Gustavo Lopez, DVM, PhD student, was recently selected as the recipient of the Carlos Pijoan Graduate Student Fellowship in Swine Medicine for the 2018–19 school year. Prior to pursuing his PhD at the University of Minnesota, Lopez spent six years in Russia, working for a large meat production company. There he filled different roles, such as wean-to-finish production manager, head of genetic services, and head of health services. Lopez received his DVM in 2010 from Universidad Central de Venezuela.
The Carlos Pijoan Graduate Student Fellowship in Swine Medicine honors Carlos Pijoan, DVM, PhD, who joined the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine faculty in 1982. Pijoan created and led the Swine Disease Eradication Center. The fellowship helps train the next generation of specialists in swine health and production to conduct applied research on the transmission, diagnosis, control, and elimination of economically significant diseases of swine.
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