Gary Althouse, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACT, presented an invited talk in June at the 13th Biennial Conference of the Association of Applied Animal Andrology (4A) in Bologna, Italy. He also accepted a nomination to join 4A’s Executive Board in 2022.
Montserrat Anguera, PhD, published Jiwrajka N and Anguera MC, “The X in seX-biased Immunity and Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease,” Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20211487. She also published Lovell CD and Anguera MC, “Long Noncoding RNAs That Function in Nutrition: Lnc-ing Nutritional Cues to Metabolic Pathways,” Annual Review of Nutrition, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-nutr-062220-030244.
Lillian Aronson, VMD, published Small Animal Surgical Emergencies, second edition (Wiley Blackwell, 2022). She also published Aronson LR, Phillips H, and Oyama MA, “Characterization of Preoperative Cardiovascular Status and Association with Outcome Following Feline Renal Allograft Transplantation: 166 Cases,” JAVMA, 2022, https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.22.03.0120. She also published Wilson J, Douglas H, and Aronson LR, “Anesthetic Management of Three Dogs Undergoing Renal Transplantation Surgery,” Veterinary Record, 2022.
Matthew Atherton, BVSc, PhD, published Gedney A, Salah P, Mahoney JA, Krick E, Martins R, Scavello H, Lenz JA, and Atherton MJ, “Evaluation of the Anti-Tumor Activity of Coriolus Versicolor Polysaccharopeptide (I’m Yunity®) Alone or in Combination with Doxorubicin for Canine Splenic Hemangiosarcoma,” Veterinary and Comparative Oncology, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1111/vco.12823. He also published Atherton MJ and Mason NM, “A Bitesize Introduction to Canine Hematologic Malignancies,” Blood Advances, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2021005045.
Alireza Badiei, PhD, published Badiei A, Beltran WA, and Aguirre GD, “Altered Transsulfuration Pathway Enzymes and Redox Homeostasis in Inherited Retinal Degenerative Diseases,” Experimental Eye Research, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exer.2021.108902.
William Beltran, DVM, PhD, presented “Proof of Concept Studies of Gene Therapy for NPHP5-LCA in a Canine Model: Efficacy of Intervention at Advanced Stages of Disease and Long-Term Restoration of Vision” at the Cell/Gene Therapy Meeting in Denver in April 2022. He also presented “Long-Term Follow-Up of Gene Therapy for NPHP5-LCA in a Canine Model Shows Restoration of Photoreceptor Function and Vision for > 5 Years” at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Meeting in Denver in May 2022.
Tonya Bennett, director of educational technology, was recognized by EdTech Magazine as one of “30 Higher Education IT Influencers to Follow.” And, along with Penn Vet educational technology team members Brendan Gallagher and Elona Canaj, Bennett was awarded the 2022 Model of Excellence Award for her role in the university’s cross-campus Penn Zoom team that supported COVID- induced, online teaching.
Eleanor Boyd retired after 23 years of service as senior medical records associate at New Bolton Center.
Leonardo Brito, DVM, PhD, DACT, was appointed deputy editor of Theriogenology, a publication specializing in animal reproduction that is consistently ranked among the top veterinary journals. In addition, he was appointed chair of the Job Task Analysis Committee and member of the Exam Scoring Committee of the American College of Theriogenology. He also presented “Advances in Sexed Semen Production” for the animal sciences graduate program at the Universidade do Oeste Paulista, Brazil.
Lee Brittingham retired after 38 years of service in the clinical lab at New Bolton Center.
Anthony Carty, DVM, MS, was hired as associate professor of laboratory animal medicine in the Department of Pathobiology.
Ana Castejon-Gonzalez, DVM, was named a fellow of the American Veterinary Dental College Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Candice Chu, DVM, PhD, DACVP, was accepted into the Penn Faculty Pathways Program, a career leadership program for tenure and clinician-educator track assistant professors in science, technology, engineering, math & medicine (STEMM). She also received a McCabe Pilot Award for “Comparison of Sample Volume and Isolation Methods for Urinary Extracellular Vesicles Derived MicroRNA for Transcriptomic Biomarker Studies in Cats with Chronic Kidney Disease.”
