UT Comparative & Experimental Medicine

02/06/2025

Congratulations to Mayzie Miller for winning a Fall 2024 Graduate Research Award from the Graduate School! We are proud of you, Mayzie, and can't wait to see the work you continue to do in your masters program! ✨

11/18/2024

Congratulations to CEM PhD student, Gabriela Bastos for competing in the UT Graduate School 3MT finals! We are so proud of you, Gabby! 🧡

11/13/2024

Your gift to the UTCEM graduate program will be matched right now! Support UTCEM, and help the next generation of Vols by gifting to the "Comparative and Experimental Medicine Graduate Program Fund" within the College of Veterinary Medicine dropdown menu at the link below!

https://give.utk.edu/campaigns/51061/donations/new?tc=30369

11/11/2024

Check out the work being done by one of our CEM faculty mentors, Dr. Brian Whitlock, in collaboration with Dr. Bhavya Sharma from the College of Arts and Sciences. https://artsci.utk.edu/research-seeks-noninvasive-study-of-brain-chemicals/ UTCVM-University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine

02/21/2024

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Kristen Bowers (left) is pictured with her mentor, David Anderson. Comparative and Experimental Medicine alumni, Dr. Kristin Bowers, has won the national Ph ...

02/20/2024

CEM alumni, Kristi Bowers, recently won the national Phi Zeta Research Manuscript Award! Read the announcement here: https://vetmed.tennessee.edu/graduate-student-wins-national-award/
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Kristen Bowers (left) is pictured with her mentor, David Anderson. Comparative and Experimental Medicine alumna, Dr. Kristin Bowers, has won the national Ph ...

02/09/2024

Congratulations to the winners of the clinical research category in the UTCVM-University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine Phi Zeta manuscript competition!

Authors Eliza Baker (CEM PhD student), Alex Jensen, Debra Miller (CEM mentor), Kayla Buck Garrett, Christopher Cleveland, Justin Brown, Kyle Van Why, and Richard Gerhold won the award for their manuscript titled, "Hepatozoon spp. infection in wild canids in the eastern United States."

The manuscript will compete at the national level for a National Phi Zeta Award, which is an award that recognizes and promotes scholarship and research in matters pertaining to the welfare and diseases of animals. Read their manuscript at the link below:

Background Hepatozoon spp. are apicomplexan parasites known to cause musculoskeletal disease in a variety of animals. Two species are known to infect wild and domestic canids in the US: Hepatozoon canis and H. americanum. Methods In this study, blood, heart, and/or spleen samples were collected from...

02/08/2024

Congratulations to the winners of the basic science category in the UTCVM-University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine Phi Zeta manuscript competition!

Authors Samantha Kuschke (CEM PhD student), Jeanette Wyneken, Carolyn Cray, Emily Turla, Megan Kinsella, and Debra Miller (CEM mentor) won the award for their manuscript titled, "Fusarium spp. an emerging fungal threat to leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) eggs and neonates."

The manuscript will compete at the national level for a National Phi Zeta Award, which is an award that recognizes and promotes scholarship and research in matters pertaining to the welfare and diseases of animals. Read their manuscript at the link below:

IntroductionFungal diseases are a rising health problem globally, in humans, nonhuman animals, and plants. Emerging fungal diseases have been associated with mass mortality events. A recent example of fungal disease pathogenicity is sea turtle egg fusariosis (STEF). The pathogenicity of STEF has bee...

02/06/2024

Congratulations to four of our graduate students who received Graduate Student Research Awards from the UT Graduate School! Read more at the link below.

Congratulations to four Comparative and Experimental Medicine graduate students and their professors who received fall 2023 Student Faculty Research Awards ...

01/23/2024

CEM alumni do incredible things! Check out this spotlight on Carmen Colitz (CEM '96).

As we celebrate 30 years of the EMBA-SL program equipping business leaders with the executive competencies to take their organizations into the future, 30 alumni themselves will tell you what drew them to Haslam’s EMBA-SL, speak about their experiences in the program and share what it has done for their careers.

For our first 30@30 graduate spotlight, we highlight Carmen Colitz (EMBA-SL, '19), founder of Jupiter Pet Emergency and Specialty Center. Learn more about Carmen here: https://haslamgradprograms.utk.edu/30-at-30-carmen-colitz/

01/23/2024

Hi, current grad Vols! Happy first day of the spring semester! Check out the information below for details regarding GSRA awards. These awards can help fund your research!

The Graduate Student Research Awards application is now open. These awards, formerly known as the Student/Faculty Research Awards, are used to advance the scholarship of graduate students pursuing research and creative activities. Grants up to $5,000 are awarded to the selected students to help support their research, scholarship, and creative activity; give students experience writing grants; and foster the mentoring relationship between faculty and graduate students.

The deadline for spring applications is Tuesday, Feb 13 at 5PM. Visit tiny.utk.edu/gsra for details.

11/08/2023

For 11 years, Vols have been supporting the comparative and experimental medicine graduate program during – join in today and support your fellow Vols! https://bigorangegive.utk.edu/