The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine

Georgia Veterinary Scholars Program

2000 GVSP Scholars

Christina Bao
University of Georgia Class of 2003
Faculty Mentor : Dr. Sharon Crowell-Davis
Project: Self-grooming, feather-picking, and self-mutilation in psittacine birds

James Brown
University of Georgia Class of 2003
Faculty Mentor : Dr. Amelia Woolums
Project: Effect of intranasal vaccination on IFN-gamma production during BRSV infection of calves

Catherine Bruggemann
University of Georgia Class of 2003
Faculty Mentor : Dr. Michel Vandenplas
Project: The role of acute-phase proteins in equine sensitivity to endotoxin

Jennifer Cook
University of Sydney Class of 2001
Faculty Mentor : Dr. Margarethe Hoenig
Project: The effect of neutering on feline metabolism and lipoproteins

Lawren Durocher
University of Georgia Class of 2003
Faculty Mentor : Dr. Margarethe Hoenig
Project: Early diagnosis of feline diabetes with a feline specific proinsulin assay

Laura Kelley
University of Georgia Class of 2002
Faculty Mentor : Dr. Susan Little
Project: Molecular diagnosis of atoxoplasmosis in the Bali Mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi)

Erica Behling-Kelly
University of Georgia Class of 2002
Faculty Mentor : Dr. Corrie Brown
Project: Poult enteritis and mortality syndrome

Stacy Lettsome
Tuskegee University Class of 2001
Faculty Mentor : Dr. David Peterson
Project: Development of a PCR-based test for diagnosis of canine babesiosis

Jeffrey Mauldin
University of Georgia Class of 2002
Faculty Mentor : Dr. M. A. Stevenson
Project: Pharmacokinetics of anti-retroviral drugs in cats

Matthew Miller
University of Georgia Class of 2003
Faculty Mentor : Dr. Harry Dickerson
Project: Immunization of channel catfish against Icthyophthirius multifilis

Ann Strieby
University of Georgia Class of 2002
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Peter Daszak and Dr. Corrie Brown
Project: Investigating the pathogenesis of an emerging disease of amphibians

Tselane Ware
University of Georgia Class of 2003
Faculty Mentor : Dr. Ray Kaplan
Project: Moxidectin selection of an ivermectin-resistant strain of Haemonchus contortus in goats