Sarah Colmer, VMD, received the American Association of Veterinary Clinicians (AAVC) 2022 Resident Award. Winners are chosen by the AAVC Awards Committee based on evidence of sustained excellence throughout the clinical residency in clinical service, clinical teaching, client communications, and research.
Valerie Dufour, DVM, MSc, presented “Surgical Technique, Histopathology and Visual Outcome Following Sector Iridectomy for Uveal Melanocytic Mass in the Dog: 13 Cases” at the European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists Meeting in Salzburg, Austria in June 2022.
Brian Flesner, DVM, MSc, will serve as chair of the Osteosarcoma Research Scientific Advisory Board at Morris Animal Foundation.
Hannah Galantino-Homer, VMD, PhD, DACT, received an outstanding poster award for “Expression of Equine Keratins K42 and K124 Is Restricted to the Hoof Epidermal Lamellae (Nail Bed Epithelium) of Equus Caballus” at the 2022 Gordon Research Conference on Intermediate Filaments, Mount Snow, Vermont, on June 5–10, 2022.
Alexa Gray, PhD, presented “Surgical Procedure and Applicability of the Orbit Subretinal Delivery System (SDS)TM in the Normal Adult Canine Eye” at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Meeting in Denver in May 2022. She also presented “Evaluation of the Orbit Subretinal Delivery System (SDS)TM in the Normal Adult Canine Eye” at the European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists Meeting in Salzburg, Austria, in June 2022. In addition, she published Gray AP, Sato Y, Miyadera K, and Aguirre GD, “Novel Insights into Chorioretinal and Juxtapapillary Colobomas by Optical Coherence Tomography,” Veterinary Ophthalmology, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1111/vop.12970.
Maureen Griffin, DVM, received a $30,000 McCabe Pilot Award for “Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping for Canine Apocrine Gland Anal Sac Adenocarcinoma.”
Jamie Guiberson, CVT, VTS-EVN, presented “Horse Body Basics” at the Horse Sense community outreach event for the Amish sponsored by the Standardbred Retirement Foundation. Alycia Crandall, DVM, presented “Horse Emergencies” and Nicole Scherrer, DVM, presented “Daily and Preventative Care to Keep Horses Well.”
David Levine, DVM, received the CS-NBC Teaching Excellence Award.
Timothy Manzi, VMD, DACVR, DACVR-EDI, was appointed clinical assistant professor of diagnostic imaging in the Department of Clinical Studies-New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine as of April 2022.
Anna Massie, DVM, received a McCabe Pilot Award for “Assessment of Microdamage and Peri-Prosthetic Healing Related to Zinc-Coated Implants in a Rabbit Femur Model.”
Keiko Miyadera, DVM, PhD, published Miyadera K, Santana E, Roszak K, Iffrig S, Visel M, Iwabe S, Boyd RF, Bartoe JT, Sato Y, Gray A, Ripolles Garcia A, Dufour V, Byrne LC, Flannery JC, Beltran WC, and Aguirre GD, “Targeting ON-Bipolar Cells by AAV Gene Therapy Stably Reverses LRIT3-Congenital Stationary Night Blindness,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2117038119.
Louise Moncla, PhD, was hired as assistant professor of pathobiology.
Lisa Murphy, VMD, DABT, was promoted to professor of toxicology on July 1, 2022.
Cris Navas De Solis, LV, PhD, was part of the Organizing Committee for the Havemeyer Conference for Poor Performance in Horses in Gallatin Gateway, Montana, in May 2022. He also organized the workshop “Translating Elite Human Coaching to Equine Sports with the Equine High-Performance Sports Group” in March 2022. In addition, he published Boutet BG, Gordon SG, De Solis CN, Lepiz MA, Saunders AB, and Wesselowski S, “Feasibility and Clinical Utility of Transvenous Intracardiac Echocardiography in Conscious, Sedated Horses,” Journal of Veterinary Cardiology, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvc.2022.05.002.
