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Congratulations to our School of Veterinary Medicine PhD Candidates and Faculty who continually reach milestones and pioneer innovation in their fields and for our school. Well-earned recognition!

   

April 2024

Amarillo Research Day

During the Amarillo Research Symposium, six graduate students won overall awards:

Bailey Samper – Outstanding Oral Presentation (not pictured)

Mariana Fernandez – Outstanding Oral Presentation (not pictured)

Tomas Lugo – Outstanding Oral Presentation

Milad Kheirvari – Outstanding Poster Presentation

Hanin Diab – Outstanding Poster Presentation

Luciana Kluppel – Outstanding Poster Presentation

Dr. Prasanth Chelikani

He was named 2024 Outstanding Researcher by the Office of Research and Innovation.

One Health Symposium

Twelve of our graduate students traveled to the One Health Symposium hosted at UTMB in Galveston. Allen Jimena Martinez Aguiriano (mentor: Dr. Arlene Garcia) and Asmita Shrestha (mentor: Dr. Devendra Shah) won the second place in the poster competition!

Allen Jimena Martinez Aguiriano

She won the second place award in the Biological Life Sciences I section of the TTU graduate student poster competition!

Mentor:Dr. Arlene Garcia

   

March 2024

The following One Health Sciences PhD students were admitted recently to doctoral candidacy:

Md Kaisar Rahman

Mentor:Dr. Babafela Awosile

Tomas Lugo

Mentor:Dr. Annelise Nguyen

   

January 2024

The following One Health Sciences PhD students were admitted recently to doctoral candidacy:

Bailey Samper

Mentor:Dr. Ryan Williams

Bethany Baxley

Mentor:Dr. Nichole Anderson

Mariana Fernandez De La Garza

Mentor:Dr. Alexandra Calle

Sara Beth Boggan

Mentor:Dr. Ryan Williams

Souvik Patra

Mentor:Dr. Prasanth Chelikani

   

December 2023

Dr. Savana Everhart-Nunn

She successfully defended her dissertation and graduated from our Ph.D. in One Health Sciences program. Savana was an integral part of builing our Ph.D. program and establishing the graduate student community at our school. Well done, Dr. Everhart-Nunn!