Pfizer Award for Research Excellence
The Pfizer Animal Health Award for Research Excellence, established in 1985
is given to those faculty members who, through their dedication and
investigation in research, are chosen from among their peers as an
outstanding researcher in the field of veterinary medicine.
2009
Dr David Rector
Dean Slinker presented the 2009 Pfizer Award for Research to Dr. David
Rector from the Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy,
Pharmacology, and Physiology. Dr. Rector has been a leader in developing
novel approaches for collecting brain cell activity with minimally invasive
techniques. He has applied these techniques to further the understanding of
cortical states during sleep and wake, and in the function of the
somatosensory cortex.
2008
Dr. Kathryn Meurs
Dr.
Meurs received 2008 Pfizer award for her outstanding research contributions
in familial cardiac disease, particularly cardiomyopathies.
2007
Dr. Thomas E. Besser
Dr.
Besser was introduced by David Prieur and presented the Pfizer Award for
Research Excellence plaque and check by Warwick Bayly on October 17, 2007.
Jerry Johnston of Pfizer attended the banquet.
Dr. Besser was recognized for his long-term studies on
the microbiology, epidemiology, and ecology of bacteria important in human
food safety with an emphasis on E. coli, multi-drug resistant
Salmonella
enterica, and Campylobacter. He has had a very productive and
well-extramurally funded research program in his 17 years as a faculty
member. He has a dual appointment in the Washington Animal Disease
Diagnostic Laboratory and the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and
Pathology and heads the NIH-funded Zoonosis Research Unit. He is a
collaborative scientist and has published in concert with his collaborators
over 130 scientific publications in high quality refereed journals.
2006
Dr. Henk Granzier
The College of Veterinary Medicine Research Committee has selected
Dr. Henk Granzier
as this years recipient of the Pfizer Research Award. Dr.
Granzier is a faculty member of the Department of Veterinary and Comparative
Anatomy, Pharmacology, and Physiology (VCAPP). Dr. Granziers leadership and
collaboration with colleagues and other laboratories has resulted in a
better understanding of muscle function from the molecular level through
actual force and movement.
2005
Dr. Larry Fox
The College of Veterinary Medicine Research Committee has
selected Dr. Larry Fox of the Department of Veterinary
Clinical Sciences as this year’s recipient of this year’s
Pfizer Research Award for advancing understanding of
mastitis. The award was presented at the banquet following
the 7th CVM Student Research Symposium held on October 20,
2005
2004
Dr. Steve Hines
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The College of Veterinary Medicine Research Committee has named
Dr. Steve Hines recipient of the 2004 Pfizer Award for Research
Excellence for his research on hemoparasites, and more recently,
the neonatal immune response of foals to Rhodococcus equi. The
award was presented at
CVM
Student Research Symposium banquet, October 14, 2004.
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2003
Dr. Jim Krueger is the recipient of the 2003
Pfizer Award for Research Excellence posted October 2003
The College of Veterinary Medicine Research Committee has
named Dr. Jim Krueger recipient of the 2003 Pfizer Award for
Research Excellence. The award was presented at CVM Student
Research Symposium banquet, October 9, 2003.
2002
Dr. Clive Gay
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Dr. Gay through his leadership of the
College's Field Disease Investigation Unit has provided
solutions for many important diseases of livestock. These
solutions are the result of Dr. Gay's efforts in connecting
on farm disease investigations with the research laboratory. |