Kevin Niedringhaus, BVetMed, PhD, was hired as assistant professor of wildlife pathology in the Department of Pathobiology.
Eric Parente, DVM, received the House Officer Mentoring Award.
Blythe Philips, VMD, was hired as assistant professor of laboratory animal medicine in the Department of Pathobiology.
Dipti Pitta, MVSc, PhD, was appointed to the fourteenth cohort of the Penn Fellows Program, a leadership development program for select mid-career faculty.
Enrico Radaelli, DVM, PhD, DECVP, published Kalbasi A, Siurala M, Su LL, Tariveranmoshabad M, Picton LK, Ravikumar P, Li P, Lin JX, Escuin- Ordinas H, Da T, Kremer SV, Sun AL, Castelli S, Agarwal S, Scholler J, Song D, Rommel PC, Radaelli E, Young RM, Leonard WJ, Ribas A, June CH, and Garcia KC, “Potentiating Adoptive Cell Therapy Using Synthetic IL-9 Receptors,” Nature, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04801-2.
Anna Ripolles-Garcia, PhD, presented “Triple Drug Immunosuppression for Xenotransplantation of Human Photoreceptor Precursor Cells in the Canine Retina” at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Meeting in Denver in May 2022. She also presented “Retinal Vascular Plexuses Are Unequally Affected in Canine Inherited Retinal Degenerations” at the European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists Meeting in Salzburg, Austria, in June 2022.
Mary Robinson, VMD, PhD, DACVCP, was an invited speaker, along with Dr. Klaus Hopster, at the ACVIM Forum on Equine Pain Management in June.
Clair Sauer, CVT, MSEd, received the Emergency and Critical Care Society 2022 Stephen Haskins Memorial Scholarship, which will allow her to represent Penn Vet nursing at the annual conference later this year.
Deborah Silverstein, DVM, DACVECC, published Gradilla SM, Balakrishnan A, Silverstein DC, Pratt CL, Fletcher DJ, and Wolf JM, “Owner Experiences with and Perceptions of Owner-Witnessed CPR in Veterinary Medicine,” Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1111/vec.13180.
Paolo Silvestrini, DVM, MSc, PhD, received the Resident Award for Outstanding Teaching.
Joann Slack, DVM, received the Robert Whitlock Award.
Boris Striepen, PhD, received a European Molecular Biology Organization postdoctoral fellowship to Aurelia Ballestra and a Swiss National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship to Sebastian Shaw. He published English ED, Guerin A, Tandel J, and Striepen B, “Live Imaging of the Cryptosporidium Parvum Life Cycle Reveals Direct Development of Male and Female Gametes from Type I Meronts,” PLoS Biology, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001604. He also published Gibson AR, Sateriale A, Dumaine JE, Engiles JB, Pardy RD, Gullicksrud JA, O’Dea K, Beiting DP, Hunter CA, and Striepen B, “A Genetic Screen Identifies a Protective Type III Interferon Response to Cryptosporidium That Requires TLR3 Dependent Recognition,” PLoS Pathogens, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010003. He also delivered the opening keynote for the 2022 Woods Hole Immunoparasitology meeting.
Caroline Sobotyk de Oliveira, VMD, MSc, PhD, was hired as assistant professor of clinical parasitology in the Department of Pathobiology.
Raghavi Sudharsan, PhD, received a McCabe Fund Pilot Award for “Functional Characterization of a Novel Prolactin Isoform in Inherited Retinopathies using a Knockdown Approach.”
Kei Takahashi, PhD, presented “Molecular Characterization of MAP9 in Primary Cilia as a Modifier of Canine RPGRIP1 Cone-Rod Dystrophy” at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Meeting in Denver in May 2022.
Vincent Thawley, VMD, was promoted to associate professor of clinical emergency and critical care.
