Awards

Dr. Kim Dodd Honored with Young Alumna Award

Congratulations to Dr. Kimberly A. Dodd, Ph.D. ’14, D.V.M. ’15 upon receiving the Young Alumna Award from the Cal Aggie Alumni Association (CAAA) on May 7.

Former Resident Wins National Honor Society Research Award

Dr. Mary Thurber, DVM, DACZM, a former UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine resident in zoological medicine, was named a recipient of the 2020 Society of Phi Zeta Research Manuscript Award. Phi Zeta, the international honor society of veterinary medicine, annually recognizes two research awards in the Basic Science category and the Clinical Science category.

Dr. Wilson Rumbeiha Named Carnegie Fellow

Dr. Wilson K Rumbeiha from the Department of Molecular Biosciences in the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine was awarded a fellowship by the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program.

Training the Next Generation of Comparative Oncologists

UC Davis is taking a major leap forward in training the next generation of scientists engaged in basic and translational cancer research for animals and humans, thanks to a prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) T32 grant.

Dr. Lisa Miller Elected as AAAS Fellow

Congratulations to Dr. Lisa Miller, one of 11 UC Davis professors elected in this year’s class of fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

School Celebrates Creation of New Presidential Endowed Chair

On November 18, the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine celebrated the creation of a new Presidential Chair that was the fruit of a two-decade relationship with the school and the Messmer family. Dr. Joanne Paul-Murphy was introduced as the inaugural chairholder of the Messmer Family Presidential Chair in the Companion Exotic Animal Medicine and Surgery Service at the virtual event.