AASV Foundation Announces Student Scholarships

March 11, 2015 — 

The American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation awarded scholarships totaling $25,000 to 15 veterinary students during the 46th AASV Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL.

Joseph Thomas, Iowa State University, received the $5,000 scholarship for top student presentation. His presentation was titled "Effect of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus infectious doses on outcome of infection in naïve neonatal piglets and weaned pigs." Zoetis provided the financial support for the Top Student Presenter award. Additional scholarships totaling $20,000 were provided by Eli Lilly and Company Foundation, on behalf of Elanco Animal Health. Four veterinary student presenters received $2,500 scholarships: Brianna Peters, University of Tennessee, Christopher Sievers, Iowa State University, Alyssa Taplett, Iowa State University, and Kathleen Wood, North Carolina State University.

Five veterinary student presenters received $1,500 scholarships: Hunter Baldry, University of Minnesota, Brigitte Mason, University of Illinois, Jacqueline Myers, Iowa State University, Scott Radke, Iowa State University and Ryan Tenbergen, University of Guelph.

Those student presenters receiving $500 scholarships were: Colleen Crozier, North Carolina State University, Amanda Harris, Iowa State University, Alexandra John, University of Pennsylvania, Emily Renner, University of Minnesota and Quinn Robinson, Iowa State University.

Sixty-one veterinary students from 16 universities submitted abstracts for consideration. From those submissions, fifteen students were selected to present during the annual meeting. Zoetis, sponsor of the Student Seminar, provided a $750 travel stipend to each student selected to participate.

A panel of judges selected the recipients on the basis of communications skills in the writing of the abstract and the presentation of the case report, and on applicability of the research to swine medicine.