Charles Vite, DVM, PhD, became chair of the Canine Committee and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Seeing Eye in December. He spoke about “Markers of Disease Severity and Progression in Large Animal Models of Neurodegenerative Disease,” at the Experimental Biology ACVP/ASIP symposium in Philadelphia in April 2022. And he spoke about “Optimizing Intracisternal Magna Gene Therapy for Niemann-Pick Type C Disease,” at the Michael, Marcia, and Christa Parseghian Scientific Conference for Niemann- Pick Type C Research in Tucson in May 2022.
Jeremy Wang, MD, PhD, published Guan Y, Lin H, Leu NA, Ruthel G, Fuchs SY, Busino L, Luo M, and Wang PJ, “SCF Ubiquitin E3 Ligase Regulates Meiotic DNA Double- Strand Breaks in Early Meiotic Recombination,” Nucleic Acids Research, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkac304. He also published Lin H, Cheng K, Kubota H, Lan Y, Riedel SS, Kakiuchi K, Sasaki K, Bernt KM, Bartolomei MS, Luo M, and Wang PJ, “Histone Methyltransferase DOT1L Is Essential for Self-Renewal of Germline Stem Cells,” Genes & Development, 2022, http://www.genesdev.org/cgi/doi/10.1101/gad.349550.122.
Amanda Watkins, VMD, became a large animal surgery resident at New Bolton Center. She received the NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award, a two-year research fellowship for clinical specialists working across inter-disciplinary and comparative research teams.
Elizabeth Woodward, PhD, was promoted to clinical associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences.
Grants
Jorge Alvarez, PhD, received a two-year $300,000 grant from the Stanford Uytengsu-Hamilton 22q11 Neuropsychiatry Research Program (UH22QEXTFY22) for Dysregulation within the Brain-Immune Axis in the 22q11.2 Deletion syndrome. He also received a $150,000 grant from Stanford University for Dysregulation within the Brain- Immune Axis in the 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome. The grant spans from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2023.
Montserrat Anguera, PhD, received a $275,000 grant from the University of Pennsylvania for Sex-Dependent Regulation of Host Factors Influencing SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19 Disease. The grant spans from April 2022 to March 2024. Her collaborator is Dr. Andrew Vaughan. She also received $275,000 1 R21 AR081588-01 grant for Elucidating the Role of Dynamic X-Chromosome Inactivation Maintenance in the Pathogenesis of Systemic Sclerosis. The grant spans from July 1, 2022 to June 2024. She is affiliated with the Anguera lab. She also received a $275,000 NIH R21 grant for Sex-Dependent Regulation of Host Factors Influencing SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19 Disease. The grant spans from April 15, 2022 to March 31, 2023. In addition, she received a $150,000 grant from the Institute for Regenerative Medicine for Generation of Live Cell Imaging System to Investigate X-linked mRNA Expression Dynamics during the Development of the Immune System and with Immune Responses. The grant spans from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024. She also received a $8,000 grant from the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CURF) for CURF undergraduate mentoring. The grant spans from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023.
Lillian Aronson, VMD, received a one-year $165,928 grant from Purina for Untargeted Plasma Metabolomics and Biomarker, DNA, and Microbiome Assessments in Cats with and without Chronic Kidney Disease. Her collaborators are Dr. Johnny Li, Dr. Mary Beth Callan, and Dr. Ariel Mosenco. She also received a one-year $23,000 grant from EveryCat for Identification of Urinary Extracellular Vesicles-Derived MicroRNAs as Sensitive and Specific Biomarkers for Early-Stage Feline Chronic Kidney Disease. Her collaborator is Dr. Candice Chu. She also received a $119,373 grant from Nestlé Purina for Untargeted Plasma Metabolomics and Biomarker, DNA, and Microbiome Assessments in Cats with and without Chronic Kidney Disease. The grant spans from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022.
Michael Atchison, PhD, received a $24,000 grant from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals for the 2022 Boehringer Ingelheim Veterinary Summer Scholars Program. The grant spans from January 1, 2022 to December 30, 2022.
