Hospital Hosts 2023 Veterinary Intern and Resident Research Symposium

VIRRS winners with plaques
Drs. Trey Callahan, Nicole Yang, Martin Breen, and Shirley Kot accept their awards at the 2023 Veterinary Intern and Resident Research Symposium.

Hospital Hosts 2023 Veterinary Intern and Resident Research Symposium

Dr. Camilla Quattrini (right) accepts the Chris Smith Award for Outstanding Equine Research Study and Presentation at the 2023 Veterinary Intern and Resident Research Day. •
Dr. Camilla Quattrini (right) accepts the Chris Smith Award for Outstanding Equine Research Study and Presentation at the 2023 Veterinary Intern and Resident Research Symposium. 

On March 24, 2023, the UC Davis veterinary hospital hosted the 44th annual Gerald V. Ling Veterinary Intern and Resident Research Symposium (VIRRS). The day-long event featured short presentations of research findings from house officers (residents, fellows, interns) to fellow house officers, faculty, staff, students, and guests.

Having the ability to do research is a major advantage of doing a residency at the UC Davis veterinary hospital. With the largest and most diverse house office program in the country, the hospital is able to offer research opportunities not available elsewhere. UC Davis currently trains 133 house officers in 39 specialty disciplines, and 36 of them presented research studies at this year’s VIRRS, covering a large breadth of topics throughout veterinary medicine.

VIRRS is overseen by the House Officer Affairs Board, consisting of faculty members Drs. Jamie Burkitt (co-chair), Amandine Lejeune (co-chair), Allison Gagnon, Meera Heller, Richard Pereira, Natalia Vapniarsky-Arzi, and Kevin Woolard, with program support from staff members Nicole Adams, Simon Ehrlich, and Audra Johnson. Congratulations to the planning committee for organizing yet another successful VIRRS.

Award winners at the 2023 VIRRS included:

Gerald V. Ling Award
•    Dr. Nicole Yang (resident), Radiology: “Dual Tracer 18F-NaF/18F-FDG PET Protocol for Musculoskeletal Imaging in Dogs”
Outstanding Small Animal Research Study and Presentation Award #1
•    Dr. Trey Callahan (resident), Oncology: “Use of Kahoot! in Small Group Teaching of Clinical Veterinary Oncology - an Assessment of Its Impact on Student Learning”
Outstanding Small Animal Research Study and Presentation Award #2
•    Dr. Shirley Kot (resident), Dentistry and Oral Surgery: “Biomechanical Evaluation of Locking vs. Non-locking 2.0-mm Malleable L-miniplate Fixation of Simulated Caudal Mandibular Fractures in Cats”
Chris Smith Award for Outstanding Equine Research Study and Presentation
•    Dr. Camilla Quattrini (resident), Large Animal Medicine (equine emphasis): “Evaluation of Serum sCD14 Concentration as a Biomarker of Illness and Sepsis in Neonatal Thoroughbred Foals”
Outstanding Large Animal Research Study and Presentation Award
•    Dr. Martin Breen (resident), Dairy Production Medicine: “Effect of Group Housing of Prewean Dairy Calves on Health and Fecal Shedding of Antimicrobial Resistant Escherichia Coli and Enterococcus SPP”
Outstanding Avian, Exotics, Lab Animal or Poultry Research Study and Presentation Award
•    Dr. Sara Adelman (resident), Ophthalmology: “The Role of Epithelial Membrane-Associated Mucin 4 (Muc4) in Ocular Surface Health and Corneal Wound Healing”

Support for the event was provided by the Center for Equine Health, the Center for Companion Animal Health, Hill’s Pet Nutrition, and Boehringer Ingelheim.

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