Our Mission:

NAVS Board Coordinator/Student Director
University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine
Research Focus: Investigation of the neuropathologic, genetic, and molecular features of a late-onset peripheral neuropathy in Labrador Retrievers.

Colloquium Planning Student Director
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: Stem cells, translational medicine

Secretary
Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

Co-Communications Lead & Co-Alumni Coordinator, Colloquium Planning Team
North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interest: Clinical trials of aging dogs and dementia.

Co-Communications Lead & Webmaster, Colloquium Planning Team
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interest: Comparative models of knee osteoarthritis pain and joint fibrosis.

Co-Alumni Coordinator, Colloquium Planning Team
North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine
Research Focus: The relationships of the intestinal epithelium, enteric glial network and gut microbiota during postnatal maturation and in the context of acute repair.

Colloquium Planning Team, Representative
Oregon State University Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: Wildlife conservation, disease ecology, high consequence pathogens spillover

Representative
University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interest: Characterization of an antigenic target shared by Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei to develop novel countermeasures (mRNA vaccines, antibody-based therapeutics) against melioidosis and glanders.

Representative
University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interest: Crosstalk between muscle and bone in the context of early exercise intervention in horses.

Representative
University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interest: Investigating the role of Yes-associated protein in regulating PD-L1 expression and immune evasion in angiosarcoma and canine hemangiosarcoma, aiming to enhance the efficacy of PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors in treating these cancers.

Representative
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Research Focus:Using transcriptomic and proteomic analysis to characterize the microenvironment of tumors after being treated with high-frequency irreversible electroporation (H-FIRE).

Representative
Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine
Research Focus: The effects of SARS-CoV-2 in North American white-tailed deer populations.

Representative
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: Intestinal epithelial biology; post-transcriptional modifications; intestinal stem cell; intestinal barrier function; intestinal epithelial repair and regeneration

Representative
North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: Cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, targeted drug delivery, animal models

Representative
University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: Utilizing patient-derived organoids as a model for personalized medicine to reduce the need for laboratory animals. Studying the comparative nature of spontaneously occurring tumor models between domestic animals and humans.

Representative
Oregon State University Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: Wildlife disease ecology, spatial epidemiology, ecoimmunology

Representative
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests:Parasitology, host-microbe interactions, mucosal immunology

Representative
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: Studying the effects of histotripsy (a novel high-intensity focused ultrasound tumor ablation modality) on osteosarcoma and its potential to enhance immunotherapy outcomes by modulating the immune microenvironment.

Representative
University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: Immunolgy and virology in large animals

Representative
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interest: Infectious disease epidemiology, genomics, diagnostic development, machine learning

Representative
Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Research Interests: Feline GI Lymphoma, Novel Feline Therapeutics

Representative
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: Modeling the effect migratory birds have on the current avian influenza outbreak. Simulations of potential disease progression to include possible spillover sites into humans.

Representative
Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine