Click on the participants names to view their national symposium posters.
| Participants | Mentors |
| Jesse Blades | Kevin Keegan, DVM , MS , ACVS |
| Heather Burckhardt | Philine Wangemann, PhD (KSU) and Craig Franklin, DVM, PhD, ACLAM (MU) |
| Rachael Cohen | Leah Cohn, DVM, PhD, ACVIM and Carol Reinero, DVM, PhD, ACVIM |
| Kerrie Farrar | Kevin Keegan, DVM , MS , ACVS |
| Kevin Finn | Elizabeth Giuliano, DVM , MS , ACVO |
| Julie Freebersyser | Lela Riley, PhD, ACLAM |
| Wes Kimberlin | Jimi Cook, DVM, PhD, ACVS |
| Miranda Meppan | Robert Backus, DVM, PhD, ACVN |
| Kira Moore | George Stewart, PhD |
| Jennifer Savini | Dan Hassett, PhD |
| Sarah Schlinck | Susan Schommer, PhD |
| Alton Swennes | Matt Myles, DVM, PhD, ACLAM |
| Tiffany Taylor | Beth Bauer, DVM, ACLAM |
| Kelvin Urday | Jeff Tyler, DVM, MPVM, PhD, ACVIM |
| Ashley Vincent | Tom Reilly, PhD |
| Kim Walker | Randy Prather, PhD |
2007 MU VRSP Activities
| Evening Research Topics Course | ||
| Date | Title of Presentation | Speaker(s) / Leader(s) |
| 3/23/07 | Phi Zeta Research Day | |
| 4/4/07 | Scholar Orientation | Dr. Franklin |
| 4/19/07 | Mentor Orientation | Dr. Franklin and VRSP faculty |
| 5/21, 5/24/07 | Experimental Design Workshop | Dr. Keegan and VRSP faculty |
| 5/29, 6/4/07 | Describing Your Research in 5 minutes : The Elevator Statement | Dr. Evans |
| 7/5/07 | Translational Research | Dr. Cook |
| 7/18/07 | Research in Animal Pharmaceuticals | Drs. Greg Royer, Marlene Dragg, Jeff Blair, Merial |
| 7/19/07 | How to Design a Poster | Mr. Wilson, Dr. Franklin |
| 7/26/07 | Post-DVM Graduate Opportunities | CVM post-DVM graduate students |
| 8/5/07 | Career Pathways | Dr. Franklin |
| 8/10/06 | Ethics Presentations | Drs. Vogelweid, Freeman and Franklin |
| 8/16/07 | Grantsmanship | Dr. Riley |
| 3/21/08 | Presentations at Phi Zeta Research Day | |
| Tours, Trips and Social Events | ||
| 5/21/07 | Happy Hour welcome for Tiffany Taylor (coupled with Dr. Keegan’s talk) | |
| 6/4/07 | Happy Hour welcome for Alton Swennes (coupled with Dr. Evan’s talk) | |
| 7/18/07 | Tour of the Merial Research Farm in Fulton , MO (discussion with Drs. Royer, Dragg and Blair) | |
| 7/11-7/12/07 | Visit Worlds of Fun amusement park ( Kansas City , MO ) with Kansas State University scholars – Science Olympics, barbeque and a day at the park | |
| 8/2-8/4/07 | Attend 2007 Merial Symposium | |
| 8/9/07 | Tour of Stowers Institute in Kansas City , Missouri (coupled with ethics discussions with Kansas State Scholars) | |
| 8/24/07 | End of program picnic at Dr. Franklin’s house | |