OSU Veterinary Center Hosts Phi Zeta Research Day
Monday, April 6, 2015
The Nu Chapter of Phi Zeta at OSU’s Center for Veterinary Health Sciences recently hosted the 19th Annual Phi Zeta Research Day. Seven veterinary students, 21 residents or interns and 14 graduate students or post-doctoral fellows competed in one of two categories—basic or applied research or clinical case presentation.
Photo above: The 2015 Phi Zeta Research Day award recipients are (left to right): Ellen Jackson, Dr. Erin Willis, Zahra Maria, Dr. Kathryn Smith, Dr. Brandy Cichocki, Danielle Hurst (’16), Dr. Paige Mackey, Dr. Anthony Jarchow, and Stasia Sullivan (’16).
Congratulations to all participants and to this year’s award recipients:
- Ellen Jackson – Overall Grand Prize Winner ($1000) for “Loss of function mutation in Toll-like receptor 4 partially protects against peripheral and cardiac insulin resistance during a long-term high-fat diet”
- Stasia Sullivan – DVM Student Basic or Applied Research ($500) for “In vitro echinocytosis development secondary to rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) and copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix lacticinctus) venom in the dog and the horse”
- Danielle Hurst – DVM Student Clinical Case Presentation ($500) for “Cyclosporine complications in the treatment of sebaceous adenitis in the dog”
- Paige Mackey, DVM – Resident/Intern Basic or Applied Research 1st Place ($500) for “Adverse effects associated with leflunomide therapy in dogs: 6 Cases (2003-2013)”
- Brandy Cichocki, DVM – Resident/Intern Basic or Applied Research 2nd Place ($400) for Accuracy of axillary and auricular temperature when compared to rectal temperature in healthy adult dogs”
- Anthony Jarchow, DVM – Resident/Intern Clinical Case Presentation 1st Place ($500) for “Antigenemia without antigenuria in a cat with renal histoplasmosis”
- Kathryn Smith, DVM – Resident/Intern Clinical Case Presentation 2nd Place ($400) for “Asymmetric progression of vision deficits due to a pituitary mass in an 8-year-old Labrador Retriever”
- Lydia Gentry, DVM – Resident/Intern Clinical Case Presentation 3rd Place ($300) for “Unclassified nondilated cardiomyopathy in a 9-year-old spayed female Doberman Pinscher possibly associated with Ehrlichia ewingii infection”
- Nabin Poudel, BVSc – Graduate Student/Post-Doctoral Fellow 1st Place ($500) for “Homozygosity for frameshift mutations in XYLT2 result in a spondylo-ocular syndrome with bone fragility, cataracts, and hearing defects”
- Erin Willis, PhD – Graduate Student/Post-Doctoral Fellow 2nd Place ($400) for “A baboon model of immunosenescence: the role of cytomegalovirus in immune aging”
- Zahra Maria – Graduate Student/Post-Doctoral Fellow 3rd Place ($300) for “Diabetes alters the regulation of insulin sensitive glucose transporters 4 and 8 in the atria”
The Nu Chapter welcomed two new faculty members, Drs. Elisabeth Giedt and Akhilesh Ramachandran, and one new honorary member, Dr. Daqing Piao. The new initiates in the Class of 2015 were Jason Anton, Penn Chinudomsub, Sarah Fry, Shawn Kinser, Jonathan Mui, Justin Plunk, Blake Rochell, Kristen Thompson, Holt Tripp, Jenna Wallace, Kahla White and Jason Wright. In the Class of 2016, the new initiates were Samantha Bilko, Josh Goff, Lauren Keith, Jeanna Lodel, Hilary Ludwig, Darcy Messerly, Kim Reichert, Kristen Ward and Ashlea Wulf.
Photo above: The Nu Chapter welcomes (front row, left to right) Kim Reichert (’16), Kristen Ward (’16), Jason Anton (’15), and Kahla White; (back row, left to right) Dr. Daqing Piao, Holt Tripp (’15), Jenna Wallace (’15), Dr. Elisabeth Giedt, Kristen Thompson (’15), Hilary Ludwig (’16) and Ashlea Wulf (’16).
The 19th Annual Phi Zeta Research Day was made possible thanks to contributions from Royal Canin, Zoetis and OSU’s Center for Veterinary Health Sciences. The Society of Phi Zeta is the Honor Society of Veterinary Medicine. For more information on OSU’s Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, visit www.cvhs.okstate.edu.
Contact: Derinda Blakeney, APR | OSU Center for Veterinary Health Sciences | 405-744-6740 | derinda@okstate.edu
OSU’s Center for Veterinary Health Sciences is the only veterinary college in Oklahoma. One of 28 veterinary colleges in the United States, it is fully accredited by the Council on Education of the American Veterinary Medical Association. The center’s Boren Veterinary Medical Hospital is open to the public and provides routine and specialized care for small and large animals. It also offers 24-hour emergency care and is certified by the American Animal Hospital Association. For more information, visit www.cvhs.okstate.edu or call (405) 744-7000.
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