Click on the participant’s names to view their national symposium posters
| Scholar | Mentor(s) |
| Federica Andreatta, class of 2019, Univ of Padova | Drs. Jim Amos-Landgraf, PhD and Jacob Moskowitz, DVM |
| Kristen Bagley, class of 2021, North Carolina St Univ | Drs. Teresa Lever, PhD and Nicole Nichols, PhD |
| Erin Bax, class of 2021, Univ of Missouri | Drs. Cheryl Rosenfeld, DVM, PhD and Jiude Mao, PhD |
| Kaylie Canda, class of 2021, Univ of Missouri | Dr. Nicole Nichols, PhD |
| Alex Cardascio, class of 2021, Univ of Missouri | Drs. Brian Flesner, DVM, MS, ACVIM, Sentil Kumar, PhD, and Charles Maitz, DVM, PhD, ACVR |
| Kaiwen Chen, class of 2021, Kansas St Univ | Drs. Elizabeth Bryda, PhD, Daniel Davis, PhD, and Hongshen Men, PhD |
| Michaela Clouden, class of 2021, Univ of Missouri | Drs. Chris Baines, PhD and Lihui Song, PhD |
| Karlee Cochran, class of 2022, Univ of Missouri | Drs. Cheryl Rosenfeld, DVM, PhD and Jiude Mao, PhD |
| Jessica Cordingley, class of 2020, Univ of Missouri | Drs. Yuksel Agca, DVM, PhD and Cansu Agca, DVM, PhD |
| Tessa Cowser, class of 2021, Univ of Missouri | Dr. Amy DeClue, DVM, PhD, ACVIM |
| Barbara Allison (Crawford), class of 2021, Univ of Missouri | Drs. Leslie Lyons, PhD and Leah Cohn, DVM, PhD, ACVIM |
| Sierra Crotty, class of 2021, Univ of Missouri | Drs. Craig Emter, PhD, Dylan Olver, PhD, Patrice Delafontaine, MD and Emily Leary, PhD |
| Marina Davis, class of 2020, Univ of Missouri | Drs. Kevin Cummings, PhD and Jennifer Magnusson, PhD |
| Amanda Eshelman, class of 2021, Univ of Missouri | Drs. Sybil Amelon, PhD and Sarah Hooper, DVM, PhD |
| Leah Fray, class of 2021, Univ of Missouri | Drs. Jeffrey Adamovicz, PhD |
| Hannah Gafen, class of 2020, Univ of Missouri | Drs. Rajiv Mohan, PhD, Ratnaker Tripathi, PhD, Lynn Martin, DVM, Elizabeth Giuliano, DVM, MS and Nathan Hesemann, MD |
| Blake Gibson, class of 2021, Univ of Missouri | Drs. Craig Franklin, DVM, PhD, ACLAM, Gabrielle Hofmann, DVM, Amanda Burling, DVM, ACVPM and Aaron Ericsson, DVM, PhD |
| Sydney Gooch, class of 2021, Univ of Missouri | Drs. Chuck Wiedmeyer, DVM, PhD, DACVP, Catherine Shoemake, DVM and Xu Han, PhD |
| Austin Kimes, Univ of Missouri Pre-Vet Scholar | Drs. Elizabeth Bryda, PhD and Daniel Davis, PhD |
| Angelique LaMontagne, class of 2021 Nat’l Vet School of Toulouse | Drs. Rebecca Johnson, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP, Gretchen Carlisle, PhD, Med, RN, CHES and Steven Osterlind, PhD |
| Kristin Manley, class of 2021, Univ of Missouri | Dr. Bill Stich, PhD |
| Charles Moley, class of 2020, Univ of Missouri | Drs. R. Michael Roberts, PhD, Randall Prather, PhD and Xueming Zhao, PhD |
| Katie Molind, class of 2021, Univ of Missouri | Dr. George Stewart, PhD and Hsin-Yeh Hsieh, PhD |
| Marissa Mueller, Univ of Missouri Pre-Vet Scholar | Dr. Tony Mann, DVM, MS, ACVS, ACVECC |
| Tyler Paneitz, class of 2021, Univ of Missouri | Drs. Sybil Amelon, PhD and Sarah Hooper, DVM, PhD |
| Allison Sanders, class of 2020, Univ of Missouri | Drs. Gary Johnson, DVM, PhD and Jared Jaffey, DVM, MS, ACVIM |
| Robert Schmidt, class of 2023, Univ of Missouri | Dr. John Middleton, DVM, PhD, ACVIM, Rosalie Ierardi, DVM and Pamela Adkins, DVM, PhD, ACVIM |
| Sarah Scott, class of 2021, Univ of Missouri | Dr. Bill Stich, PhD |
| Samantha Shaffer, class of 2021, Univ of Missouri | Drs. Aaron Ericsson, DVM, PhD and Phillip Johnson, BVSc, MS, MRCVS, ACVIM |
| Tess van Kan, class of 2021, Univ of Missouri | Dr. Solomon Odemuyiwa, DVM, PhD, ACVM |
| Miranda Wallace, class of 2021, Univ of Missouri | Drs. Rebecca Johnson, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP and Phillip Johnson, BVSc, MS, MRCVS, ACVIM |
| Kenzi Wattenburger, class of 2021, Univ of Missouri | Dr. Pamela Adkins, DVM, PhD, ACVIM and Dr. John Middleton, DVM, PhD, ACVIM |
| 2018 Tours, Trips and Social Events | ||
| Date | Event | Speaker(s) / Leader(s) |
| 4/2/2018 | Foundations course began1 | Drs. Franklin and Baines |
| 4/9 and 4/10/2018 | MU Life Sciences Week poster sessions | Scholars encouraged to attend and view posters being presented at the annual MU Life Sciences Week |
| 5/25/2018 | CVM Research Day | Scholars assigned to visit at least one poster or presentation; MU VRSP scholars from 2017 program participated as presenters |
| 6/1/2018 | Field Day (Science Olympics) and welcome out of state scholars, Federica Andreatta, Kaiwen Chen and Kristin Bagley – hosted by Senior Scholar Kaitlin Bishop | |
| 7/6-7/8/18 | Comparative Medicine Research presentation and tour of rodent and baboon facilities at the Oklahoma University Health Science Center. Followed by a float trip on the Niangua River | Hosted by Dr. Ron Banks, Oklahoma University Health Science Center and Ft. Reno Science Park Baboon Facility |
| 7/25/2018 | Networking with CVM residents/grad students and social event | Hosted by Sammy Gerb and Nick Harrison, Lab Animal Medicine Residents, PhD and MS candidates and VRSP alum |
| 7/27/2018 | MU VRSP tie dye shirt get-together | |
| 8/2-8/5/18 | Boehringer Ingelheim-NIH Symposium | |
| 8/10/2018 | Research in Animal Pharmaceuticals presentation and tour of Boehringer Ingelheim research Farm in Fulton, MO | Hosted by Drs. Laura Tambrallo and Fabiano Silva, Boehringer Ingelheim |
Foundations in Veterinary Research and Discovery course topics
Experimental Design
Animal Facility Tours
Literature Search Strategies
Describing Your Research in 5 Minutes: The Elevator Statement
Small group discussions of VRSP projects
Being a Clinician Scientist
Abstract Writing Workshop
Poster Design Workshop and Practice
Future Research Opportunities and Planning Discussion