Scholars, Mentors, and Mentor abstracts
Deadline for submission of Mentor proposal abstracts: To Be Announced.
Mentors are expected to:
- encourage students to attend seminars, journal clubs and program activities
- encourage students to publish/present posters at meetings
- provide lab/research facilities
- have an active, ongoing research project
Mentors for Iowa State's Veterinary Scholars Research Program include two members of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences. In addition to faculty from the College of Veterinary Medicine, some of the participating mentors are collaborators from the USDA National Animal Disease Center. Additional mentors come from other academic departments within ISU. These highly motivated researchers and teachers hold dozens of patents for their discoveries and innovative techniques.
Areas of research emphasis include:
Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Clinical Medicine, Immunology and Immunopathology, Molecular Genetics and Biology, Neurosciences, Pathogenesis of Diseases, Animal Welfare, and Veterinary Medical Education.
2012 Scholars and Mentors
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Scholar Name
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Mentor Name(s)
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Project Title
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Elizabeth Bystrom
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Claudia Baldwin & Laura Andersen |
An investigation of multiple factors that affect adoption rates of cats in different animal shelters in the Midwest
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Michelle Christianson
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Renee Dewell
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Comparison and assessment of three types of slatted flooring on lameness, performance, and economic benefit in confined beef operations
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Randall Cochran
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Diana Peterson
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Blast-induced traumatic brain injury: Examination of cortical injury and treatment options
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Valarie Culpepper
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Christy Petersen
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Alterations of the canine T cell response to malignant vs. non-malignant tumors
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Allison Flinn
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Jim Noxon |
Comparison of two techniques to determine ear canal volume in the dog general area of study
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Rosemary Flynn
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Joann Morrison & Krysta Deitz
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Sensitivity, specificity, and
diagnostic yield of ultrasound
guided fine needle aspirates
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Patricia Futoma
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Claudia Baldwin & Laura Andersen
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Technology to mitigate olfactory
issues related to animal adoption
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Drew Grosz
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Mark Ackermann
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Optimization of delivery of
nebulized respiratory syncytial virus
(RSV) to newborn lambs as an
animal model of severe RSV disease
in human infants
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Cara Haden
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Jesse Goff
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Titration of the level of vitamin D in
the diet required to get sufficient
vitamin D metabolites to the colon
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Michael Hanlon
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Brad Blitvich
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Impact of Cache Valley, Cholul and
Schmallenberg Viruses in ovine
health in the Midwest
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Timothy Helms
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Elizabeth Whitley & Greg Phillips
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Resistant starch: Changes to the
gastrointestinal microbiome and
host gene expression as novel
approaches for detection and
prevention of colorectal cancer
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Liza Hendricks
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Suzanne Millman & Jesse Goff
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Novel technique for mitigating pain
associated with dehorning calves
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Jessica Juarez
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Renee Dewell
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Assessing health, welfare and
behavior characteristics of pasture
fed versus conventional feedlot
cattle
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Craig Kreikemeier
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Thomas Burkey
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Evaluate gut microbial community
dynamics and function in a
cannulated pig model
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Grace Lithio
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Lisa Nolan & Catherine Logue
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Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli
(APEC) – Devastating Poultry
Pathogen and Human Zoonotic
Agent
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Heather Newton
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Annette O'Connor
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A dual-purpose challenge model
study of Infectious Bovine
Keratoconjunctivitis: Assessing
causation and pain
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Casey Robinson
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Rachel Allbaugh
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The effect of topical 0.5% timolol
ophthalmic solution on canine tears
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Ivy Rohlwing
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Catherine Logue
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Antimicrobial Resistance and
Virulence of Methicillin Resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
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Elizabeth Schmitt
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Karl Kraus
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Effect of configuration of locking
pedicle screw systems on fixation
stiffness of porcine spines
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Jaime Stearns
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Elizabeth Whitley & Greg Phillips
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Resistant starch: Changes to the
gastrointestinal microbiome and
host gene expression as novel
approaches for detection and
prevention of colorectal cancer
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Jessica Thistle
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Richard Martin
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A novel anthelmintic: Effects of the
Bt Toxin, Cry5B, on nematode
preparations
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Luke Thole
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Karen Register
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Development of a Multi-Locus
Sequence Typing Method for
Discrimination Among Isolates of
Mycoplasma bovis
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Daniel Thomsen
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Scott McClure
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Evaluation of lameness associated
with chronic hoof pain in the horse
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Stephanie Weisbart
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Karl Kraus
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Comparison of Plate-rod, to double
locking plate fixation on the gap
stiffness of the canine femur
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Nicole Winterwood
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Amanda Ramer-Tait & Michael Wannemuehler
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Nanoparticle-based vaccine against
cancer
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Kelsey Witte
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Doug Jones
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Antibody enhanced intracellular
killing of leishmania amazonensis
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