Zoetis Award for Research Excellence
The Zoetis 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.
2012
Dr. Katrina Mealey
Dean Slinker and Jerry Johnston (Zoetis) presented the 2012 Zoetis Award for
Research to Katrina Mealey from the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences
for her ongoing research in
companion animal pharmacogenetics.
2011
Dr Michael Konkel (SMB)
Dean Slinker presented the 2011 Zoetis
Award for Research to Michael Konkel from the School of Molecular Biosciences
for his ongoing research on the pathogenesis and pre-harvest food safety with
Campylobacter jejuni.
http://molecular.biosciences.wsu.edu/faculty/konkel/index.html
2010
Dr Kelly Brayton
Dean Slinker presented the 2010 Zoetis
Award for Research to Dr. Kelly Brayton from the Department of Veterinary
Microbiology & Pathology. Dr. Brayton has been a leader in the infection biology
of the tick-borne pathogen
Anaplasma marginale.
2009
Dr David Rector
Dean Slinker presented the 2009 Zoetis 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 Zoetis 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 Zoetis Award for
Research Excellence plaque and check by Warwick Bayly on October 17, 2007.
Jerry Johnston of Zoetis 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 Zoetis Research Award. Dr.
Granzier is a faculty member of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience (IPN). 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
Zoetis 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 Zoetis 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
Zoetis Award for Research Excellence posted October 2003
The College of Veterinary Medicine Research Committee has
named Dr. Jim Krueger recipient of the 2003 Zoetis 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. |
