Congratulations go out to all of our alumni listed below.

Duncan Ferguson, VMD, PhD, (1982) DACVIM, DACVCP, Professor and Head, Department of Comparative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine at Illinois.

Dr. Ferguson received a Fulbright Teaching/Research Fellowship to go on sabbatical to Hannover, Germany in Fall, 2013.

Stephanie J. Murphy, VMD, PhD, (1996) DACLAM, Associate Professor, Director, APOM Core Animal Laboratories and Training, Associate Director, OHSU Research Center for Gender Based Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University.

Dr. Murphy was awarded the American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners (ASLAP) Excellence in Research Award for 2013. She will be giving a lecture on her work at the 2013 AVMA meeting in July.

Katherine (Masek) Hammerman, VMD, PhD, (2006) Principal Scientist and Pathologist, Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, MA

Kate and her husband added a baby girl to their family on Dec 22, 2012! Allison Olivia is their second child, with three year old big brother Nathan being the first.

John L. Robertson, VMD, PhD, (1977) Professor, Department of Basic Science, Virginia Tech School of Medicine and Research Institute.

Dr. Robertson retired on January 31, 2013 from VMRCVM and began work on February 1, 2013 (career#3!) as a Professor of Biomedical Engineeringin the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Science.

Jessica Bertout, VMD, PhD, (2010) Postdoctoral Fellow, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Dr. Bertout was awarded the 2013 Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Research Gilman Family Scientific Scholar Award for a project entitled: “High-Resolution Detection of Somatic Ovarian Cancer Mutations in Bodily Fluids”. The award is for one year and $60,000.

Bruce Smith VMD, PhD (1993) Professor of Pathology and Scientist,
Scott-Ritchey Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine,
Auburn University

Dr. Smith just published a new book chapter: Canine breast cancer and lymphoma as models in cancer research, Lutful Kabir, F, O’Neill, AM, Smith, BF, Bird, RC, in Animal Models of Cancer Research, SA Murray ed., March 2013, pp. 69-86.
In addition, he was awarded a two year $118,848 American Kennel Club-Canine Health Foundation grant on conditionally replicative adenovirus therapy for canine osteosarcoma. 

Todd Strochlic, VMD, PhD Postdoctoral Associate, Fox Chase Cancer Center VMD/PhD (2008)

Dr. Strochlic has a new publication:
Hartman, T.R., Strochlic, T.I., Ji, Y., Zinshteyn, D., and O'Reilly, A.M. (2013) Diet controls Drosophila follicle stem cell proliferation via Hedgehog sequestration and release.J. Cell Biol. (2013, in press).

Sarah L. Ralston, VMD, PhD, (1982) Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, Rutgers University.

Dr. Ralston has loads of new stuff!
First, she was promoted to Professor at Rutgers University!
Second she was awarded a 3 month Fulbright Scholars without Borders award for Spring 2014 to spend at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil to teach Equine nutrition and to carry out research.
Third, she has LOADS of new publications and invited talks following on the next page.

Book Chapters:

1. Ralston SL, Harris P. Old horses, including those with pituitary dysfunction. In: Equine Applied and Clinical Nutrition, Geor R, Harris P, Coenen M (eds), Elsevier Press, pp. 2013.
2. Tennant-Brown BS, Epstein KL, Ralston SL. Nutrition. In: Southwood l (ed) Practical Guide to Equine Colic, First Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Published 2013 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,pp. 301-316, 2012

Refereed Publications:

1. Pappalardo L, Pelczer I, Ralston SL. Detection of metabolic differences between draft-cross and Mustang horses by metabonomic analyses. J. Equine Vet Sci. In Press, 2013
2. Ralston SL. Rutgers Young Horse Teaching and Research Program: Undergraduate Student outcomes. J. Anim Sci. 90:4671-4676 (2012) PMID: 22767090. http://jas.fass.org/content/early/2012/07/05/jas.2012-5460.long.
3. Ralston SL, Molnar A. Rutgers Young Horse Teaching and Research Program: sustainability of taking a risk with "at risk" horses. J. Anim Sci. 90:4777-4670 (2012) PMID: 22767092. http://jas.fass.org/content/early/2012/07/05/jas.2012-5459.long
4. Ralston SL, Stives, M. Supplementation of ascorbic acid in weanling horses following prolonged transportation. Animals 2, 184-194 (Special issue: Monogastric Animal Nutrition and Metabolism) http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/2/2/184/, 2012.
5. Otto J, Ralston SL. Disseminating equine research and teaching videos through the institutional repository: a collaboration. Journal of Agricultural and Food Information 13(1):64-77, 2012. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10496505.2012.638247

Invited presentations at conferences:

1. *Ralston SL. Forage-based Total Mixed Rations: An economic alternative? Proc American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum, New Orleans, LA, Paper #196, pp 117-118, 2012.
2. *Ralston SL, Pappalardo L, Pelczer I, Spears PF, Chen Y. Metabonomic Studies: Potential for Identification and Prevention of OCD in foals. Proc American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum, New Orleans, LA, June, 2012. Paper #195, pp 114-1116, 2012.
3. *Ralston, SL. Feeding the Post Colic Horse. Proc. California Animal Nutrition Conference. May, 2012, Fresno, CA, pp 141-144.