Matthew Atherton, BVSc, PhD, received a $711,345 NIH grant for Prognostic and Therapeutic Implications of IFNAR1 Signaling on CAR T Cell Therapy for Cancer. The grant spans from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2026.
William Beltran, DVM, PhD, received a $250,000 grant from the Foundation for Fighting Blindness for Preclinical Evaluation of an iPSC-Derived Photoreceptor Therapeutic in Canine Model of Retinitis Pigmentosa. The grant spans from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. He also received a U.S. $289,423 grant from Fighting Blindness Canada for Preclinical Evaluation of an iPSC-Derived Photoreceptor Therapeutic in Canine Models of Retinitis Pigmentosa. The grant spans from January 1, 2022 to December 30, 2023.
Andres Blanco, PhD, received a $50,000 grant from the University Research Foundation for Investigating the Role of KAT6A as a Potential Therapeutic Target in Acute Myeloid Leukemia. The grant spans from March 1, 2022 to February 28, 2023. He also received a $50,000 Hollis Brownstein New Investigator grant from the Leukemia Research Foundation Dual Targeting of LSD1 and KAT6A to Induce Therapeutic Differentiation in AML. The grant spans from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. He also received a $100,000 grant from the Margaret Q. Landenberger Research Foundation for Investigating the Role of KAT6A as a Differentiation Therapy Target MLL-Rearranged Acute Myeloid Leukemia. The grant spans from November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2023. In addition, he received a $25,000 grant from the American Association for Cancer Research for Evaluating KAT6A as a Novel Target for Non-APL AML Differentiation Therapy. The grant spans from December 1, 2021 to November 30, 2022.
Leonardo Brito, DVM, PhD, DACT, received a $56,262 grant from the Pennsylvania Center for Poultry and Livestock Excellence For Swine Resistome After Antibiotic Therapeutic Intramuscular Treatment or Artificial Insemination with Semen Extender Containing Preservative-Level Antibiotics. The grant spans from June 2022 to April 2023. His collaborators are Dr. Dipti Pitta, Dr. Gary Althouse, and Dr. Thomas Parsons. He also received a $10,650 grant from the AKC Canine Health Foundation for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Evaluation of Dog Sperm Morphology. The grant spans from June 2022 to June 2023. He also received a $5,000 grant from the Theriogenology Foundation for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Evaluation of Bull Sperm Morphology. The grant spans from June 2022 to June 2023. And he received a $56,262 grant from the Center for Poultry and Livestock Excellence for Temporal Changes in Swine Vaginal and Fecal Microbiome and Resistome Before and After Antibiotic Therapeutic Intramuscular Treatment or Artificial Insemination with Semen Extender Containing Preservative- Level Antibiotics. The grant spans from March 1, 2022 to March 1, 2023.
Igor Brodsky, PhD, received a $6,000 grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund for the ToCaShinSky Annual Host Microbe Interactions NYU-Penn Research Symposium. The grant spanned from May 1, 2022 to May 31, 2022.
Candice Chu, DVM, PhD, DACVP, received a $23,000 grant from the EveryCat Health Foundation for Identification of Urinary Extracellular Vesicles-Derived MicroRNAs as Sensitive and Specific Biomarkers for Early-Stage Feline Chronic Kidney Disease. The grant spans from July 2022 to June 2024. She is affiliated with the Extracellular Vesicle Core lab. Her collaborators are Dr. Lillian Aronson and Dr. Luca Musante.
Zhengxia Dou, PhD, received a $769,231 grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture/ Department of Agriculture for Developing Novel Feeds via Bioprocessing of Food Waste and Crop Residue Biomass to Support Sustainable Dairy Production. The grant spans from February 1, 2022 to January 31, 2025.
Raimon Duran-Struuck, DVM, PhD, received a $140,835 from Interius BioTherapeutics, Inc. for Development of Technology to Generate In Vivo-Transduced Immune Cells. The grant spans from February 1, 2022 to January 31, 2023. He also received a $1,909,118 NIH R01 grant for Engineering T Cells to Promote Islet Transplant. The grant spans from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2026. His collaborator is James L. Riley (PSOM).
