Recognition Awards
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.

2020
Santanu Bose, Professor, Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology

2018
Dr. John Wyrick, (center) received the 2018 Zoetis Research Excellence Award.

2017
Dean Bryan Slinker (left) presented the 2017 Zoetis Research Excellence Award to Dr. Anthony Nicola

2016
The recipient of the Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence for 2016 was Dr. Bill Sischo, Professor in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences. Dr. Sischo was recognized for his longstanding efforts directed at understanding the ecology of zoonotic and foodborne pathogens in animal production units with a particular focus on dairy beef and milk production. Dr. Sischo gave a presentation highlighting his research accomplishments to top off the evening.
The award was presented by Dr. Rocky Bigbie of Zoetis (right), and Dean Bryan Slinker (left).

2015
Dr. Robert Mealey, Associate Dean for Research (right) presented the 2015 Zoetis Research Excellence Award to Dr. Michael Court, Professor and William R. Jones Endowed Chair in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences. Dr. Court was recognized for his longstanding and ground-breaking research in veterinary pharmacogenomics, which includes his discovery of the mechanism of acetaminophen toxicity in cats.

2014
Dean Bryan Slinker (left) and Dr. Rocky Bigbie, DVM from Zoetis (right) presented the 2014 Zoetis Research Excellence Award to Patricia Hunt, professor in the School of Molecular Biosciences. Dr. Hunt received the award for her ongoing research determining the reproductive effects of exposure to chemicals with estrogenic activity during different developmental time points.
2013
Dean Slinker presented the
2013 Zoetis Award for Research to Doug Call, a professor of molecular epidemiology in the
Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health. Dr. Call is a nationally
recognized, award-winning scholar who has an active research program in food
and water-borne diseases and salmonid aquaculture.

2012
Dean Slinker and Jere 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
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.

2010
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
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. Meurs received 2008
Zoetis award for her outstanding research contributions in familial cardiac
disease, particularly cardiomyopathies.

2007
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. Jere 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
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
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
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.
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, 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.