Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA Rupert Lang, Intern, Farm Animal Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Michelle Teunissen, PhD candidate, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Brittany Zumbo, Intern, Small Animal Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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Kelley Zimmerman, Intern, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Souheyla Benfrid, PhD candidate, Virology, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France Alexa Edmunson, Resident, Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Minnesota Simon Freuh, PhD candidate, Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Crystal Gergye, Resident, Laboratory Animal Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA Elena Graff, PhD Candidate, Institute of Virology, Hannover, Germany Yun Ha Hur, PhD candidate, Molecular Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Shuting Jin, Intern, Veterinary Emergency Specialists, Sydney, AU Franziska Kaiser, Dr. Med. Vet. Candidate, TiHo, Hannover, Germany Joss Kessels, Associate, Boston Consulting Group, Sydney Australia Peter Kilfeather, PhD Candidate, Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics, Oxford University, Julia Sehl, PhD Candidate, Virology, FriedrichLoeffler Institute, Greifswold, Germany Sandra Stelzer, PhD Candidate, Infectious To prepare tomorrow’s scientists and public health professionals
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What Did They Say? “The program was one of the best experiences of my life.”
“The Leadership Program gave me the confidence and vision to pursue further training in science.”
Jutta Klevitz, 2003
Sarah Wood, 2011
“The Cornell Leadership Program has been truly perspective changing for me and has encouraged me to consider careers in research or industry as interesting and worthwhile career paths.”
“The program ignited my interest in infectious diseases and opened my mind to professional aspects of veterinary medicine that I had not yet considered.” Larissa Minicucci, 1998
Lucy Mackintosh, 2016
“I have used the Leadership Program as a stepping stone and also as a feather in my cap.”
“I often wonder what my career would look like without the program.” Anna Byron-Dengate, 2008
Bronwen Harper, 1999 “The Leadership Program was tremendous and another of the many great opportunities and treasured memories at Cornell!”
“The program will be a major stepping stone in my career and I will always be grateful for the things I learned this summer at Cornell.”
Prema Arasu, 1991
Souheyla Benfrid, 2015
“Little did I suspect that the Leadership Program would have such a profound impact on my career.”
“The program exceeded all my expectations and gave me many insights into the different fields of veterinary science.”
Richard Luce, 2000
Julia Sehl, 2015
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For more information about the Leadership Program, contact John S. L. Parker, Director Leadership Program for Veterinary Students Baker Institute for Animal Health College of Veterinary Medicine Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: 607 256-5626 Fax: 607 256-5608 E-mail: jsp7@cornell.edu
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