CVM Accolades

Tamara Hancock receives Wendy Coe Leadership Award

Published 12/18/2024
Tamara Hancock, DVM, MS, DACVP, PhD, an assistant teaching professor at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine, recently received the 2024 Wendy Coe Leadership Award from the American College of Veterinary Pathologists.

Ravi Barabote Recognized for Outstanding Student Advising

Published 11/15/2024
Ravi Barabote, PhD, an associate teaching professor at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine recently received the Advising Shout Out Award from the Mizzou Advisors Forum.

CVM Student Sworn in as SAVMA Veterinary Economics Officer-Elect

Published 7/8/2024
Kayla Forlenza, a third-year student at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine, was recently sworn in as the veterinary economics officer-elect for the National Student American Veterinary Medical Association board.

CVM Student Receives Award for Historical Essay

Published 6/27/2024
Scott Miller, a third-year student at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine, was recently named a winner of the 2024 J.F. Smithcors Student Veterinary History Essay Contest by the American Veterinary Medical History Society.

CVM Undergraduate Earns S.T.A.R. Recognition for Research Training

Published 5/15/2024
The University of Missouri Office of Undergraduate Research has awarded Kayla Canchola S.T.A.R. Recognition. Canchola is a sophomore pursuing a bachelor’s degree in microbiology at the MU College of Veterinary Medicine.

Mizzou Graduate School Awards Franklin a Graddie

Published 5/8/2024
Craig Franklin, DVM, PhD, DACLAM, professor emeritus of veterinary pathobiology at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine and director of the Comparative Medicine Program, was recently named the recipient of the Graddie Award by the University of Missouri Graduate School.

CVM Student Named Recipient of 2024 Merck Animal Health Diversity Leadership Scholarship

Published 4/15/2024
I’yuana Morris, a second-year student at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine, is a recipient of a 2024 Merck Animal Health Diversity Leadership Scholarship.

Ryan elected to AVMA board of directors

Published 2/13/2024
Carol Ryan, DVM, a mixed animal practitioner and 1992 graduate of the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine was recently elected to the American Veterinary Medical Association Board of Directors.

CVM Graduate Fellow Receives American Heart Association Fellowship Award

Published 1/19/2024
The American Heart Association recently awarded Jessica Cayton, DVM, a Predoctoral Fellowship Award. Cayton is a graduate fellow in the University of Missouri Comparative Medicine Program and a PhD candidate in the MU College of Veterinary Medicine Department of Veterinary Pathobiology.

CVM’s Giuliano is First Veterinary Ophthalmologist to Speak at ASOPRS Symposium

Elizabeth Giuliano, DVM, MS, DACVO, professor of veterinary ophthalmology at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine, spoke as the first veterinary ophthalmologist at the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Annual Fall Scientific Symposium. Hosted in San Francisco on Nov. 3-4, the symposium brought together ASPORS members and non-members to learn…