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”

• 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”

• VTPP has a new Twitter handle @TAMUphysiology

• VTPP completed first 4 year goal of 8 new NIH R01s (2018-2022)

• 60 peer-reviewed publications and 41 extramural grant submissions with 4 awarded in 2021

National/International

• Ms. Mandy Zachgo was recognized by the AVMA as an outstanding veterinary technician

• The 2022 Experimental Biology meeting was a success for VTPP faculty, staff and student attendees.

• 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