Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine Graduate Students

03/30/2022

PhD student Debarpan Dhar is a virologist who also has a passion for music.

https://vetmed.iastate.edu/story/passion-music-and-science

08/03/2021

The College of Veterinary Medicine's Summer Scholar Research Program introduces students like Erica Moscoso to research projects. Moscoso spent the summer assisting with Dr. Matt Brewer's project on a treatment option for Tritrichomonas foetus, a protozoan parasite known to be a pathogen of the bovine reproductive tract.

https://vetmed.iastate.edu/story/checking-research

07/27/2021

What an incredible offer! At 74, Robert Bogan (L)(DVM '71) doesn't want to leave Faribault County, Minnesota without a veterinarian. The Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine alum is offering to give away his practice, clinic building & pickup to any young vet willing to take his place.

At 74, Dr. Robert Bogan doesn't want to leave Faribault County, Minnesota without a veterinarian

07/23/2021

Congratulation to Dr. Jodi McGill, associate professor of veterinary microbiology and preventive medicine who, has been appointed the John G. Salsbury Endowed Chair in Veterinary Medicine in the College of Veterinary Medicine!
https://vetmed.iastate.edu/article/mcgill-appointed-salsbury-chair?fbclid=IwAR3xKDQ3RIdrF58nokHpKxC6WKwLfefw40RTpRBiqcqJwgJv_oac8wqpBAk

July 22, 2021 Dr. Jodi McGill, associate professor of veterinary microbiology and preventive medicine at Iowa State University, has been appointed the John G. Salsbury Endowed Chair in Veterinary Medicine in the College of Veterinary Medicine. A faculty member in the Department of Veterinary Microbi...

07/20/2021

Graduate students and post docs:
The 2021 College of Veterinary Medicine Research Day is right around the corner! It’s scheduled for August 11.
Don’t forget to sign up and present your posters.
For more details and to sign up, go to

August 11, 2021 Virtual Poster Session: 10:00am-12:00pm In-Person Event: 12pm-2pm in room 2532 in the College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University The 2021 College of Veterinary Medicine Research Day highlights current research efforts at Veterinary Medicine and features the students partici...

07/15/2021

CVM to Host National Research Conference!! The National Veterinary Summer Scholars Symposium (NVSSS) will be held virtually August 4-6.

The annual conference will be hosted by the College of Veterinary Medicine and showcases research accomplishments by veterinary students completing summer research internships.

Registration is open for the virtual event, which will feature six poster sessions and four "Meet the Experts" breakout sessions.

Keynote speakers are Dr. Jim Roth, Distinguished Professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, "Infectious Disease Control Through Research, Policy Development and Education;" Dr. Kathryn Jones, Baylor University College of Medicine, "Addressing the Global Burden of Chagas Disease;" and Dr. Liara Gonzalez, North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, "Intestinal Regenerative Medicine: Targeting Key Stem Cells to Enhance Intestinal Viability."

06/23/2021

Congratulations to the following ACVIM residents who passed the General Exam in May (traditionally the exam is taken in the second year of residency, but some took it during their third year because exams were cancelled last year due to COVID):
o Dr. Michael Barchilon – Small animal medicine
o Dr. Joe DiBenedetto – Small animal medicine
o Dr. Giovanna Coto – Oncology
o Dr. Kathryn Johnson – Large animal medicine
o Dr. Allison Masters – Cardiology
o Dr. Jeff Olivarez – Large animal medicine
o Dr. Alex Portanova – Small animal medicine

06/17/2021

Sun safety. Protection from UV rays is important all year, not just during these hot summer days! UV rays can reach you on cloudy and cool days, and they reflect off -- and are amplified by -- surfaces such as water, cement, sand and snow.

Watch a five-minute Ted Talk: Why Do We Have to Wear Sunscreen?

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-we-have-to-wear-sunscreen-kevin-p-boydYou already know that a trip to the beach can give you a nasty sunbu...

06/16/2021

Library Open Scholar Café:: Copyright for Researchers with guest speaker William Cross, Copyright Librarian (NCSU) Thursday June 17, 9am-10am CST. The Café will provide an overview of common concerns and issues in scholarly publishing when it comes to copyright, from identifying plagiarism to securing reuse permissions.
Come prepared with questions! If you are interested in attending this event, please register for the Zoom meeting on the website, where you can also suggest a future café topic:

The Open Scholar Café is a monthly virtual forum for members of the ISU community to meet and discuss open research and scholarship with their peers. Each month, a new topic will be discussed or presented.

06/10/2021

So proud to be part of CVM!

The College of Veterinary is ranked second in the U.S. in the 2021 ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects for veterinary medicine.

https://vetmed.iastate.edu/article/cvm-receives-high-ratings-international-rankings