Julie Ellis, PhD, received a $3,000,000 grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation for the Stewardship of Wildlife Health Initiative. The grant spans from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025.
Brian Flesner, DVM, MSc, received a $45,510 grant from Case Western Reserve University for COTC029: Pilot Assessment of BG34-200 in Spontaneous Canine Cancers. The grant spans from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. He also received a $30,000 grant from the Companion Animal Research Fund for Use of the PI3K Inhibitor Copanlisib to Treat Splenic Hemangiosarcoma Harboring PI3K Pathway Mutations. The grant spans from April 15, 2022 to April 15, 2024. He also received a $31,147 grant from Cure Biotech for Evaluation of Resiquimod (CB101) in Combination with Radiation Therapy in Dogs with Head and Neck Cancer. The grant spans from February 9, 2022 to February 9, 2023.
Maureen Griffin, DVM, received a $29,093 grant from the Companion Animal Research Fund for Cathepsin-Activated Near-Infrared Imaging for Intraoperative Detection of Insulinomas. The grant spans from April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024. She also received a $29,907 grant from the Companion Animal Research Fund for Evaluation of Pre- and Intra-Operative Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping Techniques for Canine Thyroid Carcinoma. The grant spans from April 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024.
Ron Harty, PhD, received a $600,000 NIH/NIAID grant for Development of Host-Oriented Therapeutics Targeting Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The grant spans from 2022 to 2024. Harty is collaborating with the Fox Chase Chemical Diversity Center and the Texas Biomedical Research Institute.
Christopher Lengner, PhD, received a $150,000 grant from the Institute for Regenerative Medicine for Testing Genotype-Specific Therapeutic Inhibition of NOTUM in Human Colon Cancer Tumor Organoid Models. The grant spans from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024.
Jennifer Lenz, DVM, received a $29,945 grant from the Companion Animal Research Fund for Exploring the Osteopontin- CD44 Axis to Uncover Therapeutic Targets for Histiocytic Sarcoma. The grant spans from July 1, 2022 to July 1, 2024.
Claudia Lovell, PhD, received a $3,000 grant from the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. for Defining X Chromosome Inactivation and Escape in Age-Associated B Cells. The grant spans from June 20, 2022 to August 31, 2022. She also received a $3,000 from the Lupus Foundation of America, Philadelphia Tri-State Chapter for Defining X Chromosome Inactivation and Escape in Age-Associated B Cells. The grant spanned from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. She also received a $4,000 grant from the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. for Defining X Chromosome Inactivation Maintenance and Escape in Age-Associated B Cells. The grant spanned from June 30, 2021 to December 31, 2021. In addition, she received a $30,000 Future Physician Scientist Award from the Rheumatology Research Foundation. The grant spans from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023. Lovell is affiliated with the Anguera lab.
Nicola Mason, BVetMed, PhD, received a $349,529 NIH grant for Coordinating Center for Canine Immunotherapy Trials and Correlative Studies. The grant spanned from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2022.
Andrew Modzelewski, PhD, received a $153,230 grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development for the Role of Retrotransposon Activity in Mammalian Pre-Implantation Development. The grant spans from March 18, 2022 to January 31, 2023.
Kyla Ortved, DVM, PhD, received a $109,350 grant from Zoetis for Evaluation of Autologous Protein Solution (Pro-Stride®) in an Equine Model of Synovitis. The grant spans from December 15, 2021 to February 15, 2023. She also received a $76,893 grant from the University of Wisconsin-Madison for Translational Research Workforce Training: Leveraging the Veterinary Specialist. The grant spanned from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2022.
Cynthia Otto DVM, PhD, received a $52,810 NIH grant for Effective, Reagent-Free Detection of the Odor Signature of COVID-19 Infection Using a Nano-Enabled Sensor Array. The grant spans from January 10, 2022 to December 31, 2022.
