VETERINARY PATHOBIOLOGY (VTPB

• Drs. Nicola Ritter and Molly Gonzales of the Center for Educational Technologies (CET) - Awarded a grant to develop online resources for veterinarians on foreign animal disease outbreaks (funding source: Farm Bill)

Appointments

• Dr. Vaishali Katju - Selected to serve as a permanent panel member of the

National Institute of Health’s study section on Genetic Variation and Evolution

Faculty Promotions

• Dr. Monique Rijnkels to Associate Research Professor • Dr. Jordan Tayce to Instructional Associate Professor A horse is sampled by a public health trainee for infectious disease studies.

Dr. Tibor Farkas Dr. Jessica Galloway-Pena

Faculty in VTPB, in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS), study mechanisms of disease to improve the health of animals, humans, and the environment. Specialty areas in the department include wildlife health, infectious diseases, metabolic diseases, genetics/genomics, neuroscience, cardiovascular science, and immunology.

Highlights from FY20 include:

New Faculty

• Dr. Tibor Farkas, Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases • Dr. Jessica Galloway-Pena, Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases

Awards/Honors/Activities

Faculty

• Dr. Jim Derr: Texas A&M Association of Former Students (AFS) Distinguished

Achievement Award in Teaching - College Level • Dr. Laura Bryan: Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH) Clinical Service

Award • Dr. Sara Lawhon: Students of the American Veterinary Medical Association:

Teaching Award • Dr. Mark Johnson: Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award • Dr. Yava Jones-Hall: Named as one of the top 100 Inspiring Black Scientists in

America • Dr. Brian Porter: AFS Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching • Dr. Raquel Rech: Mentor of the Year - American College of Veterinary

Pathologists (ACVP) • Dr. Artem Rogovskyy: 2020 Bay Area Lyme Foundation's Emerging Leader Award • Dr. Sargurunathan Subashchandrabose: Montague - Center for Teaching

Excellence (CTE) Scholar Award • Dr. Albert Mulenga: Recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship

Staff

• Robin Callahan: Pearl Enfield Staff Leadership Award • Alen Merdzo: CVMBS Staff Award • Keely Young: CVMBS Staff Award

Graduate Students/Trainees

• Candice Chu: Harold W. Casey Scholarship Award • Carmen Lau: L.P. Jones Pathology Award • Alycia Fratzke: Young Investigator Award - ACVP • Caitlin Older: Outstanding PhD Student Award • Liao Yifei: John Paul Delaplane Award