Breaking barriers, bridging care

Yankee — a unique doberman-corgi mix — has become something of an icon at the CVM’s Clinical Investigation Center (CIC), where his “mom” Sara Pracht is a lead research study technician specialist. She’s worked at the CIC since 2006.

Sunil Kumar Mor is forging new collaborations in an extreme setting to pursue novel advancements in molecular research.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine are expanding immunotherapy to better seek and destroy tumor cells — in both dogs and humans.

Researchers at the CVM set out to help spare racehorses 
 

Former Dean Trevor Ames, DVM, MS, DACVIM, was named Veterinarian of the Year and Veterinary Population Medicine professor. Tim Goldsmith, DVM, MPH, took home Faculty of the Year honors at the annual meeting of the Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association. A number of CVM alumni also received recognition.

There’s a story Kayla Sample, ’18 DVM, likes to tell from her undergraduate years that exemplifies the power of community veterinary medicine. Sample was volunteering with a student-run free veterinary clinic when she met a homeless woman, “Dee,” and Dee’s dog Buddy.