Mark Oyama, DVM, MSCE, received a $2,114 CHOP/R01 grant for Serotonin Signaling in Mitral Valve Homeostasis, Maintenance and Restoration. The grant spans from March 1, 2022 to February 28, 2023. He also received a $5,000 grant from the Morris Animal Foundation for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research Symposium: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Cats and Humans. The grant spanned from March 9, 2022 to August 9, 2022.
Meghann Pierdon, VMD, received a $20,795 grant from the Center for Poultry and Livestock Excellence for Assessment of Welfare and Behavioral Impacts on Commercial Laying Hens Infested with Bed Bugs. The grant spans from March 1, 2022 to March 1, 2023. She also received a $36,217 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture for Origins of the Piglet Gut Microbiome. The grant spanned from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022.
Dipti Pitta, MVSc, PhD, received a $188,146 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for Modulating Inflammation During the Peri-Parturient Period: Understanding the Link Between Rumen Microbiome and Inflammation. The grant spans from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024. She also received a $765,385 grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture/Department of Agriculture for Increasing Efficiency and Reducing Methane Emissions of Dairy Herds by Bridging the Gap Between Animal and Data Science. The grant spans from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. She also received a $995,000 grant from USDA Inter-Disciplinary Engagement in Animal Systems (IDEAS) for Improving Efficiency and Reducing Methane Emissions of Dairy Herds by Bridging the Gap Between Animal and Data Science. The grant spans from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. She also received a $89,500 from the Center for Poultry and Livestock Excellence for Deciphering the Role of Gut Microbiome in Reducing Haemonchus Contortus Infestation in PA’s Small Ruminant Herds. The grant spans from November 16, 2021 to December 1, 2022. In addition, she received a $233,193 grant from DSM Nutritional Products AG for the Effect of 3-Nitrooxypropanol (3-NOP), a Persistent Methane Inhibitor, on the Ruminal Microbiota in Dairy Cows with Distinct Microbial Syntrophic Clusters. The grant spans from November 24, 2021 to December 31, 2023.
Ellen Puré, PhD, received a $768,647 grant from Capstan Therapeutics for a Capstan Therapeutics Puré Albelda sponsored research agreement. The grant spans from March 1, 2022 to February 28, 2023.
Enrico Radaelli, DVM, PhD, DECVP, received a $1,553,906 (direct and indirect costs) NIH/NCI P01-CA257904-01A1 grant to test the overall hypothesis that Proton/ Carbon/Electron Particle FLASH RT is superior to Standard Particle RT in protecting normal tissues while the two modalities are equipotent in controlling malignant growth. The grant spans from February 2022 to January 2027. Radaelli is affiliated with the Penn Vet Comparative Pathology Core.
Laurel Redding, VMD, PhD, received a $18,500 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture for Effect of Dietary Zinc on C. Difficile Colonization and Pathogenesis in Neonatal Piglets and Dairy Calves. The grant spans from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023. She also received a $829,976 NIH K23 grant for Impact of Pet Contact on Antimicrobial-Associated Dysbiosis and Clostridioides Difficile Infection. The grant spans from March 9, 2022 to February 28, 2027.
Mary Robinson, VMD, PhD, DACVCP, received a $773,621 grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Pennsylvania Equine Toxicology Research Laboratory. The grant spans from April 20, 2022 to April 19, 2027. She also received a $29.7 million grant from the Pennsylvania State Horse Racing Commission for Equine Pharmacological and Forensics Research and Service. The grant spans from April 20, 2022 to April 19, 2027. Robinson is affiliated with the Penn Vet Equine Pharmacology Lab. Her collaborators are Dr. Fuyu Guan, Dr. Youwen You, and Dr. Joanne Haughan.
Antonia Rotolo, MD, PhD, received a $50,000 grant from the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy for Harnessing Invariant NKT Cells to Exploit “Intact” Allogeneic CAR-T Therapies: A Pilot Trial in Companion Dogs with Spontaneous Solid Cancer. The grant spans from January 1, 2020 to November 30, 2022. She is affiliated with the Mason lab.
