VETERINARY PHYSIOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY (VTPP) •
Dr. Ivan Rusyn and colleagues received a new EPA award entitled “A tiered hybrid experimental-computational strategy for rapid risk assessment of complex environmental mixtures using novel analytical and toxicological methods”
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Dr. Annie Newell-Fugate and Dr. Cris Heaps (Co-PIs) were awarded UT Southwestern Center for Translational Medicine (Pilot Award) entitled “Impact of exercise on the coronary perivascular adipose tissue microenvironment”
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VTPP has a new Twitter handle @TAMUphysiology
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VTPP completed first 4 year goal of 8 new NIH R01s (2018-2022)
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60 peer-reviewed publications and 41 extramural grant submissions with 4 awarded in 2021
National/International
VTPP PhD students Josh Bertels, Kirby Sherman and Rebecca Harlow presenting at Texas A&M Student Research Week with faculty
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Ms. Mandy Zachgo was recognized by the AVMA as an outstanding veterinary technician
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The 2022 Experimental Biology meeting was a success for VTPP faculty, staff and student attendees.
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VTPP faculty member Dr. Ivan Rusyn’s Toxicology T32 (2T32ES026568-06A1) was renewed. The renewal included 8 pre-doctoral positions (meaning a doubling of the program’s size) and 2 post-doctoral fellowship awards
VTPP Publications 2019-2021 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10
Austin Warren and Dr. Alice Blue-McLendon
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