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  • Jyotika Varshney, ’16 PhD, became founder and CEO of VeriSIM Life, a biotech company developing AI animal models as an efficient and ethical alternative method for drug development testing, in October 2017.

  • Katie Vance, ’16 DVM, is a new full-time associate with Kenwood Pet Clinic. She has a passion for internal medicine, as well as a special interest in soft tissue surgery.

  • Tamer Sharaf El Din, ’15 PhD, recently became a clinical assistant professor at Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences in the Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences.

  • Nubia Resende-De-Macedo, ’15 PhD, is now a postdoc research associate in Iowa State University’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in the Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine.

  • Maria Clavijo, DVM, ’14 PhD, is now a research assistant professor at Iowa State University’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in the Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine.

  • Andréia Gonçalves Arruda, DVM, ’12 MS, PhD, is now an assistant professor in the Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine at The Ohio State University.

  • Fernando Leite, ’18 PhD, moved to Duluth, Georgia, in May to start his new role as a technical manager at Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health. He is responsible for the technical oversight of three orally administered vaccines and the diseases they help prevent in swine. Two of the vaccines are to pathogens which were the focus of Leite’s PhD. 

    Issue: Fall 2018
  • Rachel Friese, ’18 DVM, started a new position as Veterinarian at Clear Lake Veterinary Clinic PC in South Dakota. 

    Issue: Fall 2018
  • Christopher Deegan, ’18 DVM, recently started a new position as a veterinarian at Suidae Health and Production. 

    Issue: Fall 2018