The College of Veterinary Medicine has announced the recipients in the Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine of its College Achievement Awards, which were presented at the recent CVM Convocation.
Resident of the Year: Allison Vander Plaats, a resident in Veterinary Field Services, is a primary on-call veterinarian in the field services unit in addition to teaching six courses providing lectures, experiential learning and clinical skill instruction. She spends half of her residency dedicated to a USDA NIFA grant on enhanced delivery of bovine production medicine using Cloud-Based Teaching Modules.
Award for Mid-Career Achievement in Research: Giovani Trevisan, assistant professor of veterinary diagnostic and production animal medicine, has a research focus on epidemiological tools and concepts for early detection of emerging or re-emerging animal health threats and generation of epidemiological information to support producers and veterinarians in making informed decisions for disease surveillance, monitoring, prevention and control. He has published 42 peer-reviewed publications and has been PI or contributor to over $9 million in competitive research funding.
August 2025