| FACULTY | PROPOSED PROJECT TITLE |
| Aquirre, Ignacio | Effects of high doses of the antiresorptive zoledronic acid in the gingival epithelium of rice rats |
| Curtiss, Roy | Vaccinology research |
| Estrada, Amara | Alternative moxidectin treatment for heartworm positive shelter dogs: Atlanta Lab Rescue Study |
| Garcia, Larry | Diagnostic accuracy of a computer aided electrocardiogram |
| Gatson, Bonnie | Three-dimensional, time resolved (4D) relative pressure mapping for horses under general anesthesia |
| Harrison, Kelly | Breed variations in ECG normals |
| Johnson, Rick | Mapping the Neural Elements Innervating the Rodent Pancreatic Islets for Development of Neuromodulation Implants for Treatment of Diabetes |
| Larkin, Iske | Comparison of different fixation and staining techniques on the morphometric assessment of Florida manatee spermatozoa |
| Levy, Julie | Outcome of Cats Infected with FeLV in a Large Animal Shelter |
| Levy, Julie | Optimizing Heartworm Diagnosis in Cats and Dogs in Animal Shelters |
| Levy, Julie | The State of the State in 2019: Florida’s Animal Sheltering Trends |
| Martyniuk, Chris | CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing in dopaminergic cells |
| McCarrel, Taralyn | Effect of systemic NSAID administration of platelet function, activation, and growth factor release in equine platelet-rich plasma |
| Ossiboff, Robert | Determining infectious titers of cultured ophidian nidoviruses |
| Plummer, Caryn | Endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation for the treatment of glaucoma in dogs: A retrospective study. |
| Rajeev, Sreekumari | Host innate immune response to Leptospira |
| Regier, Penny | Otoscopy Evaluation of Remaining Epithelium Within the Tympanic Bulla |
| Shiomitsu, Keijiro | Evaluation of PD-L1 and TGF-b in canine oral melanoma |
| Stern, Adam | Estimation of Time of Death of Dogs by Immunohistochemical Detection of Insulin and Synaptophysin in the Pancreas |
| Vilaplana Grosso, Federico | Accuracy of computed tomography and abdominal ultrasound for staging and estimating tumor extent in preoperative planning in dogs |
| Walden, Heather | Use of nematophagous fungus for possible environmental control of Strongyloid and Rhabditoid nematodes in hoofstock |
| Wellehan, Jim | Diversity of squamate mycoplasmas |
| Lejuene, Shiomitsu | A novel molecular RNA-ISA diagnosis targeting IBA-1 and CD204 in canine HS |
2019 Boehringer Ingelheim Veterinary Scholars Program
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As part of both the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and the Academic Health Center, Veterinary Medicine is dedicated to advancing animal, human and environmental health through teaching, research, extension and patient care.
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