Research in Progress Seminars
Spring 2024 BMVS (RIP) Seminars (BMVS 5944)
We invite anyone from the college community to attended these lectures.
Course Director: Ansar Ahmed
Classroom: Classroom 121
Day: Fridays
Time: 9-10 a.m.
January 24, 2025
"10 years of Microplastic Research: What have we learned and what lies ahead"
Austin D. Gray, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Science
January 31, 2025
Infectious Diseases-Student Presentations
Ahmed Abouelkhair
"Targeting Clostridiodes difficile: Unveiling New Therapeutics with proven in vivo efficacy"
Abdallah Abdelsattar
"Identification of novel therapeutics against gonococcal infections"
February 7, 2025
"The ecology and management of emerging wildlife disease"
Joseph Hoyt, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
February 14, 2025
"Applied Generative AI for Teaching and Learning: Responsible Principles and Practical Use Cases for Academic Generative AI"
Associate Vice Provost for Technology-Enhanced Learning and Online Strategies
February 21, 2025
"Exploring Sleep and Chronic Pain in Dogs"
Rell Parker, DVM, PhD, DACVIM–Neurology
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
February 28, 2025
Immunology/Infectious Diseases-Student Presentations
Caitlin Armstrong
"Sex differences in lupus-associated monocyte exhaustion revealed by high-dimensional flow cytometry analysis"
Katie Tiller
"Auranofin Demonstrates Antiviral Effects Against Hepatitis E Virus Via the Accumulation of Reactive Oxygen Species"
Susan Meacham, PhD
Career Advisor for Health Professions Advising
Career and Professional Development
March 7, 2025
"Finding Your Future with the Added Advantages of Interdisciplinary Skills to Advance Human and Animal Health"
March 14, 2025
Spring Break - No Classes
March 21, 2025
Infectious Diseases-Student Presentations
Greyson Moore
"Female sex hormones enhance HSV replication and disease severity"
Taylor Nolan
"Determining the role of viral structural genes that drive Zika virus shedding in semen"
March 28, 2025
Infectious Diseases-Student Presentations
Abdullah Jamiu
"Exploiting virus-host interactions to develop inhibitors against Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus”
Shannon Carney
"Development and Characterization of an Acute Mouse Model of EEEV Infection"
April 4, 2025
Veterinary Clinical/ Translational Research-Student Presentations
Samantha McCarter, DVM
"Comparing milk composition and puppy growth of overweight and lean bitches"
Annie Showers, DVM (Cardiology Resident)
"Understanding how mitral valve morphology impacts development of Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease in Cavalier Kong Charles Spaniels"
April 11, 2025
Public Health/Infectious Diseases-Student Presentations
Janice O’Brien, DVM
"Validation of a Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) for use in dog nutrition research"
Nour Alkashef
"Combating Cryptococcal infections: The potent duo of Amphotercin B and Ketolide Antibiotics"
April 18, 2025
TBA
Pam VandeVord, PhD
N. Waldo Harrison Professor Associate Dean for Research and Innovation in the College of Engineering
April 25, 2025
Neuroscience/Neuropathobiology-Student Presentations
Susan Pinar
"Interrogating the neuroimmune contributions to chronic neurobehavioral sequalae following Traumatic Brain Injury"
James May
"Characterizing the Glioblastoma 'Ablatosome' Treated with H-FIRE"
May 2, 2025
Inflammatory diseases/Veterinary Clinical Research-Student Presentations
Mahfuz Islam
"Early Growth Response Protein 2 (EGR2) regulation of the immune system of lupus-prone mice"
Laura Victoria Quishpe Contreras, DVM (Clinical Pathology Resident)
"Spatial transcriptomic analysis of low-grade intestinal T cell lymphoma and lymphoplasmacytic inflammatory bowel disease in cats"
August 30, 2024
"Graduate School resources for your academic success."
Bryan Hanson
VT Graduate Student Ombudsperson
September 6, 2024
"What is a ‘good’ PhD."
Steven Peolzing, PhD
Professor, Associate Vice President, Health Sciences and Technology Faculty Affairs
September 13, 2024
"DEI for BMVS Students"
Garry Morgan, MEd
Director, Equity, and Inclusion,
VMCVM
September 20, 2024
"Designing Engaging Posters"
Associate Professor, Undergraduate Research Services Coordinator
University Libraries
September 27, 2024
Clinical Pathobiology and Public Health-Student Presentations
Christina Pacholec
"Effects of Image Magnification, Type and Number on the Accuracy of an Artificial Intelligence Model"
Amir Mortazavigazar
“Integrating health, economic, and environmental trade-offs into decarbonization decision-making in New England”
October 4, 2024
Infectious Diseases-Student Presentations
Chelsea Cereghino
"Vector competence of urban mosquitoes for recently emerged Haitian strains of Mayaro virus"
Dima Hajj
“Functional characterization of TgTKL1 kinase in Toxoplasma gondii pathogenesis.”
October 11, 2024
Fall Break - No Classes
October 18, 2024
Immunology-Student Presentations
Rana Estaleen
"Insights into Immune Dysregulation: the Role of CX3CR1 in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Pathogenesis"
Caitlin Armstrong
"Phenotypic Characterization of Exhausted Monocytes in Lupus-Prone Mice."
October 25, 2024
Immunology and Oncology-Student Presentations
Tian Xu
“Application of Deep Learning Models on Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Analysis Uncovers Novel Markers of Double Negative T Cells.”
James May
“Characterization of the glioblastoma ‘Ablatosome’ treated with high-frequency irreversible electroporation”
November 1, 2024
Infectious Diseases-Student Presentations
Yehia Elgammal
"Repurposing phospholipase A2 inhibitors to develop novel antifungals against multidrug-resistant Candida auris infections"
Nour Alkasef
"Searching for Novel Antifungal Agents combating human cryptococcal infections."
November 8, 2024
Infectious Diseases-Student Presentations
Brittany Heath
“Stimulator of interferon genes (STING) is essential for reducing Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) pathogenesis”
Morgan VanderGiessen
“Characterization of neurological sequalae of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus”
November 15, 2024
Infectious Diseases-Student Presentations
Rafaela Machado Flor
"Characterization of Rift Valley fever virus L polymerase interaction with protein human phosphatase-1 alpha"
Jillian Green
"Inhibition Of Stress Hormone Receptors Reduces Clinical Recurrences Of Herpes Simplex Virus 1 In Guinea Pigs"
November 22, 2024
Infectious Diseases-Student Presentations
Rachel Persinger
"North American Culex mosquitoes are competent vectors for Usutu virus"
Ama Amoakoma Agyei
"Determination of the region of the latency associated transcript (LAT) responsive to the action of epinephrine in HSV 1&2 infections."
November 29, 2024
Thanksgiving Break - No Classes
December 6, 2024
Neuropathobiology-Student Presentations
Chen-I Hsu
"Molecular Basis of Euchromatin establishment and its dysregulation in Diffuse Midline Glioma"
Elizabeth Harris
"Chronic influence of PDM activity on hippocampal pathology and post-traumatic sequelae following TBI"