Faculty Awards & Honors
Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professors Lilly Teaching Fellows
2009 Faculty Honors
Dr. Jim Moore was awarded a Morris Animal Foundation grant for his proposal: "Effects of Bacterial Toxins on Immune System"
Dr. Brett Tennent-Brown was awarded a Morris Animal Foundation grant for his proposal: "Better Understanding of Colitis"
Dr. David Hurley was awarded a Morris Animal Foundation grant for his proposal: "Determining How Horses Fight Infectious Disease"
Dr. Ben Brainard was awarded a Morris Animal Foundation grant for his proposal: "Comparing Drugs That Decrease Clotting Complications"
Dr. Lisa Williamson was awarded a Morris Animal Foundation grant for her proposal: "Determining Optimal Dosing for Dewormers"
Dr. Steeve Giguθre was awarded a Morris Animal Foundation grant for his proposal: "Insight into Vaccine Development"
Dr. Susan Sanchez secured funding from the GA Aquarium for her project: "Fast growing mycobacteria: Primary pathogen or commensal in cold water exhibits?"
Dr. Cynthia Ward received the Student AVMA Teaching Excellence Award-Basic Sciences at the Annual AVMA meeting. The award recognizes excellence, innovation and enthusiasm in the field of clinical veterinary science and education.
Dr. Scott Brown received the Royal Canin Award at the Annual AVMA meeting. The awards recognizes veterinarians whose work in either clinical research or basic sciences, within the preceding five years, has contributed to the advancement of small animal medicine or surgery.
Drs. Elizabeth Howerth and David Stallknecht received Distinguished Service Awards from the Wildlife Disease Association at the national meeting. The awards were received for contributions as co-editors of the Journal of Wildlife Diseases.
Dr. Jerry Saliki was re-appointed to a third 3-year term as Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation.
Dr. Corrie Brown was appointed as Associate Editor of Emerging Infectious Diseases.
2008 Teaching Awards
The following awards were presented during Honors and Awards Night, April 25, 2008:
Dr. Cheri Roberts, Department of Anatomy and Radiology: Norden Distinguished Teacher Award, chosen by her students on the basis of her character, leadership and teaching ability.
Dr. Tom Purinton, Department of Anatomy and Radiology (now retired): Class of 2011 Faculty Recognition Award
Dr. Cynthia Ward, Department of Small Animal Medicine: Class of 2010 Faculty Recognition Award
Dr. Ursula Dietrich, Department of Small Animal Medicine: Class of 2009 Faculty Recognition Award
Dr. Simon Platt, Department of Small Animal Medicine: Class of 2008 Faculty Recognition Award
2008 Faculty Honors
The annual Phi Zeta Awards Day was held at the College on Friday, April 18, 2008. Faculty recognized for excellence in service to the college included:
Charles L. Hofacre was awarded the Charles Dobbins Award for Excellence in Service for his work as director of clinical services for the Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center.
Pauline M. Rakich received the Outstanding Laboratory Service Award for her 25 years of committed service to the Athens Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.
Catherine E. Kosarek, an oncologist in the Small Animal Teaching Hospital, was awarded the Outstanding Hospital Service Award for her compassionate work with clients and colleagues.
Ray M. Kaplan, an associate professor in infectious diseases, received the Pfizer Award for Excellence in Research for his research in parasitology.
Michael Yabsley, an assistant professor in the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, received the John M. Bowen Award for Excellence in Animal Research.
Erik Hofmeister, an assistant professor in small animal medicine, received the Clinical Research Award.
• The following large animal medicine faculty received research awards this summer from the Morris Animal Foundation: Dr. Kira Epstein, Dr. Jim Moore, Dr. Alessandra Pellegrini and Dr. Michel Vandenplas.
• Dr. Zhen Fu has been selected as a 2008-09 Administrative Fellow in the UGA Provost's Office.
• Dr. John Maurer has been recognized as an outstanding faculty mentor for the UGA Honors Program.
• Dr. Amelia Woolums has been asked to serve as chair of the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists exam committee.
• Dr. John Maurer has been selected for the 2008 CURO Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award (at UGA), which will be presented at the CURO Symposium in March.
• Dr. Steve Budsberg is president-elect of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and will assume the presidency this fall.
• Dr. Michelle Barton is president-elect of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Specialty of Large Animal Internal Medicine) and assumes presidency this June.
• Dr. Karen Cornell is chair of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons examination committee.
2007 Faculty Honors, Grants and Awards
Holly Moore Brown received a Morris Animal Foundation Fellowship.
Dr. Chad Schmiedts grant proposal "Creation of a model for hypertension following cold ischemic injury and renal transplant in the rat" was funded by UGA's Faculty Research Grants Program.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health has awarded Dr. Zhen Fu (PI) and Dr. Ralph Tripp of the College of Veterinary Medicine a $1.18 million grant to develop rabies vaccines. This award is the continuation of a previous four-year $837,000 grant issued by NIAID in 2002 to initiate the study.
Dr. Xiaoqin Ye in Physiology & Pharmacology recently received a Faculty Research Grant, "Establishment of luminal endometrial epithelial cell lines from lysophopholipid receptor knockout mice."
2007 Teaching Awards
The following awards were presented during Honors and Awards Night, April 20, 2007:
Wan-I Oliver Li, physiology and pharmacology: Norden Distinguished Teacher Award, chosen by his students on the basis of his character, leadership and teaching ability.
Sherry Sanderson, physiology and pharmacology: Class of 2010 Faculty Recognition Award
Cynthia Ward, small animal medicine and surgery: Class of 2009 and Class of 2008 Faculty Recognition Awards
Karen Cornell, small animal medicine and surgery: Class of 2007 Faculty Recognition Award
2007 Research Awards
The following awards were presented during Honors and Awards Night, April 20, 2007:
Liliana Friedmann, infectious diseases: Pfizer Animal Health Award for Research Excellence for her research in immune system response and disease prevention.
Other awards presented this year include:
S. Mark Tompkins, infectious diseases: John M. Bowen Award for Excellence in Animal and Biomedical Research for his research on human and avian influenza strains.
Ralph Tripp, Mark Tompkins and Jeff Hogan, infectious diseases: NIH Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance.
2007 Promotions and Tenure
Dr. John Peroni, Associate Professor with Tenure, Dept. LAMS
Dr. Bruce LeRoy, Associate Professor with Tenure, Dept. Pathology
Dr. Jaroslava Halper, Professor, Dept. Pathology
Dr. Mel Pence, Professor, Dept. Population Health
Dr. Cynthia Ward, Tenure, Dept. SAMS
Dr. Eric Hofmeister, Assistant Professor, Dept. SAMS
Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professors
Interested in more information on the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Professorship?
2006: K. Paige Carmichael, pathology, associate dean for academic affairs
2004: Corrie Brown, pathology
2003: Cynthia Trim, large animal medicine
2003: Scott Brown, head, small animal medicine and surgery
2001: Tom Purinton, anatomy and radiology (now retired)
2000: Linda Medleau, small animal medicine (now retired)
1999: Michelle Barton, large animal medicine
1998: Jeanne A. Barsanti, small animal medicine (now retired)
1994: Craig Greene, small animal medicine (now retired)
Lilly Teaching Fellows
Looking for more information about the Lilly Teaching Fellows Program?
2007-2009: Mary Hondalus, infectious diseases
2006-2008: Jakob Scherzer, large animal medicine
2005-2007: Bruce LeRoy, pathology
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