Kathleen Lenehan Kalbian, V’22, attended the 2020 American Association of Swine Veterinarians national conference in Atlanta. She presented her summer research, “Impact on Piglet Behavior After Use of Flunixin Meglumine at Time of Castration” in the oral presentation competition and was awarded an Elanco Veterinary Student Scholarship. She is affiliated with the Penn Vet Swine Teaching and Research Center. Her collaborator is Dr. Meghann Pierdon, Assistant Professor, Clinical Production Medicine.
Lindsay Martin, V’22, completed a four-week externship at the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife on Sanibel Island in Southwest Florida. She triaged and cared for sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife through evidence-based conservation medicine and a focus on One Health. As an extern, she provided medical treatments as well as proper husbandry and environmental enrichment to aquatic and terrestrial reptilian, avian, and mammalian species.
Victoria Leopardi, V’23, worked in the Garden and Luo Immune Regulation Laboratory as the NIH/Boehringer Ingelheim Summer Research Program student. She presented a poster on “Infectious Disease in the Etiology of Myasthenia Gravis: A Systematic Review” at the National Veterinary Scholars Symposium.