Recipients of pharmacology research grants declared by AVMF
The American Veterinary Medical Foundation and the Veterinary Pharmacology Research Foundation have selected two veterinary researchers as receivers of the organizations pharmacology research grants.
Dr. Derek Foster, assistant professor of ruminant health and production in the Department of Population Health and Pathobiology at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, is the recipient of the AVMF/VPRF Veterinary Pharmacology Research Grant of nearly $30,000 who is currently conducting research on the continuous sampling of the bovine udder by ultrafiltration to assess the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of intramammary ceftiofur.
Dr. Duncan X. Lascelles, professor of small animal surgery and pain management and director of the comparative pain research and education program at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, received the organizations’ nearly $15,000 Veterinary Pharmacokinetic Research Grant.
Dr. Lascelles said “With the complete lack of medications for chronic pain in cats, and the widespread use of gabapentin despite a lack of understanding of its pharmacokinetics in cats, this work is critical. This work will form the foundation for future efficacy research of gabapentin for chronic pain conditions in the cat.”
The 12 members of the 2017 Pharmacology Scientific Review Committee included: representatives from the College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Dr. Andrew Mackin and Dr. Cory Langston; from Colorado State University, Flint Animal Care Center, Dr. Dan Gustafson and Dr. Doug Thamm; from University of Illinois, Dr. Duncan Ferguson; from the Veterinary and Biomedical Research Center at Kansas State University, Dr. Keith DeDonder; from Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Lara Maxwell; from University of Wisconsin College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Lauren Trepanier; from the Food and Drug Administration, Health and Human Services, Dr. Mahmound Abouraya; from North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Mark Papich and Dr. Ron Baynes; and from the University of Pennsylvania, College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Meg Sleeper.
The AVMF has been committed in its efforts to mobilizing efforts to raise financial support for research projects aiding to forbid occurrence, diagnosis and treatment of prevalent, life- threatening diseases in animals.