Kotaro Sasaki, MD, PhD, received a $42,314 grant from the University of Texas at San Antonio for Advancing Brain Health Research Through Male Germline Editing in Marmosets. The grant spans from August 1, 2021 to May 31, 2022.
Thomas Schaer, VMD, received a $99,795 grant from Drexel University for Orthopedic Surgical Devices with Controlled Fluid- Induced Expansion Properties for Improved Bone Fixation and Bone Integration. The grant spans from March 1, 2022 to March 1, 2023.
Phillip Scott, PhD, received a $6,000 NIH R13 grant for the 2022 Woods Hole Immunoparasitology Meeting. The grant spans from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023.
Boris Striepen, PhD, received a $1,397,540 (direct costs) grant from the University of Pennsylvania for Sexual Development of Cryptosporidium. The grant spans from 2022 to 2027. He also received a $279,503 grant for Sexual Development of Cryptosporidium. The grant spans from June 2, 2022 to May 31, 2027.
Natalie Toothacre, PhD, received a $3,000 grant from the Lupus Foundation of America, Philadelphia Tri-State Chapter for Elucidating the Role of DNA Methylation in Dynamic X Chromosome Inactivation and Lupus Disease Development in Female Lymphocytes. The grant spanned from June 20, 2022 to August 31, 2022. She also received a $4,000 grant from the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. for Elucidating the Role of DNA Methylation in Dynamic X Chromosome Inactivation and Lupus Disease Development in Female Lymphocytes. The grant spans from July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. She also received a $1,000 grant from the Lupus Foundation of America, Philadelphia Tri-State Chapter, for Elucidating the Role of DNA Methylation in Dynamic X Chromosome Inactivation and Lupus Disease Development in Female Lymphocytes. The grant spanned from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. Toothacre is affiliated with the Anguera lab.
Andrew van Eps, BVSc, PhD, received a $96,645 grant from the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation for Sirolimus for the Control of Insulin Dysregulation. The grant spans from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2024.
Andrew Vaughan, PhD, received a $50,000 grant from the Institute for Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases Pilot for Modeling COVID-19 Comorbidities with Novel Humanized ACE2 Mice. The grant spans from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023. He also received a $150,000 grant from the Institute for Regenerative Medicine for Defining the Role of the Type 2 Innate Lymphoid Cell/Tuft Cell Circuit in Upper and Lower Airway Epithelial Regeneration Upon Viral Injury. The grant spans from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024. He also received a $30,000 grant from ITMAT/PICAB for Modeling COVID-19 Comorbidities with Novel Humanized ACE2 Mice. The grant spans March 1, 2022 to February 28, 2023. He also received a $109,000 grant from the Moseley Foundation for Harnessing Alveolar Progenitor Cells for Lung Repair After COVID-19 and Beyond. The grant spans from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2023. And he received a $7,072 grant from Monell Chemical Senses Center for Mechanisms of Inflammation- Triggered Taste Loss and Its Recovery. The grant spanned April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022.
Charles Vite, DVM, PhD, received a one-year $49,726 grant from the Ara Parseghian Medical Research Fund in support of Feline NPC1 Colony for Preclinical Trials. He also received a one-year $100,000 grant from the Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation for Preclinical Evaluation of a Therapeutic CD22 Antibody in Feline Niemann-Pick Type C1 Disease. E. His collaborators are John Pluvinage at UCSD and Tony Wyss-Coray at Stanford.
Brittany Watson, VMD, PhD, received a $28,631 grant from Nestlé Purina for the Characteristics, Motivations, and Experiences of Foster Caregivers at Animal Shelters. The grant spans from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023.
Zebin Xiao, PhD, received a $56,500 grant from the Cancer Research Institute for Impact of FAP+ Stromal Cell Depletion on the Immune Landscape of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. The grant spans from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024. Xiao is affiliated with the Puré Lab.